).The Settings screen lets
you change different settings and perform infrequent tasks, such as calibrating
the probe. To access the Settings screen, from
the left sidebar, click Settings ().
You can only modify settings that have an administrator
shield icon (
) if you
run Inspect as an administrator.
Reports
Folder - This
defines the folder where Inspect
stores your report data. These reports show on the Reports screen.
Current Theme - This changes the look of the application between Dark and Light.
Backstage Menu Style - This changes how the items in the left sidebar appear. These are the options:
Auto - This sidebar's width changes dynamically to show both text and icons, just the text, or just the icons, based on the current width of the application.
Icon Only - The sidebar's width changes to show only icons for the items there.
Text Only - The sidebar's width changes to show only text for the items there.
Text and Icon - The sidebar's width changes to show both the text and icons for the items there.
Current Language - This changes the language that the software uses. When you change the language, the software asks if you want to restart the software in the new language. If you click Yes, the software immediately closes and restarts in that language.
Measurement Units - This sets the measurement units for the part offsets used by pallet playlists in Inspect. You can set the measurement units to be Inches or Millimeters. You define the part offsets in the Pallet Layouts tab.
Type - This works with the Backup/Restore functionality. This list determines whether typical user-specific settings should remain user-specific (User) or if they should be system wide (System). These settings are things like favorites, playlists, and so on. The default is User.
If you want all users that use the computer to use the same settings, choose System.
If you want users to be able to set their own settings, choose User.
Inspect stores user-specific settings here:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Hexagon\Inspect
Inspect stores system-wide settings here:
C:\ProgramData\Hexagon\Inspect\5.0
If you set Type to be System, then all the folders and settings stored in the user-specific folder become system-wide and are stored in the system-wide folder.
You can only backup and restore according to the same scope. For example, if you set Type to User and you click Backup, and you then set Type to System and click Restore, the backed up user settings do not end up in the system-wide folder.
Backup Folder - This defines the folder where Inspect stores backups of your settings. When you modify this pathway, Inspect immediately creates the defined folder. Inside of this defined folder, Inspect creates an additional BackupSettings folder. When you click Backup or Restore this is the folder that Inspect uses for those operations. Inspect stores the settings in .xml and .dat files.
Include Add-Ons Settings - If you mark this check box, Inspect includes your add-on settings when you click Backup. Inside of BackupSettings, Inspect stores the add-on settings inside of additional sub-folders. These sub-folders have the same name as your add-ons. For information on add-ons see, "The Add-ons Screen".
Backup - This button backs up your settings into the above Backup Folder location. A temporary green check mark appears next to this button to indicate that Inspect has backed up your files. Inspect only stores one set of back up files. If you click this button again, Inspect overwrites the backup files with the new set of files. If you want to keep multiple sets of backup files, you can simply define a new pathway and click Backup.
Restore - This button restores any backed up settings from the Backup Folder location. You must restart Inspect to apply the restored settings.
Allow Manual Internet Access - If turned on, certain areas of Inspect can access the Internet, such as the Discover tab. With that access, you can see the video content in the Discover tab. If turned off, you cannot see any video content in the Discover tab.
This area appears when you install the PC-DMIS add on from the Add-ons screen. Under this area there is a list of all the versions of PC-DMIS that are on your computer. Each version in the list has a switch and a Probe Calibrate button next to it. For information on add-ons see, "The Add-ons Screen".
Calibration Access - This list determines who has access to calibrate probes. You can set this to Standard User to allow standard users to calibrate probes.
Next, the application folders and user-defined folders define the main folders you see under This PC from the Parts screen.
+ PC-DMIS <Version> - The switch next to the version can turn on or off that version of PC-DMIS for Inspect. If you turn it on, Inspect enables a specific add-on for that version. You need to turn on the switches for each version of PC-DMIS that you intend to use with Inspect. If you enable multiple versions, Inspect shows a small dialog box so you can choose what add-on to use to execute.
Probe
Calibrate - This
button is under each version of PC-DMIS in the above list. It tells that
version of PC-DMIS to perform a probe calibration on a probe that you
supply. When you click this button, an Open
dialog box appears so that you can select the probe file that PC-DMIS
should use for the calibration. PC-DMIS then opens the probe file in the
Probe Utilities dialog box that PC-DMIS uses.
You can use that dialog box to calibrate the probe.
The Calibration Access
setting can unlock this button for standard users.
Target Environment - In QUINDOS, you need to choose an environment. This setting defines what target environment to use for Inspect with QUINDOS. This means you don't have to manually choose the environment each time QUINDOS runs in the background.
This area appears if you install the Simulator add-on. For more information, see "Using the Simulator".
Enabled - If you mark this check box, the software asks if you want to use the simulator to measure your routine. The simulator simulates a metrology package executing your routine. It provides results based on the simulated execution. If you clear this check box, the software does not give you a prompt to use the simulator to measure your routine; it instead uses a different enabled application add-on.
Supported File Types - This box must have one or more file types in it for the simulation to work. If you don't have anything in this box, you do not receive a prompt to use the simulator. The file type must match the routine type you choose to execute. For example, PC-DMIS uses the .prg file. For multiple file types, separate them with a semi-colon.
Measurement Routine Execution Duration - This box defines how many seconds you want each simulated execution to last.
Manual Alignment - This inserts a fake manual alignment at the beginning of your simulated execution. It shows messages that prompt you to measure that alignment.
Execution Errors - This shows random error messages. These are hardware or other measurement errors you could receive during an execution.
Dimension Errors - This simulates the deviations you get from perfect values when you measure a part.
Auto Run - This determines whether Inspect should automatically execute a measurement routine once the routine opens from a barcode scan or lookup.
Auto Run Delay - If Auto Run is marked, this determines the number of seconds that Inspect waits before it begins the automatic execution of the routine.
Masks - You may find it helpful to mask all but certain characters from a barcode scan. This is useful when you have a series of characters on your barcode that never change, and you don't want to type them each time you perform a scan. In that case, with this setting, you can expose only those characters that change, and all other characters are masked. For more information, see "Masking Barcode Characters".
Add Mask - Creates a new mask and shows the boxes From: n1 To: n2 where n1 and n2 are numbers that represent a range of characters.
From: n1 To: n2 - Inspect masks all character except those in the range from the numbers in n1 to n2. This means when you use the Scan Part dialog box, you only need to specify the characters in any exposed ranges.
You can use the trash can
buttons (
) to delete masks.
Trace Fields - You can create a trace field based on a sequence of characters from your barcodes. You can then access this value in your measurement routine in your measurement application. For more information, see "Using Barcode Trace Fields".
Add Trace Field - Creates a new trace field and shows a row of boxes From: n1 To: n2 where n1 and n2 are numbers that represent a range of characters. A third box to the right defines the name of the trace field.
You can use the trash can
buttons () to delete trace fields.
This area appears when you install the Dimension Sets add-on from the Add-ons screen.
Use Alignment Dependencies - If you mark this check box, and you execute a dimension set from a mini-routine, Inspect asks that you measure the alignment features for the alignment that the selected dimension set uses. If you clear this check box, Inspect does not ask you to measure the alignment features. For more information on dimension sets, see "Dimension Sets" in "The Details Pane".
This option only applies to mini-routines; it does not apply to marked sets.
[Application Folders] - The [Application Folders] that appear here can vary based on the application add-ons you have installed. The default is the latest supported version of PC-DMIS.
Label - This defines what name you want Inspect to use for the folder. If you clear this value, it defaults to the folder name.
Path - Under each application name, this shows the default folder path for where that application stores its measurement routines.
Extensions
- This shows the supported extensions. Inspect
chooses a default set of filters based on the 
add-ons
that come with Inspect.
You cannot modify this for the application folders. For user-defined folders,
you can define the extension or extensions when you define the folder
path.
User-Defined Folders - This section becomes visible when you click Create New User Folder to create new user-defined folder settings with pathways to folders with pre-defined or custom extensions.
Label - Same as above.
Path - This shows the pathway for the user-defined folder. You can define the pathway when you create it. If you want to change the path, you need to delete the specific user-defined folder setting and recreate it.
Extensions - This box filters the files that Inspect shows when you select this folder under This PC. You can define this filter when you click Create New User Folder. You can add multiple filters as long as you separate them with commas. For example, you can type or select *.prg to show PC-DMIS measurement routines. You can type *.* to show all the files. If you want to change the extension, and you've already defined a user-defined folder setting, you need to delete the specific user-defined folder setting and recreate it.
- Toggle Folder Visibility - This changes the
visibility state of the user-defined folder. With this option, you can
hide folders so they don't appear in This PC.
- Delete This Setting - This removes the user-defined
folder setting. The actual folder in Windows Explorer remains untouched.
Create New User Folder - This linked text adds a new user-defined folder setting that you can define.
This item appears if you use the EYE-D add-on.
Take Baseline - This button takes an image of the CMM's granite surface with no parts on it. You need to only take this image one time. Inspect stores this image as the baseline image.
Use temporary routines when executing
- This check box tells
the software to use a temporary execution folder whenever you execute
a routine. Inspect
copies the routine and any related files with the same name but with a
different extension to a temporary folder for execution:
C:\Users\<user>AppData\Local\Temp\Hexagon\Inspect\TempExecutionLocation
<user> is your Windows user name.
Inspect removes items from this folder whenever you close Inspect. This protects the original routine from any modification by Inspect. This option is recommended when routines are located on a server, or when you want to keep the original routine untouched.
This setting does not support the Out of Tolerance button used with Dimension Sets. For more information on that button, see "Dimension Sets".
Show application
when a routine executes
- This check box tells the software to show the measurement application
when you execute the routine. This currently works only with a PC-DMIS
application add-on. PC-DMIS appears in its light theme. The CAD view appears
in PC-DMIS and not embedded in Inspect.
PC-DMIS closes once the routine's execution finishes.
This item appears if you use the Slideshow add-on.
Automatically
generate PDF report
- If you mark this check box, the software generates a PDF version of
the Slideshow after the routine executes. A button appears on the summary
screen to open the report. This report does not contain a summary of the
number of in-tolerance or out-of-tolerance items.
Allow
Standard User to create and edit Slideshow Template - If you mark this check box, non-administrators
can use the Slideshow Template Editor to create or edit the .hxtp Slideshow
template files.
