Reference Frame Management

Reference Frame Management

CMM-Manager offers many tools for managing alignments / reference frames.  Tools are available for saving, recalling, listing, deleting, importing, and exporting reference frames.

Saving Reference Frames

  1. Click Alignment | Save.  The Save Ref Frame dialog will be displayed.

  1. Enter a name for the alignment.
  2. Click OK to add this to the program.
  1. Checking the Fixture Ref Frame box saves the Reference Frame for use in other projects or programs.
  2. By default, each saved Reference Frame is only available from within the current project or program.

Recalling Reference Frames

  1. Click Alignment | Recall.  The Recall Ref Frame dialog will be displayed.

  1. Select the alignment to be recalled from the drop-down list.
  2. Click OK to add this to the program.
An alignment may also be recalled by selecting the Recall button in the View Ref Frame List dialog (described below).

Deleting Reference Frames

  1. Click the Alignment | Delete button.

  1. Select the Fixture Reference Frame to be deleted from the drop-down list.
  2. Click OK.
Alignments that are used in the currently open program cannot be deleted.  The program must be closed first.  In order for the program which contains the deleted alignment to be run again, the reference frame will have to be recreated.
An alignment may also be deleted by selecting the Delete button in the View Ref Frame List dialog (described below).

Viewing the Reference Frame List

Saved alignments may be viewed by selecting the Alignment | Ref Frame List button.  Besides being able to view the saved reference frames, options are available for Recall, Delete, Import From [Run | Measure] Mode, Import File... and Export File....  These functions are described elsewhere on this page.
  1. Select the Alignment | Ref Frame List button.

Import / Export Reference Frames

Import from [Run | Measure] Mode




Export and Export File...

The Export button and the Export File... button from the Ref. Frame List dialog exports the selected Reference Frame in a proprietary format to Nikon's Focus software.



Import File...

The Import File... button from the Ref Frame List dialog imports the selected reference frame file which was saved in a proprietary format from Nikon's Focus software.

Align Part

See: Align Part

Runtime Align Part

See: Runtime Align Part