## PC-DMIS Vision: Introduction

This documentation documents how to use PC-DMIS Vision with your optical measuring system to measure features on a part. Vision probes provide a quick way to collect many measured points for a single feature. This non-contact probing method can also be used to measure certain types of "flat" features. For example, a circuit board could have an overlay of a different color to the main circuit board. A contact probe running over the part won’t detect the feature. However, using a Vision probe you could easily "capture" the feature.

PC-DMIS Vision will let you prepare a part program in either offline or online modes. The CAD Camera functionality gives you the versatility to run this program in either mode.

PC-DMIS Vision supports these hardware configurations:

- ROI DCC machines – Onyx, Datastar, and OMIS II-III product lines

- TESA Visio product line – Visio 1, Visio 300 Manual + DCC including Touch Probe, Visio 500 and Visio 200.

- Mycrona machines – Red, Silver & Blue Lines, including Touch Probe Systems, Dual Z Axis & rotary table machines, Point Laser and Mahr & Werth (via retrofit).

- QVI/OGP – All PC Based models (Smartscope, Quest, Flash, Zip, etc.)

- CMM-V – Vision camera on a CMM wrist. Available for LEITZ firmware CMMs.

- B&S Optiv

- Matrox Meteor Framegrabber - PCI

- Matrox Cronosplus Framegrabber - PCI

- Matrox Corona II Framegrabber - PCI

- Matrox Morphis Framegrabber – PCI-X/PCI-e

- IDS Falcon Framegrabber – PCI/PCI-e

- IDS Eagle Framegrabber - PCI

In addition, many other machine types can be supported by using a generic Metronics interface. Installation may require some PC hardware upgrades.

The main topics in this documentation include:

- Factors for Measuring with PC-DMIS Vision

- Understanding Targets in PC-DMIS Vision

- Getting Started

- Calibrating Vision Probes

- Setting Machine Options

- Available Vision Setup Options

- Using the Graphics Display Window in PC-DMIS Vision

- Using the Probe Toolbox in PC-DMIS Vision

- Using Vision Gages

- Creating Alignments

- Measuring Auto Features with a Vision Probe

- Using AutoTune Execution

- Using On Error Commands

- Using the Image Capture Command

- Using a Single uEye Camera to Create Multiple "Virtual" Cameras

These appendices are also available:

- Appendix A: Troubleshooting PC-DMIS Vision

- Appendix B: Adding a Ring Tool

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: August 21, 2012