Current Help System: Tutor Translator (View Core Help)

### Step 1: Set TutorPCDmis Translator Options

The TutorPCDmis Translator Options dialog box allows you to determine how items in the Tutor file should be interpreted or displayed inside PC-DMIS.

TutorPCDmis Translator Options dialog box

Click OK once you have set the following options to begin translation (see "Step 3: Review Translation Progress"):

PC-DMIS Part Program Settings:

These options come from the PC-DMIS part program into which the Tutor file is being imported and cannot be modified:

Units – Shows the units of measurement (either Inch or Metric) of the PC-DMIS part program. Unlike Tutor for Windows, PC-DMIS does not allow you to change measurement units at execution time.

Angle Mode – Shows how angles are currently displayed (either Deg or DMS) in the PC-DMIS part program.

Tutor for Window Settings:

PC-DMIS uses Tutor for Windows configuration files to correctly translate Tutor files. Tutor for Windows configurations are stored in the WTutor.ini configuration file. When translation starts the wTutor.ini file is searched in the c:\Winnt folder.

The user can force translator to read another Tutor configuration file using the ”Read WTutor.ini” button.

True Position Error – Select Radius if the importing part program requires the True Position error evaluated as radius, otherwise select Diameter.

Form Error – Select Double if the importing part program requires the Double Form error, otherwise select Single.

Linearity Error – Select Radius if the importing part program requires the Linearity error evaluated as radius, otherwise select Diameter.

Tutor PC-DMIS Probes Mapping:

Tip Diameter – Type the default tip diameter for the probe used by Tutor for Windows.

Probe File – Use the … button to choose a PC-DMIS probe file (.PRB) to use.

ProbeMap File – Use the … button to choose an existing Tutor to PC-DMIS probe map file. If you don't have a probe map file, you can create one by clicking the New button. The Edit button allows you to change the currently selected probe map file listed in this box. This map file allows you to tell the translator what PC-DMIS tip angles it should use when translating probe commands from the Tutor file into PC-DMIS. For more information, see ”Step 2: Configuring the ProbeMap File”.

Skip Comments – Select this check box if you don't want to import programmer comments found in the Tutor file.