High Point
The Length defines the length of the search region.
If you have a value for Width, but leave the
Length value 0, the Length
value corresponds to the length along the minor axis of the current workplane.
Square Slot, Round Slot, Ellipse,
Notch, or Line
The Length box displays the length of the feature.
Cone
The Length box displays the length of the cone.
A positive Length value indicates that the centroid is toward the cone's tip (the end of the cone feature that has the smaller diameter).
A negative Length value indicates that the centroid is toward the cone's base (the end of the cone feature that has the larger diameter).
Cylinder
For a hole, the Length
box defines the nominal length of the feature. If you enter a Length
value but do not define a depth, PC-DMIS equally divides the Length
value by the number of rows indicated in the Levels
box.
The probe then works its way down the cylinder in increments until it reaches the indicated length value.
If a depth value is defined, the actual measured feature becomes the length minus the depth value.
For a stud, if the Sample Hits list displays a non-zero value, PC-DMIS will take an extra hit on the top of the stud in the center, as long as the length value is a non-zero positive value. PC-DMIS then will compute the length of the stud.