## Aligning a Cylinder Gear

1. When you click Yes in the "Are you ready to align the gear?" message box, PC-DMIS launches in the background to create the part program for alignment and execute each measurement. The first of a series of PC-DMIS Gear messages then appears:

2. Measure a point and then click OK.

3. Measure the plane feature. You can measure only three hits. After each hit, touch Done on the jogbox.

4. Click Continue.

5. Measure the circle feature. You can measure only three hits. After each hit, touch Done on the jogbox.

6. Click Continue.

7. Measure a point on the left side of tooth 1 and then click OK.

8. Measure a point on the right side of tooth 1 and then click OK.

9. After you have measured all of the alignment features for the cylinder gear, the following message appears and indicates that automatic operations are ready to begin. It also prompts you to move the probe to a safe location above the gear.

10. To proceed with the measurement, click OK. To cancel the measurement, click Cancel.

11. When the automatic alignment process is done, a message box will appear and indicate that the alignment was built successfully.

Step 9: Measure the Gear...