Icon relocation system and method thereof

An icon relocation system applied to a three-dimensional coordinates measuring machine having measurement programs for performing various measurements and measuring based on a specified measurement program, comprising:

• an external storage medium for memorizing an icon menu table divided into a first group of icons, second group of icons . . . last group of icons;
• a read-out means for reading out the icon menu table from said storage medium;
• a group selection means for selecting an icon menu in one of the groups from the first group to the last group of the icon menu table;
• a display means for displaying respective icons of the selected icon menu based on the icon menu in the selected group;
• a icon selection means for selecting an icon from a group of the icons displayed on said display means so as to select a measurement program;
• counters for counting respective icon utilization frequency, in which a counter corresponding to a selected icon is counted up whenever the icon is selected by said icon selection means;
• an editing means for editing said icon menu table so as to relocate icons from group to group on the basis of icon utilization with icons with high utilization frequency being located in a high group and icons of lower utilization frequency being located in a lower icon group based on respective counter values of said counters;
• and,
• an entry means for memorizing the edited icon menu table into said storage medium.