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.
Flipping parts is NOT what Equate
should be used for. The reason is exactly as you've discovered: Ya can't hit the same surfaces and acquire all the features.
There's one way to do it right, elevate the part.
Flipping parts is NOT what Equate
should be used for. The reason is exactly as you've discovered: Ya can't hit the same surfaces and acquire all the features.
There's one way to do it right, elevate the part.