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CAD-based CMM programming.


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 4.0 CAD-based programming software for CMMs offers new functions, including self-centered scanning, the ability to self-center scan a spline In computer graphics, a smooth curve that runs through a series of given points. The term is often used to refer to any curve, because long before computers, a spline was a flat, pliable strip of wood or metal that was bent into a desired shape for drawing curves on paper. See Bezier and B-spline. , and creating a cylinder for use as a datum; optimized clearance planes, the ability to control clearance planes relative to the base alignment, machine system or secondary alignments; and Navigation Check, which allows the operator to view the CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies.  end positions, outer clearance planes, magazine with stylus systems, and rotary table on CAD screen. Carl Zeiss IMT IMT,
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Title Annotation:EASTEC[R]: Advanced Productivity Exposition products
Publication:Tooling & Production
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 1, 2005
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