Does anyone know how to have PC-DMIS plot flatness result? We do this on other software and would like to do it on this software as well. It so we can see the contour, ie. dish, dome, potato chip. With this the machinists can determine the best route to bring the part into spec. Right now for example we have a part the is approximately 13" round and is dished on one side and domed on the other. All this is seen via the plot. All help is much appreciated.
- a normal flatness dimension
-
Insert ->
Report Command ->
Analysis..., select your flatness to the left, click
View Window... - You can now rotate the view just like the CAD window, set different
Options (like
Dimension options ->
Multiplier)
- When everything looks OK, choose
Options ->
Create Analysis View Command and close the windows.
Here's what I did to get graphical analysis lines to show up in my report.
VIEWSET1 =VIEWSET/ (oriented model, then created viewset)
program body
IQC_E =PERPENDICULARITY : DATUM C
FEATCTRLFRAME/SHOWPARAMS=YES,SHOWEXPANDED=YES
CADGRAPH=OFF,REPORTGRAPH=OFF,TEXT=OFF,MULT=1000.00,ARROWDENSITY=100,OUTPUT=BOTH,UNITS=MM
STANDARDTYPE=ASME_Y14_5
DIMENSION/PERPENDICULARITY,0.015,A,<dat>,<dat>
NOTE/IQC_E
FEATURES/DATUM C,,
FORMFEED/
RECALL/VIEWSET,VIEWSET1
DISPLAY/METAFILE, "", TO FIT, GOOD (displays arrows with the model in the orientation set in the viewset)
The instructions that Anders provided do work. The displayed result actually looks much better than the image you show, in my opinion. You must have missed a detail somewhere. Can you provide an image of what your display looks like after you follow the instructions that Anders provided?
I can barely see the images. It looks to me like you just need to play around with the dimension options that Anders mentions in step 3. If you want you can turn deviation arrows on and off, increase the multiplier to make them more visible, show or hide the tolerance zone, etc. Of course, it will never look exactly like some other software but I would be surprised if you can't get a display that is just as useful.
here is the code i have.
FCFFLAT1 =FLATNESS : FACE
FEATCTRLFRAME/SHOWPARAMS=YES,SHOWEXPANDED=YES
CADGRAPH=OFF,REPORTGRAPH=OFF,TEXT=OFF,MULT=1000.00,ARROWDENSITY=100,OUTPUT=BOTH,UNITS=IN
PER UNIT=NO,
STANDARDTYPE=ASME_Y14_5
DIMENSION/FLATNESS,0.002
NOTE/FCFFLAT1
FEATURES/FACE,,
DISPLAY/METAFILE, "", TO FIT, GOOD
Ok so I have edited the code now and it looks much better. thank you for all your help. I increased the arrow density and set the multiplier to 10000. Yes twn thousand. But that works the best. Thanks again. Now I have to work on exporting data to excel, but thats next week. My day is finally over.
