First of all, I am aware this topic has been covered, but my google-fu failed to find a solution for my current conundrum.
All that follows is relative to PC-DMIS 2012
Part setup: Datum A: Cylinder along Z, locking X, Y and two rotational DoF
Datum B: Plane perpendicular to A, locking Z
Datum C: Plane perpendicular to B at 5.5 basic from A's axis, locking the last rotational DoF
Callout: Profile of a surface of datum C relative to datum A
The issue: While this is pretty straightforward to do with exact dimensions, the report template at my current workplace plays nicely only with legacy dimensions.
The result of legacy profile of a surface (form and position, LSQ best fit) while aligned to ABC are different (worse) than exact above.
To my understanding this is to be expected as legacy "form and location" fits to the current alignment, which is restricting 6 DoF instead of just 4 as Datum A alone would.
If this is the case, is there any way to use legacy with the callout that I have?
No, our systems are locked on 2012.
I'm trying to push for a general update, but if anything is going to be done in this regards it is not going to happen anytime soon.
From the testing I have done so far I would say the XactMeasure numbers are correct but in this particular case Legacy is in doubt due to the bug fix I identified. The bug only affected 2D best fit rotation only alignments which is what you are using in your program. XactMeasure performs it's own, separate best fit calculations, independent of the active alignment.
Thanks but this doesn't seem to "stick around" after I close / reopen the program (even if I tell PC-DMIS to save the changes to the report).
Any other way?
MBaroni To permanently hide the datum shift label from the report, you will need to create a new report template.
File - Reporting - Edit - Report Template.
Open TEXTONLY.RTP. File - Save As... - Choose another name.
In the Report Template Editor window, Right-Click to see the Properties window.
Click on Rules next to Rule Tree.
Scroll down to Feature Control Frame, located in the Dimensions expansion window.
Click the line that reads If "DIMENSION_TABLES: DATUM_SHIFT_TABLE AND TOGGLEVALUE(SIMULT_EVAL) < 1" Then Use Template "DatumShift.lbl".
Click [Edit...] and at the bottom of the Edit Rule window, select "Use nothing".
Press [OK]
Press [OK] again, and save the report template.
In the program(s) that you wish to use this modified template, go to the report window, open the Template Selection Dialog (second button on the Report Window toolbar), and choose your new template.
If you are attempting to use this program on alternate machines, ensure that each machine has the new reporting template.