How to Try Some Other LabelMover Features

How to Edit Values

You can add new values to the list of values. To add new values press the Add Values button and then follow the instructions on how to specify values.
You can edit existing values, change the order of the values and delete some values. To do so:
1. Press the Values tab.
2. Choose the value you want to edit, move or delete.
3. Then, depending on what you plan to do:
  - To edit some value:
    1. Press Edit Value button.
      You will enter the dialog to edit the value.
    2. Change the value description.
    3. Press OK.
  - To delete some value:
    1. Press Delete Value button
    2. Answer Yes to the 'Are you sure?' question.
  - To change the order of the values:
    Press Move Up or Move Down buttons several times.

How to Edit Steps

You can drop existing sequence of steps and record new steps from the very beginning. To do so press Record Steps button and then follow the instructions on how to specify steps.
You can insert new steps or substeps at any place in the existing sequence of steps. To do so:
1. Press Steps tab.
2. Select some step or substep. New steps or substeps will be inserted just after the step you selected.
3. Press Insert Steps buttons.
  You will enter the Insert Steps dialog. Working with this dialog is very similar to the dialog to specify steps. (But see the remark below).
4. After you have added the steps you plan, press Close.
To edit or delete existing steps or substeps:
1. Press Steps tab.
2. Select the step or substep you want to edit or delete.
3. Then, depending on what you plan to do:
  - To edit some step or substep:
    1. Press Edit Step button. You will enter the dialog to edit the step or substep.
    2. Change the definition as you like.
    3. Press OK.
  - To delete some step or substep:
    1. Press Delete Step button
    2. Answer Yes to the 'Are you sure?' question.

Remarks:
1. When you editing or inserting steps, they are not performed in QuickField immediately. As a result, some errors could arise later when you click Get Results buttons and problems are generated.
2. After you change some steps and switch to the Results page, you will see the message, reminding you that the results are outdated now (that is, that the problems does not correspond to your step definitions anymore). Press Get Results button to regenerate all problems and calculate results.

How to Add Substeps (Serial Analysis Only)

For serial analysis, it it sometimes convenient to define several move operations to perform one step. For such a situation, LabelMover allows you to define step consisting of several substeps. Difference between steps and substeps it the following: when you specify several substeps, only one problem is generaged and solved. To add substeps:

Press the Record Steps button to start to record steps.
In the Record Steps dialog, choose label and specify transformations. Then press the Add Step button. New step will be added to the list of steps.
Choose another label and specify the transformations. Then press the Add as Substep button. New step will not be added. Instead, the move operation will be added as substep to the first step.

How to Work with Compound Contours

When specifying values, you can define compound contour - that is, a contour that consists of several parts marked with different labels. Later you can use such a contour in the Add Values dialog.

Defining compound contour:

Press Add Values button. The Add Values dialog will appear.
Press Add Compound Contour... button. The dialog window will appear. In this dialog you can:
- Select some label for and edge or a block and press Add button to add this edge or block to the contour.
- Press Close Contour button, to close the contour.
- Press Change Direction button to change the contour direction.
- If you feel you made mistake, you can press Delete Last button to drop the latest addition to the contour.
- Press OK after you finish defining the contour.
The compound contour you just have defined will be added to the list of available compound contours.

Note. LabelMover tries to check if you specify the correct contour. For example, it is not allowed to mix edges and bocks in one compound contour etc.
However, some possible errors with contour definitions cannot be checked when you are defining it. It will be checked later, when you press Get Results button and LabelMover will try to obtain results using this contour.

Deleting compound contours
You can also delete compound contours that you do not need anymore. To do so:

Press Add Values button. The Add Values dialog window will appear.
Select the compound contour you would like to delete.
Press Delete button at the keyboard.

How to Open Problem in QuickField

To get more information about the problem, generated by LabelMover, you can open it in QuickField. For it you can just double click the row describing this problem in the Result page. More options area available:

To open the model for some problem:
Select the problem and press the View Model button.
To view the field picture for some problem:
Select the problem and press the View Field button.
To view the table or X-Y plot for the contour for some problem:
1. Select the problem.
2. Press View Contours... button. View Contours dialog will appear.
3. In this dialog, choose some contour from the list.
4. Press View Table for Contour or View X-Y Plot for Contour button.
5. Press Close to close the dialog.

How to Save the Analysis Settings in a File and to Open it Later

It is often convenient to save all the current data of the LabelMover (base problem name, values, steps/variations, and current results) in a file. Later you can open this file and continue investigating the saved sequence of steps.

To save current data in a file:

Choose Save from the File menu.
Shortcut: Ctrl+S
If you save current descriptions for the first time, you will be prompted to specify the file name. By default, the file will have the .qlm extension for serial analsys, .qta for tolerance analysis and .qva for optimization.

To open saved file later:

Choose Open... from the File menu.
Shortcut: Ctrl+O
Select the .qlm, .qta or qva file you want to open.

How to Copy Results to Other Applications

You can copy values from the table of results to other application like Excel, Word etc. To do so:

Select the results you want to copy.
Choose Copy from Edit menu. The results will be copied to the clipboard. After that you can paste it to other application.
Shortcut: Ctrl+C.

How to Export Results to a Text File

You can export all results to a text file. To do so, choose Export... from File menu and specify the file name. Results will be saved in text file, using tab as separator.

Running LabelMover in Unattended Mode

You can use command-line switch /S to run LabelMover in unattended mode. For example, you can issue the following command from your Command Prompt:

>"C:\Program Files\QuickField\QLM.exe" /S "C:\My Problems\Test.qlm"

LabelMover will generate the sequence of problems, solve generated problems, save .qlm file with new results and exit automatically.

You can use this feature to schedule LabelMover for working at a certain time.

For more information please see
What is QuickField LabelMover?