Leuven, September 17 - At Quality Expo (Chicago, USA), Metris will introduce its range of handheld 3D laser scanning solutions integrated into PolyWorks point cloud engineering software. This solution enables design and manufacturing professionals to take full advantage of using top-class Metris scanners in combination with leading point cloud analysis software to tackle inspection or reverse engineering tasks. Thanks to the new application programming interface (API), it becomes very straightforward for 3rd-party software vendors to integrate Metris 3D laser scanning.
Collecting geometry data with Metris' leading-edge laser scanners becomes very easy for PolyWorks users. Completely transparent to PolyWorks users, Focus Handheld Scanning API manages point cloud acquisition by controlling all interaction between the laser scanner and handheld localizer of choice. Also modifying scanner parameters or running a qualification routine is handled by the Focus API, ensuring highest accuracy and reliability of the acquired data. The resulting data is automatically stored in PolyWorks format and ready for further extensive point cloud processing.
Marc Soucy, President of InnovMetric Software, comments: ''Major OEMs in the automotive and aerospace industries are relying on us to integrate industrial-strength point cloud digitizers and tactile probing devices within the PolyWorks universal platform. As Metris laser scanners, articulated arms, and optical tracking technologies have recently gained more market recognition, it was a logical step for us to develop software plug-ins for all of these instruments.''
The Focus Handheld API supports Metris ModelMaker in combination with K-Series Optical CMM as well as MCA or 3rd‑party measuring arms such as Faro. Metris' digital laser scanners offer superior optical and digital technology, translating into higher accuracy, automatic laser intensity adaptation and faster data acquisition.
With the new API, it becomes very straightforward for 3rd-party point cloud software vendors to integrate Metris 3D laser scanning. Over the next months, users of NRK Spatial Analyzer, Delcam PowerINSPECT, Metrolog and other point cloud software will be able to use their Metris handheld scanners directly from within these applications. This provides design and manufacturing engineers fast-lane access to world-class laser scanning, while enjoying the convenience of the point cloud engineering environment they know inside out.
ABOUT METRIS
Metris designs, develops and markets a unique range of 3D hardware and software inspection systems servicing design and manufacturing industries. The company's reliable and innovative metrology solutions cover the full range of measurement volumes required by automotive and aerospace customers, in both fixed and portable configurations and with optical and touch sensors. Further details are available at www.metris.com.
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