## Wizards Toolbar

Wizards toolbar

The icons on this toolbar are initially bound to external wizards that come installed with PC-DMIS. These wizards serve two purposes:

1. To increase the usability for new users who are still learning how to use the application.

2. To demonstrate the flexibility and customizability of PC-DMIS.

These wizards are:

Icon | Description
| 3-2-1 Alignment Wizard – This wizard walks you through two basic types of alignments: a 3-2-1 alignment and a two circle alignment.
| CAD Import Wizard – This wizard allows you to import single or multiple CAD models into the current part program. Simply click the icon and a dialog box appears. Select one or more files to import and then click Open.
| Data Field Edit Wizard – This wizard lets you replace certain fields in the Edit window that you cannot replace using the Replace dialog box. See "Editing Data Fields" in the "Editing a Part Program" chapter.
| DMIS Out Wizard – This wizard helps you export a DMIS output file of your inspection report.
| Iterative Alignment Wizard – This wizard walks you through the steps to create an iterative alignment and explains the rules behind the inputs to the alignment
| Multiple Execute Wizard – This wizard lets you easily loop your part program execution indefinitely, or a specified number of times. You can also choose the specific message to display between iterations.
| PCD2Excel Wizard – This wizard exports your PC-DMIS part program data into a Microsoft Excel file of your choice. To configure the wizard's options, click Configure. Most of the configuration options in the resulting dialog box are self explanatory.

Important: Excel 2003 or later is required for this Wizard to function properly.

If the Use STAT/ON and STAT/OFF check box is selected, you must include dimension (or Feature Control Frame dimension) commands between the STATS/ON and STATS/OFF commands in your program, otherwise the wizard will not export data to the excel file. If you clear this check box, all dimension commands get exported into the excel file. See the "Tracking Statistical Data" chapter.

Also, if you select the Ignore FCFs check box, PC-DMIS does not pass Feature Control Frame commands to the excel file. See the "Using Feature Control Frames" chapter.

Running the Wizard Unattended

You can tell PC-DMIS to run the PCD2Excel wizard without any human intervention. After configuring the wizard, insert EXTERNALCOMMAND into your part program and add an 'A' parameter to the command so that it looks something like this:

EXTERNALCOMMAND/DISPLAY ; C:\Program Files\WAI\PC-DMIS V42\Wizards\PCD2EXCEL.EXE A

This tells the wizard to run in unattended mode.

| Probe Wizard – This wizard demonstrates how to define a probe and allows you to calibrate the newly defined probe
| Database Wizard – This wizard helps you to easily create and register ODBC databases. This only appears if your portlock was configured with the Integrated Stats option.

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