I have a part with 2 face call out. i finish programing one face but now need to flip the part and program the other side. my question is how can i flip the part on pcdmis and change my Z with out anything moving. each time i try to flip or rotate my z and everything i program moves. i don't want to create two different programs because on the second face, holes call for tp and the datums are located in the first face. i cant set this part on a fixture where i can have asses to all faces in one program on the cmm.
My go to was to bring in 2 CADs. 1 face up and 1 face down ( or however will work). I pretty much do a manual alignment/ DCC and check everything I can. Operator comment to " flip part over " and then start with another manual alignment/ DCC. I would then do the best I can to duplicate the exact same alignment as the 1st side. Its not always easy and its not always possible. Its really 2 programs in 1. Your print and tol. will dictate if this process will work for you or not. I have no clue how to transform the CAD in DMIS and everything I do with CAD is done in solidworks as an assembly and then saved a single IGES.
If it will allow me, where I can square the part in the same height as the first setup, I'll take my second model and align it the first model at 180° and go straight into a DCC alignment. and hide my first model while doing second side programming.
If it will allow me, where I can square the part in the same height as the first setup, I'll take my second model and align it the first model at 180° and go straight into a DCC alignment. and hide my first model while doing second side programming.
