I updated my software and now I’m unable to run my program or get the correct surface dimension and I’m not sure what it’s asking . But the related dimensions now won’t measure .
sscandlon I'm assuming you upgraded from an old version (prior to 2020 R2) and weren't aware of the changes for dimensioning - see these links for information:
The error message shown in your screenshot is telling you that you need to specify a workplane. Because profile of a line is a 2D measurement, it needs a workplane - just like how you need to switch workplanes when measuring 2D features. There is a drop-down to enter the workplane on the "Reporting" tab of the dialog.
sscandlon I'm assuming you upgraded from an old version (prior to 2020 R2) and weren't aware of the changes for dimensioning - see these links for information:
The error message shown in your screenshot is telling you that you need to specify a workplane. Because profile of a line is a 2D measurement, it needs a workplane - just like how you need to switch workplanes when measuring 2D features. There is a drop-down to enter the workplane on the "Reporting" tab of the dialog.
How do I properly make the adjustments for it to dimension the surface profile ? I ordinally measured circles around the feature then grouped those together but now I'm getting this error.
Profile of a line is a 2D measurement, think of it as having the same workplane requirements as a measured line or measured circle. When there are no datums referenced, there is a "workplane" toggle on the "reporting" tab of the geometric tolerance dialog (and a corresponding control in the edit window command). When you have one or more datums, the datum reference frame defines the workplane orientation. In your case, you have a primary datum A which you say is a cylinder - what vector does that cylinder's axis have? It needs to be perpendicular to your scan or set of points. For example, if your scan or set of points is in a single level around the outside of the part, and that parts top face is facing +Z then your cylinder would need a ± Z vector (0,0,1 or 0,0,-1).
