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  • equate alignment step by step

    Good Afternoon 1st time I'm trying to use equate alignment for a long part - I used to measure part in 2 separated stages so I have 2 separated independent programs. I combined them in one program remembering to change IDs in stage 2 to avoid duplicates…
  • GD&T measurement error

    Good afternoon all, I am trying to set up a quick program to measure a true position call out for a part we are running at the shop. it is a small bushing and the TP call out is the O.D. cylinder to the I.D. cylinder (datum A) and a perpendicular…
  • True position of tapered hole

    Hello everyone I need to inspect TP of a tapered through hole on a cylindrical surface at a distance of R. 10.4 from center of part as shown in image, ​ any thoughts on how this can be inspected.. Attached Files
  • Profile surface datum definition

    I am trying to set the datum, but I wonder if there is a way to set the datum a when datum A is a curved surface as shown in the figure. version : pc-dmis cad++ 2018 r1 ​
  • Creating a dimension with MMB

    Hi there, I need help. I've received a ASME drawing in inches from a client (i usually work on ISO and with mm) and they've demanded that I measure a position with the MMC condition in the hole and for each datums (B and C). The thing is that i…
  • A Couple Newbie CMM Questions

    Good evening everyone! I’m extremely new to CMMs, GD&T, and pretty much anything to do with this whole world. (>4 months) My employer found themselves in a tight spot when our old CMM Operator/Programmer left for another company. The previous employee…
  • Delete datum information on True Position FCF

    I Have trouble when showing True Position on FCF, There is some information i want to hide or delete, that is location on Datum which shown in Position tab, that information come when i add secondary and tertiery datum with MMC or LMC on True Position…
  • Datum Definition

    Is this important? I would imagine so, considering all the parts have datums, but what is the difference from, say, setting a point as Datum A and dimensioning a feature to Datum A, and setting a point and dimensioning a feature to said point?