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Product category: Process, instrumentation and automation control software
News Release from: Metris | Subject: Scan 4.1 Planner
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 10 December 2004

Software verifies part programs against
CAD data

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Scan 4.1 Planner is an offline module that allows users to create, modify and prove out part programs using only 3D CAD models instead of using the actual CMM hardware and waiting for real parts.

Scan 4.1 Planner is an offline module that allows users to create, modify and prove out part programs using only 3D CAD models instead of using the actual CMM hardware and waiting for real parts The Planner module offers the same user interface as the Metris Scan online version facilitating the job for CMM operators

Metris Scan Planner acts as a virtual co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) that enables scan path programming to take place exactly as if the operator is sitting in front of a real CMM.

As programs are created and edited, users visualise the scanning probe, part and scanning paths in real-time 3D graphics.

The software is able to import meshed or CAD models.

Inspection departments that use Metris Scan Planner drastically improve their machine efficiency.

Before, test objects for inspection had to wait in line for several hours behind other parts.

Not until it finally reached the head of the line a programmer could start to program the part specifications into the CMM.

Using Metris Scan Planner, users can start programming a part long before the part is positioned on the CMM or even exists.

Also small variations of path programs can be easily prepared beforehand.

This ability can increase measurement capacity and throughput rates, which can help maximise a company's return on investment.

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