I am having a problem with vector direction remaining the same while measuring a line I have attached a clip from the program. Here is some information pc-dmis version is 4.2 MR3 on a PC using windows XP pro and a faro 1/4" hard probe on a Faro arm, this problem occurs after alignment . This line measurement and hits were taken in the same direction even on the same side of the probe on the same edge of part which is a rectangular plate.
The problem is the way the software applies the probe radius and some times diameter.
LIN10 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<-1.50468,-0.00151,-0.17209>,<-1,0.0000767,0>
ACTL/<-1.50468,-0.00151,-0.17209>,<-1,0.0000767,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,WORKPLANE
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-1.50469,-0.12651,-0.26978>,<-0.0002079,-1,0>,<-1.50467,-0.00151,-0.14478>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-54.51882,-0.11549,-0.32418>,<-0.0002079,-1,0>,<-54.52145,0.00256,-0.1994>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN11 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<-0.45124,-0.00208,-0.25155>,<-1,0.0000353,0>
ACTL/<-0.45124,-0.00208,-0.25155>,<-1,0.0000353,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,WORKPLANE
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-0.45124,-0.12708,-0.35083>,<-0.0001628,-1,0>,<-0.45122,-0.00208,-0.22583>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-54.88468,-0.11821,-0.40208>,<-0.0001628,-1,0>,<-54.88412,-0.00016,-0.27727>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN12 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<-1.37602,-0.00125,-0.10941>,<-1,0.0000772,0>
ACTL/<-1.37602,-0.00125,-0.10941>,<-1,0.0000772,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,WORKPLANE
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-1.37603,-0.12625,-0.21236>,<-0.0000975,-1,0>,<-1.37602,-0.00125,-0.08736>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-55.75902,-0.12094,-0.25644>,<-0.0000975,-1,0>,<-55.757,0.00295,-0.13146>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN13 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<-9.39195,-0.25178,-0.16355>,<-1,0.0000784,0>
ACTL/<-9.39195,-0.25178,-0.16355>,<-1,0.0000784,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,WORKPLANE
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-9.39194,-0.12678,-0.24123>,<0.0002558,1,0>,<-9.39197,-0.25178,-0.11623>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-49.24159,-0.11659,-0.33567>,<0.0002558,1,0>,<-49.24143,-0.24866,-0.21087>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
My advice is to forget the AUTOLINE feature, pick two vector points, and construct your line from them. If you construct 3D lines you don't have to worry about work planes. It seems to me that there was a bug in the AUTOLINE feature in 1 or all of the versions.
My advice is to forget the AUTOLINE feature, pick two vector points, and construct your line from them. If you construct 3D lines you don't have to worry about work planes. It seems to me that there was a bug in the AUTOLINE feature in 1 or all of the versions.