Setting Your Preferences: Introduction

PC-DMIS allows you to set personal preferences that tailor the form and function of PC-DMIS to meet individual specifications. Using this chapter, you will be able to control output format, screen graphics, machine parameters, and other options.

The main topics in this chapter include:

• Selecting Setup Options

• Modifying Report and Motion Parameters

• Setting Up the Edit Window

• Setting Up the Probe Readouts Window

• Setting Up Multiple Arms

• Defining the Rotary Table

• Setting Up Probe Changer Options

• Managing Multiple Probe Changers

• Loading the Active Probe

• Examples of Working with Single and Multiple Probe Changers

• Setting Up the Machine Interface

• Compensating for Temperature

• Using Simplified Temperature Compensation

• Temperature Gage

• Editing Part Materials and Coefficients

• Specifying Search Paths

• Changing OpenGL Options

• Using the Measurement Strategy Editor

• Setting Up Sensor Mapping

• Setting Import Options

• Understanding File Locations

• Understanding Data Files

The following paragraphs describe the various system options and their functions.

A Note on Storing Settings for Multiple Users

Switching Between Machine Profiles