A selection of options are available to clear data from inspection features either in preparing a template file or for remeasuring.
Clear Data of Selected Features. This option offers an option to remove the data associated with the selected features. This does not delete the data, only clears them so that new data can be associated.
Clear All Data Associations. This option offers an efficient means to clear all data associations.
The corresponding delete commands do the same.
Delete Data of Selected Features. This option deletes the data currently associated with the selected features and the
Delete All Associated Data. This with clean out the job file by deleting any data associated with features.
Within the Trapping Controls for a GR-Feature or other relationships is an option to set guide points. These guide points can be used to indicate where on a part to measure. This clear option can now be used to clear out the pre-set guide points for a selection of features at one time.
Guide points can be very helpful for inspection and they can also be used for auto measure operations. The Convert Measured Points to Guided option offers the ability to directly convert a measured set of features into a template that is pre-configured with guide points. The same operation is available on R-click Relationships branch menu.
The operation starts from a user prompt to select relationships to apply the changes. Right-Click on a particular Relationships branch in the tree to filter to a particular collection, otherwise, it filters the entire SA job (all collections).
The applicable types of relationships include:
Geometry
Average Points
Points to Objects
Points to Surfaces
The operation is not applicable if a feature doesn't have measured points assigned. It is expected that all measured points belong to a single point group. If feature has a single point group association or all associated points make a single point group, then the application will automatically convert the associated point group to the guided points group. However, if feature has mixed points from different groups or multiple groups association, then the user will be prompted to select the desired point group to use as the guide points group.
Sweep & Move was added to allow collection management and easier repeat measurement of common features in separate collections. This function only works with relationships not GD&T features. When you press the Sweep & Move Icon you will see the following dialog:
By utilizing the Sweep & Move feature, a user may choose to either copy or move relationships from the active collection to a destination collection. By selecting COPY, a duplicate set of the relationships will be built in the new collection, constructed point associations will be maintained while clearing measured points from these new relationships. By choosing MOVE, relationships will be moved into a destination collection, leaving the measured points and constructed geometry only in the original collection.
The last two items under the Clear Data button are almost exclusively for debugging or troubleshooting.
Show Dirty Relationships offers an option to verify the status of relationships. Due to the power of relationships you can build relationships that are dependent on the results of another relationship. Dynamic relationships are like this. They compute a feature based on the results of other GR-Features. You and also build features from the cardinal points of additional features. The options are endless but if too many relationships are stacked on top of each other the re-computation process can take several cycles. This option offers the ability to identify features that need to be updated.
Re-Compute Relationships offers the ability to force SA to re-compute the relationships and any feature dependent upon them should there be a need.