#### Creating Measured Features

1. From the Quick Start toolbar, select the Measure toolbar.

2. Click the icon of the feature you will measure. The top left icon on the dialog box changes to display what you will measure in this procedure and instructions appear on the status bar.

3. In offline mode, click the Program Mode icon from the PC-DMIS Modes toolbar. PC-DMIS draws a simulated depiction of the probe near the part in the Graphics Display window.

4. In offline mode, right click, to set the depth for the probe or in online mode. In online mode, move the probe to the desired depth.

5. Take the minimum number of hits on the part to measure the feature.

6. Click Finish or press Done on your jog box when the measurement is complete. The Quick Start dialog box remains open and PC-DMIS automatically compensates for probe radius and places the measured feature on the part in the Graphics Display window.

7. Follow steps four through six until you create all needed measured features.

8. Click Close when finished. The Quick Start dialog box closes.

As hits are taken and once the feature is created, PC-DMIS draws the measured feature on the screen. For 3D measured features (Torus, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone and Plane), PC-DMIS will draw the feature with a shaded surface.

Some sample measured features drawn with shaded surfaces

Creating Measured Features from CAD using Single-Click

Note: Single Click Select works with all measured features except Torus and scans. It is also disabled internally during Guess Mode. See note below.

The Single Click Select check box controls how features are created when programming from CAD. With the check box marked, you can now program a measured feature with a single mouse click on the CAD model. To do this,

1. Select the type of feature that you want to create from the Measured Features toolbar.

2. Click with your mouse on the CAD model near the feature that you want to create. PC-DMIS will locate the feature in the CAD model and automatically generate the necessary hits to create the feature. The hit count will increase and display the predefined number of hits for the feature type you have chosen.

   Feature Type | Number of Hits
   Point | 1
   Line | 2
   Plane | 4
   Circle | 4
   Cylinder | 8
   Cone | 8
   Sphere | 5
   Round Slot | 6
   Square Slot | 5

3. Once the hits are generated, click Finish to insert the feature into the part program.

Guess Mode and Single Click Select: If Guess Mode is selected, indicated by a question mark in the top left corner of the Quick Start dialog box, Single Click Select will not work even though the check box remains marked. For Guess Mode to function, it attempts to detect the feature type at each successive hit. In order to maintain consistency with existing functionality, PC-DMIS disables Single Click Select internally if Guess Mode is used. If the Quick Start window is closed, PC-DMIS will automatically revert to the legacy guess mode even if the Single Click Select was checked when the Quick Start window was closed. Single Click Select requires the user to identify ahead of time what feature is being measured which is a capability unique to the Quick Start Window.