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PC-DMIS NC (Numerical Control) is a specialized configuration of the PC-DMIS software that allows you to use NC machine tools to perform part measurements. These machine tools are also referred to as CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. You can create PC-DMIS NC measurement routines in Offline mode and use them to generate an NC measurement routine.
PC-DMIS
NCI (Numerical Control Interactive) provides an interactive version of
PC-DMIS NC. It enables an interactive connection between the main PC-DMIS
product and a machine tool similar to that used with a CMM controller.
A note with a "PC-DMIS NCI" prefix in this documentation provides
exceptions or information specific to PC-DMIS NCI.
To use NC tools to measure a part, you first need to fit your NC machine with a probing device and macros. You can then execute the generated measurement routine and return point measurements through a communications interface to the NC Gateway server application that is running on a computer. The NC Gateway server application activates PC-DMIS NC and tells it to execute a PC-DMIS measurement routine using the supplied data. You can use PC-DMIS reporting and statistics options for the measurement routine.
For information on the NC Gateway server application, see the NC Gateway documentation that came with that application.
Hardware Configurations
Hardware |
Configuration |
Supported NC Versions |
Fanuc |
FOCAS over Ethernet |
NC & NCi |
FOCAS over HSSB |
NC & NCi |
|
Serial line |
NC - not interactive |
|
Shared file drop |
NC - not interactive |
|
Siemens |
Requires HMI Advanced Option |
|
Shared file drop |
NC |
|
TCP-IP |
NCi |
|
Haas |
Serial line |
NC - not interactive |
Heidenhain |
Feature Content Level 3 (FCL3) recommended for Controller |
|
LSV2 protocol over Ethernet |
NC |
|
Okuma |
Thinc Controllers OSP100 or later |
|
Shared file drop |
NC |
|
Mazak |
Fusion 640 or Matrix control |
|
|
Serial line |
NC - not interactive |
|
Shared file drop |
NC |
This documentation discusses the following topics:
If you come across something in the PC-DMIS software that isn't covered in this documentation, see the "PC-DMIS Core" documentation.
More:
Differences between PC-DMIS NC and PC-DMIS
Required Components for PC-DMIS NC