## Measuring Features: Introduction

PC-DMIS provides you with two ways to define part features and add them into your part program for PC-DMIS to measure during execution:

- Measured Features method

- Auto Features method

Measured Features Method

Whenever your probe hits on the part, PC-DMIS interprets those hits into different features, termed "Measured Features" depending on the number of hits, their vectors, and so forth. The supported Measured Features are:

- Point

- Line

- Plane

- Circle

- Round Slot

- Square Slot

- Cylinder

- Cone

- Sphere

- Torus

For more information, see Inserting Measured Features.

For more information, see Inserting Measured Features below.

Auto Features Method

If your version of PC-DMIS supports Auto Features, you can insert program part features into your program as "Auto Features". In many cases, this automatic feature recognition is as simple as single-clicking with your mouse on the appropriate feature in the Graphics Display window. The supported Auto Features are:

- Vector Point

- Surface Point

- Edge Point

- Angle Point

- Corner Point

- High Point

- Plane

- Line

- Circle

- Ellipse

- Flush and Gap

- Round Slot

- Square Slot

- Notch

- Polygon

- Cylinder

- Cone

- Sphere

For more information, see Inserting Auto Features.

For more information, see Inserting Auto Features below.