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

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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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  • ...btw the Help file "directions" are exquisitely unhelpful in the Equate department... (2014 mr1)

    I am measuring this block 2 sides at a time. The square block is positioned (fixtured) nearly all the way deep in X+ and Y-.
    After side 1 and 2 are finished, the block is spun 180 degrees on the fixture.

    The worst part is I had it once! I was tinkering and got equate to work. CAD w/ previous feature graphics and probe reversed in the graphics window! Then I clicked somewhere back in part 1 and the whole thing 'sploded. Nauseated face

    I couldn't quite get back to part 2. ...so I ran the program offline to purge it of demons. ...if you'll excuse the expression.
    So I foobed the one time I saw it work. (visually, in the graphics window)

    I need to create intersected features between part 1 and part 2. This thing has got like cylinders inside of other cylinders
    with crazy little sub-cylinders... that connect other cylinders. And it has a 7 million page blueprint! Neutral face ... approximately.

    Yes, I picked the wrong part program to learn Equate. I'll prolly try a quick test block program to hammer it out offline. Geez does it work offline?
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  • ...btw the Help file "directions" are exquisitely unhelpful in the Equate department... (2014 mr1)

    I am measuring this block 2 sides at a time. The square block is positioned (fixtured) nearly all the way deep in X+ and Y-.
    After side 1 and 2 are finished, the block is spun 180 degrees on the fixture.

    The worst part is I had it once! I was tinkering and got equate to work. CAD w/ previous feature graphics and probe reversed in the graphics window! Then I clicked somewhere back in part 1 and the whole thing 'sploded. Nauseated face

    I couldn't quite get back to part 2. ...so I ran the program offline to purge it of demons. ...if you'll excuse the expression.
    So I foobed the one time I saw it work. (visually, in the graphics window)

    I need to create intersected features between part 1 and part 2. This thing has got like cylinders inside of other cylinders
    with crazy little sub-cylinders... that connect other cylinders. And it has a 7 million page blueprint! Neutral face ... approximately.

    Yes, I picked the wrong part program to learn Equate. I'll prolly try a quick test block program to hammer it out offline. Geez does it work offline?
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