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Citation
(1999), "New generation inspection software", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 71 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1999.12771bab.037
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
New generation inspection software
New generation inspection software
Keywords Inspection, Matra Datavision, Mitutoyo, Software
CAD/CAM/CAE solutions provider Matra Datavision and Mitutoyo, supplier of metrology equipment, have established a joint-collaboration agreement to develop a new generation of CAD-driven inspection software.
The new Windows 95-based products will be developed by Matra Datavision exclusively for Mitutoyo as an off-line programming solution for use with the company's advanced Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) ranges. The software will also provide online programming facilities and a wide range of high-productivity functionality, including in-built collision detection routines.
By interfacing directly with the 3D CAD definition of the finished component and the CMM's Geopak-Win programme, the new software will overcome traditional problems of incomplete or corrupted data exchange caused by software translators.
According to Mitutoyo's Senior CMM Technical Manager, Ken Edmett, "The new solution will enable inspection programmes to be generated faster and more accurately than ever before. It will maximise CMM equipment uptime and, through adoption of the familiar Windows 95 user interface, will also deliver new standards of productivity and ease of use.
"As well as providing major performance benefits over current PC-based systems, the new software will offer capabilities comparable with the most expensive solutions on the market today. As a result, CMM inspection methods are set to become increasingly attractive across the widest cross-section of manufacturing industry."