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.
I am trying to keep the same alignment, then flipping the part to its other face, make another alignment then i create Equate but then it flips everything on me.
My first alignment is to the view on the left side. now i am trying to flip the part so that view on the righ side is facing up on Z+ and the view on the left will be on the Z-
It took me a couple tries at first too, what I would do is measure and create an alignment of level / trans z to -A-, Rotate to -E-, and trans X & Y to -B-. measure the other feature on that left view that you need to. Then flip the part, re measure -A-, -B-, and -E-, and reconstruct the alignment EXACTLY as the first alignment. then add in the 'EQUATE/NEW_ALIGNMENT, TO ALIGNMENT, OLD_ALIGNMENT'. You may have to run it through a time or two to sort the Graphic Display Window out.
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.
I would set it 'on edge' and check it that way. no problem reaching everything with 1 setup and 1 alignment, like the middle view, part 'on edge' not on flat.
