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Alignment Help

Do I need to physically perform an alignment before programming the rest of the moves? I assume not but I cant figure out how to get around this.

What I've done is programmed all of the features. First a cylinder and plane (for alignment) in manual mode, and the rest of the features dcc mode. When I hit execute I first manually measure the cylinder and plane, then dcc takes over and tries hitting off in space. It seems like its using the pre-programmed coordinates for hits rather than adjusting the dcc hits based on the alignment.

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  • Gotta tell the machine where part is & how it is oriented. Using some alignments from somewhere is crap waiting to happen. Manual alignment: 6 hits on cylinder for level & origin Z&X. Face plane for Y origin. Position the part so one spline is as vertical as possible. 1st point on left top spline 2nd on the next right one to construct mid point. Rotate cylinder to mid point to Z axis. Repeat in DCC.
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  • Gotta tell the machine where part is & how it is oriented. Using some alignments from somewhere is crap waiting to happen. Manual alignment: 6 hits on cylinder for level & origin Z&X. Face plane for Y origin. Position the part so one spline is as vertical as possible. 1st point on left top spline 2nd on the next right one to construct mid point. Rotate cylinder to mid point to Z axis. Repeat in DCC.
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