I wish there were a simple button in PC-DMIS for homing the machine without shutting down

If we add new material in 2017 R1 SP2 and install SP3 all added material lost :-(

When using Xact Measure reporting, have the True Position 2nd callout show the hole spread nominal instead of the nominal from the original upper datum scheme.  Currently the nominal and results reflect the upper datum structure causing a lot of confusion out on the shop floor.

Option for feature (measured and constructed) color on graphic display window. I want my points to be black, planes blue, lines green, all others (circle, cones, cylinders...) can be black as well, but can still be set to default color of my choice. I know I can change the color after, but I want it to be set by default.

i would create linear or angle dimension for pattern holes or pattern slots.

I would select feature in order to generate equally spaced dimension.

Plus, anche option ti generate Total dimension(Distance between First and last element)

Eg. Selected 7 holes to generate 6 eq.spaced dimension

Nb. Eq.spaced dimension is not a requirement.

Make it possible to create an angle point  using CAD when there is a radius between the two surfaces.   

This comes up on nearly every molded part I measure and on most sheet metal parts.   

User Interface could be to click on the first surface like it is currently done.   If there is a radius (or empty space) between the two surfaces, press Alt and click on the second surface, then click on Create.  Have the first click define where the angle point is to be taken at.  If there is no radius then just click on Create and process as currently done.     

Partly in jest, partly serious - as all antivirus softwares block the .PRG extension, it would be good if PC-DMIS used something else for its measuring routines (for example .PCD).

This is probably not a big problem for the ordinary user, but it is a great obstacle for us running Support, wasting a lot of time for both the customer and us just trying to get an MR sent.

Our company recently up graded to 2017 r1 from v3.7. a big jump I know.

our CMM inspectors had been very efficient at creating reports of OOT. for manufacturing and or engineering. We used full report mode that was a live function that we edited the program and graphics from. Snap a screen shot and import it to a excel doc. Like the example above.

Now the report is a text doc. and not live to the graphics at all. We are constantly switching back and forth between report and summary mode. If I could create a graphic like that one shown and get it into the current report would work also.

Can we get the full report mode from v3.7 added back to PCDMIS?

It was a great tool for us, and easy to use.

A lot of my parts have geometry that is weird enough to warrant me to measure points and then construct a feature out of those points as opposed to using an auto feature. This works well but it kills me because it takes up a lot of program window space. I would obviously much rather use 1 auto feature as opposed to having 12 individual points and then a line about the construction of those points.

It would be cool if I could put points on my model, go into construction (or perhaps a new dialogue box) and click to create an auto feature out of those points. I am imagining the software grabbing the nominal XYZ IJK values from the points previously mentioned and using that data to create as well as place an auto feature in my program window. Id then like to be able to go back in and delete those points, thus greatly reducing the size of my program but having the hits for my newly created auto feature precisely where I want them.