The manual alignment is used to quickly define the part location based on the measured Arc and Line Datum features.
To create a manual alignment:
From the Wizards toolbar (View | Toolbars | Wizards), select the 321Alignment button to show the Alignment Type dialog box.
Select the Line-Point 2D alignment and click Next >> to open the 2D-LinePoint dialog box.
Select LIN1 from the List of Available Lines and associate it with XPLUS axis from the Associate with axis drop-down list.
Click Next >> to open the 2D-LinePointAlignment - Origin dialog box.
From the list of Available Points, select CIR1, and click Next >> to show the Line-Point dialog box.
Click Finish to insert the alignment command into the measurement routine. The manual alignment is complete.
Click the +/- (expand/collapse) next to the new alignment in the Edit Window. Notice the alignment steps that were created under the alignment command by the 3 2 1 Alignment Wizard.