Video Inspection Software User’s Guide

Section 2: User Interface

The software user interface consists of menus, submenus and view ports that display different measurement windows and buttons that work in cooperation to perform and display measurements on a color LED monitor or touchscreen. The software interface is organized into basic functional areas that include:

 Three context-sensitive viewports

 The Feature List



The System toolbar



The Measure toolbar

 The Report toolbar



The Program Edit toolbar

The software interface changes to add or delete items in support of specific system activities.

The viewports include one large viewport in the center of the screen and two smaller viewports on the left side of the screen. Viewport window contents change to support measurement and reporting activities.

The Feature List displays and provides access to all part features that have been measured, constructed or created.

The System, Measure, Report and Program Edit toolbars contain buttons that control overall measurement, reporting and the program edit functions. Toolbar buttons also provide access to submenus that initiate specific actions.

User Interaction

The user interface can be navigated and controlled by clicking a mouse cursor on the desired screen location or by pressing the desired location with a fingertip. Additional functions are accessed by long-clicking or long-pressing a screen location. Throughout the remainder of this guide, instructions and examples will use the term “press” to indicate either a mouse click or a finger press on the screen.

Viewports and Screen Organization

The organization of viewports and toolbars changes to support measurement activities that include measuring part features, constructing and creating features, applying tolerances, preparing and sending reports, exporting data and saving, playing or editing part program files. Some screens and toolbars are slightly different in encoder-based and field of view systems. A representative collection of screen organizations is shown in the following pages. Each example of screen organization shows a slightly different set of measurement and reporting functions. These functions will be described in detail in subsequent pages. Field of view functions are discussed in detail in Chapter

13: Field of View Functions.

Screen Viewport Navigation

Viewport or screen navigation is very straightforward and intuitive. Generally, screen navigation simply follows the usual workflow of measurement, application of tolerances, reporting or exporting results or editing a part program.

The following screen images show six basic viewport configurations. The six screens include:



Live Video (Home) screen



Measure screen

 Part View screen with DRO in upper left viewport

 Part View screen with feature details in upper left viewport

 Part Detail screen

 Report screen

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NOTE

Field of view functions are discussed in detail in Chapter 13: Field View Functions.

Live Video Screen

The Live Video screen displays the live video feed in the center viewport. Press the Home button to display the Live Video screen. This is the default Home screen.

Measure Feature Screen

The Measure Feature screen is displayed as measurements are being performed. Acquired points are shown with

DRO coordinates in the upper left viewport. Acquired points are shown in the Live Video image. Press any Measure

Feature button in the Measure toolbar to display the Measure Feature screen. The Measure feature submenu for the selected feature measurement will be shown at the bottom of the screen.

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Part View Screen

The Part View screen displays a drawing of probed, constructed or created features and the measurement datum.

The video field of view is highlighted by a green outline. Press in the small Part View image in the lower left viewport to display the Part View screen. The Live Video image will be moved to the lower left viewport.

Feature detail information can be displayed in the upper left viewport of the Part View screen by selecting (pressing) a feature in the Feature List or on the Part View image. The selected feature will be shown by pulsating lines and highlighted in blue in the Feature List. Feature detail information includes position coordinates, feature geometric parameters such as diameter, form, number of probed points, the geometric fit type and the reference frame.

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Feature Detail Screen

The Feature Detail screen displays the feature with probed points that passed and failed any assigned tolerances, and feature detail information including position coordinates, feature geometric parameters such as diameter, form, number of probed points, the geometric fit type and the reference frame. The geometric fit type can be changed and tolerances can be assigned, edited or deleted using tools provided by this screen. Press in the feature detail displayed in the upper left viewport (shown on the previous page) to display the Feature Detail screen.

Report (Run Results) Screen

The Report screen is used to format, edit and display reports of feature measurements and tolerance results. The Measure toolbar will be replaced by the Report toolbar. Program run data are shown in separate tabs. Press the Report button to display the Tolerance Report screen.

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