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Transcript
00:10
To start a new inspection project, navigate to File and then select New Document Wizard.
00:15
This will guide you through the process of setting up a new inspection project.
00:21
PowerInspect is able to make inspections from either a CAD model or a drawing.
00:26
In this lesson, we're going to be starting with a CAD model to select measurement with a single CAD part.
00:32
On the next page, we're able to choose the CAD model, which we're going to import, as well as setting generic tolerances for surface and edge points.
00:42
Press "New" and then navigate to the PowerInspect Getting Started CAD model we're going to be working on.
00:49
We can leave these tolerance settings as default and then press "Next" to continue with the wizard.
00:55
After measuring your part, PowerInspect produces a comprehensive inspection report.
00:60
Here, we're given options to customize information in the report.
01:04
We are also able to load any custom report templates that we may have created previously.
01:11
It is usually a good idea to fill in these report details at this stage.
01:15
So, feel free to fill in the values to your liking before pressing "Finish".
01:21
These report details can also be edited later and we'll be taking a more in-depth look at outputting report from PowerInspect in a later video.
01:31
As you can see the part opens up in the Graphics area of PowerInspect, most of our work will be done in the Graphics area.
01:39
On the left, you'll see the Sequence Tree and the Geometry Explorer.
01:43
Everything you inspect will appear here in the Sequence Tree, while the Geometry Explorer will actually define and accept features which have been selected from the CAD model.
01:53
On the top of the user interface, we can see PowerInspect's ribbon, where all of the PowerInspect's commands are organized by topic for quick access.
02:02
On the right hand side of the Graphics area are PowerInspect's viewing options, we can resize to fit, which automatically fits the model to the Graphics area, or we can change what the Graphics area shows us by toggling the shading options for our CAD model.
02:18
Finally, on the bottom, we have a series of tabs which let us change between different sections of the PowerInspect's interface.
02:24
In these lessons, we'll predominantly be using the CAD View and Report tabs.
02:31
Feel free to pause here and play around with some of these options until you're comfortable with them.
02:36
Once you're ready, you can move on to the next video where we'll be starting the measuring process by aligning our model.
Video transcript
00:10
To start a new inspection project, navigate to File and then select New Document Wizard.
00:15
This will guide you through the process of setting up a new inspection project.
00:21
PowerInspect is able to make inspections from either a CAD model or a drawing.
00:26
In this lesson, we're going to be starting with a CAD model to select measurement with a single CAD part.
00:32
On the next page, we're able to choose the CAD model, which we're going to import, as well as setting generic tolerances for surface and edge points.
00:42
Press "New" and then navigate to the PowerInspect Getting Started CAD model we're going to be working on.
00:49
We can leave these tolerance settings as default and then press "Next" to continue with the wizard.
00:55
After measuring your part, PowerInspect produces a comprehensive inspection report.
00:60
Here, we're given options to customize information in the report.
01:04
We are also able to load any custom report templates that we may have created previously.
01:11
It is usually a good idea to fill in these report details at this stage.
01:15
So, feel free to fill in the values to your liking before pressing "Finish".
01:21
These report details can also be edited later and we'll be taking a more in-depth look at outputting report from PowerInspect in a later video.
01:31
As you can see the part opens up in the Graphics area of PowerInspect, most of our work will be done in the Graphics area.
01:39
On the left, you'll see the Sequence Tree and the Geometry Explorer.
01:43
Everything you inspect will appear here in the Sequence Tree, while the Geometry Explorer will actually define and accept features which have been selected from the CAD model.
01:53
On the top of the user interface, we can see PowerInspect's ribbon, where all of the PowerInspect's commands are organized by topic for quick access.
02:02
On the right hand side of the Graphics area are PowerInspect's viewing options, we can resize to fit, which automatically fits the model to the Graphics area, or we can change what the Graphics area shows us by toggling the shading options for our CAD model.
02:18
Finally, on the bottom, we have a series of tabs which let us change between different sections of the PowerInspect's interface.
02:24
In these lessons, we'll predominantly be using the CAD View and Report tabs.
02:31
Feel free to pause here and play around with some of these options until you're comfortable with them.
02:36
Once you're ready, you can move on to the next video where we'll be starting the measuring process by aligning our model.
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