1st time I'm trying to use equate alignment for a long part - I used to measure part in 2 separated stages so I have 2 separated independent programs. I combined them in one program remembering to change IDs in stage 2 to avoid duplicates etc, created features (that can be reached from both setups) in stage 1 for equate aln, copied them to stage 2 (with changed name) and everything runs great until I equate both alignments (i named them frog1 and frog 2). When I equate frog 2 to frog1 after moving part and do manual aln in stage2 and then DCC frog2 (up to here it's ok) then after equate probe for my regular ABC2 goes to wrong place like there is offset. BDW on CAD all points look ok only probe instead of going to the far end of the part starts somewhere in the middle. I read threads about this alignment but I need more details and it's why I list my steps, maybe someone can tell me what I do wrong.
- startup
- manual1 (for stage1)
- dcc1
- measuring and reporting features to dcc1
- frog1 (plane, line from 2 circles, origin in one of them) – which aln should I recall?
- moving part to setup stage 2
- startup
- manual2 (for stage 2)
- frog2 in dcc mode (copied features from frog1) – which alignment should I recall?
- equate frog2 to frog 1
- dcc2 (runs ok if I don’t equate)
- measuring and reporting features to dcc2
I read that I should create another alignment at the end of the program and equate it to dcc2 but I’m not sure why. The reason for this exercise is that I would like to use all datum points for alignment and reporting.
If someone can show me what steps I’m missing I would really appreciate
Thanks,
Ewa
