MetLogix M2 User Manual

Section 6: Reference Frames ................................................................................................................ 55 Establishing a Reference Frame ............................................................................................................................. 55 Skew alignment.................................................................................................................................................... 55 Part Datuming ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 Constructing a Part Datum Point from one or more Parent Features................................................................... 56 Creating a Datum by Manually Zeroing the X and Y Coefficients of a Feature .................................................... 56 Rotating and Offsetting a Reference Frame ............................................................................................................ 57 Rotating the Measurement Reference Frame ...................................................................................................... 57 Offsetting the Skew Alignment ............................................................................................................................. 58 Section 7: Tolerancing .............................................................................................................................. 61 Supported Tolerances ............................................................................................................................................. 61 Applying Tolerances to a Single Feature................................................................................................................. 62 Keypad Entry of Nominal Values ......................................................................................................................... 63 Go to the Tolerance Screen, Select and Enter Tolerance.................................................................................... 64 Go to the Deviation Screen to Observe Results................................................................................................... 64 Entering Nominal Values using Auto-Round ........................................................................................................ 65 Entering Nominal and Tolerance Values using Place Tolerancing....................................................................... 65 Importing Nominal Values From a DXF Drawing File (CNC systems) ................................................................. 67 Applying Tolerances to a Group of Features ........................................................................................................... 69 Section 8: Reporting Data ...................................................................................................................... 71 Selecting a Report Format....................................................................................................................................... 71 Editing Report Cells................................................................................................................................................. 72 Hiding Report Data .................................................................................................................................................. 73 Customizing Report Templates ............................................................................................................................... 74 Specifying Printout Settings ................................................................................................................................. 74 Displaying Feature Numbers on Printed Reports................................................................................................. 75 Section 9: Exporting Data ....................................................................................................................... 77 Specifying Export Settings....................................................................................................................................... 77 Exporting a Data File ............................................................................................................................................... 78 Section 10: Programming ........................................................................................................................ 79 Part Fixturing Modes ............................................................................................................................................... 80 No Part Fixturing .................................................................................................................................................. 80 Temporary Part Fixturing ..................................................................................................................................... 80 Permanent Part Fixturing ..................................................................................................................................... 80

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