15.03.05

Fetaure window program flag indicating existance of Execute or Measure-Finish command for the feature.
Learn asks now when addidng a feature that already has its Execute or Measure-Finish commands.

07.03.05

3D Points mode menu option - no submenu.
Cursor "hand" is shown during points mode.
Alternative switching the mode on/off is clicking both LB+RB mouse buttons.
(ref. 10/02/05).

Program cerated in learn for feature now assumes that the fetaure has correct probe direction, its taken for execute parameters to decide on which side to measure from. Last probe position is no longer taken into consideration.

There is an option at the start of learn mode that program will be executed in dry hidden mode, and san path will be displayed. Axel joystick position is placed at the end of path, ready for adding commands.

In edit program mode after dry run parts of the program can be selected as one piece and display its data in program property diaog.

New feature "Program" propety dockable dialog with functions for
- edit execute command parameters
- update the parameters with data from the fetaure
- run single fetaure subprogram
- change subprogram
- delete feature subprogram execute.

22.02.05

3D view Pixel Buffer option.
This option uses hardware support for opengl buffer region extension.
(available for all nvidia based cards)
When enabled program render cad part only if the scene changes.
If other elements like probe, features, program, results changes, there is
no need to render cad, so it gives significant improvement in fram rate.
Reommended for large cad parts and cnc programs.

3d view mouse selection changed.
Now iw work like in wireframe MW view, LB down start selection, mouse move
changes selection to other feature, LB up accept selection.
This also work in learn, where commands will be added on mouse up

Scan path edit - Programs edit mode allow to select single move or whole sequence for exected sbprogram.
RB menu open command parameters table, or feature program property dialog in case of subprogram

CAD

3D view rotations / framerate
Disabled switching to wireframe when fps drops down.
Now to speed up rotatiions :
for fps < 5 : ligths disabled
for fps < 2 : depth checking disabled
for fps < 0.1 : hide cad part.

12.02.05

Cnc path edit.
Selection scan path in the programs mode highlights whole subprograms.
Property menu displays data table of corresponding execute command.

CAD

ISolid view cad selection.
Added selection with Shift (rectangle) and Ctrl (add to selection) keys.
This is enabled when RB menu option 'Selection Mode' is checked.
Other function of the Selection Mode is to show hint box with name of the
surface under the cursor
Rectangle selection (with Shift key) in 3d solid view work sightly different
than in wire-frame Mwasure Window view.
In 3d all fetatures intersecting with the rectangle selected are selected,
while in MW only inside and not intersect are selected.
(ref.10-02-05).

Solid view zoom to window error when selecting a zero sized rectangle
(ref.10-02-05)

11.02.05

New feature nominals not rouded when taking points in 3d RB or points mode.
Collision points are the same as data points from the machine and new nominals are rounded (if set in general options).

08.02.05

Average Point nominals corrected in some cases, when creating a new point feature which is autmatically finished afetr one data point.

Surface point with material thickness
xyz nominals are set thickness distance from the cad surface
(ref.8-02-05).

16.01.05

DRO Guided points
Generally in remeasure dro incremental mode shows a data points measured
last time.
For surface/edge point this is a point with coordinates on surface,
stored when measured for the first time.
This position is redefined when:
- taking the point from cad
- overwriting manually nominal xyz values in the tolerance table
(note that the nominals will be recalcualted with next calculation, bu the
entered position will remain)
Guiding DRO options
- digits colours changing inside two range area
- sound beeps, when inside range, changes sound frequency and beep intervals.

13.01.05

Fetaure window cursor keys (keyboard) are disabled if the joystick control panel is visible.

DRO window incremental mode option can be swiched during measurng feature.

18.12.04

CNC

Standard programs save.
Std ptrograms now have blue background in the cnc editor
Std programs are not automatically saved with part, also program dos not
ask for save when its modified on close.
The only way to save modified standard program is to use of Save option
in the cnc editor menu (or toolbar)
{ref.28-10-04).

22.11.04

3D grid in inch units

CNC

New cnc program for plane measurement PLA_TPc1.SEQ (circular)
The program i s selectable in options -standeard programs and plane program property dialog.

12.11.04

Joystick control panel (in menu Windows)

Program property dialog - change program for feature and do dry run of the this program.

07.11.04

Changed joystick movements. Joystick directions are always relative to the Measure Window observer.

22.10.04

CAD

Iges message about hidden layer entities read

Joystick button and space bar enabled for enering move in Learn mode, while 3D points mode is acive.

Surface

Surface thickness plane property
Surface property for the plane is added if selected in program options (Surfaces page), and if the plane is initially measured on the cad.
Plane results are corrected by the thicknes in the same way as probe correction. This is applied when the plane is measured with non- cad points.

Initial CAD alignment for off-line programming
This is a new option in 3d menu, available when there is no features aligment for the cad.
The aligment dialog contain options for :
- probe cad plane, this will be aligned to the machine surface
- flip vertically, rotate and move the part
Initially placed part should have then geometrical or surface element alignment defined (on 3d cad). When the element is defined, the initial alignemnt become inactive, but can be used again once the element is deleted.
The procedure uses some machine setup parameters, so its good to have this close to the real machine.