Custom Canned Cycles for Automatic Feature Measurement

Introduction

From version 3.6 are present some "Non-Dmis" commands that allow to perform automatic measurement of certain features following a geometrical path instead being driver by regult PTMEAS/ commands.
The features whom those news cycles applies are:

• Circle
• Cylinder
• Planes

Activating the cycles

The automatic cycles can be set and activated by the measuring panel.
Opening one of the available features, a new icon is present, and this will show a dialog to define the different cycles.

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  Parameters for Auto Cycle

Circle and Cylinders

For circles and cylinders features are available the following new automatic cycles:

Cycle Name	Description	Image
Pattern Helical Full	Example
Pattern Helical Partial	Example
Pattern Section Full	Example
Pattern Section Partial	Example
Pattern Section Optimized	Example
Feature Bounded Section Full	Example
Feature Bounded Section Partial	Example
Feature Bounded Section Optimized	Example
Feature Bounded Helical Full	Example
Feature Bounded Helical Partial	Example