TPT November 2014

Advances in measuring & marking

Innovations in measurement software

of products and services for industrial metrology applications. Hexagon Metrology – UK Fax: +44 20 7068 6581 Website: www.hexagonmetrology.com

dimension or group of dimensions from a long part program. Mini Routines offer characteristic-based measurement and the ability to measure one part of a completemeasurement routine. Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range

HEXAGON Metrology has launched PC-DMIS 2014, a major release of the measurement software for the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data. PC-DMIS 2014 introduces tools and technologies that will help measurement devices perform better, increasing the effectiveness of inspection planning time and making it easier to complete complex inspection routines. The new software features more than 17 major and 81 minor software enhancements, and includes a number of productivity advancements to improve the speed of common programming tasks and the overall user experience. “PC-DMIS 2014 delivers new and improved capabilities based on real- world user feedback from the PC-DMIS forum and our technical support teams,” said Ken Woodbine, president of the Hexagon Metrology software division. “This release is focused on productivity, and sets the stage for future user experience enhancements already in the planning stage and moving forward.” Highlights of PC-DMIS 2014 include a new one-click QuickFeature tool for feature creation fromCADmodels, where users can also create QuickFeatures by hovering their mouse over a CAD model to highlight particular elements. Contact auto features are created from a single click on the CAD model without using menu options or dialogue boxes. The one-click QuickAlign capability allows users to select valid combinations of one, two or three features to create a quick alignment. The feature will also initiate manual and DCC alignments when used at the beginning of a part program. These new productivity tools are packaged in a QuickMeasure toolbar with drop-down access to common measurement features, giving more screen space to the graphics and the measurement routine. PC-DMIS includes Copy Parameters and Paste Parameters functions, which copy parameters from one feature or dimension and paste them to another feature(s) or dimension(s) in the Edit window, making block changes faster. It also has a new Mini Routines feature that can be used to measure a selected

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