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Video Inspection Software User’s Guide
Play from Here
Program playback can begin at a specified program step. When playing from a selected step, the software will determine the requirements for generating feature context. If context dependent features have already been measured, the system will advance immediately to the selected step. If it is determined that additional context information is required, the operator will be prompted to measure the feature or features required to do so.
To play from a selected step:
1 Press the Play from Here button
Edit toolbar > Play from Here button
As mentioned earlier, context dependent steps will be executed automatically or prompted for manually and then playback will begin from the selected step.
Add Program Steps
New program steps can be added to existing programs. To add a program step:
1 Select the program step where you would like your new program operations to be added. These new program operations will be inserted after the selected program step. If no program step is selected after entering the Edit mode, program steps are added to the end of the program.
2 Press the Record Into button. A blue Edit Pin will be positioned at the point of new step insertion.
Edit toolbar > Record Into button
NOTE
When editing a program that has already been played back, the context generation will occur automatically, filling in context dependent program steps automatically from the previously acquired program data. For programs that have not yet been played back, the software will prompt the operator to manually measure all context dependent features prior to completing the context generation.
3 Once the Record Into edit command has been initiated, the user can measure or construct new features or insert export or print command steps according to the standard software procedures discussed earlier.
4 When the step or steps have been added, press the Edit tab to leave the Record Into mode. The added program steps will be shown in the current program edit list.
5 Press the save button to save the program with the new steps included.
System toolbar > M3 System menu > Save button
Enable or Disable CNC Clearance Moves
Clearance moves are made before and after probe contact with the target surface and are described in Probe Path
when they are not adequate to prevent probe collisions during CNC moves in and around complex feature geometry and must be replaced with Goto moves.
To enable or disable clearance moves:
Press the (retreat
↑
) Clearance or (approach
↓
) Clearance button to toggle between enabled and disabled.
Enabled
Disabled
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