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

#### Feature Properties Area

X YZ Center or Point: These boxes show the feature’s XYZ center or point location in part coordinates.

IJK Surface, Edge, Slot or Gap Dir (Vector): These boxes allow you to set the surface normal vector, edge vector, slot vector or gap direction of the feature.

IJK Angle Vector: These boxes allow you to define the feature's secondary vector. This helps control the orientation of the feature.

Polar/Cartesian Toggle: This button toggles the display between polar and Cartesian modes.

Find Nearest CAD: When you select an axis (X,Y, or Z) from one of the Center boxes and click this button, PC-DMIS finds the closest CAD element in the Graphics Display window to that axis.

Point Read From Machine: When you click this button, PC-DMIS uses the XYZ location of the machine for the feature’s XYZ coordinates.

Find Vector: This button will pierce all surfaces along the XYZ point and IJK vector looking for the closest point. The surface normal vector will be displayed as the IJK NOM VEC but the XYZ values will not change. Note: This option is only available for Surface and Edge Point features.

Flip Vector: This button flips the surface normal vector. For example, 0,0,1 would flip to 0,0,-1.

Use Thickness: This button applies a thickness to a feature. When this button is selected you can then specify whether to use actual or theoretical values and provide the value for the thickness.

Swap Vectors: Clicking this button causes the current edge vector and surface vector to switch vectors with each other. Note: This option is only available for Edge Point features.