Event: DMIS and I++DME Training Workshop, Oct. 5–8

(Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium: Arlington, TX) -- By special request, another DMIS and I++DME Training Workshop has been scheduled for the week of Oct. 5–8. Reservations may be made now. This may be the last workshop until spring of next year. All registration fees must be paid before Sept. 25.

Training classroom

The newly structured DMIS / I++ DME Workshop uses an innovative approach to demonstrating how dimensional measuring interface standard (DMIS) works with I++DME and other commercial software to achieve an integrated framework. The workshop will still focus on the programming and implementation of DMIS with an introduction to the I++DME specification. However, other DMIS-based software products will also be running to provide examples and comparisons.

This DMIS Workshop is scheduled for the Brighton, Michigan, facility of Metris–USA. The hands-on workshop is designed for coordinate measuring machine (CMM) technicians, metrology specialists, and quality engineers who need to better understand measurement programming, and the role of standards in the ever-changing world of dimensional metrology.

The workshop will begin at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 5, and conclude at noon, Thursday, Oct. 8, (24 class hours), and will include, but not be limited to, the following topics: 
• CMMs
• Reducibility
• Introduction to DMIS
• Sensors
• DMIS and I++
• Measurement 
• Text-based programs
• Alignments
• Program structure
• Construction
• Configuration
• Tolerancing
• Features
• Output

To view the workshop course outline, click here www.dmisstandards.org/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,0/func,fileinfo/filecatid,109/parent,category

Individual instruction

To get the most out of the workshop, bring your own laptop with your own company software. This allows you to see how the code works with your company’s software. Following the structure of the last several workshops, there will be several DMIS-based software products running. The workshop will also offer the UCC-Server software, and class participants can load it and watch CAMIO (or their own I++ compatible software) actually run DMIS, and see the I++DME happening at the same time. That is, when you run DMIS, it is converted to I++ control commands before the controller sees it. With this setup, one can observe the background I++ that occurs based on the currently running DMIS program. It is also possible to view side-by-side comparisons of the DMIS to the background I++.

Class sessions will be held at the Metris-USA (previously LK Metrology) facility, located at 12701 Grand River Road, Brighton, Michigan.

The class sessions are scheduled as follows:
Monday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m.– 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 6, 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. (lunch provided)
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m.– 5 p.m. (lunch provided)
Thursday, Oct. 8, 8 a.m.– Noon

The registration fee for a DMIS / I++DME Training Workshop is $1,395 per person. Registrations for groups of two or more from the same company qualify for discounts. The registration fees include all workshop sessions, luncheons, and refreshment breaks during the workshop, and a complimentary CD of the  standard, DMIS 5.1 (which contains “.chm” Help Files—regular price $265). If you would also like a paper copy of the standard, DMIS 5.0, to use during your class work, we must order it to be printed at least two weeks before the class starts. Please add $170 to your registration fee (half-price of normal hardcopy), and indicate in the “Comments” box on the registration form that you wish to order a hardcopy of the standard. Hotel accommodations and other meals are not included in the registration fees.  

To register for this workshop, click the following link for secure online registration.
www.dmisstandards.org/index.php?option=com_artforms&formid=1&Itemid=46

The registration fee may also be paid by check sent to the address below. Please allow time for postal mail to arrive before the cut-off date: Remit to: 
Bailey H. Squier Associates
Standards Agents for DMIS
1228 Enclave Circle, No. 301
Arlington, TX 76011

Cancellation Policy: You should register in advance (now) for this class to assure your reservation. All registration fees must be paid before the cut-off date of Friday, Sept. 25. Full refunds will be issued, less a $150 cancellation fee, if written cancellation requests are received prior to the cut-off date.

Because of financial obligations incurred by that time, no refunds can be issued on cancellation requests after the cut-off dates. However, you may continue to register right up until the Friday before the workshop starts on Monday. Purchases of the DMIS hardcopy are not refundable.

Remember to register as early as possible. Because of the equipment and facilities required for this workshop, seating is limited. We need to know the number of attendees well in advance so that Metris--USA can prepare for the expected group size. This is especially true for handouts and other materials provided, computer access, refreshments, and lunches.

This is your opportunity to learn the DMIS 5.1 as well as to understand the new I++DME specification with hands-on experience.

About The Author

Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium DMSC

The mission of the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Inc. is to identify urgently needed standards in the field of dimensional metrology, and to promote, foster, and encourage the development and interoperability of these standards, along with related and supporting standards that will benefit the industry as a whole. The Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard (DMIS) is one such standard that the consortium has the responsibility to develop, maintain, and support as well as to coordinate and harmonize with other related standards efforts.