## Using Other Windows, Editors, and Tools: Overview

PC-DMIS provides you with an assortment of windows, editors, and other aids that help make your part programming easier and more productive. This section discusses how to access and use these tools.

These include:

- The Edit window, which has already been discussed in the "Using the Edit window" section

- A Report window for displaying measurement results (see "Using the Report Window")

- A script editor that allows you to create scripts in the BASIC programming language (see "Using the Basic Script Editor")

- An editor for creating and displaying interactive and forms and dialog boxes (see "Using the Form Editor")

- An inspection report editor that allows you to quickly view and make small editing changes to your automatic generated inspection reports (see "Viewing an Inspection Report")

- An interface for quick generation of simple part programs (see "Using the Quick Start Interface")

- A settings window that lets you make quick edits to frequently used values (see "Using the Settings Window")

- A preview window that allows you to preview your measurements before accepting them (see "Using the Preview Window")

- A window used to create and store marked sets of features for future execution (see "Using the Marked Sets Window")

- A customizable Virtual Keyboard that you can use in place of a real keyboard (see "Using the Virtual Keyboard")

- A probe readout window that shows the current probe's location, and other information (see "Using the Probe Readout Window")

- A status window that displays the current status of an operation or feature information (see "Using the Status Window")

- A probe toolbox that allows you to perform probe manipulations (see "Using the Probe Toolbox")

- A dockable color bar that shows the different tolerance zones and dimension colors (see "Using the Dimensions Colors Window")

- A path viewer showing the path your probe will take during program execution (see "Viewing Path Lines")

- A Cad Information dialog box to display information about a CAD element in the Graphics Display window (see "Viewing CAD Information" in the "Editing the CAD Display" section.

- A CAD Import History dialog box to display a history of CAD models imported into the current part program (see "Viewing CAD Import History").