Probing Features with the Manual Optical Edge Crosshair Probe To probe features with the manual optical edge crosshair probe: 1 Select the manual optical edge crosshair probe from the probe menu.
Measure toolbar > Probe button > Manual optical edge crosshair probe
2 Press any Measure Feature button in the Measure toolbar. Measure toolbar > Desired Measure Feature button 3 Sweep the center of the crosshair probe over an edge of the feature to be measured. A tone will indicate that the edge was detected. 4 Press Enter or in the Measure Prompt screen to enter the point. Measure toolbar > Enter button/Measure prompt 5 Continue probing until the required number of points has been probed and then press the Done button to complete the measurement. The feature will be shown in the Part View window and added to the Feature List. Measure toolbar > Done button Probing Features with the Auto Optical Edge Crosshair Probe To probe features with the auto optical edge crosshair probe: 1 Select the auto optical edge crosshair probe from the probe menu. Measure toolbar > Probe button > Auto optical edge crosshair probe 2 Press any Measure Feature button in the Measure toolbar. Measure toolbar > Desired Measure Feature button 3 Sweep the center of the crosshair probe over an edge of the feature to be measured. A tone will indicate that the edge was detected and the point will be entered. 4 Continue probing until the required number of points has been probed and then press the Done button to complete the measurement. The feature will be shown in the Part View window and Feature List. Measure toolbar > Done button Repeat Mode Feature Measurements When measuring in the repeat mode, the Measure Feature button does not need to be pressed between each measurement of identical feature types. The system prepares the next feature measurement automatically at the completion of each feature measurement. The repeat mode facilitates the measurement of a large number of like features sequentially. The repeat mode is available for all feature types using the following procedure: 1 Press the Measure Feature button for the desired feature type (a circle was selected in this example). The submenu for that feature type will be shown. 2 Press the Measure Repeat button for that feature. Measure toolbar > Desired Measure Feature button > Repeat measure button
3 Select the desired probe from the probe menu.
Measure toolbar > Probe button > Desired probe 4 Probe the first feature until the necessary points have been collected. 5 Press the Done button to conclude the first measurement. The new feature will appear in the Feature List and Part View Measure toolbar > Done button 6 Continue measuring like features and then press the Done button to exit the repeat mode. Measure toolbar > Done button
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