Inspection program editing environment with editing environment automatically globally responsive to editing operations in any of its portions
US9646425B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2021
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system is provided for programming workpiece feature inspection operations for a coordinate measuring machine. The system includes a computer-aided design (CAD) file processing portion and a user interface comprising a 3D view, and editable plan representation. Both the 3D view and the editable plan representation are configure to be automatically responsive to operations in a first set of editing operations, regardless of whether the operations are performed in the 3D view or the editable plan representation of the user interface. The first set of editing operations may comprise deleting (or adding) at least one workpiece feature in the 3D view or the editable plan representation of the user interface, for example. Various other portions of the system (e.g. other user interface windows) may also be automatically responsive to the first set of editing operations, regardless of where the editing operations are performed in the user interface.
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