What's new?
Renishaw provides regular updates to the CARTO software suite, including new functionality. A summary of our latest software versions can be found below.
Features in version 4.9
Explore: Data stitch for longer axes measurement
The new analysis-based data stitch function in CARTO Explore allows users of XM-60 and XL-80 laser systems to analyse stitched data to international standards. By adding this function to CARTO Explore, data captured from the XM-60 using the target-based measurement mode can now be easily stitched together and analysed for longer axes.
This added capability enables XL-80 laser system users to break down measurements of longer axes, that are captured in noisy measurement environments, into smaller sections and stitch them together. This reduces the environmental effect on each section and increases the accuracy of the total measurement.
Key features in Capture
Capture: Off-axis rotary measurement mode
The off-axis rotary measurement mode in the Capture application is a licensed option which allows the XR20 rotary axis calibrator, combined with the XL-80 laser system or XM-60 multi-axis calibrator to capture off-axis measurements in one session.
Capture: long range measurement
Unlimited measurement range of your XM-60 or XM-600 multi-axis calibrator. Use dynamic data fit mode in Capture to define sub test methods, create part programs and capture data sets. Sub test data is automatically stitched in Explore for analysis.
CARTO now supports silent installations
This feature allows distributed installation of CARTO across a company using silent install command line options. This enables users to easily integrate CARTO into their enterprise network.
Capture: improved straightness measurement
Minimise the effects of air turbulence and vibration often observed during straightness measurement when using your XM-60 or XM-600 multi-axis calibrator. Dynamic data fit mode captures a higher density of straightness data in a continuous sweep of the axis.
This method gives a more representative error for the application being measured.
Capture and Explore: XR20 support
The new XR20 rotary axis calibrator with Bluetooth low energy module (BLE) has been added to CARTO. XR20 requires CARTO release 4.6 or above and is not compatible with RotaryXL software.
Key features in Explore
Explore: Channel filtering
Explore has the ability to filter the six error channels included in an XM-60 system test when exporting the data to a .carto file. After importing the file, with filtering applied, Explore will display the selected channels in the exported file.
This feature allows users to customise the error channels to be displayed when sharing data.
Explore: Error visualisation
Understanding errors and the relationship between the 6 degrees of freedom is not always easy to interpret. The 3D error visualisation feature, with graphical plots, in Explore displays a scalable animation of the measured axis. This allows the user to gain a greater understanding of their measurement and easily demonstrate error against position whilst in the error visualisation mode.
Explore: measure the point of interest
Measurement at the point of interest is often not possible. The location can compromise mounting of the hardware or obstruct the laser beam. The offset readings function in Explore allows the X, Y, Z deviations from the receiver to the point of interest to be entered into the software. Captured data is then recalculated to give the true errors at the source.
Explore: export to CSV
Gain instant access to your data by exporting single or multiple data sets to Comma Separated Value files (CSV). This allows maximum flexibility to expand your data usage options.
Explore: XK10 straightness and parallelism analysis
XK10 alignment laser data can now be analysed, allowing data manipulation, comparison and parallel straightness functionality within Explore. Data sharing using customised PDF reports is also available.
Key features in Compensate
Compensate: machine tool error correction
Mitsubishi M800 Series controls now supported. Provides users with volumetric compensation files in native machine tool language. Minimise machine downtime, maximise profits, optimise cutting performance. Siemens 840D already supported.
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Compensate: machine tool error correction
Heidenhain iTNC 530 and Fanuc 30i series controls now supported. Provides users with pitch compensation files in native machine tool language. Minimise machine downtime, maximise profits, optimise cutting performance. Siemens 840D and Heidenhain TNC 640 are already supported.
Compensate: machine tool error correction
Heidenhain TNC 640 controls now supported. Provides users with pitch compensation files in native machine tool language. Minimise machine downtime, maximise profits, optimise cutting performance. Siemens 840D is already supported.