Tutorial

H-1000-5312-01-A

Part alignment - plane and two circles

(non-CAD)

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Contents
1 Part alignment - plane and two circles (non-CAD)..............................................................................6

1.1 Tutorial pre-requisites................................................................................................................6

1.2 Tutorial objectives......................................................................................................................6

2 Introduction..........................................................................................................................................7

3 Create a new program.........................................................................................................................8

4 Measure a plane and two circles.......................................................................................................13

5 Defining primary, secondary and tertiary datums..............................................................................18

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1 Part alignment - plane and two circles (non-CAD)

1.1 Tutorial pre-requisites

• The student should understand ‘Principles of part alignment’

• The student should have covered ‘Part alignment - plane, line and point’

1.2 Tutorial objectives

• Introduction to feature constructions

• Understand alternative part alignment options

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2 Introduction
In this tutorial, the Renishaw training block will be used to simulate part alignment requirements controlled
by a central boss / bore and timing feature (e.g. a rotating part).

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3 Create a new program

Before measurements can be made a program must be created.

Click: ‘File’.
Select: ‘New Program’.

Click: ‘Browse’.

Check: ‘Open inspection dialog’.

This will allow settings to be confirmed before the program is created,

After clicking ‘Browse’, select a suitable location for the program:

Click: ‘Save’.

Type in the new program name.

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GUIDANCE NOTE: It is recommended that the new program be placed in its own folder. This will make it
easier to locate related files that are generated during programming / measurement output.

Click: ‘OK’.

The ‘New Inspection’ dialogue will now open:

Ensure ‘Online operation’ is checked.

Click: ‘OK’.

GUIDANCE NOTE: Further information on this dialogue window will be provided later in the ‘Basic
options within the new inspection dialogue’ tutorial.

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The following header will be inserted into the program:

To insert some line spaces to make the program easier to read, right mouse click on the line containing
the ‘Pause’ command:

Select: Insert Command.

Put a space in the window.

Click: ‘OK’ to close and insert the line.

The line is inserted above the line that was selected.

Add more spaces as required.

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Next define the work plane that contains the features that will be measured:

Click: ‘Settings’.

Select: ‘Work Plane’.

Select: ‘XY plane’.

GUIDANCE NOTE: It is particularly important to define a work plane when working in polar coordinates
because it defines which plane will use the polar coordinate system.

Place the cursor where the next

additional code will be placed..

Before sensors can be selected they must have been recalled into the part program. To recall the tool:

Click: ‘Sensor’.

Select: ‘Recall’.

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Select the appropriate tool from the drop down menu.

PH10_PAA1_TP200_D3x20.1.20.2.A0.0-B0.0

Click: ‘OK’ to continue.

The sensor can now be selected. To select the tool:

Click: ‘Sensor’.

Select: ‘Select’.

The tool should be displayed in the window, if not, select it from the drop down menu.

PH10_PAA1_TP200_D3x20.1.20.2.A0.0-B0.0

Click: ‘OK’ to continue.

The program will now have

two additional lines which
recalls and selects the tool.

Feature measurement can now take place.

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4 Measure a plane and two circles

Before any meaningful measurement is made on a part it must first be ALIGNED.

This must be done as the part will not be sitting square to any axis of the CMM and therefore will be
generating errors that do not exist into the measured results.

A good example of this is shown below where the effects on an UNALIGNED part can be seen.

GOOD - The part has been aligned:

Measured points

Current axes system

Diameter result View from above part

BAD - The part has NOT been aligned:

Measured points

Current axes system

Diameter result
View from above part
is an ellipse

As can be seen the result of an unaligned or badly aligned part will result in an ELLIPSE and not a
CIRCLE as required.

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Firstly, the top face of the training block will be inspected as a plane.

Click: ‘Inspect’.

Select: ‘Plane’.

Take a minimum of three points on the plane:

Click: ‘Apply’ to complete

the measuring cycle.

To create a primary axis on this feature click ‘Datum’ then select ‘One Axis’:

Click: ‘Datum’.

Select: ‘One Axis’.

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Give the new datum a label.

Measured feature.

Since the top face is to become the

Z origin, ensure ‘+Z’ is selected for
‘Axis’ and ‘Z’ is selected for ‘Origin’.

GUIDANCE NOTE: The secondary and tertiary planes are unavailable because ‘One Axis’ datum was
selected.

To fully constrain the part, two circles will also be inspected.

Click: ‘Inspect’.

Select: ‘Circle’.

Circle 2
Circle 1

Take a minimum of three points in circle 1:

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Click: ‘Apply’ to complete

the measuring cycle.

Click: ‘Inspect’.

Select: ‘Circle’.

Circle 2
Circle 1

Take a minimum of three points in circle 2:

Click: ‘Apply’ to complete

the measuring cycle.

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To create a feature that can be used to lock the rotation (about Z) of the component, a line will be
constructed between the centres of the two measured lines.

Click: ‘Construct’.

Click: ‘Best Fit’.

Select: ‘Line’.

Double click on
feature or drag and
drop features into the
construction area

GUIDANCE NOTE: Make a note of the order the holes have been inserted in the construction window:

i.e. CIR001 to CIR002 will give a positive direction, and CIR002 to CIR001 will give a negative direction.

This is important when selecting the axis direction for alignment.

Click: ‘Apply’ to complete the construction cycle.

Code produced :-

F(LINE001)=FEAT/LINE,UNBND,CART,57.5,20.13,-40,0,-1,0,-1,0,0
CONST/LINE,F(LINE001),BF,FA(CIR001),FA(CIR002)

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5 Defining primary, secondary and tertiary datums

There are now enough features to create a datum.

Click: ‘Datum’.

Select: ‘Three Axes’.

Give the new datum a label.

In this case PLN001 is

the PRIMARY AXIS [ +Z ]

LINE001 is the SECONDARY AXIS [ +Y ]

(No origin here)

CIR001 is the TERTIARY

point origin [ X and Y ]

In this case the constructed line lies along the Y axis.

Click: ‘OK’ to complete the procedure.

NOTE: There is also the option of selecting +X/-X or -Y.

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The datum should now be saved to enable it to be recalled later if necessary:

Click: ‘Datum’.

Select: ‘Save’.

Select the name of the datum from the drop down label menu.

Click: ‘OK’ to complete the save function.

THE PART ALIGNMENT IS NOW COMPLETE AND IS READY FOR MEASUREMENT.

NOTE: This is a very basic manual alignment using minimum points and is not accurate enough for good
metrology.

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Code generated for plane and line through two diameters

DMISMN/’Start Template’,05.2
FILNAM/’Start Template’,05.2
DV(0)=DMESWV/’16,0,1,22’
UNITS/MM,ANGDEC
DECPL/ALL,DEFALT
V(0)=VFORM/ALL,PLOT
DISPLY/TERM,V(0),STOR,DMIS,V(0)
SNSET/APPRCH,5
SNSET/CLRSRF,15
SNSET/DEPTH,0
D(0)=DATSET/MCS
MODE/MAN
T(CORTOL_X1)=TOL/CORTOL,XAXIS,-0.1,0.1
T(CORTOL_Y1)=TOL/CORTOL,YAXIS,-0.1,0.1
T(CORTOL_Z1)=TOL/CORTOL,ZAXIS,-0.1,0.1
T(DIAM_1)=TOL/DIAM,-0.1,0.1
WKPLAN/XYPLAN
RECALL/SA(TP20_2x20.1.20.2.A0.0-B0.0)
SNSLCT/SA(TP20_2x20.1.20.2.A0.0-B0.0)
$$<MEAS_PLANE name = “PLN001”>
GEOALG/PLANE,DEFALT,ELIMINATE,OFF,FILTER,OFF
MODE/MAN
F(PLN001)=FEAT/PLANE,CART,0,92.5,0,0,0,1
MEAS/PLANE,F(PLN001),3
PTMEAS/CART,2.86,-54.997,0,0,0,1
PTMEAS/CART,53.712,11.69,0,0,0,1
PTMEAS/CART,-52.337,16.459,0,0,0,1
ENDMES
$$<\MEAS_PLANE = PLN001>
DATDEF/FA(PLN001), DAT(A)
D(Top_Face)=DATSET/DAT(A),ZDIR,ZORIG
$$<MEAS_CIRCLE name = “CIR001”>
MODE/MAN
F(CIR001)=FEAT/CIRCLE,INNER,CART,0,0,-2.309,0,0,1,80
MEAS/CIRCLE,F(CIR001),3
PTMEAS/CART,40,0,-2.309,-1,0,0
PTMEAS/CART,-20,34.641,-2.309,0.5,-0.866,0
PTMEAS/CART,-20,-34.641,-2.309,0.5,0.866,0
ENDMES
$$<\MEAS_CIRCLE = CIR001>
$$<MEAS_CIRCLE name = “CIR002”>
MODE/MAN
F(CIR002)=FEAT/CIRCLE,INNER,CART,0,34.5,-10,0,0,1,7
MEAS/CIRCLE,F(CIR002),3
PTMEAS/CART,3.5,34.5,-10,-1,0,0
PTMEAS/CART,-1.75,37.531,-10,0.5,-0.866,0
PTMEAS/CART,-1.75,31.469,-10,0.5,0.866,0
ENDMES
$$<\MEAS_CIRCLE = CIR002>
F(LINE001)=FEAT/LINE,UNBND,CART,0,17.25,-6.155,0,0.976,-0.218,0,0.218,0.976
CONST/LINE,F(LINE001),BF,FA(CIR001),FA(CIR002)
DATDEF/FA(PLN001), DAT(B)
DATDEF/FA(LINE001), DAT(C)
DATDEF/FA(CIR001), DAT(D)
D(MAIN)=DATSET/DAT(B),ZDIR,ZORIG,DAT(C),YDIR,DAT(D),XORIG,YORIG
SAVE/DA(MAIN)

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