Running PC-DMIS 64-Bit with Vision System Pros & Cons

Hey team,

Anthony here.

The company is looking at upgrades for the CMM. We are obtaining a white light sensor and in the process made a push for upgrading the PC Hardware and Software.

We are outdated with Windows XP 32-bit and we run PC-DMIS 2011 MR1 32-Bit with an Optiv 2z763.

Hexagon has informed us that they recommend using the 32-bit version of PC-Dmis with the Vision systems because that is what they are optimized for.

Using CAD really bogs down the system as we can only utilize 3GB of RAM with 32-bit Operating System. We can run Windows 7 64-bit and still run PC-DMIS 32-bit but I am not sure if this will still give me what I want for performance.

I would really like to know the Pros and Cons of this whole situation.

Please and Thank You

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rickfngp over 9 years ago

I'm running the 64 bit version of Windows 7 with 4GB of RAM, but have PC-DMIS 2014.1 in the 32 bit version. I don't have any speed or memory problems, but I never use CAD models.

As far as the Chromatic White light Sensor (CWS), I rarely use it. When I had half a day of training there was a need to write a program to measure the flatness of a surface that was divided into sections. We got that accomplished but didn't do any contour scanning. Flat surfaces are all that I know how to work with.
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rickfngp over 9 years ago

I'm running the 64 bit version of Windows 7 with 4GB of RAM, but have PC-DMIS 2014.1 in the 32 bit version. I don't have any speed or memory problems, but I never use CAD models.

As far as the Chromatic White light Sensor (CWS), I rarely use it. When I had half a day of training there was a need to write a program to measure the flatness of a surface that was divided into sections. We got that accomplished but didn't do any contour scanning. Flat surfaces are all that I know how to work with.
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