Version 6 Changes

With the release of Geomet Version 6 there have been several new features and improvements added. This list includes all changes from 6.00.001.001 to 6.66.002.001. To review the different Geomet versions though a comparison chart, look here.

Topics Covered:

• New Features
• Offline Tools
• General Improvements
• File Tools
• Interim Changes - Track changes made between released versions.

New Features:

• Ellipse
• Graphic Setting Tool
• Scalable Digital Readout
• G-Code Interpreter
• EZ Launch Menu System
• Oval-Slot
• Circle – Offline / Auto
• Cylinder – Offline / Auto
• Line – Offline / Auto
• Dynamic Extended Distance on 2 Circles
• One Button Tag All Features for Print Exceptions
• Radial Boundary Contour Scanning
• Rectangular Boundary Contour Scanning
• Cardinal Spline Generation
• Graphic Edit Toolbar
• Inscribed Min/Max Circle
• User Prompt with Image Support
• Triangle Solver
• High Accuracy Targeting for DCC Points
• File Archive Utility
• Disable Motion on Features
• Copy and Append new Features
• Historical Database Support
• One-Step Motion Edit
• In-Line Math Calculator
• Custom Ordered Report
• Edit Tracking for Advanced Undo Commands
• Stylus Re-Qualification on Ring Gage
• Digital I/O support
• Bolt Hole Generator
• DCC ReRun from a Specified Step
• Interactive / Offline Point Generator
• Fast Start Menu Control Files
• GeoTol, Cylinder/Plane RunOut
• Delete Permanently
• Stylus Edit Control
• Edit an Existing FCS Feature
• Out-of-Tolerance Flash Message

Offline Tools:

• Circle – Offline / Auto
• Cylinder – Offline / Auto
• Line – Offline / Auto
• Clearance Coordinate System – Clearance Planes
• Offline IP Generation
• Motion Edit Tools
• Motion Map Test
• Improved Graphics:
• Graphic Dynamic Positioning.
• Orthogonal PCS viewing
• Bolt Hole Generator
• Point Generator
• Plane Generator
• Cone Generator

General Improvements:

• Summary on Printed Reports
• Edit Translate values of a previous PCS Translation.
• Tolerance of 4 Point Intersects
• Custom Feature Tagging
• Tangent Point distance between Two Circles
• Select Scan Method
• Import Stylus Database Tools
• Improved Vector Point Import Tools
• Switch between Supplemental Angles and Primary Angle for Lines
• In tolerance dialogs, the Up/Down arrow keys on the keyboard now moves between the nominal values.
• 4 Point Intersect features can now be recalled as a 4 Point Intersect feature or a 2D Point.
• Upgraded the graphics for 4 Point Intersect features.
• Added a separate line control for Vector Points in the Print Exception control, Custom Tags.
• Added the Right / Left arrows from the keyboard to scroll through features in Feature Tagging.
• Improved the Dynamic Rotating tool previously found in Custom View. This new upgrade utilized the mouse and left mouse button to dynamically rotate the graphics.
• Included snap angles for use with Dynamic Rotating. The setting can be found in the System Options page and is applied when holding the <Ctrl> key down.
• The reporting of cones now contains a taper per side value in the report.
• Saving SPC data now has a customized extension. Previous version saved the ASCII data in a file using the extension *.SPC. The setting of the preferred extension can be found in System Options.
• The Export utility is now available in Geomet Junior.
• Internet Online Manuals can now be accessed from inside Geomet through the Help drop down menu.
• Added direct access to Geomet web support help files.
• Added full Tolerance to Oval Slots including width and length.
• Added + and - symbols as a option to reports in place of graphic bars for tolerance deviation.

File Tools:

• Iges Export Tools
• User defined SPC filename extension
• Merge Data clouds into a common PCS

Interim Changes:

This list covers the changes made to Geomet since the last major release on December 1, 2003.

Geomet Version	Additions / Changes
6.00.012.004	Added DCC Continue support to User Prompts
6.00.012.005	Updated the Zoom In feature on the Intersect Graphic Tool
6.00.012.006	Added a default to always use File Path Defaults in place of last used directory
6.00.012.009	Added Polar Position Reporting to Cones
6.00.012.023	New Feature, Copy and Append. Creates a new feature from an existing Feature.
6.00.012.025	Updated Manual Steps to include Nominal Text Entry
6.00.012.027	Corrected a fatal condition in Concentricity, Perpendicularity and Parallelism
6.00.012.028	Corrected the db to allow entry/exit IPs created from offline tools
6.00.012.030	Expanded Auto Tag support to include Nom. Deviation for Vector Points
6.00.013.001	New Feature, One-Step Motion Edit
6.00.013.003	Oval Slot corrected for metric values on printout
6.00.013.004	Corrected Bar Graph an printout when using plus/plus tolerance bands
6.00.013.005	Added Undo of PCS Rotations / Translations
6.00.013.007	Added new feature to edit an existing Offset Align
6.00.013.008	GeoTol, Cylinder/Plane RunOut
6.00.014.001	Added Historical Archive DB Support
6.00.014.002	Print Exception Tag All Updated to not tag PCS components
6.00.014.005	Corrected the ReMeasure function for manual CMMs
6.00.014.006	Added new ReMeasure support on multi-Point features when form has been exceeded.
6.00.014.007	Updated Profile Band adjustment when applied on multiple Vector Points.
6.00.014.010	Updated Math Calculations in Feature Selector for Max size on spheres.
6.00.015.001	In-Line Math Calculator.
6.00.015.003	Corrected GeoTol AutoRun Error.
6.00.015.004	Added test and correction for file extensions to support multiple "dot" inclusions, example "3.4.5986.core sample.gmt".
6.00.015.006	Updated Quick-PCS.
6.00.015.007	Expanded InLine Math Calculator.
6.00.015.008	Cylinder-Cylinder Intersect produces 3 solutions when the Cylinders do not intersect. These choices are available when the intersection takes place and carries forward during the run.
6.00.016.001	Added a new feature, Offset Line. This feature constructs a parallel line to an existing 2D Line.
6.00.017.001	Added a new feature, Offset Point. This feature constructs a 3D Point line to an existing 1D/2D or 3D Point.
6.00.017.002	Updated the Run File process to limit the running of a part program to the current level of Geomet. This blocks part programs created in Geomet 301 from being run in Geomet 101.
6.00.017.003	Updated the validation on line/Line Intersect
6.00.017.005	Updated Concise Reports to include the Miss Distance on 3D Constructed Points.
6.00.017.006	Updated Recalled Slot/Web Features for printing.
6.00.017.011	Updated Line-Plane Intersect.
6.00.017.012	Updated Angularity when working with Cylinders.
6.00.018.001	Added Data Point Printout though the Planar Profiler.
6.65.019.001	New Major Release - June 2004.
6.65.019.011	Added validation to PCS Rotation during Undo.
6.65.019.015	Added a legacy option of showing the + and - symbols to the report in place of the graph bar for showing tolerance deviation.
6.65.020.001	Added a new custom report in Geomet 301. This new report allows the selection, in any order, of features being printed.
6.65.021.001	Added a Edit History tool that tracks the last 10 operations which can be restored. This tool works as an advanced Undo.
6.65.021.005	Added a new Math Tool in feature selections which will update the current stylus based on results of a Ring Gage.
6.65.021.009	In the Extended Distance graphics, when two circles are the exact size, the tangent line generation was incorrectly displaying.
6.65.021.010	Added WebHelp to Cardinal Spline generator tool.
6.65.022.001	Added support for PMD1024LS Digital I/O. This allows connection and control to auto-clamping, door open and close control and visual indicators for automated inspections.
6.65.022.002	Corrected the edit tool when adjusting the Rotate about a PCS axis. Editing the value was not being updating in the record.
6.65.022.004	Updated graphics for the 4-Point Intersect features.
6.65.022.005	Added a button to the Motion Toolbar to manually add IPs.
6.65.023.001	Added the Interactive / Offline Bolt Hole Generator.
6.65.024.001	Added DCC ReRun from step capability.
6.65.024.004	Added a motion command intercept tool to monitor all motion commands during an inspection.
6.65.024.010	Added new reporting to Stylus Re-Qualifications. These include radial deviation and tolerance to reported values.
6.65.025.001	Added the Interactive / Offline Point Generator.
6.65.026.020 December 2004 release.
6.65.026.021	Updated Relative Translate in Clearance CS.
6.65.026.024	New Feature, Delete Permanently.
6.65.027.001	New Feature, Stylus Edit Control.
6.65.027.002	Corrected Jump Back on Manual CMMs.
6.65.027.003	Updated Undo of PCS Components
6.65.027.005	Corrected the printing of the WaterMark in Geomet reports when OOT conditions exist.
6.65.027.005 Interim Release, January 2005
6.65.027.006	When dynamically switching between Radius and Diameter on an existing feature, the tolerance nominal will change to match.
6.65.027.009	Added a warning statement when performing "Delete Permanently".
6.65.027.010	Expanded "Copy and Append" to include Text features.
6.65.027.011	Expanded the Vector Point Tolerance control to allow editing of Probe Deviation.
6.65.028.001	New tool added provides support to assign a different FCS in a FCS Recall Feature within a part program. See Edit an FCS Assignment.
6.65.028.006	General updates t the PCS Align function and validating 1D Point features used for alignments.
6.65.028.009	Expanded Fixture Coordinate System to save more than 32 FCSs.
6.65.028.010	Added Sphere / Cylinder feature combination to the extended distance function.
6.65.028.011	Added 3D Point / 3D Point to the extended distance function. The 3D Points are represented by the stylus diameter used when capturing the points.
6.65.028.020	Updated the Offset Point function to identify and build 1D Offset Points.
6.65.029.001	Added a Run Step tool which shows the current program step being executed and allows you to backup in the list to rerun program features.
6.65.029.001 June 2005 full release.
6.65.029.003	Updated Out-of-Tolerance Flash Message.
6.65.029.005	Updated the Graphic Extent calculation to exclude features that are flagged not to show in the graphics screen.
6.65.029.007	Added an optional Check-Mark to turn the printing of the Out-of-Tolerance status line at the bottom of printed reports.
6.65.029.009	Added a Relative Adjustment option to the Stylus Edit Control.
6.65.029.014	Updated Copy and Append to allow the building of multiple features.
6.65.029.015	Drag support for iges files.
6.65.030.001	Added a new 6-Point PCS Macro.
6.65.031.001	Added a Ball Bar Macro.
6.65.031.002	Updated Copy and Append to handle selected ranges of features.
6.66.000.000 December 2005 Release
6.66.000.001	Changed security procedure.
6.66.000.002	General improvements to the in-line math calculator.
6.66.000.003	Added the ability to control the background color on the OOT Flash Message Box.
6.66.000.004	Expanded Offset Point to include 1D Points.
6.66.000.011	Added the option to specify the symbols used for Print Tags and SPC Tags [System Options].
6.66.000.025	Expanded the Extended Distance tool to include Center-to-Tangent distances between two circles.
6.66.001.000	EZ Launch Menu System.
6.66.002.000	Added the new Cone Generator.
6.66.002.001 June 2006 Release

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