(This item pertains to the Probe Utilities dialog box, accessible through Insert | Hardware Definition | Probe.)
The Probe description area consists of the list of available probe options in alphabetical order and a box that displays the probe components.
Probe description area
From this area, you can do the following:
Define the probe, extensions, and one or more tips that you can use in the measurement routine.
Create a list of your favorite probe components.
Add the probe and its components to the PC-DMIS shopping cart. You can then purchase the items from the Hexagon eStore or generate a purchase request.
You can right-click on a probe component to display these menu options:
Favorite - This item adds the component to your list of favorites. To add a component to the list, select the component, right-click, and then select Favorite. The check mark beside the menu item indicates that it is already in the list. To remove a component from the list, right-click on the added component and select Favorite.
The FavoriteProbeHardwareComponents.xml file saves the list of your favorite probe components. The default folder location is:
C:\ProgramData\Hexagon\PC-DMIS\<version>
Where <version> is the PC-DMIS version.
If you want to use the same list of favorites on your other computers, you need to copy the FavoriteProbeHardwareComponents.xml file from this computer and overwrite the file in all other computers.
Add to Cart - This item adds the component to the PC-DMIS shopping cart. This item is available only if the probe component has a Hexagon part number. This item is not available if the component has already been added to the cart.
Add All to Favorites - This item adds all the components of the selected probe file to your list of favorites.
Once you add the component to your list of favorites, the asterisk character (*) appears before the name of the component.
Add to Cart
- To add a component to the cart, select the component and then click
this icon. This icon is available only if the probe component has a Hexagon
part number. For a selected stylus or extension of specified length, multiple
part numbers might be available in the Hexagon catalog. The part numbers
can be stylus or extensions made from different material or stem diameters.
PC-DMIS checks for similar parts. If there are any available, PC-DMIS
displays a menu to select the required parts.
Similar Probe Components dialog box
Mark the check box to select the required parts. To add the selected parts to the cart, click Add to Cart. To increase the quantity of the same part, click Add to Cart again. With each click, the quantity increases by one. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without adding anything to the cart.
In the top-right of the dialog box, you can click the icon to display the legend table which you can use to view material and technical terminology.
Material
AL - Aluminum
CE - Ceramic
CF - Carbon Fiber
DA - Dispal
DC - Diamond Coated
DS - Diamond Sphere
R - Ruby
SN - Silicon Nitride
SS - Stainless Steel
Technical
L - Length (mm)
D - Diameter (mm)
D1 - Extension End Pieces Diameter (mm)
S - Stem (mm)
SP - Span (mm)
EWL - Effective Working Length (mm)
View/Edit Cart
- This icon displays the number of components in the cart. Click the icon
to open the PC-DMIS Shopping Cart dialog box.
For information on this dialog box, see "Shopping
Cart".
Favorites
- This toggle icon displays either your list of favorites or the complete
list of probe options. If you select this icon, the list displays only
the favorites that are available at the connection point. If you do not
select the icon, the list displays all of the probe options.
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