I am wanting to use the Pre-Execution file to display a Ballooned print of the part being run. Locally on 1 PC this works as intended. The issue is if I add the PDF to inspect on 1 PC it won't show up on any other PC with inspect. Basically I'm trying to edit 1 and done.

Our Current process is we have 6 CMMs that all pull programs from a server. This works great with JPEG icons that you see before you press execute. Editing 1 inspect to have this JPEG basically saves the JPEG file next to the PCDMIS program on the server, So every inspect on multiple PCs automatically grab this. I'm not seeing where the PDF is being stored. I'm assuming its just locally.

The SetPrintOptions function in the PCDLRN.dll ObjectLibrary allows you to control the print settings for pdf reports but there is no option for excel(csv) files.  I would like to be able to control the Excel output settings.  I know that print commands are possible and I can control print settings from there but that doesn't solve my problem.

I would like to see about having a line of code added to the auto calibrate lines of code that determines which qualification sphere i am using for the calibration. My facility uses 2 spheres at varying angles to calibrate but most of them get done  with a qualification vector of 0,0,1. We have 2 spheres hat we use in case one is sent out for calibration etc. So my idea is to add a line of code into autocalibration that allows for you to select the current probe being used for all probes and angles in the routine based off a trace field that was preselected at the begging of the program. So if i start autocalibration it doesn't just stop because qual tool1 was loaded for the first probe but its still looking for qual 2 for the second third fourth or even fifth probe.

Offer a Mobile app for Metrology Reporter along the same lines as the SFX Asset

Why do I have to Calibrate probes when programming offline? I understand that I have to build the probe but, if I'm offline why wouldn't all of the angles be automatically populated at nominal? If I add a tip angle that wasn't previously there I have to calibrate it before I can edit a feature under it. WHY!!!

The "Text and CAD" Report template should label every feature in a set, not just the first. Example: pattern of 5 holes all positioned .010 ABC; the report image only points to the first feature, the other four are not labeled. 

When CAD data is imported into PC-DMIS, the probe configuration is initially aligned to the CAD coordinate system. When the relationship between the part setup on the CMM table is not the same as the CAD coordinate system, the F5 function under the PART/MACHINE tab lets you change the relationship. This is simple when the relationship between the two coordinate systems is orthogonal in each axis. However, when there is an angular difference in each axis, it is somewhat more difficult. The angular relationship (Euler angles) must be determined for each axis rotation and input by clicking “adjust” in the PART/MACHINE tab.

When the fixture design and CMM programming is outsourced to third parties, this angular relationship cannot always be determined. A solution embedded into the software would be a

One suggestion is to allow multiple coordinate systems to be imported in PC-DMIS and allow alignments to be constructed from an imported coordinate system. That way, the fixture coordinate system can be used as the main coordinate system to align the probe and the results can be reported to the alignment constructed from the imported coordinate system.