Per the Help file in 2020R1, 1D features are always points, 2D features are always lines and 3D features are always planes.  The software should be smart enough to know if the first feature you pick is a point, line or plane than the other feature type has to match.  Software should limit your choices to that feature type and not have the additional radio buttons in there to trip up the unwary CMM adventurer/ programmer

Hello there,

When using pattern in 2021.1 it will no longer rotate my tip angles. For my work our programs use pattern rotation all the time. Not having the tip angles rotate 90deg with the rest of the program is dangerous. This has happened before with the introduction of another version and was fixed in 2020, maybe was fixed in later versions of 2019. 

I created this topic in relation to a similar IDEA topic  "Rotary table calibration - Add multiple levels to sphere measurement".

The Probe Utilities in PC-DMIS for years have defaulted the number of Levels to 2.  This  goes back to the days Manual bridge CMMs were prevalent and people locked axis in Z to go around equator and took a single hit on top of sphere.
For a DCC machine w/ any touch trigger or scanning probe, a 2 level default is not metrologically speaking good practice.

Having all points in the equator; except for 1 at the North Pole of the sphere should no longer be a default for any PC-DMIS CMM, or NC, or Vision installation when using spheres.
That the default be 3 levels minimum is long overdue.

When a feature is named in a way that indicates that it is a datum, have the software automatically create a Datum Definition command.   Alternatively, have a checkbox in feature dialogs for Datum Definition.

I would like to be able to name my alignment when using Quick Align.  Similarly to how I can name features when utilizing the Measurement Strategy Widget.

REMEMBER WHEN THE REPORT WINDOW WAS JUST A FORMAT OF THE PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THENOMINALS AND TOLERANCES FROM THE REPORT... NOW WHEN I SPOT AN INCORRECT TOLERANCE I NEED TO GO SEARCHING IN THE PART PROGRAM.  CAN IT BE MADE SO ANY CHAHGE IN THE REPORT WINDOW UPDATED IN THE PART PROGRAM?

I'd like to have a option to adjust size of rows in new summary mode.

The Find hole parameter settings was not well described in PC-DMIS and should have been corrected years ago for better clarity of the meaning for the setting.
With Summary mode in 2019R1 will show that the second parameter is for the Find Hole. (This view feature in Summary Mode is no longer available in the newer versions.)

Within the Settings dialog window the only value for Check is for distance not for the Find Hole.

Then the Parameter Settings will show Check percent with no description. Leave one thinking that this could be for the Check distance.
As an example Check percentage should have been described as (Check Find Hole percent)

CHECK/1,0.1 (First parameter is for Check Distance and Second parameter is for Check Percent for Find Hole.)

Help Menu:
The Check Distance box defines the distance past the theoretical hit location that the machine continues to search or check for the surface of the part. This distance is after it traverses the Prehit Distance value. The default value is zero.
The Check Percent value determines the percent of the total distance moved when performing a Find Hole operation. Be aware that if you type 1, the value is equal to 100 percent. Thus, 100% would be entered as 1, 25% would be entered as .25, and 10% would be .10.

to créate big reports with new function " capture", i think could be Good idea the possibility to add to annotation in the color mapping more info, not only 3D deviation.

maybe, right click add, nominal, measuered and tolerances, and change also the label by default.