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parallelism of two lines

I'm hoping someone help me out here. I'm getting out of the ballpark numbers when I dimension a line parallel to another line. I realize that PCDMIS will check parallelism in 3D regardless of workplane, but the lines are projected to the same plane. When I check parallel to work plane it is correct. Don't have this issue with CMM.

PCDMIS CAD++ Version 2011 portable



A1 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/LEVEL,ZPLUS,PLN1
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,YPLUS,TO,LIN1,ABOUT,ZPLUS
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,XAXIS,LIN1
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,YAXIS,LIN2
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,ZAXIS,PLN1
ALIGNMENT/END

PROBECOM/ON

-B- =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,OUTLINE
THEO/<-15.2315,290.6604,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<-15.3459,324.5525,0.8103>,<-0.0021375,-0.0031681,0.9999927>
SHOW TRACKER PARAMETERS=YES
TRACKER PARAMETERS/PROBE TYPE=SMR_1_5,TIME STAMP=Fri Sep 02 14:18:47 2011,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE=26.7736,PRESSURE=739.8519,HUMIDITY=58.9378
MEAS/PLANE,6
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-1.7602,26.2166,0>,<0,0,1>,<-1.6624,3.2838,-0.0004>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0067,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-28.054,20.3034,0>,<0,0,1>,<-2.5228,298.0296,0.3622>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.003,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-2.7582,228.4638,0>,<0,0,1>,<-2.8809,667.191,2.1217>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0018,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-28.4819,184.394,0>,<0,0,1>,<-27.8327,663.9901,1.9993>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.001,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-2.1101,658.9725,0>,<0,0,1>,<-28.9027,310.4552,0.379>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0026,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-28.225,625.612,0>,<0,0,1>,<-28.2741,4.3651,0>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.005,
ENDMEAS/

PROBECOM/OFF

-E- =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<-30.1808,0,0>,<1,0,0>
ACTL/<-1.6778,0.0066,0>,<-1,-0.0001845,0>
SHOW TRACKER PARAMETERS=YES
TRACKER PARAMETERS/PROBE TYPE=SMR_1_5,TIME STAMP=Fri Sep 02 14:20:49 2011,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE=26.7736,PRESSURE=739.8519,HUMIDITY=58.9378
MEAS/LINE,4,FEATURE=PLN1
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-30.1808,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<-1.6778,0.0066,1.0006>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0035,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-21.3038,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<-4.499,0.006,1.0005>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0032,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-12.4269,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<-26.7874,0.0018,1.0002>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0018,
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-3.5499,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<-30.4397,0.0013,1.0008>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0016,
ENDMEAS/

PROBECOM/ON

LOADPROBE/1_INCH_NEST
TIP/TIP1, SHANKIJK=0, 0, 1, ANGLE=0

-A- =FEAT/CONTACT/LINE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<0,11.2907,0.25>,<0,1,0>,<-1,0,0>,<0,0,1>,672
ACTL/<0,11.2907,0.25>,<0,1,0>,<-1,0,0>,<0,0,1>,672
TARG/<0,11.2907,0.25>,<0,1,0>,<-1,0,0>,<0,0,1>
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW TRACKER PARAMETERS=YES
TRACKER PARAMETERS/PROBE TYPE=1_INCH_NEST,TIME STAMP=Fri Sep 02 14:26:52 2011,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE=27.4129,PRESSURE=739.831,HUMIDITY=58.7772
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=0
SHOW HITS=NO

-B-A-E- =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:A1,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/LEVEL,ZPLUS,-B-
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,YPLUS,TO,-A-,ABOUT,ZPLUS
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,XAXIS,-A-
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,YAXIS,-E-
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,ZAXIS,-B-
ALIGNMENT/END

PNT2 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-5.6325,18.3189,0>,<1,0,0>
ACTL/<-5.6382,8.845,1.1688>,<1,0.0001861,0>
SHOW TRACKER PARAMETERS=YES
TRACKER PARAMETERS/PROBE TYPE=1_INCH_NEST,TIME STAMP=Fri Sep 02 14:51:47 2011,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE=27.7095,PRESSURE=739.5682,HUMIDITY=58.5637
MEAS/POINT,1
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-5.6325,18.3189,0>,<1,0,0>,<-5.6382,8.845,1.1688>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0023,
ENDMEAS/

PNT4 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-5.6325,629.1264,0>,<1,0,0>
ACTL/<-5.7496,661.3774,1.1945>,<1,0.0001861,0>
SHOW TRACKER PARAMETERS=YES
TRACKER PARAMETERS/PROBE TYPE=1_INCH_NEST,TIME STAMP=Fri Sep 02 14:52:56 2011,
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE=27.7095,PRESSURE=739.5682,HUMIDITY=58.5637
MEAS/POINT,1
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-5.6325,629.1264,0>,<1,0,0>,<-5.7496,661.3774,1.1945>,USE THEO=YES,RMS=0.0003,
ENDMEAS/

PNT18 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN,NO
THEO/<-5.6325,18.3189,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<-5.6382,8.845,0>,<0,0,1>
CONSTR/POINT,PROJ,PNT2,-B-

PNT19 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN,NO
THEO/<-5.6325,629.1264,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<-5.7496,661.3774,0>,<0,0,1>
CONSTR/POINT,PROJ,PNT4,-B-

LIN4 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<-5.6325,18.3189,0>,<0,1,0>
ACTL/<-5.6382,8.845,0>,<-0.0001707,1,0>
CONSTR/LINE,BF,2D,PNT18,PNT19,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0

DIM PARL8= PARALLELISM OF LINE LIN4,RFS TO LINE -A-,RFS EXTENDLENGTH=672.0000 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=500.00 OUTPUT=REPORT
AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL
M 0.0000 0.0050 0.0000 2.1320 2.1320 2.1270 -------->

DIM ANGL1= 2D ANGLE FROM LINE LIN4 TO LINE -A- ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=500.00 OUTPUT=REPORT
AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL
A 0.0000 0.1000 -0.1000 -0.0098 -0.0098 0.0000 ----#----

WORKPLANE/XPLUS

DIM PARL1= PARALLELISM OF LINE LIN4,RFS TO WORKPLANE XPLUS EXTENDLENGTH=672.0000 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=500.00 OUTPUT=REPORT
AX NOMINAL +TOL -TOL MEAS DEV OUTTOL
M 0.0000 0.0050 0.0000 0.1147 0.1147 0.1097 -------->