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Mounting part on setup tooling

mcultice
2011 MR1, Romer 7525

I have been programming offline, using only the part model "floating in space", and creating a local coordinate system on the part. I want to bring models of knee blocks, 1-2-3 blocks, and other setup equipment in so I can program around real-world setups, allowing me to simulate datums, etc. I am finding the instructions in the Help screen very vague.

Can anybody give me (or point me to) a step-by-step tutorial on resting a part on a knee block in my Graphics Display Window?
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  • Example: -A- is the back surface of a part. -B- is one edge, -C- is another. The part must be secured to a plate, making -A- inaccessible. I must use the plate to establish -A-.

    I see 2 possibilities:
    1) When creating the program, bring in my model mounted on a surface that I can probe instead of probing the actual part surface, or,
    2) Program using the part model surface, then, when measuring the actual part, probe the plate and manipulate the alignment.

    I seem to be getting responses wondering why I want to do this; isn't this a common scenario? I well know that I cannot just arbitrarily ignore the designed datum/feature relationships and controls, and it is not a matter of convenience.
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  • Example: -A- is the back surface of a part. -B- is one edge, -C- is another. The part must be secured to a plate, making -A- inaccessible. I must use the plate to establish -A-.

    I see 2 possibilities:
    1) When creating the program, bring in my model mounted on a surface that I can probe instead of probing the actual part surface, or,
    2) Program using the part model surface, then, when measuring the actual part, probe the plate and manipulate the alignment.

    I seem to be getting responses wondering why I want to do this; isn't this a common scenario? I well know that I cannot just arbitrarily ignore the designed datum/feature relationships and controls, and it is not a matter of convenience.
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