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To construct points at the intersections of a line and a circle

To report the locations of the points where a line intersects the circumference of a circle:

  1. Open a Geometric group in the Sequence Tree.
  2. Click Geometry tab > Points panel > Intersection > Points: Line & Circle.

The Points Intersection Line/Circle dialog contains the following areas:

Name — Enter a name for the item. The name is used in the inspection sequence, in the Report and Info tabs, and when referencing the item in other items.

Use nominals — Select this check box to enter or change the item nominals, and to compare the item measurements to their nominal values. Deselect this check box to disable comparisons with the item nominals.

When this check box is selected, an in-tolerance or out-of-tolerance indicator is displayed on the measured item's icon in the inspection sequence; the border of the item label is coloured to indicate whether the measurements are within tolerance; and the tolerance, nominal, deviation, and error values of the item are shown in the report.

When this check box is deselected, the Nominal boxes are disabled, no tolerance indicators are displayed and no tolerance, nominal, deviation, and error values are shown in the report for this item.

Note: To load the nominals from the CAD model, click and select From CAD Entity. To replace the nominals with the item's measurements in the current Measure, click the button and select From Active Measure.

Visible — Select this check box to display the item in the CAD view.

Output in report — Select this check box to include the item in the report.

Simple measures behaviour — Select this check box to display the measurement details of the item in a separate dialog as soon as you have finished probing all the referenced items.

Use unbounded entities — By default, PowerInspect calculates where non-touching items would intersect when their axes are extended beyond the items' boundaries. If you do not want PowerInspect to calculate the intersection points for non-touching items, deselect this check box.

Reference circle — Select the circle with which you want to construct the intersection.

Reference line — Select the line with which you want to construct the intersection.

Note: Click to select an item from the CAD view using the mouse.

Point 1 — Enter the nominal position and tolerance values for the first point of intersection.

Point 2 — Enter the nominal position and tolerance values for the second point of intersection.

Click OK to close the dialog and save your changes.

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