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Another Datum Target Points Disaster Print

Good morning all,

I am looking for some input on how you would program this. Datum A is the midplane of the part using target points at specified locations from Datum B. It doesn't help that Datum C makes zero sense hah, so I left it off of my drawing. I am pretty lost in terms of how to do this correctly (iterative alignment?)...at this point I'm am considering just making planes (with many hit points) and a midplane for Datum A.

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  • Step 1: Ask engineers for clarification if you're unsure.
    Step 2: Ask for assembly CAD & drawings to see how the datums function within the assembly if they don't explain very well. Based on that decide what type of alignment you need.
    Step 3: Ask how this thing is assembled. If Datum B goes onto some kind of rod & then gets locked at the datum A points use that hole as your primary datum: Make cylinder, level to it & origin in z & y. then take regular hits on datum A & make center plane & origin to x. Rotate either cylinder or the center plane. Not sure where C is so I'm guessing here.
    Step 3: Inspect the CAD model to see if the datum A surface is a flat plane or not. If flat plane don't bother with iterative. Too many people suggest iterative when sometimes it's not needed. Moreover, in this situation it's trickier because you have to make sure you have clearance moves around the workpiece when doing the iterative. I do use iterative from time to time but I don't try to overdo it when it's not really needed. Click on autovector point option & just click around the area a few times where datum A points are indicated on print to see.
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  • Step 1: Ask engineers for clarification if you're unsure.
    Step 2: Ask for assembly CAD & drawings to see how the datums function within the assembly if they don't explain very well. Based on that decide what type of alignment you need.
    Step 3: Ask how this thing is assembled. If Datum B goes onto some kind of rod & then gets locked at the datum A points use that hole as your primary datum: Make cylinder, level to it & origin in z & y. then take regular hits on datum A & make center plane & origin to x. Rotate either cylinder or the center plane. Not sure where C is so I'm guessing here.
    Step 3: Inspect the CAD model to see if the datum A surface is a flat plane or not. If flat plane don't bother with iterative. Too many people suggest iterative when sometimes it's not needed. Moreover, in this situation it's trickier because you have to make sure you have clearance moves around the workpiece when doing the iterative. I do use iterative from time to time but I don't try to overdo it when it's not really needed. Click on autovector point option & just click around the area a few times where datum A points are indicated on print to see.
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