## PC-DMIS NC: Introduction

PC-DMIS NC (Numerical Control) is a specialized version of the PC-DMIS software that allows you to perform part measurements using NC machine tools. These machine tools are also referred to as CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. PC-DMIS NC part programs may be created in offline mode and used to generate an NC program.

PC-DMIS NCI (Numerical Control Interactive) provides an Interactive version of PC-DMIS NC. It enables interactive connection between the core PC-DMIS product and a machine tool similar to that used with a CMM controller. Notes are provided throughout this documentation for exceptions or information that is specific for "PC-DMIS NCI".

In order to measure a part using NC tools, you will need to first fit your NC machine with a probing device and macros. You can then execute the generated part program and return point measurements via a communications interface to the PC-DMIS CNC Server program running on a computer. The PC-DMIS CNC Server application activates PC-DMIS NC and tells it to execute a PC-DMIS part program using the supplied data. You can use PC-DMIS's reporting and statistics options for the part program.

PC-DMIS NC supports these hardware configurations:

Hardware | Configuration | Supported NC Versions
Fanuc: | FOCAS over Ethernet | NC & NCi
FOCAS over HSSB | NC & NCi
Serial line | NC – not interactive
Shared file drop | NC – not interactive
Siemens: | Requires HMI Advanced Option
Shared file drop | NC
TCP-IP | NCi
Haas: | Serial line | NC – not interactive
Heidenhain: | Feature Content Level 3 (FCL3) recommended for Controller
LSV2 protocol over Ethernet | NC
Okuma: | Thinc Controllers OSP100 or later
Shared file drop | NC
Mazak: | Fusion 640 or Matrix control
| Serial line | NC – not interactive
| Shared file drop | NC
Tosnuc 888: | Serial line | NC – not interactive

This documentation discusses the following main topics:

- Testing PC-DMIS NC

- Using PC-DMIS NC

- Using PC-DMIS NCI

- Working with CNC Edit Window Commands

- PC-DMIS NC Rotary Table

- Working with PC-DMIS NC in Offline Mode

- Using the PC-DMIS CNC Server Application

Use this documentation in conjunction with the main PC-DMIS documentation if you come across something in the software that isn't covered here.

Help Last Updated: September 06, 2012

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Files Used by PC-DMIS NC

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