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Command Mode Readability

ncsteinb
Hello, first post here, new user of PC-DMIS. So, I've given myself quite the first project, a Gen 3 LS camshaft! Confounded

I'm struggling with command mode readability. Is there any way to change the text font, size, and possibly spacing/indent between separate features? If I do a parameter change or whatever, it just seems be blend in with the previous feature, and searching through the text is straining on the eyes.. and mind... What can I do to enhance readability?

  • LOL
    eye strain is the point. IT never messes with my stuff because they don't want to mess my defaults...lol
  • I tease....


    Ima creature of habit. I'm just imagining flipping the computer on in the morning and the overwhelming "WTF" feeling of seeing that pop up. lol

  • WOW!! Thanks for all of the EXTREMELY HELPFUL tips and tricks. I will definitely be using some of these.

    Thanks again!!

    Cheers

    If you are going to be looking at it all day, might as well customize it to your liking. I posted a screenshot of it in another post (in the off-topic section I believe), I customized the edit window header with a picture that says "Spaceballs the CMM Program". Sunglasses


  • If you are going to be looking at it all day, might as well customize it to your liking. I posted a screenshot of it in another post (in the off-topic section I believe), I customized the edit window header with a picture that says "Spaceballs the CMM Program". Sunglasses

    Great movie!

    Anyway, I agree. Put it to your liking.
  • Spaceballs the flamethrower...the kids love this one...
    one of the best movies ever made. My boys know the lines forwards nd backwards....lol
  • Spaceballs the flamethrower...the kids love this one...
    one of the best movies ever made. My boys know the lines forwards nd backwards....lol

    So do I and my whole family. Its almost impossible to watch it without quoting it.
  • While you are adding color to your edit window, you might as well clean up your printouts. I'm on a domain so I don't actually print them unless I HAVE to. I save them to a location on our server. I also turn off the background colors. It's a waste of ink when you print them with the background colors. Then click on Edit, Graphic Display Window, and then Dimension Color. Here you should use KISS. Just four levels and five colors. Every boss, supervisor and even operator knows the colors of a traffic light. Green - GO, Yellow - Whoa time to adjust and Red - STOP. The levels and colors I use are 0 to 25% Dark Green. 25 to 50% a Custom Green. 50 to 75% Light Green. 75 to 100% Yellow. Out of spec is RED. I use this on the PLUS and MINUS sides. It doesn't get any simpler than this and I don't have to explain to management or production what they are seeing. I don't know why the default is 9 levels and 10 colors. It's confusing even for me to tell at a glance what is good, questionable and bad. I wish there were a way to set custom levels so that it turns yellow at 65%. At that point the CPK drops below 1.66.

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  • While you are adding color to your edit window, you might as well clean up your printouts. I'm on a domain so I don't actually print them unless I HAVE to. I save them to a location on our server. I also turn off the background colors. It's a waste of ink when you print them with the background colors. Then click on Edit, Graphic Display Window, and then Dimension Color. Here you should use KISS. Just four levels and five colors. Every boss, supervisor and even operator knows the colors of a traffic light. Green - GO, Yellow - Whoa time to adjust and Red - STOP. The levels and colors I use are 0 to 25% Dark Green. 25 to 50% a Custom Green. 50 to 75% Light Green. 75 to 100% Yellow. Out of spec is RED. I use this on the PLUS and MINUS sides. It doesn't get any simpler than this and I don't have to explain to management or production what they are seeing. I don't know why the default is 9 levels and 10 colors. It's confusing even for me to tell at a glance what is good, questionable and bad. I wish there were a way to set custom levels so that it turns yellow at 65%. At that point the CPK drops below 1.66.



    I do the same but I use 2 different shades of green and red. Some of the guys here use different shades of purple, yellow for OOT material heavy, and red for OOT material missing. So confusing. I have my way set as default on my computer so when I get a strange one, I apply my defaults.
  • While you are adding color to your edit window, you might as well clean up your printouts. I'm on a domain so I don't actually print them unless I HAVE to. I save them to a location on our server. I also turn off the background colors. It's a waste of ink when you print them with the background colors. Then click on Edit, Graphic Display Window, and then Dimension Color. Here you should use KISS. Just four levels and five colors. Every boss, supervisor and even operator knows the colors of a traffic light. Green - GO, Yellow - Whoa time to adjust and Red - STOP. The levels and colors I use are 0 to 25% Dark Green. 25 to 50% a Custom Green. 50 to 75% Light Green. 75 to 100% Yellow. Out of spec is RED. I use this on the PLUS and MINUS sides. It doesn't get any simpler than this and I don't have to explain to management or production what they are seeing. I don't know why the default is 9 levels and 10 colors. It's confusing even for me to tell at a glance what is good, questionable and bad. I wish there were a way to set custom levels so that it turns yellow at 65%. At that point the CPK drops below 1.66.



    I have it set to Dark Green for 0-50%, 50-75% Light Green, 75%-100% Yellow, Red OOT. When I was hired here, they had all kinds of colors: Purple, Yellow, Red, Cyan, Blue, Gray...
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