The following options are available:
While points can be used to align in many way, the first section of the Alignments tab is specific to basic instrument location operations where the goal is to align your points or your instrument to the jobs working coordinate system.
The best fit process provides a way to match two points groups to each other.
These options assume you are aligning two point groups together matching points that have the same names. There are 3 separate ways to do that:
Best-Fit (Ctr+B) is a comprehensive and flexible means to align two point groups together that already exist in the job file.
Measure Nominal Points is designed to guide a user through actively measuring an existing set of nominal points and provides a more streamlined best fit solution for that process.
Point Group to Nominal Group Relationship. This option builds a relationship, which can also be built on the Feature tab. This relationship builds a dynamic link between two point groups which offers a means to monitor the relative location of the groups and directly align using a Best-Fit if needed.
Adds to the Best-Fit solution by offering a front end that guides a user through the measurement process.
Offers an option to build a dynamic relationship between two groups that can be used to directly access the Best fit option.
Offers an efficient means to align to a CAD mode using Point Measurements.