Building a Guided Inspection - Design
To build a guided GD&T Inspection an inspection designer should be- gin with a fully annotated model. This annotated model can either be imported from a CAD package or built within SA. SA objects should be converted to bounded surfaces before beginning the inspection design to allow nominal guild points to be placed on the nominal features. The design process should be conducted as follows:
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Begin by right-clicking on the annotations in the tree and building feature checks. The majority of the inspection design including view orientations and nominal points are saved with the datums and feature checks.
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Right-clicking in the tree and select Inspection > Design. There are three location where you can find this option. You can right-click on the collection containing the GD&T datums and feature checks to work through the design of all datum and feature checks at once, or you select the datums or feature checks only if you only want to work on designing the portion of the GD&T inspection.
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Once started the GD&T inspection designer walks through designing the inspection for each GD&T feature in order just as a user would measure them. For each feature the following designations can be made:
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Save View for Inspection. If checked the current view will be saved with the datum or feature check and the view will be set to this view when the Inspection > Rehearse or Inspection > Inspect routines are run.
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Create Nominal Points. Nominal point measurement locations can be laid out on the model by graphically clicking on the model in the graphic view. The click selection order will be duplicated in the guided inspection. These point locations are saved as a point group and are saved with the Group Name and Point Name specified in the dialog. If you wish to remove the associated point locations you can use the “Clear NomPts” but- ton at the bottom of the dialog.
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Measurement Profile Name. The measurement profile for the instrument being used for the inspection can be set through the inspection designer as well. When the inspector is prompted to measure this feature the measurement profile specified here will be sent to the active instrument.
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Enable Inspection Automatic Measurement. When enabled this option will automatically begin the specified measurement mode on the active instrument.
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Inspection Design - Item # of #. 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 depend on the selection method, whether you selected to design only the datums, feature checks, or included the entire inspection in the design by selecting 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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