DISCUS CMM enables you to import results from CMM Reports and incorporate the values into the ballooned drawing and inspection report. DISCUS CMM enables you to complete the entire inspection effort within DISCUS Desktop. It leverages the intuitive DISCUS user interface, and makes the importing of CMM results an integral part of the workflow. DISCUS CMM works as a complement to DISCUS Results by taking the values from the CMM Report and incorporating them into the Bill of Characteristics. Even more exciting, DISCUS CMM gives you multiple ways to map the values from the CMM Report into the FAI report: a) by reading the headers in the CMM Report and automatically filling in the result values; b) by enabling you to have DISCUS suggest the likely matches based on the type of features and characteristics; and c) by allowing you to actually create or “backfill” a Bill of Characteristics and ballooned drawing from the CMM Report. DISCUS CMM is an add-on to DISCUS Desktop. It enables you to work in the familiar DISCUS user interface and add results in a tabular style or on a characteristic-by-characteristic basis. DISCUS CMM appears as another panel to the right of the Drawing/Model panel. You click on the Add CMM Report button on the tool bar in the CMM Report panel to add a CMM Report to the Results Package. After clicking the open button, DISCUS will evaluate the CMM Report versus the existing Bill of Characteristics and automatically map the CMM axes to the specific characteristics. DISCUS CMM will highlight any inconsistencies and issues between the CMM Report and the existing Bill of Characteristics. For example, DISCUS will highlight any differences in features and nominal or tolerance values. You can right click on any axis and choose to manually map the CMM axis to a characteristic; you can use the Suggest functionality to have DISCUS identify likely CNs in the BoC; you can use the Backfill functionality to use the CMM axis to create the CN and balloon. The completed results that have been “applied’ are all automatically captured and entered in the Bill of Characteristics.

1. Overview of DISCUS CMM
Module for Importing CMM Results into
DISCUS
March 11, 2006
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2. The Challenge
CMM Report
FAI Report
The laborious and tedious effort
of identifying and transposing
values from the CMM Report
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3. Copying CMM Results to FAI Report
• The basic process for taking a CMM Report and
entering the results into FAI Report involves:
– Ensuring the CMM Report matches the FAI Report part number
– Mapping the rows/cells in the CMM Report to the rows/cells in FAI
Report
– Determining appropriate values to enter for characteristics with
multiple measurements/results
– Reading and typing in the actual result value(s)
– Adding any status or other info on the FAI Report, such as
measuring equipment, comments, etc.
– Tracking that all the CMM Report values have been addressed and
transferred to the FAI Report
• Process typically takes 0.5 to 1.0 minute per
characteristic
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4. Overview of CMM to FAI Process
CMM
Program
CN X CMM
Ballooned Report
Drawing
Bill of CN X
Characteristics CN X
(BoC)
FAI Report
The CN (Characteristic Number) ties it all (BoC Results)
together – even in the manual process
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5. DISCUS CMM – Core to Approach
Axis-to-CN Mapping
CMM Report
Bill of Characteristics
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6. DISCUS CMM Import - High Level Work Flow
User opens DISCUS displays User reviews
CMM Report in Axis-to-CN Axis-to-CN
DISCUS CMM mapping and mapping, adjusts
Report Panel copies to Results as needed
CMM
Report
DISCUS
CMM Report
Panel
Results Panel
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7. Details of CMM Report Panel
Metrics: This region shows
real-time usage and issues
with the Report
Axis-to-CN: The “CN”
column indicates the
results of the mapping
Issues: Yellow background
indicates issue with
report “axis”
Apply: The checkbox
provides option to exclude
from using in BoC Results
Report Content: The CMM
Report column contains
the actual report
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8. DISCUS with CMM Report Panel
All Panels are
Synchronized by
the CN
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9. CMM Report Header for Mapping
Implicit Mapping
Explicit Mapping
Axes
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10. Typical User Scenarios
 Automatic - CMM Report is mapped to BoC. DISCUS
associates Axes to CNs and auto-applies result values
to Inspection Reports.
 Suggest – CMM Report does not have mapping to BoC.
DISCUS helps user identify candidate CNs for each
CMM Report Axis.
 Backfill – Only have a CMM Report and No BOC Exists.
DISCUS helps user create BoC and Ballooned drawing
from CMM Report.
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