## Executing Part Programs

With PC-DMIS you can easily execute an entire part program or perform partial executions. This topic describes how to perform both full and partial executions. It also explains how to use the Execution Mode Options dialog box to execute your part programs and how to resize the dialog box.

When you choose to execute some or all of your part program by selecting File | Execute or a menu item from the File | Partial Execution submenu, and you don't have breakpoints in your part program, PC-DMIS displays a different layout of the screen display called the execution layout. This layout initially hides the Edit window and expands the Graphics Display window, to show more of the part. It also displays the Probe Readout window. You can change what windows appear during execution by pausing the execution and showing or hiding a window. Subsequent executions will use your updated execution layout.

When execution finishes, the screen layout returns to the learn time layout. Any window you show or hide during learn time becomes part of the learn time layout.

Note: If your program uses breakpoints and the Edit window is in Command mode when you choose to execute, PC-DMIS continues to display the Edit window during execution but highlights the current command to execute in red. If the Edit window is in Summary mode, with a breakpoint, PC-DMIS shows a green highlight in the Edit window for already executed commands, yellow for a feature about to be measured, blue for features currently undergoing execution, and orange for non-executed commands.

Example of colors used in Summary mode during execution with a breakpoint.

Example of colors used in Command mode during execution with a breakpoint.

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Execute

Execute Feature

Execute From

Execute From Cursor

Execute Block

Execute From Start Points

Any Order Execution

Reset Execution List

Using the Execution Mode Options Dialog Box