I am trying to measure an internal cone, 225mm diameter at the top surface of the part and 246.86 mm at the bottom surface of the part, meaning it gets larger as it descends through the part. I am using auto cone and picking the feature from the CAD model. I haven't used this function before and I'm struggling. I got everything to work except the Auto Wrist function. It seems that it selects a wrist position for the first hit but then does not rotate the wrist as required to make the rest of the hits around the diameter of the part. Am I missing something or is this a limitation of the software?
Are you trying to change the to another probe angle while probing the autocone? I don't think you can change probe angles with any autofeature. I think the auto wrist is to select the correct probe angle to probe the entire auto feature. So instead of you having to select the tip angle, it will do it for you.
You're going to want to use AUTO POINTS and then CONSTRUCT a CONE using the points.
So pick an angle, pick a few points in a row on the surface, copy all, PATTERN around the feature a few times, and then construct a cone using those points.
OK, that explains why it didn't work. What's my best option? Make a star probe? or manually rotate the wrist 8 times and probe 8 points on two different levels? I only have one trigger so changing probes in mid-routine is not really an option. I guess I will need to enter the routine manually. Thanks for responding, always good quick advice here.
Another option which is my favorite thing to do is probe lets say 0-180 degrees of the or half of the cone with 1 tip and then rotate your probe and then probe the another cone at 180 and 360 degrees. Then you can combine and construct a 3rd cone from the first 2 cones.
I'm not at my computer so I don't remember the code off the top of my head. Construct a scan and click on the 2 cones. Then in the code enter to use the hits of the cones. Then you construct a cone out of the scan and you should have a constructed cone made up of the hits from the first 2 cones.
you can make a star probe, but I try to avoid changing out probes if I can. Just add a few new angles to your existing probe.
depending on probe tip size, you SHOULD be able to get pretty good data with 2 angles 180° from each other just make sure you have clearance
