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Skipping Recalled Alignments Using Select/End Select and Case End_Case

So I need to measure a couple of ring shaped parts that vary in ID and OD. I made a fixture that will hold all the parts without having to move standoffs in and out. So the hard work would be the programming. I can't get the alignments working. I have a separate program that runs through the alignments of the parts and saved the .aln. When I recall the .aln using case/end_case, my dcc alignment uses the last recalled alignment so my choices are not working. I've seen some threads where its been recommend to save alignments to generic but I haven't been able to figure it out or have a alignment recall a generic feature. Any suggestions will be appreciated.







Here's my test program with just 2 parts.

LOADPROBE/6X30
TIP/TIP1, SHANKIJK=0, 0, 1, ANGLE=0

C1 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,

select 1 or 2

SELECT/C1.INPUT

CASE/1
COMMENT/OPER,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
you picked small
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,EXTERNAL,TEST_FEC0353_MA
ASSIGN/IN_DIA=2.755
ASSIGN/OUT_DIA=3.747
GOTO/L1
END_CASE/

CASE/2
COMMENT/OPER,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
you picked big
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,EXTERNAL,TEST_FEC0357_MA
ASSIGN/PLANE_SPACER=2.5
ASSIGN/IN_DIA=4.505
ASSIGN/OUT_DIA=5.497
GOTO/L1
END_CASE/

DEFAULT_CASE/
COMMENT/OPER,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
wrong choice
GOTO/C1
END_DEFAULTCASE/

END_SELECT/

L1 =LABEL/

PLN1 =FEAT/CONTACT/PLANE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,NONE,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>
TARG/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>,RADIAL
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,NUMRINGS=1
SPACER=PLANE_SPACER
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0.3937
SHOW HITS=NO

CYL1 =FEAT/CONTACT/CYLINDER/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<0,0,-0.1876>,<0,0,1>,IN_DIA,-0.1576
ACTL/<0,0,-0.1876>,<0,0,1>,2.755,-0.1576
TARG/<0,0,-0.1876>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,NUMLEVELS=2,DEPTH=0,END OFFSET=0,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=0.2
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO

A1 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:USE_ACTIVE_ALIGNMENT(RECALL:TEST_FEC0 357_MA),LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/LEVEL,ZPLUS,PLN1
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,XAXIS,CYL1
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,YAXIS,CYL1
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,ZAXIS,PLN1
ALIGNMENT/END

CIR1 =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,OUT,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>,OUT_DIA,0
ACTL/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>,3.747,0
TARG/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=20,DEPTH=0,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=0.5906
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO

DIM LOC1= LOCATION OF CYLINDER CYL1 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL
D IN_DIA 0.0020 0.0020 2.7550 0.0000 0.0000 ---#----
END OF DIMENSION LOC1

DIM LOC2= LOCATION OF CIRCLE CIR1 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL
D OUT_DIA 0.0020 0.0020 3.7470 0.0000 0.0000 ---#----
END OF DIMENSION LOC2​
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