Anyone have experiances using the machining and inspection add-ons for catia? we are currently using verisurf / mastercam and the powers above me are looking into catia. Looking for other users experiances because i've not heard good things so far.
What i did was use the cmm arm to build a cylinder using the inside of the tube(controlled surface) since it is a composite part the outside surface is unfinished. The program then input a axis in the center of my cylinder and i created the plane on the flange. The software i use is so versitile...
Ive attached a quick sketch I made in paint. Hope it helps.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=cccdf332-27a3-46af-8980-7f16e38491b3&file=quick_sketch_perpendicularity.bmp
so let me get this right. I have used my cmm arm to measure the end Plane. Also used it to measure my cylinder. The software can use the hole axis for perpendicularity. So I take these two items (89.722 degrees), and calculate the deviation at the distance (tube diameter)(inside or outside?)
Actuly, we do own a cmm, but it;s only a 6' Romer Portable. My software will calulate the perpendicularity but my main question was:
I am using Verisurf software and it has no problem calculating the perpendicularity. In order to come up with a Deviation amount, I need the distance from the...
I've got a cylinder with a perpendicularity callout to a flange bonded on one end of the tube. Tube is 72 inches long, and callout tolerance is 0.250mm to datum A.
Datum A points to the outside surface of the cylinder on the far end. Just wondering how to find out what the callout is asking for...
