PC-DMIS Vision Supported Machines

Hi Spook.

To date, we've concentrated more on tools that you can use with cad files of parts - as that is a big strength of PC-DMIS. If you have the cad data, then the PC-DMIS Vision approach for measuring profiles is superior to Edge Tracing.

For one thing, you are guaranteed that the nominal form you are measuring to is correct, and so you can then see deviation form of your measured points all around the profile (with deviation arrows, colour tolerancing, etc). Secondly, with being able to box select cad entities, you can program the feature in seconds directly on cad.

Edge tracer always looks great in demos (when used on optimal parts and with back lighting), however, in the real world, it's not always so reliable and therefore is not that widely used.

That said - Edge tracing does have it's place for those companies who don't have cad and want to reverse engineer, and so is planned to be added, currently pencilled in for Version V4.2 later this year.

Hi Spook.

To date, we've concentrated more on tools that you can use with cad files of parts - as that is a big strength of PC-DMIS. If you have the cad data, then the PC-DMIS Vision approach for measuring profiles is superior to Edge Tracing.

For one thing, you are guaranteed that the nominal form you are measuring to is correct, and so you can then see deviation form of your measured points all around the profile (with deviation arrows, colour tolerancing, etc). Secondly, with being able to box select cad entities, you can program the feature in seconds directly on cad.

Edge tracer always looks great in demos (when used on optimal parts and with back lighting), however, in the real world, it's not always so reliable and therefore is not that widely used.

That said - Edge tracing does have it's place for those companies who don't have cad and want to reverse engineer, and so is planned to be added, currently pencilled in for Version V4.2 later this year.