Version 3.6's MR1 contains these fixes and updates:
Major Enhancements
CAD/Graphics Enhancements
Enhancements focused toward users of portable manual CMM's such as Faro, Romer, SMX, Krypton, etc.
Controller specific scanning enhancements
Fixes
Major Enhancements:
Muti-arm CMM support was expanded from 2 to 4 possible CMMs.
Support for Renishaw SP25 probe and the FCR25 tool changer.
Chorus can be launched as a legacy product from within PC-DMIS. When the user exits Chorus, PC-DMIS
will restart.
Chorus Settings Migration allows migrating user settings from Chorus that have a counter-part in
PC-DMIS. The user is prompted if they would like to migrate their settings when Chorus is detected on
a system and a new user launches PC-DMIS.
Support was added for Chorus’ DMIS extensions.
A new comment type was added for directing output to the probe readouts window.
An option was added to comments to allow the user more control over which comments should appear in
the inspection report.
Basic hits and move points now have a relearn option. When used with basic hits, the user is
prompted to take a manual hit. The values from the hit taken by the user become the new nominal hit.
When used with moves, the user is prompted to move the probe to the desired move position at execute
time. This new location is saved and used during subsequent executions of the part program.
Support for the DEA F-Panel was added.
Tutor/PC-DMIS translator first release allows importing Tutor part programs within specific
limitations.
A CAD Import Wizard was added to simplify the process of importing multiple cad files.
Many Automation enhancements were added with a target of supporting Blade measurement and NC
machining centers. Specifically enhaced abilities in the evalutation of features and dimensions,
changing tip radii and offsets, an ability to execute a block of commands, a set hit method for
changing hit values, an ability to execute a CNC Journal File, more access to various application and
part program settings, and access to execution end condition information.
Speed optimizations for evaluation of expressions.
Dimensions have been made to appear red should one of the features on which they depend be deleted.
Profile dimensions have been enhanced to remember previous settings and to use an internal best fit
alignment during evaluation unless the users specifies otherwise.
A Shutdown button was added to allow users to shut down PC-DMIS from a machine error dialog.
When entering a passwords for protected settings, the password are obscured by using the star (*)
character.
The alignment dialog automatically resets check boxes for ease of use.
The dimension information box style has been changed to be more aesthetically pleasing.
Hyper-view autoreporting has a new “Use All Viewsets Mode” that creates a report with one viewset
per page and uses all viewsets defined by the user in the part program.
A new save viewset button was added that simply overwrites the current viewset without any prompt.
Text box labels in the CAD view now save visibility and positioning information for each view.
An outlier removal option added to some constructed features.
The import/export dialogs have been re-designed and updated for ease of use and to improve
organization.
A new expression allows extraction of high points from a scans.
New expressions are available for getting all toggle string values.
New expressions give the ability to access qualification tool data.
Expression can now set the internal DMIS ID of a type.
Expanded Relative Measure capabilities to allow the user to specify three different features to
represent each RMeas axis.
The ability to graphically manipulate and delete hits from the autofeatures was added.
Many more CMM models have been added for simulation.
Toolchanger Simulation has been added to the machine and probing simulation.
The Machine Setup dialog was redesigned to be more intuitive.
CAD/Graphics Enhancements:
A new plane display mode can display planes as a triangle or an outline of hits.
New CAD selection methods for auto features can select a surface face with a hole in it and obtain the circle information needed for a circle or round slot. Also, if the slot is made of different elements, such as arcs & lines, the new routine will find the round slot information with only one mouse click.
I-DEAS:
Export to I-DEAS DCI.
An I-DEAS DCI Import translator.
Better support for I-DEAS assembly files.
UNGRAPHICS:
Added new register settings to allow users to specify from which UG layers to import data.
a. 1-10 Layers 1 thru 10
b. 1,3,5 Layers 1, 3, and 5
c. 5-100 Layers 5 thru 100
d. 200-256 Layers 200 thru 256
New register settings allow users to specify whether to import data from "Invisible" layers.
New register settings allow users to specify whether to import data from the "Work" layers.
New register settings allow users to specify whether to import data from "Visible Only" layers.
New register settings allow users to specify whether to import data from "Selectable" layers.
Enhanced assembly file support.
Support for Unigraphics versions 16, 17, and 18 were fully implemented.
Support for NX 1.0 (UG V19) and NX 2.0 was implemented.
SolidWorks DCI:
Enhanced assembly file support.
Support for SolidWorks 2001 Plus SP 06 and SolidWorks 2003 were implemented.
Enhancements focused toward users of portable manual CMM's such as Faro, Romer, SMX, Krypton, etc.:
A new Execution Layout changes PC-DMIS so that the learn-time layout is different from the execute-time layout. The default execute layout, hides all toolbars and the edit window. It will maximize the CAD view and cause the readouts window to display. The user can change the execute layout as desired during execution. Any changes made will be used during subsequent executions.
New alignment buttons have been added to the QuickStart toolbar for a 3-2-1 alignment and for a leapfrog alignment. A CAD=Part option has been added to the QuickStart dialog when using the alignment buttons so that CAD=Part is part of the process. The 3-2-1 Alignment allows the user to optionally add in rotational offsets and translate offsets by pressing the Translate/Rotate buttons.
A quick print toolbar button has been added to the Edit Window toolbar that allows the user to print a report with the click of a button.
The install program was changed to detect configuration files that are part of the install set and install those files. PC-DMIS has been changed so that if it sees these files when a new users start PC-DMIS, it becomes their default configuration.
A new expandable Status Window was added that shows the status bar prompts so a user can see prompts from a distance.
QuickStart buttons with wizards for all manual scans were added.
Rubber-Banding was added from the probe to cross sections during manual scanning. A Multisection Scan Type was added to manual scans allowing the user to scan across multiple sections at a time when creating a manual scans.
Improved FindNoms for scans allows the user to select the surfaces to use during the search for nominal data. If there are two surfaces that fall within the findnoms tolerance, the user can be asked which surface to use for the analysis.
Controller specific scanning enhancements:
Support for the new VHSS scan algorithm on Brown & Sharpe / DEA Common (Leitz) firmware controllers with firmware version 17 or later has been added.
To use the new algorithm there is a registry key, “VariableHighSpeedScanning” in the [Leitz] section. The default value is FALSE to indicate the old High Speed Scan (HSS) algorithm is in use.
When the VHSS is enabled, it is possible to specify if the returned points are at “Constant Spatial Density” (CSD) or at “Variable Spatial Density” (VSD).
By selecting the first option, CSD, the point density of the measured points is kept constant during the scan (for instance, 1 point per millimeter).
By selecting the second option, VSD, the point density is modulated by the scan speed. That would mean that it is equal to the specified value at the nominal scanning speed (for instance 1 point per millimeter), but where the speed is reduced because of the surface curvature, the distance between measured points decreases proportionally to the speed.
This method for data acquisition may be selected to measure more points where the curvature of the surface is strong while we accept to measure fewer points where the part is more planar. With the old HSS, the only available method was the variable spatial density (VSD).
The HSSDAT scan method for Circle Basic Scan on Leitz (Wetzlar) CMM’s has been susbistuted by the SCADAT CIR command to enhance accuracy and machine response.
Fixes:
Problem reports fixed in version 3.6 MR1:
225739 GBar state still growing which slows down the system
225544 CATIA 5 R12 does not work in 3.6 Release
223867 DCI flip based on in/out of material
225294 The dimension of the true position are not updated
226859 ASI VolComp is failing 100% of the time with an application error
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