The Details Pane

The Details pane appears on the right when you select a tile. It shows detailed information about that tile. If you select multiple products, the Details pane only shows the number of selected items. If you select only one tile, the Details pane contains more specific information. The exact items that appear depend on your configuration. For information on available configuration options, see "The Add-ons Screen" and "The Settings Screen".

From the Parts screen, you can click the close button () to minimize the Details pane. It then appears as a vertical Details button.

Common Interface Elements

These items appear for all configurations:

When the Details pane is maximized, you can click the vertical blue bar to size the Details pane:

For an Administrator: You can use all the options on the Details pane.

For any other role: If you are anyone other than an administrator, you can only use the Details pane to view tile information and execute routines.

Each main section in the pane contains this small arrow () . It collapses or expands the items within that section.

Details Pane Items

Item Name - The topmost box shows the item's name. For folders and measurement routines, you cannot change the name. (If you need to change how it's displayed, modify Nickname under Favorites below.) If it's a playlist, you can rename or delete the playlist with these buttons:

Rename - This button edits the item's name. You cannot rename or delete the root folder names of Favorites, Playlists, Recent, This PC.

Delete - This button deletes the item.

Creation Date - This shows the date and time the product was started. The format is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss.

Last Execution - This shows the date and time of the most recent execution. The format is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss.

Execution Duration - This shows how long the most recent execution took to run. The format is hh:mm:ss.

In the above items, for the date, mm is the month, dd is the day, and yyyy is the year. For the time, hh are the hours, mm are the minutes, and ss are the seconds.

Product ID - If you hover your pointer over this button, it shows the unique product ID of a routine or playlist. You can click this button to copy the product ID to the Clipboard to store the IDs for later use. You can also paste the ID into the following supported areas of the Home screen to look up that product:

• The Product ID box

• The Scan Part dialog box

(This becomes available when you enable the Barcode add-on and then click the Scan Part button on the Home screen.)

When you paste the ID and press enter, Inspect shows the routine or playlist with an execute button so that you can execute it.

Change Thumbnail - This changes the routine's thumbnail image. This button appears whenever you position your pointer over a measurement routine's current thumbnail image. You can click this button to choose a new thumbnail image. You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item.

Barcode - This item appears if you have the Barcode add-on installed. You can click the Learn Part button to associate a barcode with the routine or playlist. A blue barcode icon () on this button indicates that a barcode is associated with this routine or playlist. A white barcode icon () on this button indicates that there is no association. You can click the small Reset Barcode button () to the right of Learn Part to disassociate a barcode.

For more information, see "Associating a Barcode with a Routine" or "Removing a Barcode Association". You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item.

Dimension Sets - This area appears if you have the Dimension Sets add-on installed, and if your measurement routine contains defined subsets of features to measure. In PC-DMIS, these defined subsets are known as marked sets or mini-routines.

An Out of Tolerance button appears if you have executed a selected dimension set at least once, and items in that set resulted in an out-of-tolerance measurement. In this case, when you click this button, Inspect filters the items so that when you next click Execute, Inspect only executes the out-of-tolerance items from all dimension sets combined, instead of executing the items of just that dimension set.

If nothing is out of tolerance, this button does not appear.

If the Use temporary routines when executing setting is marked, and you have out-of-tolerance measurements, the Out of Tolerance button does not become active. It'll be a ghosted-out red color with a caution symbol to indicate it's disabled. This is because the Out of Tolerance button does not function with that setting.

The Execute button executes the selected dimension set. If the Out of Tolerance button is visible and you click that button first, the Execute button executes only the out-of-tolerance items from the previously-executed dimension set or sets. For more information, see "Executing Routines to Measure Parts".

If your dimension sets use mini-routines, note that when you execute a mini-routine, it marks and unmarks features in the routine. This also affects the normal execution button for that routine. Be sure that you understand these implications when you use mini-routines in your measurement routines and execute them in your dimension sets.

PC-DMIS - This area appears if you click on a tile for a PC-DMIS routine.

If you have not yet executed the routine, it shows a message that you need to either execute the routine or click Probes Refresh () to detect the probes.

Probes Refresh () - Inspect opens the routine and gets any changes made to calibration outside of Inspect. This is useful if you used PC-DMIS by itself to calibrate a probe (or a probe calibration has gone stale), and you want that calibration status reflected in Inspect.

Used Probes - Once you execute the routine at least once in Inspect or click Probes Refresh, Inspect displays the probes that your measurement routine uses under this heading.

A small drop-down arrow appears to the right of each probe name. You can click this arrow to expand or collapse the following items:

Calibrate () - This button appears below each probe name under Used Probes. You can use it to calibrate all the tips for that probe. For information on calibration, see "Calibrating Probe Tips".

Tip - This column shows an entry for each probe tip defined by PC-DMIS TIP commands in the measurement routine for that probe.

Calibration Date - This column shows the last calibration date and time for each probe tip for that probe. The text is green if the calibration is up to date. The text is red if it is out of date.

You can hover over a tip to see data for that tip, such as the date, the standard deviation, and the status. If your probe's standard deviation exceeds the Standard Deviation Limit for Calibration value in the Settings screen, Inspect highlights the calibration date in red and it shows "Invalid Calibration" under Status.

- This warning icon appears for various conditions related to calibration:

• The Scheduler add-on detects a scheduled calibration that needs to occur.

• The tip is uncalibrated and the Block Execution If Uncalibrated Tips option in the Settings screen is marked.

• The probe's standard deviation exceeds the defined limit.

- This caution icon appears if something has changed related to the tips or the probes on the PC-DMIS side. For example, maybe a new tip or probe was added to the routine. You then need to click Probes Refresh to get the latest changes from PC-DMIS.

Equator - This area appears if you install the EQUATOR add-on for Renishaw Equator™ systems. A red warning symbol appears if you do not have a .cal file for the measurement routine.

Last CMM Compare - This shows the date for the last CMM Compare.

Perform CMM Compare - This check box runs the CMM compare prior to measuring the routine.

You can also use the Scheduler add-on with the Equator add-on to determine how frequently to run CMM compare. To do this, use the Scheduler section in the Settings screen.

For more information, see "Working with Renishaw Equator Systems".

Favorite - This item appears if you have the Favorites add-on installed.

Nickname - This box lets you type in a nickname. This nickname is then used on screens and messages throughout the software in place of the actual product name. A nickname may make it easier for an operator to work with a long or difficult-to-understand product name. You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item.

The small star symbol () to the left of this text indicates if the product is a favorite or not. If you mark the star symbol, the product appears in the Favorites list on the Home screen or Favorites screen. For more information, see "Working with Favorites".

Pre-Execution Files - You can click the Attach file button () list to add pre-execution files to the routine or playlist. Files that you add appear under this heading. These files are typically instructional or other files that you want the operator to view. For more information on how to add files to a routine, see "Adding Pre-Execution Files to a Routine or Playlist". You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item.

Playlist - This area appears if you have the Playlist add-on installed.

Add to Playlist - This link appears if you select a routine. It opens up the playlist dialog box so that you can add the selected routine or routines to a new playlist or an existing playlist. For more information see "Using Playlists" and "The Playlist Dialog Box".

Edit Playlist - This link appears if you select a playlist. The link opens up that playlist in the playlist dialog box.

This informational text about a selected playlist also appears in this area:

Repetition - This shows how many times the playlist repeats during execution.

Auto Continue - Shows whether the playlist automatically continues execution or not between routines.

Routines - Shows the routines in the playlist.

Routines - Shows the routines that are in the playlist.

Slideshow - This item appears if you use the Slideshow add-on. This area of the Details pane contains this information:

Name - This shows the slideshow template name for the routine. If there is no template for the routine, this shows "No Template".

Creation Date - If there is a slideshow template, this shows the creation date and time of the template.

Create Slideshow Template - This button appears if no slideshow template exists for the routine. It works only with routines stored on your computer. When you click this button, the Slideshow Template Editor opens so you can create a slideshow template. You can also create a template within the Slideshow tab on the Measure screen. You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item. A setting in the Settings screen can enable this button for standard users.

Edit Template - This button appears if there is a slideshow template for the routine. When you click this button, the Slideshow Template Editor opens the current template for edit. You must run Inspect as an administrator to use this item. A setting in the Settings screen can enable this for standard users.

EYE-D - This item appears if you have the EYE-D add-on installed. This area of the Details pane contains this information:

Has External Alignment - If you want the selected routine to recall an external alignment to roughly locate the part, select this check box. Then, browse to the name of the external alignment file (.aln) to recall. (The .aln file was created when the manual alignment routine was executed.)

Learn - This button "teaches" the routine to use a detected part. For more information, see "EYE-D Add-on Execution Process".

Remove - This button removes the routine from the internal database that the EYE-D add-on uses. It does not delete the actual routine.

Execute - Usually, this add-on recognizes the part to be measured, creates an external alignment file, if required, and executes the routine. You may know the part that you want to execute to take advantage of the external alignment creation ability that the EYE-D add-on uses. To do so, navigate to and select the required routine and then click Execute. The EYE-D add-on creates an external alignment, if required, and executes the routine.

Run Check or Run Checks button - This item appears if you have the Swift-Check add-on installed, and you selected at least one check to run from the Swift-Check screen.

A name and description of the Swift-Check also appears if you run only a single check. When you click this button, Inspect runs the check to measure the Swift-Check artifact. Inspect shows the date that you last ran the check (or checks) above the Run Check button in this format:

DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS format.

• If the check is good, the text is green.

• If there's a problem with the check, the text is red.

For more information on Swift-Check, see "Using Swift-Check to Validate the CMM".

If you use the Scheduler add-on, the Details pane also shows when any scheduled tasks were last completed for the routine or playlist. A check box may appear next to some tasks. If you click that check box, and then execute the routine or playlist, Inspect first runs that scheduled task prior to executing the routine or playlist.

Related Topics:

Executing Routines to Measure Parts