If you use PC-DMIS in offline mode, you can display a representation of an animated measuring machine in the Graphic Display window. To do this, access the Machine dialog box (Insert | Hardware Definitions | Machine), and select a machine from the Name list.
PC-DMIS automatically displays the selected machine in the Graphic Display window along with the part's CAD model.
To display the machine's volume, click the Show Machine Volume check box, and click Apply. This draws a yellow cube on the machine's tabletop that represents the range of motion the probe can move to using that machine (see the example graphic below).
Sample machine and machine volume shown in the Graphic Display window
Click OK to accept the display of the machine.
PC-DMIS also inserts a LOADMACHINE/NAME command into the Edit window, where NAME is the machine's name.
If you import both a part model and a machine model into the Graphic Display window, and you don't have any outstanding manual machine offsets or rotations, PC-DMIS automatically positions the part model to the machine model's table.
If you have manual x,y,z, offsets or rotations from the Part/Machine tab of the Setup Options dialog box, you need to use that tab's Auto Position button to position the part model to the machine table. For more information on the Auto Position button, see the "Part Setup area" topic in the "Setting Your Preferences: Introduction" chapter.
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