Hexagon PC-DMIS 2013 includes Width Construction feature among enhancements
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A major feature of the 2013 version of Hexagon's metrology software PC-DMIS, labelled Width Construction, facilitates the construction of width features from two opposing sides of a notch, tab, or other similar surface.
Width Construction is useful for GD&T applications that require the width as a datum in Feature Control Frames. Two dimensional width features can be secondary and tertiary datums, while a 3D width can be used as the primary datum.
Other enhancements include a ClearanceCube definition that allows collision-free movement around complex geometries without a CAD model. The user sets two points at opposing corners of the measurement piece or holding fixture and the ClearanceCube definition is created automatically. The same tools can be used to adjust offsets and toggle work planes or features on and off.
For the first time in the software Collision Detection Path lines blink when selected to ensure there are no missed probe collisions.
PC-DMIS 2013 also includes new Solidworks, JT and Catia v6 Direct CAD Translators, plus updated support for Catia v5, Pro/Engineer and Unigraphics. Enhanced Custom Reporting tools present fast and easy to read interactive gauges and graphs to PC-DMIS reports. They allow the user to see the percentage of features out of tolerance, or near tolerance limits, at a glance.
In all there are over 40 enhancements in PC-DMIS 2013 that Hexagon aimed at improving overall workflow across all areas of the product.