For me, the constructed CAST point is less prone to error. You know, the "copy/paste/edit" type errors. And it save a little time.
Here's some code the showing both the CAST point and the common solution I see posted here. I've added a couple of dimensions to show that both ways result in the same "high point".
Hope this is helpful.
BB_LE =FEAT/SCAN,SECTIONSCAN,NUMBER OF HITS=31
,SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO
MEAS/SCAN
BASICSCAN/LINE,NUMBER OF HITS=31,SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO
ENDSCAN
ENDMEAS/
$$ NO,
Create the highpoint using a CAST point construction
ASSIGN/V1=MAXINDEX(BB_LE.HIT[1..BB_LE.NUMHITS].Z)
BB_HIPNT =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN,NO
THEO/<0.6189,-3.9197,0.0012>,<0.0338778,-0.0002627,0.9994259>
ACTL/<0.6176,-3.9197,0.0022>,<0.0338778,-0.0002627,0.9994259>
CONSTR/POINT,CAST,BB_LE.HIT[V1]
$$ NO,
or, create the highopint usining a GENERIC point
ASSIGN/V2=MAXINDEX(BB_LE.HIT[1..BB_LE.NUMHITS].Z)
BB_HIPNT2 =GENERIC/POINT,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,$
NOM/XYZ,<BB_LE.HIT[V2].TX,BB_LE.HIT[V2].TY,BB_LE.HIT[V2].TZ>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<BB_LE.HIT[V2].X,BB_LE.HIT[V2].Y,BB_LE.HIT[V2].Z>,$
NOM/IJK,<BB_LE.HIT[V2].TI,BB_LE.HIT[V2].TJ,BB_LE.HIT[V2].TK>,$
MEAS/IJK,<BB_LE.HIT[V2].I,BB_LE.HIT[V2].J,BB_LE.HIT[V2].K>
$$ NO,
are the points the same?
DISPLAYPRECISION/6
DIM LOC15= LOCATION OF POINT BB_HIPNT UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=50.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX MEAS NOMINAL DEV +TOL -TOL OUTTOL
X 0.617551 0.618871 -0.001320 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 -#-------
Y -3.919657 -3.919665 0.000008 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ----#----
Z 0.002164 0.001171 0.000993 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ------#--
T 0.000948 0.000000 0.000948 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ------#--
END OF DIMENSION LOC15
DIM LOC16= LOCATION OF POINT BB_HIPNT2 UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=50.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX MEAS NOMINAL DEV +TOL -TOL OUTTOL
X 0.617551 0.618871 -0.001320 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 -#-------
Y -3.919657 -3.919665 0.000008 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ----#----
Z 0.002164 0.001171 0.000993 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ------#--
T 0.000948 0.000000 0.000948 0.002000 0.002000 0.000000 ------#--
END OF DIMENSION LOC16
