Guided Inspection - Inspect
Once a guided GD&T inspection has been built through the Inspection>Design process, a measurement technician can then right-click on the collection and select Inspection>Inspect to conduct the inspection of a part. The guided inspection will walk the operator through the inspection laid out by the designer and allow them to measure the part as specified. As measurements are taken they will be associated with the appropriate feature is the tree and an analysis will be carried out automatically. For an operator it can be as easy as measuring the point on the part designated by the bulls-eyes laid out on the nominal CAD part. The process flow is as follows:
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To begin the inspection right-click on either the collection, the datums or the feature check categories and select Inspection> Inspect depending on the number of features you wish to include in the inspection. When you do so the inspection will begin and the following will occur: the view will be set to the saved view for the feature; the measurement profile will be set on the instrument specified; or the first inspection point will be displayed on the nominal part.
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A dialog box will be displayed with the following options and active trapping will begin for that feature:
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Skip Measured Features. When checked, this option allows the feature progression buttons to skip features that already have measurements associated and progress to features that do not. This is helpful when all but a few skipped features have been measured and you want to automatically progress to those particular features.
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Highlight Cylinder Features. This check box triggers an additional cylinder to be graphically drawn on the CAD model to clearly depict which cylindrical surface to measure in addition to highlighting the specific CAD faces.
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# of # Nominal Points. These progress buttons are displayed only when saved measurement locations are included in the inspection. They provide the number of design measurements expected for the features and allows the user to skip through the measurement points to record measurements for only the points desired. It also allows you to backtrack and add additional measurements at a particular guide location.
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Inspecting # of # Features. This set of toggle buttons provides a convenient way of progression the included inspection features. The total number of features included in the item list de- pend on the selection method, whether you selected to design only the datums, feature checks, or included the entire inspection in the design by selection inspection>design for the entire collection. The settings for each inspection feature are saved automatically when you exit the current feature.
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Simply measure the actual part where indicated by the bulls eye is displayed on the nominal part within SA. The bulls eyes will automatically increment through the saved measure- ment locations. When no nominal measurement locations are save with the feature it is assumed that the measurement technician will measure the appropriate number of on the designated surfaces.
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When all measurements are taken for a feature the dialog will automatically increment to the next feature in the list just as the inspection was designed. If nominal measurement locations were not included in the inspection design then the feature should be incremented manually when sufficient measurements are take.