Current Help System: PC-DMIS Vision (View Core Help)

#### CAD Selection Method

In this method, to add a feature to your part program, you will click on the desired CAD element (such as a circle, an edge, a surface and so on) inside the Cad View tab of the Graphics Display window. If you want to insert an open Profile 2D, you would also need to select the series of CAD elements that form the profile 2D you wish to measure.

The following steps show how to add a circle feature to your part program using the CAD selection method:

1. Access the Auto Feature toolbar.

2. Click the Circle button. The Auto Feature dialog box for a circle appears.

Vision Circle Auto Feature dialog box

3. Keep the Auto Feature dialog box open and select the Cad View tab of the Graphics Display window and click once on the edge of the desired circle. Other features may require additional or fewer clicks. See “Required Clicks for Supported Features”.

Selecting a circle from the Cad View

Important: Click as close as possible to the CAD element to ensure the PC-DMIS will not choose an incorrect element.

4. PC-DMIS Vision automatically places the nominal data for the feature into the Auto Feature dialog box.

5. For all features the hit targets will automatically be displayed for the feature. The resulting CAD window view should look something like the following:

Circle feature with Target

Notice that the software selects the desired circle feature and draws a target showing the scanning region band.

6. Click Create on the Auto Feature dialog box to add the feature to the part program.