Export generic .txt not showing all dimensions. PC-DMIS 2022.1

seeker 4 months ago

Hi, im using PC-DMIS 2022.1 SP4. Generating generic txt file with dimensions only shows simple dimensions like distances. Dimensions like positions, that have from with it are not showed when i export them with export -> generic -> txt. Why ?

0 Neil Challinor 4 months ago

Generic exports only support legacy dimensions, geometric tolerance commands do not support any type of plain-text output.
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0 seeker 4 months ago in reply to Neil Challinor

Hi Neil. This doesn't seem to be right. In reporting option there is Output -> Report and statistics -> There i can choose Both or Stats.
Exporting .txt by generic option was working fine with PC-DMIS 2017 R1 that we also use. In newer version the same option of raporting and exporting seems to not work correctly.
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0 WilliamL 4 months ago in reply to seeker

in 2017 R1 you did not have GeoTolerance commands, so all your reporting was as Neil said above in "Legacy". Where starting in 2020.2 they introduced GeoTol. Seeing as you have 2022.1, you have GeoTolerance now. There are ways to export the dimensions you seek with scripts and possibly other methods.

Or you can simply go to Insert > DImension > Legacy dimensions to report the way you used to for GD&T
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0 seeker 4 months ago in reply to WilliamL

In 2017 there is XactMeasure GD&T, different option then legacy dimensions and still it was working well with exporting generic. No idea why they had to delete this in newer versions, just stupid.

Either way. Thanks for response
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0 Neil Challinor 4 months ago in reply to seeker

Textual reporting / textual exports of XactMeasure commands were not fully supported either - they only exported the first feature of the first segment. This means that is you had position of a pattern of holes or if you had a composite position or profile dimension, there would be data missing.
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0 Zafra 4 months ago

I ran into this issue as well whenever we upgraded to 2023 from 2017. Workaround I started using is create a generic feature to pull in the GD&T values from the Geotol callout. Example

           MOVE/CLEARPLANE
PLANE1       =FEAT/CONTACT/PLANE/DEFAULT,POLAR,NONE,LEAST_SQR
              THEO/<0,0,-0.0547>,<0,0,1>
              ACTL/<0,0,-0.0547>,<0,0,1>
              TARG/<0,0,-0.0547>,<0,0,1>
              ANGLE VEC=<0.309017,-0.9510565,0>,RADIAL
              SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
              SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
                NUMHITS=8,NUMRINGS=1
                SPACER=5.668
                AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO
              SHOW HITS=NO
FLAT1        =GEOMETRIC_TOLERANCE/STANDARD=ASME Y14.5,SHOWEXPANDED=YES,
              DESCRIPTION=OFF,,
              UNITS=IN,OUTPUT=BOTH,ARROWDENSITY=100,
              SEGMENT_1,FLATNESS,0.0004,TOL_ZONE_MATH=DEFAULT,
              TEXT=OFF,CADGRAPH=OFF,REPORTGRAPH=OFF,MULT=10,
                MEASURED:
                  PLANE1:0.0000,
              ADD
              FEATURES/PLANE1,,
F1           =GENERIC/POINT,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,$
              NOM/XYZ,<0,0,0>,$
              MEAS/XYZ,<FLAT1.MEAS,0,0>,$
              NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
              MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>
  DIM LOC1= LOCATION OF POINT F1  UNITS=IN ,$
  GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=STATS  HALF ANGLE=NO
  AX       MEAS    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL        DEV     OUTTOL
  X       0.0000     0.0000     0.0004     0.0000     0.0000     0.0000 #---
  END OF DIMENSION LOC1

0 WilliamL 4 months ago in reply to seeker

You can use something like this for reporting.

Sub Main()
  ' writes Dimension-data To excel sheet
  ' the excel sheet must be saved manually
  ' SCRIPT IS Not 100% COMPLETE. MODIFIED ONLY WHAT WAS NEEDED #####################################################
  ' Dim Something
    Dim pcDMISApp As Object
    Set pcDMISApp = CreateObject("PCDLRN.Application")
    Dim pcDMISPart As Object
    Set pcDMISPart = pcDMISApp.ActivePartProgram
    Dim pcDMISCmds As Object
    Set pcDMISCmds = pcDMISPart.Commands
    Dim pcDMISCmd As Object
    Dim pcDMISDIMCmd As Object
  
    Dim objExcel As Object
    Dim objNewBook As Object
    
    Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
    Set objNewBook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add
    
    Dim sPath, sTemp, sTemp2 As String
    Dim iRowCount, iIndex, iType As Integer
    Dim dMeas, dTol, dMin, dMax, dDev, dNominal As Double

  ' Write excel heading
    objExcel.ScreenUpdating = False
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 1).Value = "ID"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 2).Value = "Ref"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 3).Value = "AxisLetter"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 4).Value = "Nominal"    
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 5).Value = "Measured"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 6).Value = "Plus"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 7).Value = "Minus"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 8).Value = "OutTol"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 9).Value = "Length"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 10).Value = "Deviation"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 11).Value = "Max"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 12).Value = "Min"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 13).Value = "X Geo Pos"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 14).Value = "Y Geo Pos"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 15).Value = "Z Geo Pos"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 16).Value = "Bonus"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 17).Value = "Units"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 18).Value = "Standard"

    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Range("C2:S500").NumberFormat = "0.0000"
    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Columns.ColumnWidth = 10

  ' search pcDMIS For Dimension command
    iRowCount = 2
    For Each pcDMISCmd In pcDMISCmds
      ' ### Get Command Type ###################################################
        iType = -1
        If (pcDMISCmd.IsDimension) Then iType = 1
        If (pcDMISCmd.Type = FEATURE_CONTROL_FRAME) Then iType = 2
        If (pcDMISCmd.Type = ISO_TOLERANCE_COMMAND) Or (pcDMISCmd.Type = ASME_TOLERANCE_COMMAND) Then iType = 3
        If (pcDMISCmd.Type = ISO_SIZE_COMMAND) Or (pcDMISCmd.Type = ASME_SIZE_COMMAND) Then iType = 4
        If iType = -1 Then GoTo nextLoopIndex
      
      ' ### Select Type ###################################################
        Select Case iType
          Case 1 'Dimension
              If pcDMISCmd.Type = DATDEF_COMMAND Then GoTo nextLoopIndex
              If pcDMISCmd.GetText(ID, 0) <> "" Then
                If (pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 2) <> pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 1)) Then
                  sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(ID, 0)
                  sTemp2 = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 1) + "; " + pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 2)
                Else
                  sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(ID, 0)
                  sTemp2 = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 0)
                End If
              End If

              If pcDMISCmd.Type = DIMENSION_START_LOCATION Then GoTo nextLoopIndex
              If pcDMISCmd.Type = DIMENSION_END_LOCATION Then GoTo nextLoopIndex
              If pcDMISCmd.Type = DIMENSION_START_LOCATION Then
                sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(ID, 0)
                sTemp2 = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 0)
                GoTo nextLoopIndex
              End If
              
            ' Get DimensionCommand
              Set pcDMISDIMCmd = pcDMISCmd.DimensionCommand
          
            ' Write DimensionCommand data To Excel
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 1).Value = sTemp 'ID
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 2).Value = sTemp2 'ref-Feature ID
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 3).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.AxisLetter
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 4).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Nominal
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 5).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Measured
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 6).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Plus
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 7).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Minus
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 8).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.OutTol
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 9).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Length
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 10).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Deviation
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 11).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Max
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 12).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Min
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 16).Value = pcDMISDIMCmd.Bonus
              If pcDMISDIMCmd.Units = 1 Then
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 17).Value = "MM"
              Else
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 17).Value = "INCH"
              End If
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 18).Value = ""
              
            ' new Excel row
              iRowCount = iRowCount + 1
              
          Case 2 'FCF
            ' Write ExMeas-Command data To Excel
              iIndex = 1
              sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_FEATNAME, iIndex)
              Do While sTemp <> ""
            
                dMeas = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MEAS, iIndex)
                dDev = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_DEV, iIndex)
                dNominal = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_NOMINAL, iIndex)
                dMax = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MAX, iIndex)
                dMin = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MIN, iIndex)



                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 1).Value = pcDMISCmd.ID
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 2).Value = sTemp
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 3).Value = "FCF"  'AxisLetter
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 4).Value = dNominal 'Nominal
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 5).Value = dMeas 'Measured
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 6).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_PLUSTOL, iIndex)   'Plus
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 7).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MINUSTOL, iIndex)  'Minus
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 8).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_OUTTOL, iIndex)  'OutTol
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 9).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(MEAS_LENGTH, iIndex)   'Length
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 10).Value = dDev 'Deviation
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 11).Value = dMax'Max
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 12).Value = dMin 'Min                
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 13).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MEAS_X, iIndex)  'X VALUE                
	    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 14).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MEAS_Y, iIndex)  'Y VALUE                
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 15).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_MEAS_Z, iIndex)  'Z VALUE
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 16).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_BONUS, iIndex)  'Bonus
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 17).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(UNIT_TYPE, 0)  'Units
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 18).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(STANDARD, 0)
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 19).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(THEO_X, iIndex)  'Theoretical X VALUE
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 20).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(THEO_Y, iIndex)  'Theoretical Y VALUE
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 21).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(THEO_Z, iIndex)  'Theoretical Z VALUE
                
          
              ' new GeoTol Row
                iIndex = iIndex + 1
                sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LINE2_FEATNAME, iIndex)
                
              ' new Excel row
                iRowCount = iRowCount + 1
              Loop
              
          Case 3 'GEO
            ' Write GeoTol-Command data To Excel
              iIndex = 1
              sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, iIndex)
              Do While sTemp <> ""
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 1).Value = pcDMISCmd.ID
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 2).Value = sTemp
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 3).Value = "GEO"  'AxisLetter
          
                dTol = pcDMISCmd.GetText(FORM_TOLERANCE, 1)
                dMeas = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_DEVIATION, iIndex, "SEG=1")

                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 4).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(NOMINAL, iIndex, "SEG=1")    'Nominal
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 5).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_MEAS, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Measured
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 6).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(F_PLUS_TOL, iIndex, "SEG=1") 'Plus
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 7).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(F_MINUS_TOL, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Minus
                If dMeas > dTol Then
                  objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 8).Value = dTol - dMeas  'OutTol
                Else
                  objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 8).Value = 0  'OutTol
                End If
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 9).Value = 0   'Length
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 10).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_DEVIATION, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Deviation
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 11).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_MAX, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Max
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 12).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_MIN, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Min
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 13).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(MEAS_X, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'X VALUE
	    objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 14).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(MEAS_Y, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Y VALUE
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 15).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(MEAS_Y, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Z VALUE
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 16).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetTextEx(DIM_BONUS, iIndex, "SEG=1")  'Bonus
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 17).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(UNIT_TYPE, 0)   'Units
                objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 18).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(STANDARD, 0)   'STANDARD
          
              ' new GeoTol Row
                iIndex = iIndex + 1
                sTemp = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, iIndex)
                
              ' new Excel row
                iRowCount = iRowCount + 1
              Loop
              
          Case 4 'Size
            ' Write ToleranceCommand data To Excel
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 1).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(ID, 0)
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 2).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(REF_ID, 0)
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 3).Value = "SIZE"          
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 4).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(Nominal, 0)   'Nominal
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 5).Value = CDbl(pcDMISCmd.GetText(Nominal, 0)) + CDbl(pcDMISCmd.GetText(DIM_DEVIATION, 0)) 'Measured
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 6).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(UPPER_TOLERANCE, 0)   'Plus
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 7).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(LOWER_TOLERANCE, 0)  'Minus
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 8).Value = 0    'OutTol
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 9).Value = 0   'Length
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 10).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(DIM_DEVIATION, 0)  'Deviation
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 11).Value = 0  'Max
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 12).Value = 0  'Min
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 16).Value = 0  'Bonus
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 17).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(UNIT_TYPE, 0) 'Units
              objNewBook.Sheets(1).Cells(iRowCount, 18).Value = pcDMISCmd.GetText(STANDARD, 0)
          
            ' new Excel row
              iRowCount = iRowCount + 1
              
        End Select
      
nextLoopIndex:
    Next pcDMISCmd
    
    

    
  ' Close excel
    objExcel.ScreenUpdating = True
    objExcel.Visible = True
    sPath = "C:\CMM\TEST.XLSX"
    'REMOVE Commented SaveAs and quit below to automatically save
    'objNewBook.SaveAs sPath 
    'objExcel.Quit

  ' unDim Something
    Set objNewBook = Nothing
    Set objExcel = Nothing
    Set pcDMISCmd = Nothing
    Set pcDMISCmds = Nothing
    Set pcDMISPart = Nothing
    Set pcDMISApp = Nothing
End Sub

Here is an image of how it spits out into Excel.