I do not use best fit alignments very much, so I am questioning myself. I have a part that the customer print wants it leveled to three nets in the Z axis (datum -A-), then six holes are the used for the -B-, fitting the X and Y axis. This part is being measured in freestate. I measured 12 points (four on each net surf.) and constructed a plane. I measured the six holes and went to the Best Fit in the alignment window, I went to Type: 3D No Rotation, then hit Least squares, clicked all my alignment features, put the weight at 1 for each feature, holes set to X and Y, Pln-A set to Z. I set the deviation threshold to .5mm per the print for the hole tol. then clicked compute. No warnings are in the window. The deviation for the Pln-A is zero, the six holes vary which is expected, readings are .174, .926, .12, .302, .215, .126. I do not have the mmc check fixt. here to check the part, but in general, does my alignment read ok? I know the one hole is out, that will be a review. I just want to know if I am using the correct alignment for this setup? Is there a better best fit iteration? Sometimes you have to question yourself just to make sure its correct, thanks in advance.
Don't go straight to the best fit. Do a regular alignment first, use 2 of the holes that make sense. Get the level, rotate, & origins set, THEN do a best fit 2D rot & trans with the holes.
do a 2D best-fit since you are only trying to best-fit the holes, not a 3D, don't trust Pcdmis to 'do it for you' by selecting NO ROTATION as you DO need to rotate & translate, but IN THE PLANE you are leveled to. It may not do ANY rotation, even 2D rotation, if you are in 3D with NO ROT selected.
AND, if you select all the holes as the rotate & origin features, I would think that the iterative would do it.
do a 2D best-fit since you are only trying to best-fit the holes, not a 3D, don't trust Pcdmis to 'do it for you' by selecting NO ROTATION as you DO need to rotate & translate, but IN THE PLANE you are leveled to. It may not do ANY rotation, even 2D rotation, if you are in 3D with NO ROT selected.
AND, if you select all the holes as the rotate & origin features, I would think that the iterative would do it.