Metrolog XG10 Release Notes

Color Mapping

• Automatic scale values according to deviations for color mapping scale.
   
• New color scale configuration and parameters.

Setup Assistant

• Possibility to setup the temperature sensor and to set a rotary table inside the setup assistant.

• Modification of the 21-parameters compensation into 23-parameters compensation.

Features

• Support of multi-selection in one construction activity.

• New probe radius compensation mode depending on the CAD direction.

• New Surface feature.

• Algorithm optimization for the feature computing performance.
   
• Automatic surface point measurement: ability to measure surface points to inspect the edge of a surface with relative probing point management (relative to point, line or plane).

• Ability to use planes with Point by offset construction.
   
• New method to define a line (by position, direction, length and possibly a normal to the projection plane).

Measurement

• New probing strategy for geometrical point (space, angle, corner).

• Ball center automatic compensation during geometric point measurement.

• Global Magic Stick: find the nearest feature to measure / to extract from the current probe position.
   
• New measurement mode: possibility to measure a point as a sphere fit with or without limit point in scan block.
   
• Start a scan block from a stable probing to avoid the press F7 key.

Alignment

• Possibility to use axial features in the origin setup for the Geometrical alignment.
   
• New alignment based on features with measurement wizard for quick fit alignment.

• Best fit alignment enhancement: based on tolerance feature only for point.
   
• Best fit alignment enhancement: use tolerances values with same sign inside constraint criteria.
   
• Possibility to associate a picture in the stickers of the features used in the last RPS Alignment.

Point Cloud

• Point cloud import: Rasterized-AC files are now supported.
   
• When moving the mouse on a point cloud, visualization of point coordinates and possibility to extract it as a surface point.

Export and Report Editor

• Advanced print activity with filter / order / assign alignment capacity.

• Possibility to change alignment expression when exporting files.

• Improvement of the QDAS export.

Geometrical Tolerances

GM2 Program Engine

DMIS Program Engine

• Support of the ROTSET command.
   
• Support of the TRANS command.
   
• Improvement of the RMEAS command for 2D feature measurement.
   
• Support of the CONSTBF command.
   

Optical sensors

• Automatic calibration of an optical sensor on a probe head if this configuration has been previously created or if the head has been qualified with 4 positions.

• Improvement of the optical sensor positioning on sphere before calibration.
   
• Auto scrolling of the 3D view on the current scan.
   
• Possibility to adapt the optical sensor movement during an acquisition (only with ME5008).

• On portable measuring device with optical sensor, one touch on the acquisition button starts the scan and another touch on this same button stops it.

CMM Interfaces

• New Metrologic ME533 manual counting board.
   
• New API laser tracker interface via DI driver.
   
• Handyscan supported.
   
• Continuous calibration with Metris XC.
   
• Perceptron V4/V5 interface via Scan works.
   
• Optotrak + Steinbischler + hard probe via TScanPlus.
   
• New Kreon Toolkit interface to support Aquilon system .

Miscellaneous

• Add new Unlock/Lock Head command. This command can be added in the stylus/tools changer procedures (only with ME5008).

• Ability to reset scales on the reference marks with an offset (which can be different on each axis).

• Catia V5 import improvement : best tolerances management.
   
• Possibility to define the angles A and B of a probe head orientation by clicking directly on a CAD surface or on a feature.

Functions available since XG 10.002