What's New 2025.1

Improved User Interface Controls

Added Reference Frame Selection for Transforms

 

Fixed precision presentation for double values to follow the document's settings for length, angle, and scale precision. Reworked "Vector Group Properties" and couple of "Query Point to Surfaces" dialogs to fix long precision presentation in the text fields.

 

 

Import / Export Enhancements

Expanded Direct CAD Import to Include Merge Objects

There are now options to merge surfaces and curves as part of the selective CAD Import. This can be very helpful for models that generate a lot of separate pieces.

 

Explore the use of "Surface Compatibility Mode" flag for Direct CAD imports. It either corrects the model and introduces small change in a CAD model

or eliminates the problematic face from the import.

 

Added support for *.NDS files to the cloud import supported formats list.

 

 

Feature Inspection

Detect SA Object Nominals by Inter-Point Distances

This option allows point reducible features like circles, slots and spheres to find their nominal based on the spacial distribution prior to alignment. This new function works great for applications such as initial part alignment after scanning. For example you can now import CAD and build nominal features from it, scan the part and directly select the features you wish to extract from the CAD Then use this function to match the nominal and measure features. This works great when performing a Nominal Geometry Relationship alignment.

 

Convert Measured Points to Guided

Guide points can be very helpful for inspection and they can also be used for auto measure operations. The Convert Measured Points to Guided option offers the ability to directly convert a measured set of features into a template that is pre-configured with guide points. The same operation is available on R-click Relationships branch menu. Added new menu option "Clear Inspection Guided Data" to remove guided points from the assigned relationships.

 

New Dynamic Tangent Plane

There is now an option to build a dynamic tangent plane based upon the selection of two nominally parallel reference cylinders. Selection is available for all 4 possible tangent variations (top, bottom and both angles).

 

Expanded Trapping Controls for GR-Features

 

 

GD&T Inspection

Expanded Simultaneous Evaluations

This version completes comprehensive support for simultaneous evaluations as a template default for support of the ASME standard. Annotations marked with specific text such as "SEPT REQT" in the text below field will be automatically excluded from the simultaneous default requirement set in the user Options.

 

A selective simultaneous evaluation option is now also available which allows the default to remain off and only the selected checks be evaluated together. Doing so also creates a dynamic event in the tree that offers the ability to re-compute the prior selection of checks.

 

The GD&T Ribbon Menu has been updated to offer direct access to the GD&T User Options, Simultaneously Evaluated Selected Checks, and an option to Clear All Results, which is helpful when using locked results.

 

Improved Multi-Feature Point Associations

 

Change Vector Reporting ???

 

Added cones to geometry relationships selectable for GD&T orientation checks.

 

Construction Operations

Added new Multi-Geometry Building Tool

This tool allows creation of geometries for e.g. cross section cuts:

This tool also offers a method to build clocked circles about working frame z-axis. This can be very helpful in spool flange measurement.

 

Perimeter Construction Options

 

Cylinder Construction

 

Reporting Controls

2D Callout View

Added a 2D callout view lock mode.

 

 

Instrument Operations

Right-click Point at surface Point

A new option has been added in support of the new Leica ATS800 and similar instruments such as the Nikon Laser Radar which allows you to right-click on a point on a CAD model and directly point the instruments beam at that location. This only works if you are first aligned to the part but can be quite helpful after that when measuring particular features. It works just the same as right-clicking on an existing point and selecting Point At.

 

Measure into a cross-section cloud

Support has also been added to scan directly into a cross section cloud. Added ability to create a cross-section clouds from a set of input clouds with one-cross section per input cloud.

- [] Separate Cloud Per Line - Send each scan line as a separate cloud - NOTE: If adding lines via the OVC, you must create separate Lines for each individual PolyLine.

Otherwise, when processing the measured data, there will be no separate line indices, and therefore no ability to separate the data.

- [] Send as Cross Section Clouds - This is for the new SA ability to create cross-section clouds.

When selected, the Lines sent will be in separate clouds, and will also be of type Linear, not Cross Line.

* [XIT-4169] The default mode for line scans is now Linear as opposed to Cross Line. This is true for any instrument that supports PolyLine scanning.

- The primary reason is to improve performance of overview cameras. Showing several Cross Line scan lines could be slow.

* [XIT-2978] When creating perimeters by selecting from SA, any perimeter which contains only 2 points will no longer be "closed".

 

Vertical Alignment Check

There is now a graphical indicator that can be enabled within SA to display the Vertical Alignment of an instrument in the job file. This status indicator is enabled automatically when you meausure level within a job file and will account for level compensation such as Leica's OTG and API's Virtual Level.

 

 

Geomtry Profiles added

New Integration through GR-Feature Trapping Controls to access the specific geometry / cloud oriented measurement profiles supported for an instrument.

 

New Instruments Added

Trackers

Leica ATS800

API iLT support has been added.

 

Additional Instrument Updates:

Trackers

 

Arms

Add Keyboard Measure Button for Arm Interface

 

Total Stations

Improved Video Performance and mouse Click-Driving operations

 

Nikon Laser Radar

Added SDK update and tighter integration with the GR-Feature measure batch of features options.

Improved auto measure of SA Geometry Relationships (Featus) by MV430E/MV450E Gauging Engine (GE).

* Added an ability to select on what side, SA or Nikon LR, the feature is fitted to the measured data. If user prefers that the geometry fitting is done by SA algorithm,

he can associate the raw scan cloud with the geometry relationship instead of receiving the fitted geometry that was completed by Nikon LR.

* Steps to configure the "Measure Batch of Features":

- Make sure that the feature (circle or slot) has a nominal geometry

- Open geometry relationship Properties:

* Trapping Controls >> Taking Measurements section: select "Trap Clouds" or "Trap Geometry" to configure which side will fit the geometry

* Trapping Controls >> Configure Instrument option: make sure to select the correct measurement profile on Nikon LR side - send geometry or/and raw cloud

* If selected "Trap Clouds", then open Trapping Controls >> Configure Proximity Filter dialog and select option "Fit Associated Cloud"

 

LAP Laser Projectors

Added MP Op Check string command, "Zero Projector Transform"

 

 

 

MP/SDK Updates

New Diagnostic tools added: 

Added MP profile diagnostics that will generate an output file: "<root>\Analyzer Data\MPStepTimeLog.csv". This can be used to identify what commands may be slowing down an application.

New MP commands added:

Set Cone Properties. Allowed direct editing of the properties of an existing cone.

Updated Existing Commands: