Version Comparison Chart

Geomet Version Comparison Chart through v7.01.182

Geomet operates in three different levels designed to match your inspection needs. These levels are known as:
  • Geomet Junior
  • Geomet 101
  • Geomet 301
  • Geomet 501
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Geomet Junior

Geomet Junior is the entry-level full 3D-inspection system of the Geomet series, yet it is packed with most of the functions needed for basic inspection. It favors one touch access to all basic geometric elements in addition to a highly visible set of icons on the screen for intuitive measuring without extensive training. Geomet Junior includes a powerful set of Part Coordinate System (PCS) generation tools that Geomet is famous for. You can customize Geomet Junior by adding the options; Direct Computer Control, Programming, Advanced PCS and GeoPlus. Geomet Junior is included with the purchase of all Helmel manual Coordinate Measuring Machines.

Geomet 101

Geomet 101, our most popular package, offers great flexibility for inspecting parts in the lab or on the production floor. The graphical area on the right side of the display generates a pictorial representation of the measured features which serves as a visual guide for part programs and as a link to the final inspection results. Program writing is done in the self-teach mode, editing is easy and efficient. Geomet 101 includes a full suite of reverse engineering tools. The GeoPlus option expands Geomet 101 to include powerful features such as Vector Point, customized tagging for printing and exporting and analytical tools for circular features. Geomet 101 is designed for the production environment where obtaining and tracking numerical solutions is preferred.

Geomet 301

Geomet 301, our most advanced system, offers the sophisticated user unbridled measuring power with the typical user friendliness of Geomet. It contains all the power of Geomet 101, GeoPlus and a host of other analytical tools to review and manipulate your part inspections. The time proven and inherent quality of the Geomet algorithms guarantee meaningful results when creating new and difficult relationships out of measured features and PCS's. Geomet 301 offers an optional expansion package to unlock the power of surface point analysis against a CAD model. This power allows the user to align the CAD model with the part to be inspected. Then capturing of data points can be calculated against the model to obtain position within a profile zone.

Geomet 501

Based on the power of Geomet 301 and drives the Renishaw UCC2 CMM Interface. Geomet 501 adds analog contact scanning to the suite of measuring and reverse engineering tools.

Geomet Options

All levels of Geomet can be expanded to include advanced feature and hardware support. Some options are universal and can be used by all levels of Geomet. The following chart details the options available to Geomet.
 
Geomet Option Chart
    Jr. 101 301 501
1

Geomet Junior Plus

 X      
2

Direct Computer Control (DCC)

   X X X
3

GeoPlus

 X X    
4 UCC Scanning Controller       X
5 Renishaw Stylus Racks   X(1) X(1) X(1)
6 Motorized Probe Support   X(1) X(1) X(1)
7 LDI Laser Line Scanner   X(1) X(1)  
8 Gauss Meter X X X  
9 CAD Modeling   X X
10 Apollo Low Force Touch Probe X X X  
11 Robotic I/O Interface     X  
12 CNC Tool Offset Interface     X  
13 Q-DAS SPC Export, Guided Menus     X X
1 - Requires either the DCC or UCC option.

Q-DAS® Experts in Statistics

Geomet fully integrates Q-DAS ASCII Transfer Format as a option to support the needs of companies that embed Q-DAS on their inspection tools. Helmel Engineering is Certified by Q-DAS under the GMPT F-Fields 20080314 Specification.

Geomet Junior Plus

Geomet Junior does not "cycle" a part program and allows one qualified stylus and one coordinate system, which can be redefined during inspections. This option expands Junior to allow unlimited Coordinate Systems, unlimited Stylus Support, Advanced PCS and Tolerance tools and program cycling.

GeoPlus

This option is designed to expand Geomet 101 by adding many popular features without having to upgrade to the next full version. With GeoPlus you have access to circular profiles, planar profiles and program library support. Additionally feature attribute tagging to allow custom printouts and ASCII exporting of tagged feature values.
 
GeoPlus Expansion Module
Circular Profile Graphical Circle Reporting
Planar profile Graphical Planar Reporting
Vector Point Surface Vector Points
Gage R&R Link to External Program
Custom Print Tags Attribute Selection for Printing
SPC ASCII Export Attribute Selection for Exporting
Feature Offset Reporting Applying an Offset Value to Results
Library Import/Export/Sharing Program Steps
Fast Start Menus One-Touch access to launching inspection programs
EZ-Launch Menu Customized menu system supporting single touch access to inspection files.
Out-of-Tolerance Notification On Screen notification when an Out-of-Tolerance condition exists
   
Gage R&R is a separate program that is linked to pass results with Geomet.

Geomet Version Comparison Chart


Measured Features
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Points 1D/2D/3D Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Auto Point   DCC   DCC Std.  
Points 2D/3D Inside/Outside Radial Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Surface Vector Point   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std. XYZ/IJK Known
Surface Vector Point   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std. XYZ Known
Surface Vector Point   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std. IJK Known
Surface Vector Point   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std. All Unknown
Surface Vector Point   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std. Import Table
Surface Vector Point       CAD Std. CAD Fitting
Gauss Meter Point   Gauss   Gauss    
2D Lines Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
3D Constructed Lines Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Auto Line   DCC   DCC Std.  
2D Circles Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Auto Circle   DCC   DCC Std.  
Ellipse Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Planes Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Auto Plane   DCC   DCC Std.  
Spheres Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cylinders Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Auto Cylinder   DCC   DCC Std.  
Cones Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Slot / Web / Step   Std.   Std. Std.  
4 Point Intersect   Std.   Std. Std.  
Oval Slot   Std.   Std. Std.  
Surface Point Analysis (CAD)       CAD Std.  
             
DCC = Requires Direct Computer Control.
Gauss = Requires the Gauss Meter Support Option.
CAD = Requires CAD Interface Option.
 
Offline and Interactive Feature Generators
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Point Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Inverse Vector Point     Std. Std. Std.  
Line Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Circle Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Cylinder Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Plane Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Cone Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
Bolt Hole Pattern Generator   Std.   Std. Std.  
             
 
 
Reverse Engineering Tools
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
GeoTracer - Hard Probe Drag Scanning Std. Std.   Std. Std. GeoTracer
Touch Probe Data Clouds Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Line Scan   DCC   DCC Std.  
Radius Path Auto Scan   DCC   DCC Std. Cylinder End
4 Point Boundary Surface Scan   DCC   DCC Std.  
Radial Boundary Surface Scan   DCC   DCC Std.  
Cardinal Spline Generation Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
3D Radial Boundary, Pie/Parallel Multi-Line Scanning         Std.  
             
DCC = Requires Direct Computer Control.
 
Coordinate System
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Orient (Primary Datum) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Align (Secondary datum) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Origin (Tertiary Datum) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Fixture Coordinate System   Std.   Std. Std. Unlimited
Wobble, Rotary Axis   Std.   Std. Std.  
U/V Rotary Axis Table         Std.  
Translate PCS, Nominal Value Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Translate PCS, Measured Value Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Rotate PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Pivot Align Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Offset Align Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Clearance Coordinate System       DCC Std.  
Recalling PCS/MCS Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Edit PCS Rotations   Std.   Std. Std.  
Edit PCS Translations   Std.   Std. Std.  
Edit PCS Offset Align   Std.   Std. Std.  
Edit FCS Features   Std.   Std. Std.  
             
DCC = Requires Direct Computer Control Option.
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
 
Feature Analysis
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Circular Profile Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Circular Paper Gauge Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Planar Profile Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Planar Data Point Report Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Data Cloud Whisker Analysis       CAD Std.  
GeoSIM, Flexible Hard Gauge       CAD Std.  
Targeted Vector Point       CAD Std.  
Diameter Averaging   Std.   Std. Std. Math Support
Min/Max/Spread Calculations   Std.   Std. Std. Math Support
Maximum Inscribed / Minimum Circumscribed Circle   Std.   Std. Std.  
Feature Averaging Tool       Std. Std.  
             
GeoPlus = Requires GeoPlus Option.
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
CAD = Geomet CAD Option.
 
Constructions
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Distance (1D, 2D, 3D) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Extended Distances       Std. Std.  
Bisector (2D/2D) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Bisector (3D/3D) Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Intersection Std. Std.   Std. Std. All Features
Angle Std. Std.   Std. Std. All Features
Construct Offset Point   Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Offset Line   Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Line Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Circle Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Plane Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Offset Plane   Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Sphere Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Cylinder Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Construct Cone Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Recall Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Attribute Changes on Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cone Offset Diameter Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cone Diameter at Offset Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cone Drop Ball Fitting Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Sphere Diameter at Offset Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Sphere Offset Diameter Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Recall PCS Components   Std.   Std. Std.  
Cardinal Spline Generation Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Random Feature Selection Tool Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
             
 
Tolerance
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Bilateral Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Positional RFS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Positional MMC Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Positional LMC Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Datum Bonus Tolerance Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Circularity Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Straightness Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Perpendicularity / PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Perpendicularity / Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Parallelism / PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Parallelism / Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cylindricity Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Angularity / PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.
Angularity / Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Concentricity / PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Concentricity / Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Flatness Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Preset Tolerance Pages Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Process Control Tolerance       Std. Std. Tol. Ctrl Zones
Out-of-Tol Flash Message   Std.   Std. Std.  
Out-of-Tol Watermark   Std.   Std. Std.  
Out-of-Tol Interrupt Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Profile Band on Data Clouds       CAD Std.  
Profile Color Surface Color Map       CAD Std.  
Cylinder / Plane RunOut Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
             
CAD = Geomet CAD Option.
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
 
Probes and Sensors
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Hard Ball Probes Std. Std.   Std.    
Electronic Ball Probes Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Disc Probes Std. Std.   Std.    
Taper Probes Std. Std.   Std.    
Cylinder Probes Std. Std.   Std.    
Video Cross Hair Std. Std.   Std.    
Manual Entered Values Std. Std.   Std.    
LDI Laser Line Scan Probe   LDI   LDI    
SCR200 Stylus Rack   DCC   DCC Std.  
MCR20 Stylus Rack   DCC   DCC Std.  
Motorized Probe Heads   DCC   DCC Std.  
Manual Indexing Heads on DCC   DCC   DCC    
Renishaw RTP20   DCC   DCC Std.  
Renishaw Scanning Heads         Std.  
Manual Ball Re-Qualification Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Auto Ball Re-Qualification   DCC   DCC Std.  
Reference Sphere Move Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Unlimited Sensors Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Apollo Low Force Stylus LOW LOW   LOW    
Multiple Stylus db Support   Std.   Std.    
Qualification using a Ring Gage   Std.   Std.    
Stylus database Edit Tool   Std.   Std.    
             
LDI = Laser Design Line Scanner.
LOW = Apollo Low Force CMM Touch Probe.
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
 
Reporting Formats and Controls
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Advanced Feature Editor Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Feature Property Tool Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Selective Printing by Feature Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Concise Report       Std. Std.  
Inch / Metric Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Radius / Diameter Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Cartesian / Polar Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Deg.Dec / Deg Min Sec Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Printing by Attributes Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
SPC Export Selections Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Report Offset Values Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Feature Filtering/Sorting Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Out-of-Tol Flash Message   Std.   Std. Std.  
Custom Ordered Reports       Std. Std.  
Out-of-Tolerance WaterMark   Std.   Std. Std.  
             
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
GeoPlus = Requires GeoPlus Option.
 
Special Functions
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Import IGES CAD Model       CAD Std.  
Library Files Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
SPC ASCII Exporting Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
File Locking Jr. Plus GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Auto Load Robotic Interface   I/O   I/O    
Digital I/O Interface   I/O   I/O    
CNC Tool Offset Feedback   CNC   CNC    
Multiple Stylus Probing on Features Jr. Plus Std.   Std.    
Export IGES Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Export DXF Data Points Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Geomet Gage R&R   Enh.   Enh. Enh.  
GeoTracker   Enh.   Enh. Enh.  
WWW Help Access Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Triangle Calculator   Std.   Std. Std.  
EZ Launch Menu System   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
System Automation-Polling Service   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Q-DAS Export Support       Q-DAS Q-DAS  
GM SP-Q-GCR v2.0       Std. Std.  
Customized Fast Start Menu   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
GeoStat - Real-time SPC Enh. Enh.   Enh. Enh.  
Part Program Tracking       Std. Std.  
In-Line Math Calculator Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
             
Jr. Plus = Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
CAD = Geomet CAD Option.
GeoPlus = Requires GeoPlus Option.
I/O = Input / Output Production Control.
CNC = CNC Tool Offset Digital Option.
ADV = Advanced Stylus and PCS Option for Junior.
Enh = Enhancement program.
Q-DAS = Full support for Q-DAS SPC, Guided Menus and Study Interface
 
Program Editing
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Insert Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Move Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Delete / Un-Delete Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Delete Permanently Std Std.   Std. Std.  
Library Auto Link Update Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Jump-To Navigation Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Assign Feature Labels Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Search on Feature Labels Jr. Plus Std.   Std. Std.  
Recalling Features Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Recalling Features into new PCS Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Copy and Array Program Steps   GeoPlus Std. Std. Std.  
Copy and Append Features       Std. Std.  
Undo Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Edit History Tool   Std.   Std. Std.  
             
Jr. Plus – Optional Junior Plus Enhancement.
GeoPlus = Requires GeoPlus Option.
 
Program Editing - Direct Computer Control Tools
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Optimize DCC Circles   Std.   Std. Std.  
Offline DCC Circle   Std.   Std. Std.  
Offline DCC Cylinders   Std.   Std. Std.  
DCC Clearance Planes   Std.   Std. Std.  
High Accuracy Motion Targeting   Std.   Std. Std.  
High Accuracy Feature Averaging   Std.   Std. Std. Test & rerun
Re-Teach Motion Path on Feature Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Single Step Motion Edit Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Motion Parameter Adjustment Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Insert / Teach Motion Path Points Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Offset and Copy Motion Path Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Joystick in Part Coordinates Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
MP Capture on Specified Targets       Std. Std.  
Motion Path Tests   Std.   Std. Std.  
Feature Specific Motion Disable Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
One-Step Motion Edit   Std.   Std. Std.  
Re-Run Program Steps   Std.   Std. Std.  
             
 
Text and Image Features
  Jr. 101 GeoPlus 301 501 Notes
Text Statements Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
User Prompts Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Inline Program Text Entry Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Display Image Prompts Std. Std.   Std. Std.  
Manual Entry Steps   Std.   Std. Std.  
Graphic Screen Shot   Std.   Std. Std.