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News Release from: Universal Instruments | Subject: Dimensions
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 April 2003
New dimensions in electronics
manufacturing
The latest version of the Dimensions programming and optimisation software includes enhanced support for Universal HSP 4797/4796 machines, as well as enhanced CAD import and viewing capabilities.
The latest version of Universal Instruments' Dimensions programming and optimisation software includes enhanced support for Universal HSP 4797/4796 machines, as well as enhanced CAD import and CAD view capability making the package easier to use Dimensions Programming and Optimisation (DPO) now includes full support for HSP4797 component library management, making programming faster and easier, and also allowing HSP machines to be quickly programmed to place a greater variety of components
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Universal Instruments has enhanced its Dimensions manufacturing automation software suite.
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An offline version of Dimensions Data Management is also included, which adds full upload and download capability for HSP4797 component libraries.
DPO's new CAD import capability now supports 15 different CAD formats, allowing designs compiled using any of the most popular CAD packages to be directly imported automatically.
The CAD view option allows the user to review the imported CAD drawing and has the capability to display the components of a board in different views.
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DPO also now ships with the Sanyo UCT53/52 simulator and optimiser for Universal HSP4797 and HSP4796 machines, which delivers enhanced performance and ensures users automatically receive new software updates from Sanyo as soon as they are released.
The latest DPO release will also include updated simulator support for Universal GSM platforms, as the company continues to evolve its own simulators as part of its ongoing DPO development program.
DPO provides balancing, optimisation, and program generation for Universal surface mount assembly lines.
DPO software provides one point of data entry, a common interface across machine types, and a simple and repeatable process to import CAD and bill of material information required to generate production and setup data for one or more assembly lines.
Multithreaded processing for multiple products and Universal machine types allows users to quickly create programs and optimise schedules for lines containing any combination of GSM platforms or HSP machines, or lines containing a single machine.
DPO is part of the modular Dimensions manufacturing automation software suite, which includes Dimensions Manufacturing Monitoring, Dimensions Logistics Module, and Dimensions Data Management.
Dimensions modules allow users to monitor, store, interpret and disseminate machine level, line level and factory level management data, and make real time factory floor data available to MES packages as well as enterprise level software systems such as ERP.
The Dimensions concept allows manufacturers to seamlessly combine modules to improve line productivity and the day-to-day work of managing production performance.
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