Graphic Modes Toolbar

Graphic Modes toolbar

You can use the Graphic Modes toolbar (View | Toolbars | Graphic Modes) to alter the display of the part on the screen. It also allows access to the available modes. This toolbar contains the following icons:

View Setup - Alters the display of the part in the Graphic Display window. See "Setting up the Screen View" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Save Views - Saves the view of the part as the current viewset which can later be recalled. See "Working with Viewsets" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.

Create Views - Saves the view of the part as a separate viewset command which can later be recalled. See "Working with Viewsets" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.

Snapshot Snapshot -  Inserts a SNAPSHOT command of the current Graphic Display window state into the Edit window. When you execute this command, it inserts an image capture at that state into your report. See "Inserting Snapshots" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.

Scale to Fit - Enlarges or shrinks the views of the graphic in the Graphic Display window to fit your screen. See "Scaling the Drawing" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Draw Surfaces - Turns on or off the display of solid CAD surfaces. See "Drawing Surfaces" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Repaint the Screen - Refreshes and redraws all the views of the part. See "Repainting the Screen" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Center Probe - Centers the probe on the Graphic Display window screen so that the part is animated and the probe is always centered. See "Center Probe" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Curve mode - Places PC-DMIS into Curve mode (for use with wireframe). See "Switching Between Curve and Surface Modes" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Surface mode - Places PC-DMIS into Surface mode (for use with surface data). See "Switching Between Curve and Surface Modes" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Translate mode - Places PC-DMIS into translate mode. See "Translate Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

2D Rotate mode - Two dimensionally rotates the part for the selected view. See "2D Rotate Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

3D Rotate mode - Three dimensionally rotates the part for the selected view. See "3D Rotate Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

 2D Section Slide Show - If you have a Pointcloud or Mesh cross section in your measurement routine, this button toggles the 2D section slide show on and off. See "2D View of Cross Sections" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Program mode - Uses the probe in either Offline or Online mode to learn and edit your measurement routine. See "Program Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Text Box mode - Places PC-DMIS into a mode that lets you manipulate feature IDs, feature control frames, scan points, and CAD GD&T callouts. You can also use this mode to quickly create and modify Dimension Info and Point Info text boxes. See "Text Box Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Quick Fixture mode - Enters Quick Fixture mode so that you can move quick fixtures and the part by clicking and dragging them with the mouse. See "Inserting Quick Fixtures" in the "Defining Hardware" chapter.

GD&T Selection Mode (from CAD) - Provides the ability to box-select specific GD&T callouts that are embedded inside the part model and import them into your measurement routine. See "Working with CAD GD&T Callouts" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

It also provides a right-click shortcut menu to perform other operations on a callout. See "CAD GD&T Callouts Shortcut Menu" in the "Using Shortcut Keys and Shortcut Menus" chapter.

GD&T Selection Mode (from Capture) GD&T Selection Mode (from Capture) - Opens Snipping Tool from your operating system so that you can manually capture a single GD&T tolerance from a drawing. See "Using GD&T Selection Mode to Create FCFs " in the "Using Feature Control Frames" chapter.

GD&T Selection Mode (from File) GD&T Selection Mode (from File) - Shows an Open dialog box so that you can choose a drawing to import. You can then decide what GD&T tolerances to import using OCR. The software cycles through each GD&T tolerance on the drawing. See "Using GD&T Selection Mode to Create FCFs " in the "Using Feature Control Frames" chapter.

CAD Lighting - Applies lighting, textures, and transparencies to CAD models. See "Setting up CAD and Graphics" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Rotate Options - Changes how PC-DMIS displays items in the Graphic Display window during part rotation. See "Changing Rotation and Other Motion Options" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Display Symbols - Defines the symbol style and size used to represent CAD points, scanned points, and feature points in the Graphic Display window. This opens the Symbols tab in the CAD and Graphic Setup dialog box. See "Modifying Display Symbols" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.

Clipping Planes - Shows cross sections of your part model in the Graphic Display window. This opens the Clip Planes tab in the CAD and Graphic Setup dialog box. See "Clip Planes Tab" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.