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Making 2 Part Programs into 1. One Graphic, One report

DCHRM
I have a top half part program, and a bottom half. Is there a way I can merge the two? I want to run the top half, program A, then input a comment to the operator for them to flip the part, touch off, then measure the bottom half. All using one graphic, one report, one model. I don't want the features measured on the bottom half, program B, to be in space. I want the features to be pulled from the same model used in program A. Then dimension all 500 items in one report.

Can an equate alignment work? I thought those were used if the part moves laterally in any direction. But in this case, I need to flip the part to measure the bottom half.

Any advice?
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  • Here is what I do:

    1) My part program has 2 models, 1 upright and the other flipped. I hide the flipped one until I use it.
    2) Manual align, DCC align and measure as usual. Hide first model and un hide second flipped model.
    3) Switch to manual mode, recall the startup alignment, probe new flipped alignment features, Flipped manual alignment and then DCC Alignment.
    3a) Triheadron must be in the same exact place as your first DCC alignment, I had to offset mine in Z for example.
    4) Insert>Alignment>Equate, Equate 2nd DCC alignment to the 1st DCC alignment, click OK and you're done.
    5) Now you can measure the second half of the part and dimension features from the first half to the second half.
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  • Here is what I do:

    1) My part program has 2 models, 1 upright and the other flipped. I hide the flipped one until I use it.
    2) Manual align, DCC align and measure as usual. Hide first model and un hide second flipped model.
    3) Switch to manual mode, recall the startup alignment, probe new flipped alignment features, Flipped manual alignment and then DCC Alignment.
    3a) Triheadron must be in the same exact place as your first DCC alignment, I had to offset mine in Z for example.
    4) Insert>Alignment>Equate, Equate 2nd DCC alignment to the 1st DCC alignment, click OK and you're done.
    5) Now you can measure the second half of the part and dimension features from the first half to the second half.
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  • in reply to acgarcia
    For this to work, you need to use the same features before and after flipping. If you use different features, even though the trihedron is the same, they're not related.
  • in reply to acgarcia
    How would they not be related? I had to get tech support to help me on this and that was their instructions. I am unable to measure the original alignment features due to the fact they that my plane is now facing Z- and about half an inch off the granite. As long as the right offset(s) are put in, and the trihedron is exactly where the original trihdedron is, the alignments are equal.
  • in reply to acgarcia
    Vinnie is correct - the equated alignments must pick up the same features. Note that you can create an alignment just for the equate operation. Equate doesn't have to use your main part alignment. As long as you have features that can be measured from both sides of the part that will create a fully constrained alignment, you're good to go. All the feature hits for the 2 alignments should be in the exact same location as well.
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