) on
a routine. You can also get to the Measure screen
if you click the arrow button (
) on the left sidebar.
The Measure screen is available
if you install the Measure add-on. With the
Measure screen, you can measure a product (or
part). Inspect accesses
this screen when you click an execute button () on
a routine. You can also get to the Measure screen
if you click the arrow button () on the left sidebar.
During a typical execution of a single routine, the
Measure screen shows the Measurement View (
). This view contains these items:
At the top, the text shows the routine's name.
In the middle, a circle progress indicator shows the percent completed.
Beneath the circle progress indicator, there are instructions, status messages, and a time remaining estimate. The software calculates the time remaining estimate from previous executions of the same routine.
On the left, a thin sidebar that is specific to this window, provides buttons to show different views (such as the Live Image view).
On the top left, a Go to
Backstage button (
)
closes the Measure screen and returns Inspect to its previous view.
There's a thin left sidebar on the Measure screen that may contain these buttons:
Show the Measurement
View - This button shows the standard progress indicator during
execution.
Show the Results View -
This button shows the Results
View. It provides a summary of measurement results for the
executed routine.
Show Playlist Execution - This button works with the Playlist
add-on to show the Playlist
Execution View so that you can see the progress of a regular
playlist execution.
Show Playlist Execution (for pallet playlists) - This button works
with the Playlist add-on to show
the Playlist
Execution View so that you can see the progress of a pallet
playlist execution.
Show the Slideshow View - This button works
with the Slideshow add-on to show
the Slideshow tab during execution. Once you
create a template, this displays a live report of slides as the measurement
routine executes. Each slide contains one or more labels. The slides update
with measurement data as PC-DMIS executes features and their corresponding
dimensions. If you need to create a template, on the Slideshow
tab, or from the Details
pane, click the Create Template button.
Show the Pre-Execution
Routine Files - This button shows the operator pre-execution files
immediately prior to execution. These files typically show instructional
or other information about the routine. You can upload these files from
the Details pane.
You can click Open in External Application (
)
to open the file in the associated application.
Show
the Vision View - This button works with PC-DMIS
add-ons to show PC-DMIS Vision's Live
Image view during execution. Your version of PC-DMIS must be configured
with the proper probe and licenses for this button to appear.
Show the CAD View - This button
works with PC-DMIS add-ons to show
the PC-DMIS Graphic Display window view during execution. You can pan,
zoom, and rotate this view, just like in PC-DMIS.
The execution toolbar is on the bottom of the screen. This toolbar area initially changes to yellow to display status messages while Inspect communicates with the server or your local computer to obtain the files to execute. Once it has the files, the execution toolbar changes to contain these buttons:
- This button erases hits. During manual mode operations, when you have
to supply manual hits, you can click this button to delete the last hit
from the hit buffer (list of temporary hits).
- This button pauses the execution and changes to the continue button.
- This button continues a paused execution. (This button is active
only in DCC mode. In manual mode it remains inactive.)
-
This button stops the execution altogether.
- This button takes a simulated nominal hit in manual mode. This appears
if you are working in offline mode. It is hidden if you use an actual
CMM. This progresses an execution of a measurement routine that expects
a manual hit.
Re-measure - This button appears on the bottom bar. It may also appear during certain error conditions that interrupt a feature measurement. You can use this to re-measure a feature.
Done - This button may appear during certain CMM error conditions, such as during a PC-DMIS emergency error condition. This button informs Inspect that you are ready to continue after you have resolved the error condition on the CMM.
Once you finish measuring, the screen changes to the Results View.
Executing Routines to Measure Parts
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