User Interface

Welcome Screen

After you install and open Mech-Metrics, the welcome screen will appear, as shown in the following figure.

metrics welcome

The welcome screen consists of the following sections.

No. Section Description

①

Version information

Check version information and release notes.

②

Quick entry

Create a project or open an existing project. You can hover the cursor over the “?” icon in the lower-right corner of the card to check the description.

③

User manual and online community

You can browse Mech-Metrics’s user manual or access the online community for questions and discussions by clicking the relevant buttons.

④

Recently used

Open a recently used project.

Main Interface

After you create a project in the welcome screen of Mech-Metrics, you will enter the main interface. The main interface consists of the following sections from top to bottom:

  • Menu bar

  • Configuration interface

  • Production interface

  • Logs panel

A detailed introduction to each section is described below.

Menu bar

The menu bar appears on both the configuration interface and the production interface. In the menu bar, you can modify general project and software settings.

The following figure shows the menu bar.

toolbar

Thy following table describes frequently-used buttons of the menu bar.

No. Button Description

①

File

Under the File button, you can perform the following operations:

  • Manage a project by clicking buttons such as Open Project Directory, Autoload Project, Project Access Control, New Part, and Close Project.

  • Click Exit to exit the software.

②

Settings

Under the Settings button, you can perform the following operations:

  • Click Options to configure software general settings.

  • Click 3D Settings to configure 3D view settings.

③

Help

Under the Help button, you can perform the following operations:

  • Click About to view detailed information of the software.

  • Click Plugin Manager to view all plugins that were loaded to the software.

Configuration Interface

In the configuration interface, you can add measurement items and configure measurement parameter for the items. The following figure shows the configuration interface.

configuration interface

The following table describes frequently-used features of the configuration interface.

No. Section Description

①

Ribbon

The upper-part ribbon shows main features of this software. In this section, you can perform the following operations:

  • CAD: Import the CAD model of a part.

  • Feature: Create feature measurements for the imported part. You can create six types of features: circles, slots, cylinders, points, lines, and planes.

  • Alignment: Use RPS Alignment or Best Fit Alignment.

  • Annotation: Create an annotation for a measurement item. An annotation displays all information of a measurement item in a table.

  • Geometric Measurement: Create distance measurements and angel measurements for the imported part.

  • GD&T: Create GD&T measurements for the imported part.

  • Analysis and Compensation: Perform repeatability testing and correlation compensation, and view historical data.

  • Communication: Configure part information and associate Mech-Vision projects.

For more information, see Chapter 1: Measurement Project Configuration.

②

Resource Tree

The left-side resource tree displays all resources of the current part, including the CAD model of the part, and the features, annotations, alignments, geometric measurements, and GD&T measurements created for the part.

You can also show or hide resources in the resource tree. The steps for show and hide operations are as follows:

  • Click eye on the right side of a resource in the resource tree to hide that resource in the 3D view.

  • Click closed eye on the right side of a resource in the resource tree to show that resource in the 3D view.

③

3D View

The central 3D view section displays the imported CAD model of the current part, along with the created reference frames, features, annotations, distances, and other information in the 3D format. You can also perform pick features in the 3D view.

For more information, see Configure Nominal Values for the Feature.

④

Parameter Panel

Click any resource in the resource tree on the left, and its related information will be displayed in the parameter panel on the right, including nominal values, measured values, tolerances, and more. You can edit and modify certain information in the parameter panel.

For more information, see Configure Measurement Settings and Tolerances for the Feature, Configure Nominal Values for the Feature, and Analyze the Correlation and Perform Correlation Compensation.

Production Interface

In the production interface, you can view and analyze detailed part data, but cannot add measurement items or configure measurement parameters. The production interface is shown in the figure below.

production interface

The following table describes frequently-used features of the production interface. For more information, see Use Production Interface.

No. Section Description

①

Ribbon

In this section, you can perform the following operations:

Analysis and Compensation: View, filter, and export historical data.

②

Measurement Results

In this section, you can view the measurement results of features, including the measured values and judgment results.

③

3D View

In this section, you can view the created CAD model of the part, features, annotations, reference frames, distances, and more. Real-time measurement results will also be displayed in this view.

④

Trend Charts

In this section, you can check the change trends of measurement data as the number of measurements increases.

Logs Panel

The logs panel is located at the bottom of the software, as shown in the figure below. It is used to record and notify you of important operations performed within the software. For example, after you open a project, the logs panel will display Current project: xxx. If the you modify a setting, the logs panel will display xxx modified. If you perform an improper operation, you can check the logs displayed in the logs panel for troubleshooting.

logs
No. Button/Section Description

①

Logs Panel

The logs panel records all log information from when you open the project to the execution of the current operation.

②

D i W E

The four D i W E buttons are used to filter logs. The meaning of each button is as follows:

  • D stands for debug logs.

  • i stands for information logs.

  • W stands for warning logs.

  • E stands for error logs.

When you click any of these buttons, logs of that type will no longer be displayed. For example, after clicking the D button, debug logs will no longer appear in the logs panel.

For troubleshooting, you can click D, i, and W sequentially. Then, only error logs will be displayed in the logs panel to help you troubleshoot the issue.

③

Clear

Click Clear will clear all displayed logs in the logs panel.

④

Open Folder

Clicking Open Folder will allow you to view logs from the past several days. Daily logs are stored in separate log files named by date.

You can select Settings  Options in the top menu bar to view the log expiration time to check the current log retention period. You can also modify the log retention period as needed.

In case of an error, you can check the logs for the current day to troubleshoot the issue.

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