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PC-DMIS 2023.2 Object Library
Overview 
PCDLRN ActiveX DLL : Machine Object
Machine Object Members
Public Methods

 

This removes the last hit from the hit buffer as if you had pressed ALT and - (minus) on the keyboard in PC-DMIS.

 

This command lets you execute special operations in the Leitz interface.
This returns an array of values from the machine.

 

This inserts a move point as if you had pressed the Print button on your jog box or pressed CTRL + M keys in PC-DMIS.

 

 

This acts as if you had pressed the DONE button on the jog box.

Public Properties
 
Represents the read-only PC-DMIS application. The Application object includes properties and methods that return top-level objects. For example, the ActivePartProgram property returns a PartProgram object.
This read-only propery displays the current connection status of the machine.
This read-only property returns the driver version for your measurement machine. It returns version information from the machine interface call driver_get_version.
Returns the read-only FPanel object if your controller is indeed an FPanel controller.
Determines whether or not the controller is an FPanel controller.
Read Only: Returns the MAN/AUTO selector position (-1=Undefined 0=MAN, 1=AUTO)

Returns the name of the Machine object.

Returns the read-only Machines collection object to which the machine belongs.

Read Only: Returns the position of the probe in machine coordinates
Events

This event is called when a command button is pressed on the CMM controller. The Code can be used to determine which button was pressed.

Event fired when a DistanceToClosestCAD is received from the machine controller
Event fired when a DistanceToTarget is received from the machine controller
This event is called when an error occurs on the CMM. The ErrorText variable contains the error message, and the ErrorType variable contains the type of error (missed hit, unexpected hit).
This event will be called in your application when a hit is taken in PC-DMIS in execute mode. The values of X, Y, Z and I, J, K are the location of the hit and the vector of the hit in machine coordinates.
Event fired when scan hit is taken by machine in execute mode
Event fired when a FeatureID is received from the machine controller
Event fired when a FeatureType is received from the machine controller
This event will be called in your application when a hit is taken in PC-DMIS in learn mode. The values of X, Y, Z and I, J, K are the location of the hit and the vector of the hit in machine coordinates.
Event fired when a readout is received from the machine controller
Event fired when a readout is received from the machine controller - matches XYZ display
Event fired when a RMS is received from the machine controller
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