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PowerINSPECT 2200 and later includes a number of alignment add-ins for use with other systems such as PowerMILL. These are included in the Add-Ins directory on the PowerINSPECT installation CD. Install the add-in by copying the dll to the local PC, and then use Tools- Add-In Manager to reference it in PowerINSPECT. In some cases you may then need to create a toolbar entry to allow you to access it via from PowerINSPECT.
PowerINSPECT 2200 and later includes a library of add-ins.
To install an add-in, copy the dll to your PC and use Tools- Add-In Manager to reference it through PowerINSPECT.
In some cases an icon will appear straight away. In other cases you may have to create a menu entry- see Appendix for details.
This is designed to display the alignment scheme of the part as a series of rotations (in degrees about each axis) and translations (in mm along each axis)
There are two classifications.
a) Single alignment or compound alignment
b) First angle projection or third angle projection.
This is the simple case. The user wants to report the transformation to get from machine coordinates to part coordinates.
This is useful if the user wants to measure directly the relationship between the part and the measuring device, for example if the measurement is being taken directly on the machine tool. It is also useful if the coordinate system of the device can be aligned to a desired coordinate system.
PowerINSPECT expresses the alignment of the current measure, in terms of the coordinates of the measuring device.
Use the CAD to CMM alignment function, and report the results in first or third angle projection.
This is the more complex case. The user wants to report the transformation to get from machine coordinates to part coordinates, but the measuring device is not aligned with the machine tool.
A typical example is measurements taken with a Romer or CimCore arm. The user is not interested in the measurement in the arm coordinates, but rather the relationship between one alignment result (the alignment for the machine tool) and another alignment result (the alignment for the part.)
PowerINSPECT allows you to select any two measures from open PowerINSPECT sessions, calculates the transformations for each, and expresses the results in terms of a relative transformation from one measure to the other.
This utility goes further in that it takes the simple alignment case and creates a workplane in PowerMILL.
This utility requires PowerMILL to be running. It takes the current alignment,
and you can pick toolpaths in the current PowerMILL project to re-align. You
can either output the TAP files directly, or produce re-aligned toolpaths
that you can then use in PowerMILL for simulation in ViewMILL.
Find the More Buttons button on the top toolbar 
and click on it.
Click on the Customize option 
In the Customize dialog, click on the Toolbars tab
Click on the New button to create a new toolbar and type in a name.
The new toolbar will appear in the list. A small toolbar will appear.
Click on the Commands tab, find the dll entry in the Categories list, and drag and drop the required commands from the Commands list onto the new toolbar.
Click on the Close button and reposition the toolbar.
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