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Can I jump clamps while scanning?

So, I have a part that I have to clamp down to the table and want to utilize the scan feature because its more efficient. Is there a way to jump the clamps while scanning? I have tried to separate the scan by using to begin and end degrees then trying to combine all 4 zones with a constructed circle but it's not wanting to work. I'm sure I'm not doing something right because I'm pretty new to this software. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have included a pic of my set up

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  • What version of PC-DMIS is this? You can separate the scans, and construct the circle like you wanted to. If you are I think 2023.1 or later, you can select the 4 scans, then there is a button in the construction window that says "select all hits". If you do not have that, you would begin typing "const" then press tab, and a generic construction will appear. At the text line
    "CONSTR/>FEATURE TYPE<, BF, 2D, ,". On the blue text of the Feature Type, hover over it with mouse cursor, and then click it when a box appears around it and select circle.

    Construction will look like below. Make sure you are in the appropriate workplane.

    CIR1      =FEAT/CIRCLE,CARTESIAN,OUT,LEAST_SQR,NO
                THEO/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>,1
                ACTL/<0,0,0>,<0,0,1>,1
                CONSTR/CIRCLE,BF,2D, SCN1.HIT[1..SCN1.NUMHITS], SCN2.HIT[1..SCN2.NUMHITS], SCN3.HIT[1..SCN3.NUMHITS], SCN4.HIT[1..SCN4.NUMHITS],,
                OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
                FILTER/OFF,UPR=0

  • If you use this scan option, you will be able to scan four arcs with a clearplane move in between each and construct a circle. If you're using an adaptive circle scan, that won't work.

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