Move Feature dialog box
The Move Feature dialog box
is available when you use either a Leica Tracker or a Leica Total Station
device. PC-DMIS displays the dialog box when you select the Move
Feature toolbar icon 
from the Tracker
Operation or Total Station Operation
toolbar. You can also select the Tracker | Move Feature
or Total Station | Move Feature menu item.
The Move Feature dialog box contains the Move To and Point To options. These commands are used only with the Leica Total Station or Leica Tracker devices. In addition to the standard move ability of other DCC systems, the Point To command exploits the unique capabilities of these tracker-type systems by using the device as a laser pointer to identify the location of out-of-tolerance points directly on the part.
Move To
This option moves the device to a specific location where it then tries to find a reflector.
To move to a point, select the Move To option and then define where it should move to. There are three ways to specify that location.
Method 1: Type the values into the X, Y, and Z boxes (or R, A, and Z if you use the Polar option).
Method 2: Select the feature that you want to move to from the Feature list. When you select the feature, PC-DMIS fills in the X, Y, and Z values based on the centroid of the feature.
Method 3: Expand the feature by selecting the + symbol next to it to display the hits on the feature. While "hits" is something of a misnomer, it means the point measured by the laser device. Select one of the hits from the list. PC-DMIS fills in the X, Y, and Z values for that hit.
To move to the measured or theoretical value for the point, choose either the Theo or Meas option.
Once you define the command, click Create to insert the command into the Edit window.
MVF1 =MOVE FEATURE/MOVE TO,CARTESIAN,THEO,<-36.3574,33.3898,-10.8127>,
FILTER/NA,N WORST/1,
POINT TO METHOD/NA,DELAY IN SEC/0.0000,
REF/PNT1,
When PC-DMIS executes the command, the device automatically moves to the position and attempts to find a reflector. If the software does not find the reflector, it displays the error "AUT_FineAdjust - Request timed out". If there is a nearby reflector, you can use the Execution Options dialog box to stop the execution, adjust the location to point nearer the reflector, and then click Continue. If a reflector is not close by, click Skip to move to the next point.
Point To
To point to different hits, the procedure is the same as the "Move To" description above with some additional options. With Point To, you can also select from available dimensions in the measurement routine. If you select a dimension, PC-DMIS displays the Point To Filter and Point To Method areas. You do not need to select individual hits in the expanded dimension. The software points to all of the visible hits in the dimension, although you can use the Point to Filter area to filter hits.
Point To Filter
The Point To Filter area displays options that control which hits PC-DMIS points to. The options include:
All - PC-DMIS points to each point in the dimension.
Min/Max - PC-DMIS identifies and points to only the Min and Max points.
Out Of Tolerance - PC-DMIS points to only the out-of-tolerance points.
N Worst - PC-DMIS points to a number of "worst points". These points may or may not be in tolerance. This sorts the data based on the proximity to the theoretical values.
When you choose one of the options in the Point To Filter area, PC-DMIS updates the list of hits for the selected dimension in the dialog box. These are the points that PC-DMIS directs the laser beam to. For example, if you select Min/Max, the list of hits in the selected dimension updates with only two hits in the list. These represent the min and the max points for that dimension. If you choose All, the list updates and displays all of the input hits of that dimension.
Point To Method
The Point To Method area lets you indicate how the device cycles through the list of points. The options include:
None - This option cycles through each of the points without delay as soon as the device can physically proceed to the next point. Also, this option does not require any user input to move onto the next point.
Delay - This option delays the cycle time by a specified number of seconds. When executed, the device points to the first point in the list, turns on the laser, and waits the specified amount of time. When the time expires, the laser turns off, and the device moves to the next point and repeats this process until the software cycles through all of the points in the list.
Next Move Button
- During execution, the software displays a Point
To Execution dialog box and shows the index of the point in
the list and its location.
The dialog box has Next and Cancel
buttons. These buttons allow you to control when to cycle to the next
point in the list. The device moves to the first point, turns on the
laser, and then waits until you click Next.
It then moves to the next point in the list.
You can use the Edit window's Command mode to edit the command. Or, you can select the command in the Edit window and press F9 on the keyboard to edit the command.