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Please Explain "IJK" To Me

I do not understand how IJK works when a plane or point are not square to the coordinate system. If the plane is square, then I get it. Lets say the point in this picture was square instead of at a slight angle. Then the surface vector would be 1, 0, 0. That makes total sense to me. However, when there is a slight angle, I don't get it. My understanding is that the K value should be non-zero because the plane is clearly rotated about the Z axis...but my K value is 0.

Can someone please attempt to explain this to me in a simple way? Why is "J" my largest value?

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  • You are welcome...

    Remember always check IJK if you create programs with CAD models. Always create IJK according to the drawing.. Wrong vectors can mess up the alignment or measurements a bit.
    If you have CAD model, you should create points on the CAD model (99% of them will be correct IJK). If you touch the piece with a probe, you will usually not have correct vectors because the piece is not perfectly placed according to the machine. I hope this clears things up for you.

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