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single touch. We have benchmarked the software and can train users to start measuring and be productive with Touch- DMIS in just four hours. Traditional training classes require a lot of intense training on where functionality is buried; Touch
DMIS dynamically presents all selection choices directly on its user interface. ME: Does simplicity offered by touch mean a lack of high- end functionality?
Hrivna: Not at all. The market re- quires a scalable solution that prevents a first-time user from being intimidated, and an experienced CMM professional from getting frustrated, and a product the user can develop with. The optional TouchCAD module adds CAD capability allowing nominal definition extraction with a single touch for CMM program- ming and on-machine inspection. It is true we have positioned TouchDMIS to satisfy only 80% of the market including the portable metrology applications. We leave the 20% to the specialist software vendors. Unfortunately, much of this spe- cialist requirement today is embedded in standard software offerings, and hence the over-complexity of existing software. ME: What does the built-in CAD functionality of TouchDMIS offer users? Hrivna: With the TouchCAD module, CMM inspection and programming be- come vastly more productive. Importing a CAD model allows touch extraction of all embedded nominal geometry. Just select a feature button and wherever you touch the CAD model the closest feature of the feature type selected is extracted. This feature measurement can be immediately performed and the deviation reported. ME: What other innovations does the software offer users? Hrivna: Globally the smartphone is dominating the management of peoples’ lives. TouchDMIS is harness- ing the smartphone user base technol- ogy familiarity and brings gestures and smart functions to the CMM application. It is disruptive technology to the existing supply base, but shifting the paradigm
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