I have a datum that is 2 separate plane surfaces with opposing vectors but on the same center line.
What is the best approach: creating a few independent points on both surfaces and combining them into one plane OR creating 2 separate planes and then Constructing a plane from them?
Because that's the closest way to represent a datum with 2 plane surfaces. Constructing a center plane from the two would also work if that's what you would like to do.
i just performed a quick test using your method and the results using a width are much worse than using a conventional plane made out of points from each surface.
can you comment on your source for using a constructed width is coming from?
for a bit more info i am using this plane to clock, not to level.
Widths are usually fine but depending on the algorithm used, you can run into a lot of issues. I've ran into a lot more fitting errors when using min_circ widths than using Least Squares.
That's interesting. I haven't had an issue with using widths yet, even when used to clock, but I'll keep that in mind. I started using widths because I run into a lot of MMB cases and I like that I can dimension it directly as well.