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### DCC Edge Point 2 Click Select

This entry allows you to determine whether or not PC-DMIS uses two mouse clicks to determine the XYZ and IJK values when selecting an Auto Edge Point in the Graphics Display window. If set to TRUE (1), PC-DMIS uses two mouse clicks, one on each surface, to determine the correct XYZ and IJK values. If it's set to FALSE (0), PC-DMIS uses the old method of one click.

Entry Name: DCCEdgePoint2ClickSelect

Entry Type: True/False value. Default value is FALSE.

When creating an Auto Edge Point feature by clicking on a CAD model's surface in the Graphics Display window, you'll notice that some surfaces do not have perfect 90 degree edges, but instead have tight curves, when you zoom in on the CAD.

CAD Edge – From a distance, it looks like you could create an edge point here.

CAD Edge – However, when you look closer you can see it's not really a 90 degree edge but instead a tight curve.

The problem with some auto edge points is that you can click on the edge and obtain the correct XYZ location, but the IJK vector may be incorrect. Or, you can click somewhere else on the part to get the correct IJK vector, but the XYZ location will be incorrect.

If you set the DCCEdgePoint2ClickSelect entry to TRUE, PC-DMIS allows you to take 2 mouse clicks (one on each surface) to obtain both the correct XYZ location and IJK vector.

Mouse click 1, PC-DMIS collects the XYZ location and IJK vector.

Mouse click 2, If the IJK vector is incorrect, PC-DMIS collects a valid IJK vector.

If the CAD model has a regular 90 degree edge, you can click on both surfaces and the edge point will get created as usual.

You can tell PC-DMIS to display a message when creating auto edge points using this mode. See "DCC Edge Point 2 Click Select Show Warning"

For information on Auto Edge Points, see the "Creating an Auto Edge Point" topic in the "Creating Auto Features" section.