ToleranceCommand Object

Description

You can use the ToleranceCommand object to automate Geometric Tolerances commands inside of PC-DMIS.

Object Model

Example

This short example shows how to read through and list the features and segments of a Geometric Tolerance command.

Example (Visual Basic)

Dim DmisApp As Object
Dim DmisPart As Object
Dim Commands As Object
Dim Command As Object
Dim ToleranceCommand As Object
Dim i As Integer

Sub Main

  Set DmisApp = CreateObject("PCDLRN.Application")
  Set DmisPart = DmisApp.ActivePartProgram
  Set Commands = DmisPart.Commands

  For Each Command In Commands 
   If Command.IsToleranceCommand Then
      Set ToleranceCommand = Command.ToleranceCommand
      MsgBox ToleranceCommand.ID & " " & ToleranceCommand.SegmentCount & " " & ToleranceCommand.FeatureCount & " " & ToleranceCommand.SpecificationString
For i = 1 To ToleranceCommand.FeatureCount
   MsgBox ToleranceCommand.FeatureID(i) & " " & ToleranceCommand.DatumFosId(i)
Next i
      Set ToleranceCommand = Nothing
   End If
  Next Command 

Set Commands = Nothing
Set DmisPart = Nothing
Set DmisApp = Nothing
  
End Sub

The following script reads through the geometric tolerance commands in a PC-DMIS measurement routine and displays the information in message boxes. Geometric tolerance commands can have up to 5000 features referenced in up to five segments and can also include size information for both considered features and datum features. The first thing the script does is to list the ID (dimension name), the number of segments, and the number of features. It then lists all of the size information for all the features and datums. Next, it loops through all of the datum features associated with each segment. Finally, it loops through all of the considered features associated with each segment.

Display GeoTol Information (VBScript)

Sub Main

   Set DmisApp = CreateObject("PCDLRN.Application")
   Set DmisPart = DmisApp.ActivePartProgram
   Set Commands = DmisPart.Commands

   For Each Command In Commands
   
      If Command.IsToleranceCommand Then
         Set tolCmd = Command.ToleranceCommand
         MsgBox tolCmd.ID & " " & tolCmd.SegmentCount & " " & tolCmd.FeatureCount & " " & tolCmd.gdtSymbol

         For m = 1 To tolCmd.sizeCountCombined

            MsgBox tolCmd.sizeText(m)
            MsgBox tolCmd.sizeNominal(m) & " " & tolCmd.sizeMeasured(m) & " " & tolCmd.sizePlusTol(m) & " " & tolCmd.sizeMinusTol(m) & " " & tolCmd.sizeDeviation(m) & " " & tolCmd.sizeOutOfTol(m)

         Next m

         For i = 1 To tolCmd.SegmentCount

            For k = 1 To tolCmd.datumSizeCount

               MsgBox tolCmd.datumFosId(k)
               MsgBox tolCmd.datumFosNominal(k) & " " & tolCmd.datumFosMeasured(k) & " " & tolCmd.datumFosPlusTol(k) & " " & tolCmd.datumFosMinusTol(k) & " " & tolCmd.datumFosDeviation(k) & " " & tolCmd.datumFosOutTol(k)

            Next k

            For j = 1 To tolCmd.FeatureCount

               MsgBox tolCmd.FeatureID(j)
               MsgBox tolCmd.segmentDimNominal(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimMeasured(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimPlusTol(i,j) & " "& tolCmd.segmentDimMinusTol(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimDeviation(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimMax(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimMin(i,j) & " " & tolCmd.segmentDimOutTol(i,j)

            Next j

         Next i

         Set ToleranceCommand = Nothing

      End If

   Next Command

   Set Commands = Nothing
   Set DmisPart = Nothing
   Set DmisApp = Nothing

End Sub