NC Gage 1.2

Product Overview

Wilcox Associates, Inc. is proud to bring you PC-DMIS NC Gage 1.2.

PC-DMIS NC Gage provides an easy-to-use product for online part measurement using NC machine tools. NC Gage can enhance your machine part productivity by providing you with a simple user interface that allows you to learn offsets and inspect features.

NC Gage allows you to:

• Update Work Offsets
• Inspect Features
• Construct Features
• Dimension Features
• Create, Save, and Print Reports

System Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Windows XP 32-bit or Windows XP 64-bit (x64) Operating System
• Pentium IV or higher processor is suggested
• 500 MHz or higher Intel processor
• 250 MB of RAM
• 250 MB of free hard drive space minimum for the application
• SVGA graphics card capable of OpenGL shading with at least 64 MB video RAM. Note that Nvidia GeForce video cards are not recommended. These are defined as "gaming" cards according to Nvidia Engineering.
• SVGA capable monitor
• Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher
• Microsoft® .NET 2.0
• USB Port

Recommended Minimums:

• Windows XP 32-bit or Windows XP 64-bit (x64) Operating System
• 2 GHz or higher Intel processor for improved performance. Pentium 4 or higher processor recommended.
• 500 MB of RAM or higher
• 500 MB of free hard drive space
• SVGA graphics card capable of OpenGL shading with at least 64 MB Video RAM and with WHQL (Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certified drivers. (WHQL drivers can be downloaded automatically when using the Windows Update software.)
• Microsoft® .NET 2.0
• SVGA capable monitor
• Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher
• 2 USB Ports

Controller Requirements:

• Fanuc-based controller with Focus B Support, High Speed Skip, and an Ethernet connection
• 100 KB free memory
• 35 available registry variables

Features

Interface

NC Gage’s easy-to-use interface allows you to instinctively follow the procedures to create a program (macro). Guidelines for completing each task are shown graphically along with on-screen textual instructions.

Updating Work Offsets

NC Gage supports setting a work offset by measuring a point, ID, OD, Inside Corner, and Outside Corner. For instance, two axes can be set by measuring a bore. Simply position the probe inside the bore, select the work offset to update, and press Create. NC Gage will drive the probe to measure the bore, ask you to verify the offset information, and then update the work offset.

Inspection of Features

NC Gage allows you to measure a number of features. These include point, ID, OD, notch, web, outside corner, inside corner, plane, line, inside cylinder, outside cylinder, inside cone, outside cone, and sphere.

Construction of Features

NC Gage allows you to construct points, lines, and circles from previously measured or constructed features.

Dimension Features

Each NC Gage feature has typical location and size dimensions that are automatically included in the report. For relevant feature types, form can also be included. After the NC Gage program is executed, features are evaluated based on their nominal, measured, and tolerance information.

Additional dimensions can be requested for angles and distances.

Reporting

When an NC Gage program has completed, a report is generated. You can view, save, and print this report. In addition, you can send it to a statistical database.

NC Gage 1.2 Updates

PC-DMIS NC Gage 1.2 adds these enhancements:

• Improvements to the user interface
• Probe length refinement
• Set coordinate system rotation

Use-Interface Improvements (Added in Version 1.2)

New Sphere and Ring Calibration user interface:

Updated Configuration Screen:

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Probe Length Refinement (Added in Version 1.2)

NC Gage can calculate the length of the probe's shank.

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Set Coordinate System Rotation (Added in Version 1.2)

NC Gage provides easy-to-use functionality to define a 2D rotation adjustment for the coordinate system used on the CNC machine by measuring desired features and then selecting the features to use in the coordinate system rotation. Doing the same thing without this functionality, would require you to manually type the appropriate transformation matrixes and vector information with the G68 code.

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