Once a guided GD&T inspection has been built the designer can then use the Inspection>Rehearse routine to simulate the measurement process. This option allows the designer to walk through the inspection process in simulation using mouse clicks for measurements to simulate the complete GD&T inspection routine built through the Inspection>Design process.
To begin the inspection right-click on either the collection, the datums or the feature check categories and select Inspection> Rehearse depending on the number of features you wish to include in the rehearsal. When you do so the following dialog will be displayed with the following options:
Group Name/Point Name. Specifies the group and target names for the click points (simulated measurements) to be saved.
Random Noise Magnitude. This entry allows you to add random noise to the data measurements to simulate a more realistic result. The recorded point location will be randomly generated within the specified radius of the point click point on the surface.
Skip Measured Features. When checked this option allows the feature progression buttons to skip features that already have measurements associated and progress to features that do not. This is helpful when all but a few skipped features have been measured and you want to automatically progress to those particular features.
Number of Nominal Points. These progress buttons provide the number of design measurements expected for the features and allows the user to skip through the measurement points to record measurements for only the points desired. It also al- lows you to backtrack and add additional measurements at a particular guide location.
Inspection Design - Item # of #. This set of toggle buttons provides a convenient way of progression the included inspection features. The total number of features included in the item list depend on the selection method, whether you selected to design only the datums, feature checks, or included the entire inspection in the design by selection Inspection>Design for the entire collection. The settings for each inspection feature are saved automatically when you exit the current feature.
Simply click on the surface where the bulls eyes is displayed to simulate a measurement of that location. The bulls eyes will automatically increment through the saved measurement locations. When all measurements are taken for a feature the dialog will automatically increment to the next feature in the list just as the inspection was designed.