PC-DMIS®

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PC-DMIS is the world’s leading metrology software for Coordinate Measurement Machines. It has an installed base of over 30 000 and is the foundation of the EMS product suite.

PC-DMIS is for manual and DCC machines and comes in three versions: PC-DMIS® PRO, PC-DMIS® CAD and PC-DMIS® CAD++. Each version is carefully tuned to meet differing levels of customer requirements. In addition, a rich set of optional modules enables users to configure PC-DMIS according to their specific needs.

All PC-DMIS products let users:

• Create part programs, inspect parts and report results using a fully configurable GUI (Graphic User Interface) that makes complex operations simple without sacrificing capabilities.
• Define datums, construct features, select geometry and dimension parts with a few mouse clicks, working with a graphical representation of the features.
• Generate reports from a full set of pre-defined templates or customize their output using PC-DMIS’s powerful report-builder module.
• Add macros and high-level language routines to meet specific requirements.

• Import and export CAD models in most standard formats.
• Develop, test, and debug part programs directly on CAD models and extract information directly from the models, eliminating an entire class of errors.
• Compare measured data to the CAD nominals. Report the deviations graphically against the model.
• Simulate program execution on the CAD model, use QuikFixture© to build fixture models into part programs and detect collisions with either parts or fixtures.

• Scan parts using a wide range of probes including hard, touch trigger, analog, lasers and white light. Take Advantage of seven built-in scanning methods.
• Align the most complex aerospace and automotive parts with iterative alignments that allow for the most accurate 2D and 3D fitting of the part to the CAD geometry.
• Measure thin-wall parts and complex contoured geometries with a powerful library of pre-defined routines.
• Troubleshoot problems with a sophisticated set of analytical tools and reverse engineer even the most complicated parts.

• Work directly on 3D CAD models to develop, debug and edit programs. Like PC-DMIS CMM, this software extracts information right from the CAD model, eliminating errors of data interpretation and input.
• Program off-line using the CAD drawing and simulate program execution using the unique CADCamera© module, which accurately mimics the operation of the system’s camera.
• Reduce the need for the expensive crosstraining of operators to use different measurement software and devices.
• Turn a manual machine into a virtual DCC machine using AutoShutter™, which automatically finds and measures features as they come into the camera’s field of view.
• Eliminate hard to “see” areas from the measurement. The Split Feature function gives full control over which parts of a feature the software includes in its evaluation.
• Use an adaptation of the PC-DMIS’s auto feature capability to automatically measure features and create appropriate measurement parameters. Select multiple features to measure by boxing them together.
• Edit inspections sequences easily by changing measurement parameters like point density, edge type and edge strength.
• Share a single screen and toggle between camera and program view with a keystroke.