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

## Using the Probe Toolbox: Introduction

The View | Probe Toolbox menu option displays the Probe Toolbox.

Probe Toolbox for a Contact Probe

In PC-DMIS CMM, this toolbox allows you to easily perform various probe-related manipulations specific to contact probes. If viewed by itself, the Probe toolbox by default only contains two tabs. Several additional tabs appear when you view the toolbox embedded within the Auto Feature dialog box.

Note: Because the items in the Probe Toolbox are so frequently used when creating Auto Features, in version 4.3 the Probe Toolbox also functions as an embedded portion of the Auto Feature dialog box.

Probe Toolbox embedded within the Auto Feature dialog box

The probe-related tabs and manipulations for standard contact probe types within the Auto Feature dialog box include the following:

- Position Probe tab - This tab lets you switch between existing configured probes and probe tips, view the current probe's location, access the Probe Readout window, and remove probing hits from the hits buffer.

- Measurement Strategies tab - This lets you load in different strategies for that specific Auto Feature type, changing the way the feature executes.

- Hit Targets tab - This lets you view the hits used to measure the feature and the XYZ values for each hit.

- Feature Locator tab - This provides you with the ability to define and view feature location instructions.

- Contact Path Properties tab - This lets you modify properties that affect the probe path, such as number of hits, depth, hits per level and so on.

- Contact Sample Hits Properties tab - This lets you modify sample hits properties.

- Contact Auto Move Properties tab - This lets you modify properties for Auto Move (or Avoidance Move).

- Contact Find Hole Properties tab - This lets you modify properties for locating a holes.

Note: Previous versions of PC-DMIS used to contain Flat Guess and Round Guess mode icons in this toolbox. Since the guess algorithm in PC-DMIS has improved in version 4.0 and higher, these icons have been removed and are no longer needed.

More:

Working with Probe Position

Working with Measurement Strategies

Viewing Hit Targets

Providing and Using Feature Locator Instructions

Working with Contact Path Properties

Working with Contact Sample Hits Properties

Working with Contact Auto Move Properties

Working with Contact Find Hole Properties