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CMM vision error in manual mode

I keep getting the error: "Hit target is out of detection range for feature ___"

This is when I am in manual mode and trying to take a hit using an auto feature. I don't get this error when I first create the auto feature (say an edge point). What I am trying to do is manually set up a coordinate system for the rest of the program to go off of.

The issue comes when I go to measure the second part after creating the program based off of the first part. I am only able to position the new part to within 100s of micrometers and I then get this error message. If I take a bunch of time and get the second part pretty close to lined up (less than 10 micrometers) to where the first part was then I don't get this error message. The only work around that I have found so far is to recreate all of my manual hits each time I measure a new part. This seems extremely inefficient and I feel that there must be a better way to do this or a way around this error message.

Thank you for any suggestions!
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  • In manual mode the CMM will not move to the location of the next point. The auto feature is already looking for the feature that’s not there. Either use manual feature with manual mode or use DCC to go to the next alignment point. If the parts are reliably consistent you might have success with an auto feature. If not, use a manual hit target until your alignment is complete.
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  • In manual mode the CMM will not move to the location of the next point. The auto feature is already looking for the feature that’s not there. Either use manual feature with manual mode or use DCC to go to the next alignment point. If the parts are reliably consistent you might have success with an auto feature. If not, use a manual hit target until your alignment is complete.
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