Silma XG9 Release Notes

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Important: the functionalities marked with Use the tooltip to see the option you need are software options. Check the option(s) you need with the tool tip on the mark.

Geometrical Tolerances
  • Advanced GD&T engine for geometrical tolerances computation based on new mathematical models. Some modules or complex cases are optional. Advanced GD&T

Standard module

Advanced module

         

  • New user interface to define tolerances and datum features in few clicks. Advanced GD&T

         

  • Automatic computation of the tolerances based on datum features with an automatic optimization and a automatic creation of the Gage Alignment. There are no more manual operations. Advanced GD&T
  • Ability to display in the stickers the tolerance symbol. Advanced GD&T

         

  • Support of profiles of surfaces and positions with any datum features, support of composite profiles and positions. Advanced GD&T
  • Support of 3D computations. Advanced GD&T
  • Ability to compute datum features alignments based on the ASME criteria or on the Least Square criteria. Advanced GD&T

         

  • Ability to choose between ASME or ISO standards. Advanced GD&T

         

  • Ability to check and set the degrees of freedom after optimization. Advanced Analysis
  • Ability to define and measure or retrieve Cloud Analysis automatically features from a selection of tolerances (from features or CAD database). Advanced GD&T

         

 

 

Point Cloud Cloud Analysis

  • Improve performance of Point Cloud handling.
  • Allow selection of points by lasso mode.
by clicks lasso mode
     
  • Surface Mapping: projection on the nearest surface from the sensor.

         

  • New filtering method to remove isolated clusters.
         
  • Ability to project cloud of point onto a mesh (Surface Mapping).
  • New fully automatic Auto Fit Alignment for point clouds.
   

 

Before creating the auto-fit alignment

After creating the auto-fit alignment
  • Simplified Retrieve using single clicks.
  • Ability to Define and retrieve features or tolerances automatically from CAD database.

         

  • Retrieve algorithm improvement: better distribution of points along hole boundaries.
  • Max depth parameter in the Retrieve panels for holes.

         

  • Retrieve Plane: support free form boundary and restrictions.
     
  • Metris 3 laser planes display in the 3D View. Metris
  • Flush and Gap improvement.
                   
Preview during retrieve Detailed view after retrieve
    

 

 

Measurements
  • Automatic update of the search/approach/retract distances for circles, arcs, cylinders and spheres, depending on the diameter of the features, the diameter of the ball and the Inner/Outer type.

 

 

Features
  • Ability to use planes with Point by offset construction.
  • Ability to use Mesh Cloud Analysis  for surface points projection.

         

 

 

GM2 Program Engine GM2

  • New command Run to in order to execute the part program until the selected line.

         

 

 

DMIS Program Engine DMIS
  • New Quick Run DMIS function to refresh working session and probe (position and orientation) from a DMIS part program.
    • This function can be used to very quickly update working session state at a specified line within a DMIS program.
    • This function can be used to update working session state after a modification by the Script Engine.
    • This function can be used to update working session state when the user  moves the execution cursor to a specific line.

         

  • New option to convert nominal coordinates during Cut/Copy/Paste across alignments.
  • Improvement in handling polar coordinates (WKPLAN management).
  • New button to refresh the Generate Tolerances windows.

         

  • OBTAIN and OUTPUT support for defined lines with BND or UNBND. OBTAIN can support strings.
  • New command Run to in order to execute the part program until the selected line.
  • New user interface for APTSource and Quindos import.

 

 

CAD
  • Improvements of the Catia V5 Cat V5, UGS NX5 UG  and STEPStep  converters.
  • New Mesh node in the CAD database. A mesh can be created from a cloud of point with facets. Cloud Analysis
            

 

 

Alignments

  • Improvement of the One Point Alignment: ability to set 1 to 3 offsets to define the origin from current probe positions.

         

  • Full alignment name visible in the Result window thanks to a tool tip.

         

 

 

Probes
  • Ability to define a probe validity date lower than a day.
  • Remove Save artificially calibrated probes warning.

 

 

DMIS Script Engine
  • Ability to get and set definition alignment, Inner/Outer, and coordinates type from a feature.
  • Ability to get the alignments list.
  • Ability to display picture.
  • Variables declaration improvement.
  • Array management improvement.
  • Improvement of the Search and Replace command.
  • Ability to define statement like DO...UNTIL.
  • Ability to define radio buttons.
  • Ability to define filter on features.
  • Support new commands SDATE, STIME, TRIM, GET_INFO...
  • Ability to get the probes list and to get data from probes.

 

 

Miscellaneous
  • Ability to center the 3D View on the feature selected in the features database.
  • Ability to start the software with a GM2 or DMIS program as argument: the program will be automatically executed.
  • Resizable Open/Save dialogs.
  • Gear module. Gear

         

         

  • Relative record of the CAD files in a working session if the CAD files are in the same directory or in a subdirectory of the working session.
  • Feature database: quick access to measure manually or automatically a features selection.

         

  • Feature database: ability to define feature from the actual data.
  • Feature database: improvement of the panel to delete feature(s).

         

  • Warning when importing points already existing.

         

  • Automatic display of the Browse panel during execution of a program when it does not find the file to import.

         

 

 

Functions available since XG 9.002

  • DMIS: RMEAS command is now supported for slot measurement.
  • Automatic measurement: depth of paths can be defined from any reference plane.
 
  • Add new Unlock/Lock Head command (in order to reset the head after a collision). This command can be added in the stylus/tools changer procedures. This command is only available with Metrologic ME5008 controller.

        

  • 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).
   
  • Scanning measurement (SP25, SP600...): add a warning if number of probing points is less than a percentage of the required number of points.

        

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

        

  • Quick DMIS: ability to use both Quick DMIS and DMIS engine in order to speed up working session and part program synchronization.

 

Functions available since XG 9.003

  • Improvement of PRD import and support of new export format: export TSV. PRD
  • Improvement of EMB import: management of design variants.

 

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