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We here at CimWorks are dedicated to providing you with the best possible support for the product you have purchased.
The following presentation was developed to train the VisualSPC user in developing a definition file that will import electronic data into the VisualSPC Shopfloor program or directly to the VisualSPC Database.
In developing this definition file, we must describe the content of the electronic file to be imported and lay out that description using the VisualSPC Importer Designer Software.
Introduction & Directive
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nLayouts
We are going to lay out several files for you so that you may become familiar with the many different styles.
The first layout is done step by step and with graphics in order to help you understand the process.
To begin, start the program called: VisualSPC Importer Designer…
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nThe Main Menu Commands
The drop down menu at the top will assist you in opening, closing, and saving different samples and definitions. Their description is below.
New sample - a different output file other than the one currently open.
Open sample - Opens a sample file
Open Definition - Opens a saved definition file.
Save Sample as - Saves a sample file with or without a different name but changes the 3 letter extension.
Save Definition - Saves the currently open Definition File.
Save Definition as - Saves the currently open definition file with or without a different name.
Exit - Exits the software.
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nThe Main Menu Commands
Click on the Import and start option to start the definition file to import a file, or Press the F3 button on the keyboard.
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nThe Main Menu Commands
Click on the Comm and then the settings option to adjust the communication parameters. This is done only when using a direct cable connection between the CMM and the computer. Please refer to your CMM manual for settings.
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nThe Main Menu Commands
Need some Help ! Click on the Help and select the contents of the help options. All Technical Support numbers, US Mailing address, e-mail address, and times of business are in the help files. The Technical Support Office is Located on the West Coast so allow for the time difference.
The About option in the Help will give you the version number of the Importer software. It will be needed when asking for assistance.
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nMain Screen
Information Window
The Tabs and the Defining Fields
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
The General tab is where we tell the software several things.
Where is the sample file?, What style is the format?, What is the part name or number?, How will the software get the information?, and much more.
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nGeneral Tab
The first thing we need to do is open the file that the CMM software creates. There is a Sample file line just under the information window. To the far right of this line is a button. Click on the button to open the “browse” window.
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You will be looking for the file that the CMM software creates when all measurements have been completed. The name of the file is what you assigned it in the setup of the CMM software. The 3 letter extension can be determined by the manual for the CMM. Please take note that the file may not have been saved on the local drive as the Visual SPC software is on. You may have to go to a Network drive to obtain it.
General Tab
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When the sample file opens, you will see the information window populate with the information in the file.
General Tab
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Now that we have completed that task, we should save the input file as a sample so it will be available for later use. Do this by clicking on the command line at the top, click on File and then select Save Sample as. You can save it anywhere you want, just remember where - you may want to change things later. It will save the file as the same name unless you change it, and assigns the 3 letter extension of .VIS
General Tab
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The next task is to let the software know what type of format the file structure is. You can do this on the line identified as Style. There is drop down menu for this option to the far right of the Style line…
General Tab
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It is important to select the proper style for the file to import correctly, therefore, we will be showing you a few styles so that you can become familiar with them.
Style 1 - Giddings and Lewis CMM file (.log, .rtl)
FR PROG,06/08/95 ,09:05 ,[CONTROLSII]statest1.bxe;1SK 1,CMM1UK 1,SHEFFIELDUK 2,MACH 5UK 3,TOMUK 4,FIRSTUK 5,DEFUK 6,APR1095UK 7,RAM-550UK 8,2.2L BLOCKUK 9,90.0UK 10,HORZION 301515HR 00001,4,0,XY,# ? % 123456:CDQRSGPH2 00248,12,CYLINDER,0,4,0,0,1DX 0.0047,0.,0.02,0.02,0.0047,0.DY -0.0007,0.,0.02,0.02,-0.0007,0.Di 0.0003,0.,0.005,0.005,0.0003,0.Dj -0.0009,0.,0.005,0.005,-0.0009,0.Dk -1.,-1.,0.005,0.005,0.,0.
For this type of file you choose the style from the list and you don’t have to lay it out.
General Tab
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Style 2 - Repeating Detail [File Header]
Widget,Length,0.5,0.4,0.6Widget,Length,2.00,1.950,2.050Widget,Length,7.750,7.725,7.775Widget,Length,10.5,10.4,10.6Widget,Length,0.375,0.3725,0.3775Widget,Length,0.005,0.000,0,010
Here we have a file that each line is identical in structure. The first column is the Part name
The second column is the characteristic Name
Then you have the measurements. This type of file will require you to key in the tolerances as it imports.
General Tab
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PART PROGRAM:2612188op60 CALPROGRAM REVISION DATE:04/05/2001PROGRAM REVISION LETTER:APART NUMBER:2612188MODEL:777 HGWPRODUCT:OUTBOARD WHEEL MAINOPERATION NUMBER:60OPERATOR NUMBER:123Date Measured:12_41 Thu, Apr 05Label : B_0_0 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = 0.0000Length = 9.3431Diameter = 0.0785Direction = 0.000000,0.000000,-1.000000Position = 0.0371,-0.1125,-9.3423__________________________________________Label : F_0_0 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = 0.0000Length = 8.7742Diameter = 0.1179Direction = 0.000000,-1.000000,0.000000Position = 0.0959,-1.0335,-8.7126__________________________________________Label : B_0_N7_5 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = -7.5000Length = 9.3432Diameter = 0.0784Direction = 0.000000,0.000000,-1.000000Position = 0.0450,-0.1124,-9.3424__________________________________________
Style 3 - Repeating Block with Detail [File Header]
This file is in block formation and repeats information in each block.
General Tab
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PART PROGRAM:2612188op60 CALPROGRAM REVISION DATE:04/05/2001PROGRAM REVISION LETTER:APART NUMBER:2612188MODEL:777 HGWPRODUCT:OUTBOARD WHEEL MAINOPERATION NUMBER:60OPERATOR NUMBER:123Date Measured:12_41 Thu, Apr 05Label : B_0_0 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = 0.0000Length = 9.3431Diameter = 0.0785Direction = 0.000000,0.000000,-1.000000Position = 0.0371,-0.1125,-9.3423__________________________________________Label : F_0_0 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = 0.0000Length = 8.7742Diameter = 0.1179Direction = 0.000000,-1.000000,0.000000Position = 0.0959,-1.0335,-8.7126__________________________________________Label : B_0_N7_5 | PROBE | TOUCHA Angle = 0.0000B Angle = -7.5000Length = 9.3432Diameter = 0.0784Direction = 0.000000,0.000000,-1.000000Position = 0.0450,-0.1124,-9.3424__________________________________________
Style 3 - Repeating Block with Detail [File Header] - Continued
There is traceability information at the top of the file which is called a File Header. This is where we will get the Part Number or Name if it is in there.
General Tab
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Style 4 - Subgroup in each Detail [File Header]
You can see that this file has 4 measurements for each line.
This type of file will require you to key in the tolerances as it imports.
07/20/2001,07:36,27,1,Operator #,1st shift,Model,1227,421854,Product,Countersink,0.119700,0.112600,0.118700,0.11900007/20/2001,07:36,27,1,Operator #,1st shift,Model,1227,421854,Product,Seam Thickness,0.098400,0.093300,0.095400,0.09600007/20/2001,07:36,27,1,Operator #,1st shift,Model,1227,421854,Product,Overlap,0.049200,0.047300,0.049600,0.045700
General Tab
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Seq 1 CIRCLE PILOTOD_E CART DEFALIGN INCH ANGDECX 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0100 -0.0100 ----|++++Y 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0100 -0.0100 ----|++++Dia 6.3160 6.3160 0.0000 0.0010 -0.0010 ----|++++________________________________________________________________________________Seq 2 PERP PILOTOD_EtoD FA(DATLIN_E) FA(DATUMD) INCHPerp 0.0000 0.0000 0.0050 |*+++________________________________________________________________________________Seq 3 2D PB_M1 FA(PB_M1),MMC INCHTpos2d 0.0000 0.0000 0.0270 |++++________________________________________________________________________________
In this file we can see that the details of information changes. Some columns have all the numbers and some only a couple.
When a detail changes in structure, it must be identified as a new detail.
Style 5 - Sections with different Detail layout [File Header] [Block]
Numbers Missing
General Tab
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Those are just some of the styles, here are some of the others… For more information, please refer to the manual.
General Tab
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The Part Name line is for the part number or file name you want it saved by. The only time you have to use this line is if the name or number is not defined in the file you are importing. If you use this line, you must create a new definition file for each Part number or file you are going to import.
General Tab
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You should set the SubGroup size next.
General Tab
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Next, we need to state where the information we are importing is coming from. You have 2 options to choose from: a File option or Comm option. The Comm option is where you have a direct cable connection from the measurement device to a com port on you computer. The software will fill out the line with the communication parameters to the measurement device. You must make sure these settings are correct. See the next Slide for settings adjustments.
General Tab
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From the top Main Menu, select Comm and then click on the Settings option
General Tab
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You can make the necessary adjustments to the parameters here. Please refer to the Manual of the CMM Machine in order to assure you are adjusting the settings correctly
General Tab
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
The File option is where the information is in a file, perhaps in your hard drive or in a network folder. Click the button to open a “browse” window.
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Browse for the file that the CMM software creates when all measurements have been completed. Please take note that the file may not have been saved on the local drive as the VisualSPC software is. You may have to go to a Network drive to obtain it.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
The Continuous option allows VisualSPC Importer to keep running in the background, looking for the file specified. It has a count mechanism built in that is set at 5 seconds. In that every 5 seconds, VisualSPC Importer will go out and look to see if a new file is there.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
OutPut - Where the software will send the imported data.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
Select the Database option to send the data imported straight into a VisualSPC database.
Use the button, to browse for the database or manually type in the path name to the database.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
The Database you are looking for can have any name (as defined by you or an administrator). Therefore, it might help to tell you what NOT to select as the database. All our databases have the same extension as the ShopFloor database, (. MDB). Do not select the databases called vspcqry.mdb or security.mdb These databases are for other tasks within the software and will contain ShopFloor data.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
The ShopFloor option will send the data to the VisualSPC ShopFloor software.
With this option selected, the data will plot the charts as it is imported. This will give the operator a heads up, real-time view of the data in relation to control limits and/or spec. Limits.
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nThe Main Screen - General Tab
This concludes the General tab section.
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nLayout Tab
Next is the Layout tab, in which we define what fields are represented within the data to be imported. There are
many drop down menus to assist you in describing each piece of information.
Note that not all file styles will use this tab (i.e. Giddings and Lewis CMM file (.log, .rtl)).
In the following example, we will utilize the
Repeating Block with Detail [File Header]
style.
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nLayout Tab
To begin, click on line 1 under the sample column under the Layout tab. Next, click and drag the mouse to highlight the information to be defined. In this example, we have highlighted the first 8 lines of the text which we will define as the header. Notice that the highlighted information will appear in the first line, under Sample.
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nLayout Tab
After doing this, click in the Type column in line 1 and select the appropriate type for the information.
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nLayout Tab
Here is the list of the types most commonly used
File Header - Used if the file has header information.
FH Delimiter - Used if the file header has information separated by a special character, i.e. a comma.
Block Header - Used if file information is in block style and has a header section in each block.
Block End - Used to signify the end of a block of information, (can be any character that consistently follows an end of block situation, i.e. a comma).
Detail – Used to signify the detail of information. For example - Characteristic Name, Measurement, Nominal, Target, USL, and LSL.
Detail Delimiter - Used if the file detail information is separated by a special character, (see FH Delimiter).
Skip - Used to skip a particular line of information.
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nLayout Tab
Now, click on line 2 under the sample column and click and drag the mouse to highlight the next piece of information. In the example, we have highlighted : and defined it as a File Header Delimiter, (FH Delimiter), because it separates the fields in the entire Header section.
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nLayout Tab
Click on line 3 and then highlight the next piece of information. Here we have highlighted the Block Header. At the beginning of each block, the header will contain information we need.
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nLayout Tab
Click on line 4 and then highlight the next piece of information. Here we have highlighted the Block End. At the end of each block, a solid line is present. This signifies the end of that block.
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nLayout Tab
Click on line 5 and then highlight the next piece of information. Here we have highlighted one Detail. When highlighting a detail line, make sure you grab a line with a (-) negative sign in it to be sure to let the software know there will be negative numbers and to hold the space for it.
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nLayout Tab
Click on line 6 and then highlight the next piece of information. We have highlighted a second Detail. This file has multiple detail structure so we need to let the software know this.
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nLayout Tab
We have highlight a 3rd Detail. This detail only has 2 numbers in it so we need to let the software know this.
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nLayout Tab
The last thing we have highlight is some information at the end of the file. We are not interested in this but it is there so we let the software know to skip over the lines that start with $$.
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nLayout Tab
Let’s discuss all the columns you see filling out to the left hand side of the sample and type columns.
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nLayout Tab
The Options column is for statements that need to be made. During the initial layout of the file on the General Tab, it is not used.
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nLayout Tab
The start column is the starting position for that piece of information in the file. This is character counting on the General Tab. This number can be changed here if you need to.
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nLayout Tab
The width column is also character counting except it is positional to the starting point. This number can also be changed here.
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nLayout Tab
The Section column is telling you which tab the work was done on. It is a layout piece of information.
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nLayout Tab
This concludes the Layout Tab. Your file may or may not have all the information described here, but the we picked this file because it does use all the tabs.
We will now be covering the File Header Tab.
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nFile Header Tab
This is the File Header tab. You have to fill this out if your file has a header in it and you want the information imported. This Header usually contains Traceability information. You will be highlighting information and letting the software know what it is.
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nFile Header Tab
Click on line 1 under the sample column. Next take the mouse and going up to the window above where you see the information, you will be highlighting parts or segments of lines as seen above. We show part number being highlighted, but it is called the Part Name. If a part number or name is not in the file, you must fill out the Part Name line on the General tab.
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nFile Header Tab
On the second line and on, you will be identifying all traceability. You can see here we Highlighted the Program Name that CMM uses to measure the part. Once you tell the software it is a trace, it pops up the dialog box seen above for the Description or Category name. Type in the name you want for the trace.
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nFile Header Tab
As you can see here, all the information in the Header has been explained and assigned a description.
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nFile Header Tab
The Options column is for statements that need to be made to describe or give name to. As you have keyed in the Traceability information and then the Category, you see the name appear here you assigned it. You can edit the information on these lines.
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nFile Header Tab
The start column here is stating the information is in the second field of the line and will start looking for the information there.
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nFile Header Tab
The Width column here is blank because it does not apply because the entire second field will be used.
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nFile Header Tab
Once again the Section column is telling you which tab the work was done on.
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nBlock Header Tab
We are now going to be covering the Block Header Tab.
The Block Header Tab is where we break down the information and let the software know what it stands for. Not all information is used so just what is needed will be described.
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nBlock Header Tab
The first thing we need to tell the software is how to find each Block of information. In this file, each block begins with “Seq”. Remember that not all files are Block style!
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nBlock Header Tab
We have highlighted the word Seq only and typed it out as a Find Block. This lets the software know that each time it comes across this word, it is a new Block of Information.
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nBlock Header Tab
We have skipped the 2nd field piece of information because we do not need it and have highlighted the 3rd field. This string of information is part of the characteristic name. If you wanted all of the information on this line you could have it but please keep in mind that you are limited to 32 characters for any given name. Any name longer is truncated.
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nBlock Header Tab
We have adjusted the options line after highlighting the information and telling it that it is a Characteristic Name. The adjustment made was adding a “p” after the 1 that the software inserted and then we added the “ “ to it. The 1 means that it is the 1st characteristic name described. The “p” tells the software to parse the line at - and then the “ “ means a space. The software will now read the string of information and when it sees the first space, it will cut off all information after that space and keep only the first piece. Thus we get PILOTOD_E as the characteristic name.
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nBlock Header Tab
Well that is pretty much it for the Block Header Tab.
As stated before, your file may not have a block header in it. We stated the the Block Header had “Part” of the characteristic name in it. The other part of the characteristic name is in the next section we will cover. The Detail Tab
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nDetail Tab
You probably have noticed that all the Tabs are similar. We have not discussed the option of section and now it is time to do that.
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nDetail Tab
If your file had more than 1 detail highlighted, this Sections option must now be used. After you lay out the 1st detail, to see the 2nd or 3rd detail, you must change the section selection to the next detail number. When you change the section option to the next detail number, the information window will display that information only. As you lay out this information, and you click on the next line down, the section number will go back to the 1st detail by default. To avoid this occurrence, go through and highlight all the information in the detail first and then select what type of information it is. The next screen will show you this tactic.
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nDetail Tab
As you can see here, we have went through all the detail and highlighted it but we did not Type it out as we went. We can now type out each line with out jumping back to a different detail.
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nDetail Tab
We have typed out the first line as Characteristic Name. If you remember we did that as well on the Block Header tab. Here we see that this Characteristic name has a 2 in the options field. This means it is the 2nd characteristic identified.
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nDetail Tab
We have typed out the 2nd line as the Measurement. Once you do that a Characteristic Name Box will pop up to allow you to set the Characteristic Name for the measurement. We will describe how this works on the next slide.
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nDetail Tab
The Characteristic Name for this type of file has 2 parts as we have stated on the Header Tab and now this Detail Tab. In order to merge the 2 names together, we have to tell the software which Characteristic Names go together. The 1st Characteristic Name was given an option of 1. The 2nd Characteristic Name was given a 2. Depending on how many different details you have, this number will increase by 1.
To merge the 1st and the 2nd Characteristic Names, you will type in the Dialog box that popped up the following: @1-@2 For the second you would type in @1-@3 and so on for all your defined details. The @ sign means for the software to remember. The numbers are characteristic Identifiers.
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nDetail Tab
Once you have keyed this in and clicked OK, you will see it fill out the Options line.
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nDetail Tab
We have went ahead and typed out the rest of the fields except for the “.” fields. Lets talk about them.
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nDetail Tab
Each decimal point for the numbers you want is Highlighted for the sample column. For those numbers you do not want, skip over them. When you type this out, Choose “DETAIL DEF” for the type.
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nDetail Tab
After you select the “DETAIL DEF” for the type, a Dialog boxes pops up for you to key in the definition of this number. This is useful so that if someone else is working with you Importer files, they will know what number is what. It pops up with a period in the box. Delete the period and key in the name for the number and click OK.
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nDetail Tab
We have finished defining the numbers to show you what it looks like. You can now see how helpful this is.
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nDetail Tab
Not all styles require you to lay out in the detail tab the decimal points. This depends on a few things. If the file detail has delimiters, you will not be using the Detail DEF feature. It is used mostly by files that are of the style
Repeating Block with Detail[File Header]
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nDetail Tab
We have finished with the first Detail and are now ready for the second. In this file we laid out 3 detail lines that were different so we must describe all 3 details. Notice the section number is showing 2 and the information window now shows the 2nd detail.
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We have highlighted all the information we need from this 2nd detail but as you noticed we did not type it out yet. This was done to keep the software from going back to the 1st detail when you click on an empty line. Now we can type it out. Notice the Section column change.
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The 2nd detail is laid out now. You can see the Characteristic Name for this detail went to 3 and the Measurement is defined @1-@3. This being the 1st characteristic and the 3rd characteristic names will be joined.
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Well that is it. All we have to do now is to save this file definition. We do that by going to the top row of commands and click on File, Save definition as and you can give it a name. If you have to create a definition file for each part number, it is best to name it that part number. It will make it easier to know which definition to run when changing parts.
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The next Part laid out will be a
Repeating Detail [File Header]
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Sample file set. Style Set. Subgroup Set.
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Input source set. Output set.
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Lay out shows a File Header (Top 4 Lines)
A Detail line 5th line and down
A Detail delimiter (a comma)
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File Header laid out. The only thing wanted was the part Number
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Detail Line laid out.
This is a simple file to lay out. 2 pieces of information was not wanted and are shown as skip value. There are no tolerances in this detail line. As the data is imported, a tolerance box will pop up and ask for the target, Upper spec and Lower spec to be entered.
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The next Part laid out will be a
Subgroup in each Detail [File Header]
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Sample file set. Style Set. Part Name Set. Subgroup size Set.
This file does not have the file name or part number in it, so we have set the Part Name option as shown above. A file will have to be made for each part number.
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Input source set. Output Set.
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This is the Lay out tab. 2 things need defined. The detail and the detail delimiter. We have done this above.
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This is the Detail tab. The detail has been defined. There are no tolerances in this detail line. As the data is imported, a tolerance box will pop up and ask for the target, Upper spec and Lower spec to be entered.
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nConclusion
We hope this training module has helped you understand the Importer Software much better.
If you have any questions, Please feel free to contact the Technical Support Department at the Kirkland, WA. Office. For best use of the Technical Support, use e-mail first at [email protected]. Many technicians get this e-mail and the response is usually quicker.
You can call Technical Support at 1-800-955-7100 or 1-425-821-3200
At the connection, enter in the extension number for the Technician you want to speak to, or press the 0 key for the operator to direct your call.
The CimWorks Team
