Wilcox Ships PC-DMIS 2009 Enterprise Metrology Suite
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KINGSTOWN, RI, Jul 7, 2009 - Wilcox Associates Inc., a Hexagon Metrology
company, today announced the release of PC-DMIS 2009, the latest version of
its market-leading CAD-based metrology software. PC-DMIS 2009 is a family of
software products covering a variety of metrology hardware platforms and
solutions sold under the banner of Enterprise Metrology Solutions (EMS). PC-DMIS
2009 rolls out enhanced versions of PC-DMIS CMM and PC-DMIS Vision software,
and also introduces new products such as PC-DMIS Planner and PC-DMIS
Reporting Suite.
“PC-DMIS 2009 is a very significant release for Wilcox,” said Ken
Woodbine, president of Wilcox Associates, Inc. “Far from being simply an
incremental release of PC-DMIS, 2009 is the culmination of development
projects we have been working on for several years, and represents the
tightest integration yet of the product suite. It also brings together new
hardware categories that have been added to the Hexagon Metrology group
since the last major release of PC-DMIS. The m&h machine tool probe
integration with PC-DMIS NC for CNC machine tools is one of the most
significant. The development team is extremely excited about this release
and we know our customers will be too.”
Feature Highlights
The core product of the EMS suite is PC-DMIS CMM, which is used primarily
on automated Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), offers many new
functional and visual improvements across the board. A new feature is
Protected Mode Execution, a “run-only” mode with password protection against
all editing or changing of the program or reports. This mode is ideal for
the company that has a library of programs and wishes for operators to run
them and interact with them without being allowed to alter them in any way.
This is of particular relevance for companies with medical certification
requirements, such as FDA.
The software's new visual programming enhancements include visualization
of specific move paths before and after a selected feature, visualization
and animation of the machine’s working volume within the model view, and
translucent clearance plane visualization. Additionally the Grid View is
expanded to allow points to be rapidly defined at any cross section
automatically.
PC-DMIS 2009 offers enhanced Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
support for all standard GD&T calculation methods including ASME and ISO,
plus additional option selections, and real-time dimensional calculation.
New CAD support for the growing JT format is included as well.
Other new measurement capabilities for non-contact 3D laser probes
include the display of laser stripes, measured features, and measured
points. New laser hole and cone auto-feature measurement are also added.
Availability
PC-DMIS 2009 is now available for shipment with new Hexagon Metrology
brands Brown & Sharpe, DEA, Leitz and Sheffield, plus is retro-fittable as a
software upgrade for most other CMM makes and models. Existing customers
with current software maintenance agreements are eligible for a free upgrade
to PC-DMIS 2009. The release software can be downloaded from
www.wilcoxassoc.com.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading
metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore, CogniTens,
DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h, PC-DMIS, QUINDOS,
ROMER, Sheffield and TESA. Hexagon Metrology brands represent an unrivaled
global installed base of millions of CMMs, portable measuring systems and
handheld instruments, and tens of thousands of metrology software licenses.
Hexagon Metrology empowers its customers to fully control manufacturing
processes that rely on dimensional precision, ensuring that products
manufactured precisely conform to the original product design. The company
offering of machines, systems and software is complemented by a wide range
of product support, aftermarket and value-added services.
For more information, visit
www.hexagonmetrology.com
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