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Release Notes - 2023.2 SP4
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Application
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• You can now see that numerous application errors based on crash reports have
been fixed, and protection for various exceptions (crashes) to improve product
stability was added. See PCD-256656.
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Application Errors
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You no longer get application errors:
• When you answer “NO” to the message for probe repositioning and remeasure
when you measure a Notch Slot using the Find Hole method. See PCD-241081.
• When you execute a linear open scan with execution mode set to normal
(Execution=NORMAL) using a CWS probe. See PCD-249378.
• When you cut and paste features in Summary mode with associated Geometric
Tolerance commands. See PCD-252651.
• When you delete a dimension that has its features deleted. See PCD-252288.
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Auto Features
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• PC-DMIS now correctly moves the probe in the tip vector direction when you create
an Auto Cylinder feature after you select Both from the Avoidance move list and
select Along Tip Vector in the Contact Auto Move Properties tab of the Auto
Feature dialog box. See PCD-252283.
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CAD
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• You can now click and drag any of the section cut handles in the Graphic Display
window to modify the CAD Section Cut properties. See PCD-224078.
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Configuration
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• You can now modify the VolCompMethod entry value when you migrate your PCDMIS application. See PCD-252200.
Constructed Extracted Feature
• You can now set the BF_MATH_TYPE for a constructed extracted surface point
using BASIC scripting. See PCD-251709.
• You can now delete a selected hit when you press the Alt key plus the - (minus)
key combination when you create a Constructed Extracted feature from a pointcloud
data with no CAD model. See PCD-252229.
• You can now delete hits with the Alt key plus the - (minus) key combination
when you construct an extracted Round or Square Slot feature from a COP. See
PCD-252512.
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Constructed Features
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• PC-DMIS now correctly selects the hits when you click Select All Hits after you
hold down the Shift key and select features in the feature list area of the Construct
Plane dialog box. See PCD-250360.
• PC-DMIS now maintains the sort order in the Features list area of the Construct
Feature dialog box when you click the Select All Hits button. See PCD-251851.
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Execution
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• You can now skip the manual alignment features on execution if they are not
needed. See PCD-214110.
• You no longer get an error message stating that the ClearanceCube motion is
constrained from all sides for a feature when you execute a measurement routine
and the ClearanceCube is not defined. See PCD-249679.
• You can now see the media in the Operator comment message box when you
execute a measurement routine created from a template. See PCD-251971.
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Gage
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• PC-DMIS no longer shows the Temperature Gage as out of tolerance in the Edit
window in Command mode when you select the Minus Tols Show Negative check
box in the Dimension tab of the Setup Options dialog box. See PCD-227528.
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GD&T Dimensions
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• PC-DMIS now restores the DATADEF command when you select the Undo icon
from the Edit Window toolbar after deleting a feature. See PCD-149333.
• PC-DMIS is now updated to GD&T Library version 3.2.20231024. See
PCD-250396.
• You can now see that the Planar Zone Orientation vector no longer changes
when you close and open a measurement routine that includes a Geometric
Tolerance Planar position command followed by a recall alignment command. See
PCD-256173.
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Graphic Display Window
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• PC-DMIS now correctly applies the center of rotation when you select the feature in
the Graphic Display window to set the center of rotation for a feature pattern (Paste
with Pattern). See PCD-255488.
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HxGN Robotic Automation
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• You no longer get a server error message when you group commands using the
CSV Converter. See PCD-250693.
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Laser
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• PC-DMIS now correctly uses the assigned expressions to parameters in a Laser
feature when you use an HP-OW / CWS sensor. See PCD-250680.
• PC-DMIS no longer resets the Mesh command when you press F9 on the Mesh
command in the Edit window. See PCD-256648.
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Laser Scanning Simulation
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• PC-DMIS now performs collision detection at a faster speed when you use an
HPL-10.10 sensor. See PCD-256622.
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Legacy Dimensions
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• PC-DMIS now updates the polar angle upper and lower tolerance to all the
dimensions with the same values you type in the Feature Location dialog box
when you click the Create button after you select multiple features from the Feature
List area of the Feature Location dialog box. See PCD-226504.
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Moves
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• You no longer get an error message that states “TIP inside ClearanceCube” when
you execute a measurement routine that includes a feature with ClearanceCube
set at the starting and ending face followed by an alignment command. See
PCD-257011.
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Probes
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• PC-DMIS no longer overwrites the migrated settings with default values when you
install an updated version for the first time. See PCD-247065.
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Quick Feature
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• PC-DMIS now displays the correct values when you create an Angle Point and the
part alignment differs from the CAD alignment. See PCD-248005.
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RDS
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• PC-DMIS now allows you to switch from a scanner (T-Scan, AS1, AS1-XL) to a
reflector on an ATS960 Tracker. See PCD-246381.
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Reporting
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• You can now export the results from caliper and radius gage measurements for
statistics. See PCD-252757.
• PC-DMIS no longer removes report modification, specifically graphical analysis
modifications, in the Report window when you save and reopen measurement
routines. See PCD-252376.
• You can now see the correct measurement values in the Report window when you
open a measurement routine upgraded to a newer version. See PCD-255803.
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Statistical Output
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• You no longer get an error message stating that the conversion from string to
integer is invalid when you apply the GM naming rule for the K2001 field in Q-DAS
Configurator. See PCD-245622.
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Summary Mode
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• You can now see that the child-parent link is retained in a group with a Thickness
Gage command when you collapse and expand the group. This means the
Thickness Gage command and Thickness command maintain the parent-child link
in a group command. See PCD-252446.
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Temperature Compensation
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• PC-DMIS now correctly reads the part temperature when you use temperature
compensation V1 and multiple part sensors (changeable and magnetic). See
PCD-252754.
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Toolkit
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• You can now see the trace field name in the trace field error message when you
execute a measurement routine and the input has an error. See PCD-251995.