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# Public Methods

DeletePoint | Delete Last Hit This removes the last hit from the hit buffer as if you had pressed ALT and - (minus) on the keyboard in PC-DMIS.
ExecuteCustomCommand | This command lets you execute special operations in the Leitz interface.
GetArray | This returns an array of values from the machine.
InsertMovePoint | Insert Move Point Using Current Machine Position This inserts a move point as if you had pressed the Print button on your jog box or pressed CTRL + M keys in PC-DMIS.
PressDone | Press Done/Ok button This acts as if you had pressed the DONE button on the jog box.

# Public Properties

_Name |
Application | Read Only: Returns Application Object Represents the read-only PC-DMIS application. The Application object includes properties and methods that return top-level objects. For example, the ActivePartProgram property returns a PartProgram object.
FPanel | Read Only: Returns F Panel Object Returns the read-only FPanel object if your controller is indeed an FPanel controller.
IsFPanel | Read Only: Returns True if the connected to F Panel Determines whether or not the controller is an FPanel controller.
ManAutoSelector | Read Only: Returns the MAN/AUTO selector position (-1=Undefined 0=MAN, 1=AUTO)
Name | Read Only: Returns the name (CMM or offline) of the machine Returns the name of the Machine object.
Parent | Read Only: Returns Machines Object for Application Returns the read-only Machines collection object to which the machine belongs.
ProbePosition | Read Only: Returns the position of the probe in machine coordinates

# Events

Command | Event fired when a command code is received from the machine controller This event is called when a command button is pressed on the CMM controller. The Code can be used to determine which button was pressed.
DistanceToClosestCAD | Event fired when a DistanceToClosestCAD is received from the machine controller
DistanceToTarget | Event fired when a DistanceToTarget is received from the machine controller
ErrorMsg | Event fired when error message is returned from machine This event is called when an error occurs on the CMM. The ErrorText variable contains the error message, and the ErrorType variable contains the type of error (missed hit, unexpected hit).
ExecuteHit | Event fired when hit is taken by machine in execute mode This event will be called in your application when a hit is taken in PC-DMIS in execute mode. The values of X, Y, Z and I, J, K are the location of the hit and the vector of the hit in machine coordinates.
ExecuteManualScanHit | Event fired when scan hit is taken by machine in execute mode
FeatureID | Event fired when a FeatureID is received from the machine controller
FeatureType | Event fired when a FeatureType is received from the machine controller
LearnHit | Event fired when hit is taken by machine in learn mode This event will be called in your application when a hit is taken in PC-DMIS in learn mode. The values of X, Y, Z and I, J, K are the location of the hit and the vector of the hit in machine coordinates.
Readout | Event fired when a readout is received from the machine controller
ReadoutExt | Event fired when a readout is received from the machine controller - matches XYZ display
RMS | Event fired when a RMS is received from the machine controller

# See Also

Machine Overview | ReadoutWindow Object

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