The M2 Quick Start Guide
Printing/Exporting Measurement Data:
Any of (4) standard report formats can be viewed within the Report
View screen. By default, all features within the Feature List will be
populated within each of these (4) report formats.
Reports can be printed as hard copies to standard Windows
compatible printers, or exported as data files in “.txt” or “.csv” format.
“Select Report Template” Example
The M2 software supports (4) report format templates. These
templates can be toggled using the following procedure.
■ Populate your Feature List with measured, constructed, or created
features.
■ Access the report view screen using the “Report View” button found
in the top or bottom toolbar.
■ Select from the available report templates using the “Report Type”
menu button found in the bottom toolbar.
■ The name of the currently selected report template will be shown at
the top left of the report screen.
“Print Report” Example
The M2 software supports printing the selected report view to a
Windows compatible printer using the following procedure:
■ Display the desired report template in Report View and configure the
report to look like the desired printed report.
■ While in Report View, press the “Print Report” button found in the M2
System Menu and confirm print settings from the displayed Windows
Print dialog box.
“Export Data File” Example
■ Display the desired report template in report view and configure the
report formatting according to the file export style desired.
■ Press the “Export Data” toolbar button, found in the bottom toolbar,
and choose the desired export format.
■ The exported data file will be written to the designated target
location, and a message will appear indicating successful export of the
data file.
“Printout” settings items:
The options listed below can be configured either globally from within
the “Printouts” setup screen, or at the point of each print execution.
Note: To configure the software to prompt for “Printout” settings at
each Print command, configure the “Printout” settings item called
“Prompt for Print Settings” to “Yes”.
■ Print Report Header Set this field to “Yes” to include the report
header in your report printout. Additional items, listed below, will affect
what items are included in the report header. Set this item to “No” to
omit the report header from printed reports.
■ Print Column Header Set this field to “Yes” to include column
headers in report printouts. The column header labels the contents of a
report column by category. Some examples are X, Y, Deviation,
etc…Set this field to “No” to omit the column header from printed
reports.
■ Print Grid Lines Set this field to “Yes” to include grid lines on
printed reports. Set this field to “No” to have the grid lines removed
from printed reports.
■ Print “PrintLogo.bmp” in Header: Set this field to “Left”,
“Center”, or “Right” to include a custom bitmap image in the desired
location of the report header. Set this field to “No” to omit the custom
bitmap from the report header. Place the desired custom bitmap
image, with the file name “PrintLogo.bmp”, into the root location of your
M2 software.
■ Print User Name in Header Set this field to “Left”, “Center”, or
“Right” to include the currently “logged-in” user name in the desired
location of the report header. Set this field to “No” to omit the
username from the report header.
■ Print Date/Time in Header Set this field to “Left”, “Center”, or
“Right” to include the system date and time in the desired location of
the report header. Set this field to “No” to omit the date and time from
the report header.
■ Print Part View with Data Set this field to “Top”, “Bottom”, or
“Watermark” to include an image of the current part view in the desired
location of the printed report. Setting the field to “Watermark” will print
an alpha blended part view image underneath the report data. Set this
field to “No” to omit the part view image from printed reports.
■ Print Page Number in Footer Set this item to “Yes” to include a
page number in the report footer. Set this item to “No” to omit page
numbers from report printouts.
■ Printed Part View Height Set this item to the desired size of the
part view to be included with the printed report. This item can be set to
25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% of the native size of the part view image.
■ Print Custom Text in Header Enter custom alpha-numeric
information into these fields to be displayed in the report header.
Custom text entered into these fields will always be aligned left and
bottom in the report header. Leaving these fields blank will omit custom
text from the printed report.
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