Reporting 2006 July V41

pc-dmis version 4.
Reporting Training
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Reporting Training
Session 1:
Topics for Tuesday afternoon
a. Forms
b. Reporting from a User Perspective
Changes to the User Interface
1 Touch Reporting
Customizing a Report
HyperReports vs. Templates
c. Lab 1
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Reporting Training
Session 2:
Topics for Wednesday morning
a. Examining Standard Report Templates

b. Examining Standard Label Templates
c. Creating a Report Template
d. Lab 2
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Reporting Training
Session 3:
Topics for Wednesday Afternoon
a. Creating Report Templates (continued)

b. Creating Label Templates
c. Report Template Process
d. Additional Topics
e. Lab 3
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Fitting the Pieces Together
Reports are
formatted by
Templates
Label
Report
Forms
interact with
the user
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Forms for Operator Input
In PC-DMIS v3.7, Forms were
part of Hyperview Reporting
Forms has its own Editor now
New Editor has familiar tools
that can be used to create
dialogs with the operator
Power of Forms is that it can
pass data from the user to the
part program while providing a
nice user interface
Forms
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Navigating to the Forms Editor
Use the Forms

Editor to
create dialogs
to interface
with the
operator
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PC-DMIS Forms Editor
Familiar
toolbar
Form
Note Background
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Example Form from Tutorial
Border ComboBox
Object Object
Bitmap
Object
Hidden Text
Objects used
Frame to pass data to
Object Radiobutton part program
Object
Text
Object
Text
Object
Button Object
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Forms Editor in v4.1
Properties allow
tailoring of an
object for a
specific use
Note the
ListItems
property
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Help Tutorial -- Forms
When you click

on each item, it
Later we will do
expands into a
Step-by-Step
this Tutorial as
procedure
part of our first
lab
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Connecting a form to a part program
TXTNUMBER
ASSIGN/V1 = " "

CS1 =FORM/FILENAME= F:\FORM\INTERACTIVE DIALOG TEST.FORM
PARAM/TXTNUMBER.TEXT=V1
PARAM/= The OK button saves
ENDFORM/ and applies the
changes and closes
the dialog box.
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Inserting a Form
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Questions on Forms?
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Report Window
Report
Window is
now
separate
from Edit
Window
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Report Window
Report
Window
Toolbar
Standard
windows
controls to
minimize,
restore
and close.
With PC-DMIS version 4 the Report and
Edit Windows are separate.
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New Menu for Reporting
Version 3.7 Version 4
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New Menu for Reporting
Access to
Template Editors
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Edit Window Layout Dialog
Hyper-Reports
can no longer
be created
starting with
v4!
Now done
in the
Report Reflects that Edit Window and
Window Report Window have been
separated
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Six Standard Reports
TEXTONLY.RTP
Text reporting with labels
Default template unless registry entry specifies
another template
CADONLY. RTP
Entire report based on Cad Object with labels
Page orientation is Portrait
TEXTANDCAD. RTP
Top half Cad (Cad Object) with labels
Bottom half text (Text object) with labels
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Six Standard Reports
GRAPHICALANALYSIS. RTP
Feature information is presented in the
Graphical Analysis chart
CADONLY_LANDSCAPE. RTP
Like CADONLY.RTP, the entire report based on
Cad Object with labels
Page orientation is Landscape
PPAP. RTP
Production Part Approval Process report
Concise tabulated report
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Standard Reports
Header
1-Touch Reporting
TEXTONLY
Feature
Also the default

report format
Dimension
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Standard Reports
1-Touch Reporting
CAD
TEXTANDCAD
Text
Note that labels on

CAD and Text match # of pages is
determined by
format and amount
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Standard Reports
1-Touch Reporting
CADONLY
All 5 dimensions
shown on one page
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Standard Reports
1-Touch Reporting
GRAPHICALANALYSIS
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Standard Reports
1- Touch Reporting
CADONLY_LANDSCAPE
CADONLY report in
Landscape instead
of Portrait
orientation
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Standard Reports
1-Touch Reporting
PPAP
Quickly determine
acceptance or rejection
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Standard Reports
ViewSets
are not new
What is new
is their
effect on the
Report.
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Standard Reports
New page and new CAD view
ViewSets allow different CAD views in the Report

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Status Window
Status Window shows

report for current
Slide 35 command
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Customizing a Generated Report
Can I alter
How
the report in
the Report Doubl
Window? e
Click?
Yes you
can!
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7 Ways to Customize a Report
1. Right click in the report to specify what data is to
be included in the report
2. Right click on a label to specify what data is to be
included in a label
3. Double-click on a CAD image to modify the zoom
and orientation of the image
4. Double-click on a CAD label to reposition the label
5. Right click on a CAD image to modify the number
of labels per page and the label pattern
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7 Ways to Customize a Report
6. Right click the GraphicalAnalysis object and
change its properties
7. Double click GraphicalAnalysis object and change
zoom and orientation
Future versions of PC-DMIS will offer

more opportunities to customize the
report right in the Report Window
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1
Right click
in the report
Was a tab area of a
on the Edit text report,
Window but not on a
Layout label
dialog
Note that you can

get a Text Mode
Dimension Report
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Text Mode
Dimension
Report
Report when
specified
report template
does not exist
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Features and
Alignments
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2
Right click on a label
Show / hide, re-order

named rows and
columns
Should label be
resized when
hiding columns? Where changes apply
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Double clicking on
3 CAD image
activates image and
allows you to
change orientation
and zoom.
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Before & After
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4
Double clicking on
CAD label to
reposition labels
individually.
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Double clicked to
Methods reposition labels
3&4
Double clicked to
reposition image
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5
Right click CAD

image to change # of
labels per page.
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6
Right click the

GraphicalAnalysis
object and change its
properties
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7
Double click
GraphicalAnalysis
object and change
zoom and orientation
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Clear Template Associated Data
Removes the following items used in the current
part program with the current selected report
template:
1. Table customizations on labels
2. Label placement customizations around a CAD image
3. Changes to the rotation or zoom factor of a CAD image
4. Changes made to the report display option
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Clear Template Associated Data
Removes the following items used in the current
part program with the current selected report
template:
5. Changes to number of labels per page
6. Changes to GraphicalAnalysis properties
7. Changes to GraphicalAnalysis zoom and orientation
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Clear All Template Associated Data
Does the same as Clear Template Associated
Data but affects all report templates used by the
part program
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Right click
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What Template is Used?
New part program (order of precedence):
1. The report template specified as the default report

template in the registry, if one exists,
2. TEXTONLY.RTP, if it can be found,
3. default.rtp, if it can be found,
4. default.rtp, which PC-DMIS creates.
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What Template is Used?
Existing part program (order of precedence):
1. the default report template for this part program, if one

has been established by clicking the "Set as Default
Template" button,
2. the report template specified as the default report
template in the registry, if one exists,
3. TEXTONLY.RTP, if it can be found,
4. default.rtp, if it can be found,
5. default.rtp, which PC-DMIS creates.
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Hyperview Reports
Can not be created in PC-DMIS version 4. They must be created
in a previous version.
This is a difference.
Can not be modified in PC-DMIS version 4. They must be
modified in a previous version.
This is a difference.
You can execute a part program in version 4 that uses a
Hyperview Report.
This is the same as before.
You can add a Hyperview Report to a version 4 part program.
This is the same as before.
Interactive dialog is now a separate editor in version 4. It is
called the Forms Editor.
This is a difference, but the editors are similar.
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Hyperview Reports
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Hyperview Reports
As before!
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Hyperview Reports
Hyperview
Reports
have an .rpt
extension
Report
Templates
have an .rtp
extension
Can Insert Hyperview Reports and Report

Templates into the Part Program
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Report Window
PC-DMIS includes
template name in title bar
Report
Window
Toolbar
Report Window contents can

not be changed.
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Report Window Toolbar
Save Report
Layout Magnification
Set Report as
Default Full Report
Mode
Redraw the Print the Saved Report

Report Last Execution
Report Layouts including
Report Mode
Standard Report
Templates as well
Template as the ones you
Selection save
Dialog
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Template Selection Dialog
When you click on

the Template
Selection Dialog
icon you get a list
of Report
Templates
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Click to add your report

template to this list Close Dialog
Remove from List

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Image preview directly

from template unless
Click on template then click
specified by user
Open to use this template
in the Report Window
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Change Previews
Can change
preview for both
report and label
templates
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Change Previews
Any .bmp or .jpg file can

be used. Make
proportions about 1:1
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New PC-DMIS Font
New font
Loaded with PC-DMIS
Provides GD&T symbols
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Review 1
Forms now have a separate editor.
Many navigational items regarding Reporting have
not changed.
One important change is that the Report Window has
been separated from the Edit Window.
There is a toolbar attached to the Report Window that
allows us to select report templates.
Templates is a new capability in the PC-DMIS
Reporting system.
Report templates allow us to define the format of our
report.
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Review 1
PC-DMIS version 4.1 ships with six standard report
templates Text Only, Text And CAD, CAD Only,
Graphical Analysis, CAD Only Landscape and PPAP.
There are seven options that allow you to customize
the report in Report Window.
We can undo modifications via Clear (All) Template
Associated Data and Remove Object Modifications
A part program can use a Hyperview Report in
version 4, but there are no tools in version 4 to create
or edit a Hyperview Report.
Templates now control the formatting of the report.
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Questions?
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Lab 1
1. In the Help System, find the Creating Forms. Perform
each step as described.
2. You need a part program with dimensions to do this step
of the lab. You can also use this same part program for
the other Labs. If you do not have a part program with
dimensions, do something like the following:
Use the Hexagon part and CAD file.
Create a part program called Lab1 to:
Read in the IGES file. Make it a 3D solid.
Align to front left corner.
Align CAD to part.
In DCC, measure the four holes that are around the large hole.
Construct a circle through these four holes.
Report location for these five holes.
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Lab 1
3. Create a TextOnly Report
Make sure that your selected reporting template is TEXTONLY.RTP.
Run your part program and output the results to Lab1TextOnly.pdf.
4. Create a CADOnly Report

Apply report template CADONLY.RTP.
Output the results to Lab1CadOnly.pdf.
5. Create a TextAndCAD Report

Apply report template TEXTANDCAD.RTP.
Output the results to Lab1TextAndCad.pdf.
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Lab 1
6. Use ViewSets
Create at least 3 ViewSets.
Recall each of them in the part program.
Apply the report template TEXTANDCAD.RTP.
Output the results to Lab1TextAndCadViewsets.pdf.
7. Modify the Report in the Report Window

Right click in the report and select Edit. Experiment with the various
options on this dialog and verify their effect on the report.
Right click on a label in the report and select Edit. Experiment with the
various options on this dialog and verify their effect on the report.
Double-click on a CAD image and modify the CAD view.
Double-click on a CAD label and change its location.
Output the results to Lab1TextAndCadModified.pdf.
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Lab 1
8. Create a Text Mode Dimension Report
Right click in the report and select Edit. Check Use Text Mode
Dimension Reporting and verify the effect on the report.
Output this report in RTF format to a file named
Lab1TextDimension.rtf.
9. Undo Modifications
Use Remove Object Modifications to undo one or more of your
changes.
Select Clear Template Associated Data and note its affect on the
report.
10. Experiment with the various tools on the Report
Window toolbar
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Examining Standard Templates
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Font
Properties
for selected
object
Object
Docked
Docked Property
Toolbars Sheet
Layout
TEXTONLY.RTP in the Report
Template editor
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Just
Toolbars and Grab &
Property Sheet can Drag
also float (i.e. be
undocked)
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TextReportObject
The Rule Tree

specifies what
data is to be
presented and
in what format
CadReportObject
Label
Three objects that present data and

have a Rule Tree
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Toggle Group Align Center
Ruler Undo
Toggle Zoom Align To Front

Grid Out Edges / Back
Property
Sheet Zoom
in Ungroup Space
Zoom Make
View Snap Regroup
1:1 Same Size Redo
Points
Layout Bar some have menus

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Creating a Report Template
From
Help
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Click Rules
TEXTONLY.RPT in the Report

Template editor
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When
to Rules exist
Report if BOLD
Data
Data
format Rule for
Dimension
Location
Report
We will talk more about
Expression
Language Rules and the Rule Tree
Editor later
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Standard Report Templates
Questions:
1. What happens if I delete a report template that I
have set as my default for a part program?
If the report template is not found, default.rtp is used. If it
is not found, PC-DMIS creates it. It is a TextReportObject
with no rules.
This is the Text Mode Dimension Report
2. What happens if I modify my report template?
Whenever you click the Redraw button in the Report
Window, or when you run the part program, PC-DMIS will
notice that the report template has been updated and will
use that updated report template.
This is a VERY handy feature!
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Several text
objects
TextReportObject
with rules
PPAP.RTP in the Report

Template editor
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Label Layout
CADReportObject
with rules
CADOnly.RTP in the Report

Template editor
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# of Labels per
page and Layout
Style
Should Leader Lines point

to Measured or Nominal?
CADonly.RTP / clicked on Layout

Labels in Property Sheet
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Standard Label Templates
29 Current Standard Label Templates (currently 32 in v4.2)
File_Header.lbl
Reference_ID.lbl
Legacy_Dimension_CAD.lbl
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FCF_Label.lbl
Line1.lbl
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Line2.lbl
Line3.lbl
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Line1, Line2 and Line3 refer to lines or rows in the
Feature Control Frames Table
Line2 is the FCF primary dimension
In some cases, e.g. True Position of a Circle, Line1
presents the size information
Line3 is for a secondary tolerance type or a secondary
dimension
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Label Templates
How to view / edit a label template
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Label Templates
File header template in Label Template Editor
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Label Templates
Double click in
label to put in
Edit mode
Click to select
a single cell
Right click Cell

same cell to expression
bring up Grid
Properties
dialog
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100
Label Templates
How to change the File header label bitmap
Click Select and

browse to new
image. Save or
Save As to rename.
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Label Templates
How to change the File header label bitmap
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Label Templates
Line1_Size.lbl COUNT(LINE1_
FEATNAME)
Here is the Property Page

for Row 3. Notice that the # of times to
Repeating Group repeat row.
checkbox is checked.
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104
Open the
Report
Template
Editor for a
new
Template
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Report
Properties
Portrait or
Landscape
A3, A4, A5, B4, B5

Custom Size
Japanese Postcard
Slide Legal, Letter, Tabloid also available
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Sectio
nProperti
es Section Height
and Width
Section Rule Tree Units are

about
1000 per
inch
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Click the Text icon,

drop onto the editor.
Right mouse or click
Property icon to get
the Property Page Note: always
in Edit mode.
Cant put it in
Run mode.
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Properties for:
Font
Colors
Alignment
Size
Location
Orientation
Text
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Add a bitmap
Modify properties
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Add a TextReportObject
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Rules
allow you
to define
how your
data will
be
Click
presented
Add a TextReportObject
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Specify the rules
3
1
Click to
specify when
rules apply
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Set the
condition What additional text
when rule will or text expression
apply should be included
in the report?
What label or
labels do you After you select a
want to use? label template,
You can have you can change
many labels. the table format
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Be as
detailed as
you want
as to when
the rules
should
apply
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Exporting / Importing Rules
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Review 2
There are six standard report templates.
TextOnly
CADOnly
TextAndCAD
Graphical Analysis
CADOnly_Landscape
PPAP
There is an editor for both Report Templates and
Label Templates so that you can create new
templates and modify existing templates
Multiple copies of each editor can be open simultaneously
Objects comprise Report Templates
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Review 2
Three objects have a Rules property so that they can
present measurement data
TextReportObject
CADReportObject
LabelObject
Rules can be reused because of the import / export
functions
Modified report templates are automatically used by
PC-DMIS when the report is redrawn or the part
program is executed
There are properties for the object, the section and
the entire report
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Review 2
The Rule Tree specifies:
What data is to be included in the report
The format of the data
There are 29 standard label templates included in
PC-DMIS v4.1
The grid control is unique because:
It has properties for the object
It has properties for individual grid cells
Grid cell properties are set via the Grid Properties dialog
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Questions on Standard Templates?
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120
Questions on
Creating a Report Template?
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Lab 2
1. Examine the standard report templates
a) Open each of the six standard report templates
b) Examine the objects, properties and rules
2. Create a new report template
a) Using the Report Template Editor create a new report template
called MyTextAndCAD.rtp.
b) Add a Text object and set the Text property to Inspection Report.
c) Add a TextReportObject on the top half of the page and import the
Text rules
d) Add a CADReportObject on the bottom half of the page and import
the CAD rules
e) Add a line object to separate the Title from the TextReportObject
and add a line object to separate the TextReportObject from the
CADReportObject
f) Save this template.
g) Display the report in the Report Window using MyTextAndCAD.rtp.
h) Modify some of the properties of the line objects and resave the
template.
i) Click Redraw on the Report Window toolbar and notice how the
changes affect the report.
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Lab 2
3. Delete a report template
a) Rename MyTextAndCAD.rtp to MyDeletedTextAndCAD.rtp so
that it appears to PC-DMIS that the active report template has been
deleted.
b) Click Redraw on the Report Window toolbar and notice how the
deletion affects the report.
4. Modifying a standard label
a) Open File_Header.lbl and save it as MyFile_Header.lbl.
b) Make the following change and then re-save it.
1) change the bitmap
2) modify at least one font
3) modify at least one font size
4) modify at least one cell border
5) modify at least one cell background color
c) Change the rules in MyTextAndCAD.rtp to use MyFile_Header.lbl
instead of File_Header.lbl.
d) Click Redraw on the Report Window toolbar and notice how the
deletion affects the report.
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Lab 2
5. Create a new Textonly landscape report template
a) Using the Report Template Editor create a new report template
called TextOnly_Landscape.rpt.
b) Set the report property to landscape.
c) Add a TextReportObject on the top half of the page and import the
Text rules
d) Save the template.
e) In the Report Window, apply this template. The report should be
identical to the TextOnly report except that it is landscape instead of
portrait.
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Lab 2
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User Assigned Properties:
The ability to create a template now but have the
user specify supplemental data later
But When?
Prompt when the user selects template
In the Template Selection Dialog, when the user selects
Open, the user is prompted for this information
Select this for data specific to a part type but does not
change with each part that is measured
Prompt when executing report
Each time the part program is run, the user is prompted
for this data
Select this for data specific to the individual part; such
as, some type of part identification
Select this for ancillary information about the run; such
as, operator name, CMM ID, etc.
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Click
checkbox.
Specify
when user
will be
prompted.
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Note prompt
Prompted once
when template
selected, unless
user chooses to
clear template
associated data
Prompted each time

the report is
executed
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Prompt at
execution
Entered in Property Sheet
Operator enters name at

[Put Name Here].
Name appears in report in

Slide Text Object.
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Can in
Yes, I modify the
the Editor.
order of the User
No, Assigned
at execution.
Properties List?
Note: Im in the
Report Template
Editor with the
template open.
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Move down
Delete
2 lists to modify:
1. When template
selected
2. When report executed
Move up
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Sections
Ability to divide a report into sub-reports
Each sub-report acts as if it has its own
separate report template
Sections print out in the order that they
are defined
All data is made available to all sections
Rules determine if section displays the
data
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Sections
Possible uses:
Cover sheet Coming in
Title page v4.2 --
Table of Contents Selective
Summary data!
Detailed data section
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Section
properties
Right click
to add a A Rule Tree for
section each Section
Section
name
Multi-section
report
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Questions on Creating a User
Assigned Properties?
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Label Templates
Object Toolbar
Similar to Report Template Editor
Object Toolbar, except:
No CadReportObject
No Label Object
No TextReportObject
CommandTextObject
No Leaderline
ChartObject
But it does include:
CommandTextObject
AnalysisObject
ChartObject CADImageObject
AnalysisObject
CADImageObject
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Label Templates
Resize
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Label Templates
There are about 100 pixels

per inch. Therefore, a width
of 200 is about 2 inches.
This is also true in the
Report Template Editor.
Resize
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Label Templates
Example Text Object 1 with CommandTextObject
Label ShadowStyle
property
Text Object 2
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Label Templates
Grid Control
Another Set size, # of

Example columns and rows,
Label table format
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Legacy_Dimension.lbl
Legacy_Dimension.lbl in Edit Mode
Formulas are used to

define what data is to be
displayed in each cell
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There are
many
properties
Note the Property here to allow
Page for this cell at you to tailor
Row 1, Column 2. each cell
You put the formula
in the Cell
Expression area.
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Label Templates
is a Grid Control
Cell properties
Merge multiple cells as one

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A cell can contain

text (including a
formula or
expression), an
image or an ActiveX
control.
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Label Templates
This equation
determines how many
times to repeat this
row
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Label Templates
Rule for Dimension Location is:
Same "legacy_dimension.lbl"
USE TEMPLATE
Label
3 Rows
Template Point
4 Rows Sphere
Cone
5 Rows
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Label Templates
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Rule Tree Editor
Main categories of
Rules
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Rule Tree Editor
Rules for
comments, file
operations, etc.
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Rule Tree Editor
Rules for DMIS,

conditional flow
Think
etc.outside
Rules
statements, are for
the box
more thanand
just
templates
dimensions
may
and
solve
feature
other
measurements
problems
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Rule Tree Editor
Specify to what
the label shall
apply. Here Click
Features are Add to
highlighted. add first
rule
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Rule uses Label Template
Already filled
in for you.
Applies to all
Check here Features
Enter Label Template file name
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Rule Uses Text Expression
Already filled
in for you.
Applies to all
Features
Check here
Message to output to report
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Create a Report Template
Conditionally
outputting text
Conditionally
Using a Label
Only if a characteristic
of Dimension Location
is Out-Of-Tolerance
will the text or label be
output to the Report
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Create a Report Template
Both
rules
added to
the Rule
Tree
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What if Rules Conflict?
All apply?
Rule Here
None?
Which one?
Rule Here
Child
overrule
s Parent
!
What if there
was a rule here?
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Rules about Rules
Rule Tree Rules
Multiple rules per command
Can be applied unconditionally or conditionally
A rule can put out text directly or provide
information based on the format of a label
template
Can use conditional expressions using the
Reporting Expression Language
Can use a text expression using the Reporting
Expression Language
You can specify an initial grid format (label
template)
You can specify order that the rules are applied
Parent node rule applies to a child node only if
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the child node has no rule
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Report Expression Language
See the Help File
Table of Contents
PC-DMIS 4 Core Help File
Reporting Measurement Results
Creating Custom Reports
About Report Expressions
Edit Window pop-up can provide data type
name used in report expressions
Can also be used in properties
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Typical Report Language Expressions
=ID - This displays the feature or dimension ID.
=DIM_MEASURED:N - This displays a dimension's measured value.
=UNIT_TYPE - This displays the unit What is N? for the feature or
of measurement
dimension.
=LOADSTR - This loads a string from a table of stored strings within PC-
DMIS.
=AXIS:N - This displays the current axis name The NYAXIS, or ZAXIS).
(XAXIS,
=NOMINAL:N - This displays the nominal data for a feature.
expression
=F_PLUS_TOL:N - This displays a feature's plus tolerance.
evaluates to the
=F_MINUS_TOL:N - This displays a feature's minus
current tolerance.
iteration
=DIM_OUTTOL:N - This displays the out of tolerance
value value for a
of a repeating
dimension.
row or column.
=DIM_MAX:N - This displays the maximum possible in-tolerance upper
value for a dimension.
=DIM_MIN:N - This displays the minimum possible in-tolerance lower
value for a dimension.
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=TOL(AXIS:N,DIM_OUTTOL:N, 0.0, 0.0)
=LOADSTR(-572) [loads string from resources]
=GDT_SYMBOL
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TOL
=TOL(DIM_DEVIATION:N,DIM_MEASURED:N,
NOMINAL:N+F_PLUS_TOL:N,NOMINAL:N-F_MINUS_TOL:N)
From Help
If expression 4 is between expression 2 and

expression 3, then set the string in expression
1 to the marked color; otherwise, set it to the
error color
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=TOL(DIM_MEASURED:N,DIM_OUTTOL:N,0.0,0.0)
=ID + IF(LEN(REF_ID:1) > 0, " - " + REF_ID:1, "

") + IF(LEN(REF_ID:2)>0 AND REF_ID:1 <>
REF_ID:2, " " + LOADSTR(-247) + " " +
REF_ID:2, " ")
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165
There are four areas where you can insert report
expressions:
1) The Rules Tree Editor in the Conditional Expression and

Text Expression boxes.
2) The GridControlObject in its grid cells.
3) The GridControlObject in the Repeat Expression box in the

Row tab for repeat expressions.
4) Property Sheet Values on edit fields or combo boxes that take

text values.
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From Help:
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Edit Rule / Conditional Expression
MEAS > (NOMINAL + PLUS_TOL) OR MEAS < (NOMINAL MINUS_TOL)
TOGGLEVALUE(TEXT_ANALYSIS)>0
Edit Rule / Text Expression
***** Feature is Out-Of-Tolerance *****
GridControlObject / Repeat Expression
=COUNT(AXIS)
Property Sheet / Properties with text values
=REF_ID
=REVISION_NUMBER
=PART_NAME
=SYSTEMTIME("HH:mm")
GridControlObject / Cell
Blue Black Yellow =RGB("Blue",0,0,255) + RGB(" Black",0,0,0) + RGB(" Yellow",255,255,0)
=TOL(DIM_DEVIATION:N,DIM_MEASURED:N,
NOMINAL:N+F_PLUS_TOL:N,NOMINAL:N-F_MINUS_TOL:N)
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ActiveX Controls
Can be added:
Directly to a Label Template
To a cell of a Grid Control
Directly to a Report Template
5 ActiveX controls ship with PC-DMIS
ActiveX controls have 2 sets of properties
Properties common to all ActiveX controls
e.g. This.Left
Properties unique to a control (.X)
e.g. This.X.EventReportData
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ActiveX Controls
1. Best Fit Analysis
Red dots
before best
fit
Used for Alignments
Green bar #s 1 4 represents 4

after best fit features used in best fit
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ActiveX Controls
2. Dimension Analysis
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ActiveX Controls
3. Feature Analysis
4. Dimension Report Linear
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172
ActiveX Controls
5. Dimension Report Radial
Coming in
v4.2 --
More
ActiveX
controls!
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Event Report Data
Best_Fit_Analysis.lbl
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174
ActiveX Controls
ActiveX Color
It is a property of the control, not of PC-DMIS
To get to this property, in the Label Template
Editor,
Open the label template for editing
Right click to show the grid control properties in
the Property Sheet
Double click the ActiveX control to show its
properties in the Property Sheet
In the Property Sheet, under the ActiveX
category, click on next to OCXProperties
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ActiveX Controls
# of zones
How to assign
colors in zones Click to get
color wheel
Assign colors
individually
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Automation
1
From Help
2 3 4 5 6
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Automation
Dim App As PCDLRN.Application
App = CreateObject("PCDLRN.Application") 1
Dim Reports As PCDLRN.ReportTemplates
Reports = App.ReportTemplates 2
Dim Report As PCDLRN.ReportTemplate
Report = Reports.Add 3
Dim Sections As PCDLRN.Sections
Sections = Report.Sections 4
Dim Section As PCDLRN.Section
5
Section = Sections.Item(1)
Dim ReportObjects As PCDLRN.ReportControls
ReportObjects = Section.ReportControls 6
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New in PC-DMIS v4.1
1. Remove changes in right click menu with Edit.
2. New object on Label Editor toolbar called CADimage object.
3. PPAP.RTP (Production Part Approval Process Report).
4. Status Window is dockable in CAD Window and scrollable.
5. Leader lines can terminate at the nominal or measured values.
6. When printing, you can turn off the background colors.
7. Foreground / background colors are not limited to 16 colors.
8. Three new ways to modify a report.
a. Right click GraphicalAnalysis object and change its properties
b. Double click GraphicalAnalysis object and change zoom and orientation
c. Change number of labels on a page without going to the Template Editor.
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Anticipated Additions to v4.2
1. Custom Reporting (reports designed for a
specific part program)
a. Custom Report Editor to create and edit custom reports
Anticipated
b. Drag and drop from Summary Mode
c. Sections become pages which can be added and
removed
2. Duplicate a report page
in
3. Page Size andPC-DMIS
Page Orientation properties
will be moved to the Section/Page object so
v4.2
that a report can have a mixture of landscape
and portrait pages.
4. Custom Reports can be created from a
template or another Custom Report
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5. Like Template Selection Dialog icon, additional
icon on Report Window toolbar for Custom Report
Selection Dialog
6. CAD label and CADReportObject can be resized
7. All report objects can be moved
8. Copy / Paste rules
9. New ActiveX controls
10.Auto-zoom option for the CAD view
11.Collated sections
12.Access to total number of pages (page x of y)
13.Section cut profile control
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14.First page layout so the report can have an
expanded first page of information and the rest of
the report can have an abbreviated heading
15.Ability to pre-set a fixed size for a label
16.Selective data; that is, each section can select
only the data it needs
17.Boundary leader lines (like CAD blue print) to
show labels for distance and angle between
dimensions
18.Optional small, medium or large color ball at end
of leader line
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Reporting Training
Additional Training Information:
1. Forms
Tutorial: Creating Forms
2. Custom Reports
Creating a Custom Report Template
3. Custom Labels
Creating a Custom Label Template
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Reporting Training
PowerPoint Presentation:
ftp://ftp.wilcoxassoc.com/Template Training\
Reporting2006July.ppt
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Reporting Training
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Review 3
User Assigned Properties
Allow you to create a template now but have information
provided later
When template selected
When report executed
UAP properties can be re-ordered in the template editor
Sections
Divide the report into sub-reports
Each section has its own objects and rules
Order of the sections is the order of the report
Label Template Editor Toolbar
Similar to Report Template Editor toolbar without objects that
have rules
Four objects added
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Review 3
Grid Control is Unique
The control has properties
Individual cells of the grid each have properties
A cell can contain:
Text (or text expression),
Image
ActiveX Control
Repeating rows of a grid control make labels more flexible
Rules are for more than features and dimensions
May provide other uses of templates
There are 5 ActiveX controls loaded by PC-DMIS
Most useful by labels
Reporting has an Automation interface
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Review 3
Report Expression Language can be used wherever
text is used
The Rules Tree Editor in the Conditional Expression and
Text Expression boxes.
The GridControlObject in its grid cells.
The GridControlObject in the Repeat Expression box in the
Row tab for repeat expressions.
Property Sheet Values on edit fields or combo boxes that
take text values.
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Questions?
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190
Lab 3
1. Open PPAP.RTP and save it as Multi.RTP
(for the rest of this Lab, for UAP your choice when to prompt)
a) Add a Section called TextOnly
b) Add a text object
a) Center it at the right half of the top of the page
b) Set Alignment to right
c) Set the Text property to Enter Report Title here and check UAP
d) Change the ForeColor property to blue and check UAP
e) Set the Font property to Arial, 20 point, Bold and check UAP
f) Set ShadowStyle to Bottom/Right and check UAP
c) Add a Bitmap object
a) Put object in the upper left corner of the page
b) Set the Bitmap property to wai.bmp and check UAP
c) Set the Layout property to Size to Fit
d) Add a TextReportObject
a) Size it for the rest of the page
b) Import the TextOnly rules
c) Check UAP for all of the Show properties
e) Apply this template in the Report Window
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191
Lab 3
2. Open Multi.RTP in the Report Template Editor
a) Create a new Section called CADOnly
a) Add a CADReportObject that fills the page
b) Import CAD rules
b) Apply this template in the Report Window
3. Open Multi.RTP
a) Create a new Section called TextAndCAD
b) Add a TextReportObject to the top of the page
c) Import the TextOnly.rul rules
d) Add a CADReportObject to the bottom of the page
e) Import the CAD.rul rules
f) Apply this template in the Report Window
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192
Lab 3
4. Open Multi.RTP
a) Create a new Section called Front Page
b) Change the order of the Sections so that:
1) Front Page
2) CADonly
3) TextOnly
4) TextAndCAD
5) PPAP
c) Add several text objects in two columns. In the left column, set
text property to:
a) Operator Name
b) CMM ID
c) Department
d) Supervisor Name
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Lab 3
d) In the right column have corresponding text objects with UAP
checked so that the operator will enter this information
e) Add a bitmap object on the bottom half of the page. Use print
screen to capture a part image. Save it as a .jpg in Paint. Use
this image in the bitmap control.
f) Save and then apply this report in the Report Window
5. Create a label called OutOfTolerance.lbl. Add border
objects with background color. In the center add a Text
object. Set its Text property to * Out of Tolerance *.
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194
Lab 3
6. Use of conditional rule:
a) In the TextOnly Section, for the TextReportObject, add a rule to
Location Dimension that says:
IF DIM_OUTTOL:N>0 THEN USE TEMPLATE OutOfTolerance.lbl.
b) Save and then apply this report in the Report Window. Note how
adding this rule affected the report.
7. Experiment by adding other sections to this report.
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pc-dmis version 4.

a. Examining Standard Report Templates

a. Creating Report Templates (continued)

Use the Forms

When you click

ASSIGN/V1 = " "

Also the default

Note that labels on

New page and new CAD view

ViewSets allow different CAD views in the Report

Status Window shows

Future versions of PC-DMIS will offer

Note that you can

Show / hide, re-order

Before & After

Right click CAD

Right click the

1. The report template specified as the default report

1. the default report template for this part program, if one

Can Insert Hyperview Reports and Report

Report Window contents can

Redraw the Print the Saved Report

When you click on

Click to add your report

Remove from List

Image preview directly

Any .bmp or .jpg file can

4. Create a CADOnly Report

5. Create a TextAndCAD Report

7. Modify the Report in the Report Window

Slide 79 End of Session 1

The Rule Tree

Three objects that present data and

Toggle Zoom Align To Front

Layout Bar some have menus

TEXTONLY.RPT in the Report

PPAP.RTP in the Report

CADOnly.RTP in the Report

Should Leader Lines point

CADonly.RTP / clicked on Layout

Right click Cell

Click Select and

Here is the Property Page

A3, A4, A5, B4, B5

Section Rule Tree Units are

Click the Text icon,

Slide End of Session 2

Prompted each time

Entered in Property Sheet

Operator enters name at

Name appears in report in

There are about 100 pixels

Another Set size, # of

Legacy_Dimension.lbl in Edit Mode

Formulas are used to

Merge multiple cells as one

A cell can contain

Rules for DMIS,

Enter Label Template file name

Message to output to report

=TOL(AXIS:N,DIM_OUTTOL:N, 0.0, 0.0)

=LOADSTR(-572) [loads string from resources]

If expression 4 is between expression 2 and