Frame Feature (Frame Wizard)

Creates a GR-Frame feature that dynamically builds a frame from the associated geometry. These are complex features with unique capabilities.

Frame Features report the following criteria:

Frame Fit Settings include the following specific considerations:

Like a Frame to Frame relationship it compares the position and orientation of two frames, but the relationships “measured” frame is built upon the associated points and features using the Frame Wizard selection utility.

This frame can therefore be built upon other geometry relationships which in tern make it a dynamically updating frame. For this reason, geometry extracted from CAD is built as a placeholder GR-Feature that is then added to the tree, ready to be measured. This is a difference from the construction tool which builds a static frame from the nominal features extracted from the CAD model.

When “CAD Nominal” is enabled in the ribbon a special CAD only option enforced. This restricts selection to a CAD model and builds a nominal frame as part of the same operation. This is perfect for defining a frame to frame or 3-2-1 type alignment to a job file that is dynamic and repeatable.

GR-Frame as a Saved Alignment 

Frame Wizard relationships can also be used for alignment when a nominal frame is assigned. Using the Execute Alignment option in the right-click menu will perform a frame to frame alignment, aligning the measured frame to the nominal frame.