DMIS Import Setup – Advanced tab

DMIS Import Setup dialog box – Advanced tab

The Advanced tab of the DMIS Import Setup dialog box (File | Import | DMIS) allows you to import specific customer requests and configurations. These requests may include non-standard commands or added / modified parameters of standard DMIS commands. PC-DMIS disables unnecessary options (and enables needed ones) when importing Chorus DMIS files. For information on the controls on this tab, see the descriptions here:

Customer Support - This area contains specific check boxes for DMIS vendors. If your DMIS files are created using software from these companies, select the appropriate check box to enable extension support specific to those vendors. These include the following:

• Volvo

• Volkswagen

Configuration Support - This area contains check boxes that allow you to select different DMIS configurations. These include the following:

FEDRAT/ values are a percentage of maximum machine speed

DMIS commands don't automatically specify whether imported FEDRAT/ commands (commands that control the machine's speed) refer to maximum machine speed or maximum touch speed.

• If you select this check box, imported FEDRAT/ statements are a percentage of the maximum machine speed.

• If you deselect this check box, imported FEDRAT/ statements are a percentage of the maximum touch speed.

DEA wrist mounting and rotation as Chorus

If you're using a DEA CMM equipped with an IW42, CW43, or CW43L wrist and you select this check box, PC-DMIS follows Chorus conventions and adjusts the B rotation angle during the import of the SNSLCT statement.

This option is automatically used when performing a ChorusDMIS import.

Option - This area contains a User Defined Tracefield check box. This check box determines whether or not certain imported DMIS commands are transferred into user-defined tracefields.

According to the DMIS standard, you can query the operator for the following information during measurement routine execution with these DMIS commands:

Suppose the DMIS file you are to import has these DMIS commands:

PN(label1) = PARTID/' part number'

PS(label2) = PARTSN/'2345'

MD(label3) = MFGDEV/'BRAVO1'

DI(label4) = DMEID/'PC-DMIS'

OP(label5) = OPERID/'My Name'

If you select the User Defined Tracefield check box, PC-DMIS will support the same functionality required by the DMIS standard by importing DMIS commands into TRACEFIELD commands, like this:

TRACEFIELD/DISPLAY,LIMIT=15 ; PN(LABEL1) :  part number

TRACEFIELD/DISPLAY,LIMIT=15 ; PS(LABEL2) : 2345

TRACEFIELD/DISPLAY,LIMIT=15 ; MD(LABEL3) : BRAVO1

TRACEFIELD/DISPLAY,LIMIT=15 ; DI(LABEL4) : PC-DMIS

TRACEFIELD/DISPLAY,LIMIT=15 ; OP(LABEL5) : My Name

Then when you execute our measurement routine, PC-DMIS will provide a small dialog box for each TRACEFIELD command, allowing you to type this information.  

If you did not select the User Defined Tracefield  check box, PC-DMIS will, by default, insert these DMIS commands into normal comment report commands, like this:

COMMENT/REPT,"PN(LABEL1)=' part number'"

COMMENT/REPT,"PS(LABEL2)='2345'"

COMMENT/REPT,"MD(LABEL3)='BRAVO1'"

COMMENT/REPT,"DI(LABEL4)='PC-DMIS'"

COMMENT/REPT,"OP(LABEL5)='My Name'"  

Default - This button sets your selection as the default to use when importing DMIS files.