## Menu Options

The following menu options are available in PC-DMIS Gear:

File Menu

- New: Create a new PC-DMIS Gear file.

- Open: Open an existing PC-DMIS Gear file. You will be prompted to save your work before the current file is closed and the selected file is opened.

- Close: Close the current PC-DMIS Gear file.

- Save: Save the current PC-DMIS Gear file with the current file name and file type (*.pdg).

- Save as: Save the current PC-DMIS Gear file with a specified name.

- Language: Select the language that will be used for the PC-DMIS Gear application.

- Exit: Closes PC-DMIS Gear. Exiting PC-DMIS will also close the Quindos PageViewer application with any open analysis reports.

Measure Menu

- Measure: Measure your gear. See "Editing Measurement Parameters for Cylinder Gears" or "Editing Measurement Parameters for Bevel Gears".

- Analyze: Analyze the measured results for your gear. See "Analyzing a Cylinder Gear" or "Analyzing a Bevel Gear".

- Master Flank: Measure the Master Flank to create a Gleason file. See "Defining Master Flank Data".

- Modify Geometric Parameters: Set geometry parameters for your gear. See "Defining a Cylinder Gear" or "Defining a Bevel Gear".

- Probe Calibration: Calibrate your Probe. See "Step 5: Calibrate Probes".

- Alignment Creation: Create alignment for the gear you want to measure. See "Aligning a Cylinder Gear" or "Aligning a Bevel Gear".

- Data Viewer: View the nominal and actual data for your measured gear. See "Step 10: Review Measured Data".

- Browse Data Folder: Open the Data folder inside the PC-DMIS Gear install directory.

- Create Log File: Selecting this option will cause debug information to be collected for troubleshooting problems. Debug information is stored in the file specified by the Log file name value in the PC-DMIS Gear Settings dialog box. By default, debug data is stored in the data\GearLog.txt file in the PC-DMIS Gear install directory. See "Step 3: Modify PC-DMIS Gear Settings".

- Options: Allows you to set general PC-DMIS Gear parameters. See "Step 3: Modify PC-DMIS Gear Settings".

- Operator Mode: Used to create a shortcut in the Gear window that can be used to measure the gear, auto-evaluate the data and create a report. See User Interface | Operator Mode for more details.

View Menu

- View Menu Items: Toggles the display of the respective PC-DMIS Gear application elements: Parameters Tree Window, Status Window, Statusbar, & Toolbar. The default status for these application elements can be set from the "PC-DMIS Gear Settings" dialog box.

Help Menu

- Contents and Index: Open the PC-DMIS Gear help file.

- About PC-DMIS GEAR: Displays information about your version of PC-DMIS Gear.