Kenja824
Automotive
- Nov 5, 2014
- 949
I am not sure if the Datum Labeler and Blanker is a GM Tool or just an add on tool that comes with NX. So I will give a bit of explanation to what this is....
A Datum File is a file we bring in to our tool that is basically nothing more than a bunch of one inch spheres placed in the locations where we need to clamp, pin or locate body parts in any other way. The spheres will have attributes stating which body parts will be located, which direction they will be located etc... Each sphere is given a name like CD12345L.
The Datum Labeler and Blanker tool is used in Modeling, and will allow you to select one of the spheres, and it will automatically create a label that states the CD# of the sphere, the location direction and it will give the X,Y,Z coordinates of that sphere.
Problem we are having....
When you select the sphere, you can see the label appear and all of the info is correct. It stays correct when you place the label. Once you click OK to escape the Labeler tool, the numbers will suddenly change. The new coordinates seem to be exactly 12.5mm toward you from the center of the sphere. As if the point is suddenly moved from the center of the sphere, to the surface of the sphere directly toward the viewer (screen).
We have used this tool for years but it seems to recently have just started doing this.
If anyone else out there has used this tool (in a GPDL9-a.3.12.1 menu) and has had this problem, please let me know if you have the fix. The only answer I can come up with so far that makes sense is that we must have had an update recently that causes this and they will need to send a patch, but until the IT department confirms this or disputes it, I was hoping to find an answer here possibly.
A Datum File is a file we bring in to our tool that is basically nothing more than a bunch of one inch spheres placed in the locations where we need to clamp, pin or locate body parts in any other way. The spheres will have attributes stating which body parts will be located, which direction they will be located etc... Each sphere is given a name like CD12345L.
The Datum Labeler and Blanker tool is used in Modeling, and will allow you to select one of the spheres, and it will automatically create a label that states the CD# of the sphere, the location direction and it will give the X,Y,Z coordinates of that sphere.
Problem we are having....
When you select the sphere, you can see the label appear and all of the info is correct. It stays correct when you place the label. Once you click OK to escape the Labeler tool, the numbers will suddenly change. The new coordinates seem to be exactly 12.5mm toward you from the center of the sphere. As if the point is suddenly moved from the center of the sphere, to the surface of the sphere directly toward the viewer (screen).
We have used this tool for years but it seems to recently have just started doing this.
If anyone else out there has used this tool (in a GPDL9-a.3.12.1 menu) and has had this problem, please let me know if you have the fix. The only answer I can come up with so far that makes sense is that we must have had an update recently that causes this and they will need to send a patch, but until the IT department confirms this or disputes it, I was hoping to find an answer here possibly.
