Use the items in the Execution area of the General tab to edit the following options:
Any order execute tolerance
In the Any order execute tolerance box, define the tolerance that the hit must be within for PC-DMIS to measure that feature when executing your measurement routine in any order execute mode.
If your initial hit is more than the specified tolerance away from the feature, PC-DMIS searches backwards and forwards through the measurement routine for the closest feature whose initial hit matches your initial hit and executes that feature instead. For more information, see "Any Order Execution" in the "Using Advanced File Options" chapter.
PC-DMIS stores the tolerance value with your measurement routine. This enables you to have different search zones for different measurement routines if desired.
Execution FindNoms tolerance
In the Execution FindNoms tolerance box, type the amount of tolerance that PC-DMIS uses when finding the nominals during measurement routine execution.
This box becomes available when you first select the Find Nominals during Execution check box. For more information, see "Find Nominals During Execution".
Record and display execution time
If you select the Record and display execution time check box, PC-DMIS displays the remaining execution time for a measurement routine or mini routine in the Execution dialog box. The time is recorded only for the DCC portion of the execution.
This check box is not available for Portable machines (the execution time applies only to DCC measurements).
Every time you execute a measurement routine or mini routine, PC-DMIS records and stores its execution time. The next time you start the execution, the last time that was recorded appears in the Execution dialog box. This way, if you add or delete features, or decide to decrease or increase speeds in your measurement routine or mini routine, PC-DMIS records the change in execution time.
PC-DMIS records the execution time in the <name of measurement routine>.MiniRoutines.xml file. This file is located in the same folder as the measurement routine. If a measurement routine is executed when the file does not exist, then PC-DMIS creates the file. For more information about this file, see "Mini Routines".
You can decide to not record and display the execution time in the Execution dialog box. For example, the execution time for a machine that operates only in Manual mode does not need to be recorded and displayed. To not record and display the execution time, clear the Record and display execution time check box.
Add to execution time (seconds)
The time required to complete a measurement routine may include other actions in addition to executing the measurement routine or mini routine, such as printing the measurement results. If you select the Add to execution time (seconds) check box and enter the time in seconds, PC-DMIS adds the seconds to the actual execution time. The next time you execute the measurement routine or mini routine, the remaining time that appears in the Execution dialog box will include this additional time.