Executing PCM script after every feature in any program

April 23, 2022

Hello,

I am trying to run a PCM script after every feature in any inspection. This is working fine through a "plugin_postFeature_pcm.txt" file inside a specific measurement plan directory. However, when I move this file to the default global inspection directory (workarea/inspections) it does not execute after every feature. In fact, it does not execute at all.

To me, it seems like the "plugin_{pre/post}{Feature/Characteristic}_pcm.txt" files can not execute if they are not inside an actual measurement plan. Other PCM scripts (e.g. inspection_start_pcm.txt) do work from the global inspection directory, but aforementioned 4 specific files are never ran. This behaviour does not seem to be documented and I can not find any issue concerning this on the internet either.

Does anyone have an idea of how to solve this issue, or a workaround? I would prefer not having to add the script to every individual measurement plan, we have hundreds of programs and the risk of having older/multiple versions of said script floating around is rather high.

Kind regards,
Jelle

April 25, 2022

Hello,

the workaround could be to copy the "plugin_post_feature_pcm.txt" after loading the actual measurement plan.
Make a "inspection_post_load_pcm.txt" file to copy the files while loading the plan.

for Example:

if fileExists("plugin_postFeature_pcm.txt") == false
mysource = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\CALYPSO 7.2\workarea\inspections\plugin_postFeature_pcm.txt"
myfile = getActualInspectionDir()+"\plugin_postFeature_pcm.txt"
copyFile(mysource,myfile)
endif

both files has to be in the global inspection folder......

Good luck

April 25, 2022

Thanks, I had not thought of that. Seems like a decent workaround. Will try this out.

August 4, 2022

Hello

I have a question about plugin files.
I tried to use it and mostly works, but not all information can be extracted from features/characteristics.

I need to extract the name of the characteristic which running now.
if I use in the characteristic pre/post settings (inside measurement plan)
name = getNominal().identifier
then give me information which I need
but the same command in the file plugin_preCharacteristic_pcm.txt or plugin_postCharacteristic_pcm.txt give me an error message.

please help (Calypso 5.8)

August 4, 2022