PC-DMIS provides you with an assortment of windows, editors, and other aids that can help make your measurement routine more productive.
These include:
The Edit window, which has already been discussed in the "Using the Edit Window" chapter
A Report window for displaying measurement results (see "Using the Report Window")
A script editor that is used to create scripts in the BASIC programming language (see "Using the Basic Script Editor")
An editor for creating and displaying interactive and forms and dialog boxes (see "Using the Form Editor")
An inspection report editor that is used to quickly view and make small editing changes to your automatically-generated inspection reports (see "Viewing an Inspection Report")
An interface for quick generation of simple measurement routines (see "Using the Quick Start Interface")
A Settings window that is used to make quick edits to frequently-used values (see "Using the Settings Window")
A Preview window that is used to preview your measurements before accepting them (see "Using the Preview Window")
A window used to create and store marked sets of features for future execution (see "Using the Marked Sets Window")
A Probe Readouts window that shows the current probe's location and other information (see "Using the Probe Readouts Window")
A Status window that displays the current status of an operation or feature information (see "Using the Status Window")
A probe toolbox that is used to perform probe manipulations (see "Using the Probe Toolbox")
A dockable color bar that shows the different tolerance zones and dimension colors (see "Using the Dimensions Colors Window")
A dockable Q-DAS Data Editor window to modify K-field data for their Q-DAS statistical results (see "Using the Q-DAS Data Editor Window")
A dialog box that is used to select an active tip (see "Selecting a Tip")
A path viewer showing the path your probe takes during measurement routine execution (see "Viewing Path Lines")
A CAD Information dialog box to display information about a CAD element in the Graphic Display window (see "Viewing CAD Information" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter)
A CAD Import History dialog box to display a history of CAD models imported into the current measurement routine (see "Viewing CAD Import History")