To have Legacy Textonly report supporting PC-DMIS Dimensions functionalities, or to have a similar report that is true text report and not just pictures that look like text.

Allow to add multiple characters on a datum definition not only 2.

Finding the "high point" of a feature or scan is a very common measurement task.

In pc-dmis, this is a complex task, that requires an understanding of array indexing, and significant manual entry into a generic feature. It is prone to error, is very time consuming, and for users never exposed to a programming language it's a complete non-starter.

A simple, interface-based point construction method could be added to address these issues. The new method should be based on the DMIS method "CONST/EXTREM". It is very complete, and since pc-dmis imports DMIS code - it only makes sense to have a 1 to1 mapping of the DMIS definition.

How about a Basic Dimension option, in the Location Tool Box. That way the basic dimensions don't need to have tolerances.

Maybe there is an easy way to report it ;if we have either a check box on the location (angle between) dialog window like "from formula" or an easier assignment set will be great.

Here is the code in order to report it :

CIR1 =FEAT/CIRCLE,CARTESIAN,OUT,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<0,0,1>,506.5,0
ACTL/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<0,0,1>,506.5,0
MEAS/CIRCLE,4,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<51.696,103.272,-2.55>,<-0.1848771,0.9827616,0>,<51.696,103.272,-2.55>,USE THEO=YES HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<99.287,107.636,-1.309>,<0.0030416,0.9999954,0>,<99.287,107.636,-1.309>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<166.819,98.253,-3.669>,<0.2697032,0.9629435,0>,<166.819,98.253,-3.669>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<227.698,72.212,-2.661>,<0.5100969,0.8601169,0>,<227.698,72.212,-2.661>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN1 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<31.03,97.103,-1.56>,<-0.7071068,-0.7071068,0>
ACTL/<31.03,97.103,-1.56>,<-0.7071068,-0.7071068,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<31.03,97.103,1.086>,<-0.7071068,0.7071068,0>,<31.03,97.103,1.086>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<-13.352,52.72,-4.207>,<-0.7071068,0.7071068,0>,<-13.352,52.72,-4.207>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN2 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<239,62.251,-5.264>,<0,-1,0>
ACTL/<239,62.251,-5.264>,<0,-1,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<239,62.251,-5.016>,<1,0,0>,<239,62.251,-5.016>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<239,53.115,-5.512>,<1,0,0>,<239,53.115,-5.512>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
PNT1 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN,NO
THEO/<239,65.1,-5.264>,<0,-1,0>
ACTL/<239,65.1,-5.264>,<0,-1,0>
CONSTR/POINT,PIERCE,CIR1,LIN2
PNT2 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN,NO
THEO/<32.922,98.995,-1.56>,<-0.7071068,-0.7071068,0>
ACTL/<32.922,98.995,-1.56>,<-0.7071068,-0.7071068,0>
CONSTR/POINT,PIERCE,CIR1,LIN1
LIN3 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<-0.259008,0.9658673,0.0038973>
ACTL/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<-0.259008,0.9658673,0.0038973>
CONSTR/LINE,BF,3D,CIR1,PNT2,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
LIN4 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<0.5546916,0.8319869,-0.0107257>
ACTL/<98.516,-145.613,-2.547>,<0.5546916,0.8319869,-0.0107257>
CONSTR/LINE,BF,3D,CIR1,PNT1,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
DIM ANGL1= 2D ANGLE FROM LINE LIN4 TO LINE LIN3 ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 48.703 48.703 0.010 0.010 0.000 0.000 ----#----
ASSIGN/V1=((2*3.14*CIR1.R.MEAS)/360)*ANGL1.A.MEAS
F1 =GENERIC/NONE,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,OUT,$
NOM/XYZ,<0,0,0>,$ MEAS/XYZ,<0,0,0>,$
NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
RADIUS/0,0,$
ANGLE/215.5,V1,$
DISTANCE/0,0
DIM LOC1= LOCATION OF PLANE F1 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH HALF ANGLE=NO
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 215.160 215.500 0.500 0.500 -0.340 0.000 -#-------
END OF DIMENSION LOC1

Now PC-DMIS remembers only measurements made on the last part. A lot of time I need a complete data of part that was measured in past. It could be set to remember last xx measured parts. I know that Calypso has this feature.

When finding a high point of a linear feature it's possible to use the Maxindex assignment relative to a specific axis. For example "maxindex(scan.x)". This will return the max value in X for that scan.

When scanning radial features and finding a max Polar Radius, one would expect to use "maxindex(scan.PR)" to return the max value for PR in that scan. Thus giving a high point of a radius for example.

This command doesn't work with polar radius.

Measuring a circle with 4 tips 

auto feature circle

There should be an option to disable automatic highlighting of a feature on which the cursor is placed.

When programming, the large shadow of the highlight can interfere. Especially with single circles this is a disadvantage.

At the moment there is only the possibility to change the color of the highlight.

Sometimes we need to compare the programs in what is different.