Section 2: User Interface The M2 Software interface consists of viewport screens and toolbars containing menus and function buttons that work in cooperation to perform and display measurements on a color LED touchscreen. The software interface is organized into: • Two context sensitive viewports • The Feature List • The System toolbar • The Measure toolbar • The Report toolbar • The Program Edit toolbar The two context sensitive viewports display digital readout (DRO) coordinates, Part View graphics, a detailed view of individual parts and the report form of measurement and tolerance data. Viewports change to support measurement, tolerance and report activities. Viewports appear in either horizontal or vertical orientations. The horizontal and vertical versions are described in detail separately in this section. However, since the horizontal and vertical user interface functions are nearly identical, only the horizontal version will be shown throughout the remainder of this guide. The Feature List displays and provides access to all part features that have been measured, constructed or created. The Feature List also displays program steps in the program playback or program edit modes. The System, Measure, Report and Program Edit toolbars contain buttons that control overall measurement, reporting and the program edit functions. Toolbar buttons also provide access to submenus that initiate other specific actions. The horizontal and vertical toolbar button allocations are slightly different. However, horizontal and vertical toolbar button functions are identical. Mouse click or finger press The user interface can be navigated and controlled by clicking a mouse cursor on the desired screen location or by pressing the desired location with a fingertip. Additional functions are accessed by long-clicking or long-pressing a screen location. Throughout the remainder of this guide, instructions and examples will use the term “press” to indicate either a mouse click or a finger press on the screen. Screen Organization The organization of screens and toolbars changes to support measurement activities that include measuring part features, constructing and creating features, applying tolerances, preparing and sending reports, exporting and saving data and playing or editing part program files. Representative screen organization examples are shown in the following pages. Examples are shown for horizontal and vertical screen versions. Each example shows a slightly different set of measurement and reporting functions. Viewport Screen Navigation Viewport screen navigation is very straightforward and intuitive. Generally, screen navigation simply follows the usual workflow of measurement, application of tolerances, reporting or exporting results or editing a part program. The screen images included in this section show the basic viewport screen configurations and the sequence of presses that change the screen contents from one configuration to another. Viewport screens include: • DRO • Measure Feature • Part View • Feature Detail • Program Playback 3
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