For information on the NC Server operation, please consult the NC Server PDF manual provided with your NC Server application. You can download NC Server from the Universal Updater application.
The following differences exist between PC-DMIS NC and PC-DMIS:
PC-DMIS NC does not run interactively with the NC machine. PC-DMIS NC creates a stand-alone NC measurement routine file which is executed on the NC controller. Embedded in the NC measurement routine file is all the information NC Server application needs to select the associated PC-DMIS measurement routine. NC Server then loads probing data from the NC machine into PC-DMIS NC and executes the selected measurement routine.
PC-DMIS NC typically cannot send data to the NC controller during execution. Controllers shown with NC in the "PC-DMIS NC: Introduction" topic are capable of updating work offsets, tool offset, and variables in the control. Controllers for which this is not possible are shown with (NC - not interactive).
Probing paths are static and cannot be changed. These paths are generated from the part model's nominal geometry prior to execution. Interactive functions that modify the path during measurement routine execution have been disabled in the PC-DMIS NC menus. Since you create the measurement routine in Offline mode, the path cannot change. For example, you will be unable to modify a path based on a previously measured alignment.
Alignments computed from features will only be used during the analysis phase for NC.
The following topics list different PC-DMIS items as either supported or unsupported in PC-DMIS NC. For more information on these specific items, see the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
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