I'm new at using CAD models and am having trouble getting my measured features to line up with the CAD iges File I am importing. When I bring the CAD model in, it takes the origin of the CAD model to the origin of the Romer. When I measure the actual part, all my measurements are off in space in the initial alignment compared to the CAD model. After I do the first manual alignment, Plan/Line/Point, and level and rotate and origin what do I do next? I tried doing the CTRL+F4 and making a plane, line, and point on the part, then rehitting and aligning again. This just put my new features off to the side with the other. What am I doing wrong? Please help! lol.
import model
create primary datum offline and LEVEL (ex: a plane)
create secondary datum offline and ROTATE (ex: a cylinder)
create tertiary datum offline. ORIGIN in X, Y, and Z (ex: a circle becomes X origin, cylinder becomes Y origin, plane becomes Z origin. of course, this depends on the drawing)
execute, forcing us to probe the features
you should be aligned. No CAD=Part is necessary.
As an aside, it sounds like you're trying to learn all this yourself? One cannot be trained from an online forum. Please go to Hexagon's PCDMIS Portable class, there are a ton of nuances (blueprint reading, alignment practice, probe calibration, probe choice, 2D line scans, feature construction, arm and probe checkouts) that a forum would take YEARS to give you, and you can get it in a mere week with the course.
import model
create primary datum offline and LEVEL (ex: a plane)
create secondary datum offline and ROTATE (ex: a cylinder)
create tertiary datum offline. ORIGIN in X, Y, and Z (ex: a circle becomes X origin, cylinder becomes Y origin, plane becomes Z origin. of course, this depends on the drawing)
execute, forcing us to probe the features
you should be aligned. No CAD=Part is necessary.
As an aside, it sounds like you're trying to learn all this yourself? One cannot be trained from an online forum. Please go to Hexagon's PCDMIS Portable class, there are a ton of nuances (blueprint reading, alignment practice, probe calibration, probe choice, 2D line scans, feature construction, arm and probe checkouts) that a forum would take YEARS to give you, and you can get it in a mere week with the course.
