python development instances for pc-dmis.

import win32com.client as w32
dmisapp = w32.Dispatch('PCDLRN.Application')
dmispart = dmisapp.ActivePartProgram
dmiscommands = dmispart.Commands

def pc_dmis_report():
    for cmd in dmiscommands:
        if cmd.IsDimension and int(cmd.DimensionCommand.OutTol)==0:
            cmd.SetToggleString(3,165,0)
        else:
            cmd.SetToggleString(4,165,0)

pc_dmis_report()
dmispart.RefreshPart()

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InspectorJester over 6 years ago

Yes, that would give the ability for button customization of the hand held controller.

This idea is quite sexy. The ability to have/create/fenaggle together a custom controller for PC-DMIS?
Heck, a whole box!
I've always dreamt of having a PC-DMIS 'operating system' where I've just got the controller, the software, and a GUI...
Is Python the answer???
Maybe. Maybe not. Would be a very cool project to play around with...
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InspectorJester over 6 years ago

Yes, that would give the ability for button customization of the hand held controller.

This idea is quite sexy. The ability to have/create/fenaggle together a custom controller for PC-DMIS?
Heck, a whole box!
I've always dreamt of having a PC-DMIS 'operating system' where I've just got the controller, the software, and a GUI...
Is Python the answer???
Maybe. Maybe not. Would be a very cool project to play around with...
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Dave Hocum over 6 years ago in reply to InspectorJester

That it would be. Now FreeCAD is programmed mainly in C++ but relies on Python. In which some of the high level part of FreeCAD is coded fully in Python. So, this could be possible to use Python.
https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_FreeCAD_source_code
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InspectorJester over 6 years ago in reply to InspectorJester

Plus they've got a few tutorials on Python based (mostly RPi) CNC-based movement systems (drawing robots, cutters, lasers, etc)
Now I'm interested....
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Dave Hocum over 6 years ago in reply to InspectorJester

I always wonder if there was a way to use FreeCAD to program a CNC and then use some parts of that program to measure the part using a CMM. Also add the Step AP242 with MBD to the software to create the programs.
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InspectorJester over 6 years ago in reply to InspectorJester

I don't see why not. Going the RPi route, it's got Linux, which is extremely versatile. It could easily (for someone who knows exactly what they're doing) be used to accept inputs/control outputs to/from a CMM.
If only I had one I could test on... :P
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Dave Hocum over 6 years ago in reply to InspectorJester

Yeah me too. Also, if I had the knowledge to be able to do this would be a big plus.
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