To access this shortcut menu, from the Graphic Display window, right-click on a feature ID label , Diminfo box, Pointinfo box, Feature Control Frame, or CAD GD&T callout. You can also see many of these options if you right-click anywhere in the Graphic Display window.
Right-clicking on a GD&T callout displays many of these same menu items; however, only the "show" and "hide" menu items function in this context.
The following options are available:
Edit
This menu option opens the appropriate dialog box for the underlying command
in the Edit window so that you can use the dialog box to edit that command.
For Dimension Info boxes with legacy graphics labels, this opens the Edit Dimension Info dialog box as usual. For information, see "Inserting Dimension Info Boxes" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.
For Dimension Info boxes with new graphics labels, this opens the Properties dialog box for that label so that you can see the pathway to the underlying template in the Template Path field.
You can change what graphics labels the software uses with the Use legacy graphics labels check box in the Feature Appearance dialog box. For more information on this dialog box, see the "Editing Feature Appearance" topic in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter.
Move Cursor To
Select this menu option to move the Edit window's cursor to this feature's
command line in the Edit window. This only
affects the location of the cursor in the Edit window; the location of
the probe in the Graphic Display window remains unchanged.
Hide
All IDs
Hides all Feature Labels, Dimension
Infos, Point Infos, and Feature Control Frames for all
features.
Hide ID
This menu option hides a single ID
label in the Graphic Display window. A hidden label still exists;
it's merely hidden from view.
Hide ID in View
This hides the selected feature's ID
label only in the current view. In other views, it remains visible.
Hide
IDs
This submenu lets you hide the different feature ID labels. ID labels
that you hide still exist and are merely hidden from view.
You can choose to show or hide these types of ID labels:
Feature Labels - Hides all Feature Labels for all features.
Feature Labels visible in view - Hides all Feature Labels for all features visible in the current view.
Dimension Infos - Hides all Dimension Infos for all features.
Point Infos - Hides all Point Infos for all features.
Feature Control Frames - Hides all Feature Control Frames for all features and for CAD GD&T callouts.
Show
All IDs
Shows all Feature Labels, Dimension
Infos, Point Infos, and Feature Control Frames for all
features.
Show
ID in All Views
This shows the selected feature's ID
label in all views.
Show
IDs
This submenu lets you show the different feature ID labels. For information,
see the Hide IDs documentation above. The show
menu items do the opposite of those "hide" menu items.
Reset
All IDs
This option moves all ID labels back to their original locations next to
their respective features.
Reset
ID
This option moves a single ID label back to its original location next
to the feature.
Hide
All Features
This option hides all features on a part and removes them from the Graphic
Display window. The features still exist and are merely hidden from view.
Hide
Feature
This option hides a single feature and removes it from the Graphic Display
window. The feature still exists and is merely hidden from view.
Show
All Features
This option displays all previously hidden features in the Graphic Display
window.
Show
Feature Normal
For information, see "Show
Feature Normal Option" in the "Editing
the CAD Display" chapter.
CAD GD&T
Display Filter
This menu option displays a dialog box allowing you to filter what CAD
GD&T callouts are displayed. See
"Working
with CAD GD&T Callouts"
in the "Editing
the CAD Display"
chapter.
Automatic
Label Positioning
This menu option allows you to perform a one-time automatic
positioning of feature ID labels around the edges of the current view.
Appearance
This submenu contains these items:
Change
Background Color
This option displays the Change Label Options
dialog box. You can use this dialog box to change the background color
for the feature's ID label. You can choose to change all feature labels
to this new color or just the current label type.
There are three different label types: feature ID labels, Diminfo boxes,
and Pointinfo boxes.
You can make your changes the default settings by clicking the Default button.
This option does not function with Feature Control Frames.
Change
Line Color
This option displays the Change Label Options
dialog box. You can use this dialog box to change the border color for
the feature's ID label. You can choose to change all feature label borders
to this new color or just the current label type.
There are three different label types: feature ID labels, Diminfo boxes,
and Pointinfo boxes.
You can make your changes the default settings by clicking the Default button.
This option does not function with Feature Control Frames.
Show
Shadow
This option displays the Change Label Options
dialog box. You can use this dialog box to display or hide a small shadow
under the feature's ID label. You can choose to add a shadow to all label
types or to just the current label type.
There are three different label types: feature ID labels, Diminfo boxes,
and Pointinfo boxes.
You can make your changes the default settings by clicking the Default button.
This option does not function with Feature Control Frames.
Feature Shortcut Menu Additions in Text Box Mode
In Text Box mode (
), PC-DMIS adds these additional
options to the standard feature shortcut menu:
Show
ID
Unhides the label of the selected feature. (This is only available if you
right-click near a feature with its label hidden.)
Create
Feature Control Frame
This option creates a Position Feature Control Frame (FCF) dimension from
the selected feature. The XactMeasure GD&T
dialog box appears. For information
on how to create FCF dimensions, see "Using
Feature Control Frames".
Create Dim Info Box
This option creates a Dimension Information text box from the highlighted
feature. An Edit Dim Info dialog box appears
and shows the available dimensions from which you can create the Dimension
info text box.
If no dimensions are associated with the feature, PC-DMIS automatically creates a default Location dimension for the feature (see "Dimensioning Location" in the "Using Legacy Dimensions" chapter). For information on how to use the Edit Dimension Info dialog box, see "Inserting Dimension Info Boxes" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.
Create Point Info Box
This menu option creates a Point Info text box from the highlighted feature.
An Edit Point Info dialog box appears and shows
the feature (and any available dimensions ) from which you can create
the Point Info text box. For information on how to use the Edit
Point Info dialog box to create a Point Info text box, see "Inserting
Point Info Boxes" in the "Inserting
Report Commands" chapter.
To access these added options:
Select the Text Box Mode icon. For information, see "Text Box Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter).
Right-click on a feature or feature's ID label in the Graphic Display window to display the shortcut menu.
Dimension/Point Info Menu in Text Box Mode
When in Text Box
mode (), if you right-click
on a Dim Info box or Point Info box, PC-DMIS
adds these two options to the standard feature shortcut menu:
Edit
This option allows you to edit the selected Dimension Info or Point Info
text box. A slightly modified Edit Dimension Info
or Edit Point Info dialog box opens. In addition
to the standard buttons along the bottom of the dialog box, an additional
Apply To All button is available.
Click Apply To All to have any changes
made in the dialog box apply to all Dimension
Info or Point Info boxes:
Only the changes made from the original to the modified info box will be applied across all Dim Info or Point Info boxes. Settings on the original info box that already differ from other info boxes will not be applied to the other info boxes.
For additional information see "Inserting Dimension Info Boxes" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter.
Delete
Select this menu option to delete the selected dimension or point info
text box. The corresponding POINTINFO or DIMINFO command in the Edit window
will also be deleted.
To access these added options:
Select the Text Box Mode icon (see "Text Box Mode" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter).
Right-click on a Dim Info or Point Info box in the Graphic Display window.