The Quick Start interface (View | Other Windows | Quick Start) is a dialog box with a connected toolbar down the side.
Quick Start interface
This interface helps you create a measurement routine. It does this by providing dialog boxes or procedures that help you define or calibrate a probe, align your part, measure features, construct additional features, and dimension existing features.
To access an item, click on the desired toolbar icon. If the icon contains additional procedures, another toolbar appears to the right of the selected icon. You can select a specific procedure from the new toolbar.
Quick Start Toolbar Icons
The Quick Start toolbar contains these icons:
Understanding the Quick Start Interface
The Quick Start toolbar is tied to the Quick Start dialog box. This means that whenever you select the Quick Start interface, both the toolbar down the left side and the dialog box automatically appear and are inseparable.
Quick Start dialog box and toolbar
In addition:
Hover your mouse over a particular item on the dialog box or toolbar to display a tooltip with information on what that item does.
To dock or undock the Quick Start dialog box to or from the left side of the screen, click the title bar and then drag and drop it. For details on docking and undocking user interface elements, see "Docking and Undocking User Interface Elements".
Instructions for the various Quick Start procedures appear on the status bar at the bottom of your screen. If the instructions are too long for the status bar area, PC-DMIS scrolls the instructions from right to left. To reset the scrolling of the current instructions to the beginning, move your mouse over the Quick Start dialog box.
To select input features used in the different procedures, click the feature from the Edit window or Graphic Display window.
PC-DMIS includes a Status window you can use to preview a dimension. If the dialog box is in Guess mode, the preview is useful for reviewing a measured feature before you click the Finish button to insert the dimension or feature into the measurement routine. See "Using the Status Window" in the "Using Other Windows, Editors, and Tools" chapter.
When you enable the Quick Start interface, certain commands are disabled. For example, you cannot delete, copy, or mark features; neither can you execute your measurement routine. To perform these and other actions, you need to first close the Quick Start interface.
More:
Using the Quick Start Dialog Box
Quick Start: Construct Toolbar
