So we have a part that's due out Tuesday I believe. My supervisor (who's a machinist, not a CMM operator) wants me to start writing a program so I can check it as soon as it's done so he can immediately ship it out. The problem is, I don't have a model and he says there isn't time to get one from the customer and that I don't need one anyway because the previous inspector wrote programs without models. As far as I know though, he was given an actual part. I don't know how I'm supposed to write a routine if I have nothing to probe. I know I can create auto features with keyed-in nominals after my alignment, but what do I align to if I don't have anything? Where's my origin coming from? Am I being too needy by asking for either a part or a model?
