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The NIST DMIS Interpreter: Version 2

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Author(s)

Thomas Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, Harry A. Scott

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) DMIS interpreter is a software system that reads control code programs in the DMIS language (described below in Section 1.2), produces calls to a set of canonical commands for coordinate measuring machines, digests the results of taking measurements, and produces a file describing measured features and tolerances. The canonical command calls made by the interpreter can be used to drive a coordinate measuring machine. This report describes Version 2 of the DMIS interpreter (in this report ¿the interpreter¿).
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6252
Report Number
6252
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Miscellaneous, Standards, Metrology, Control, control, DMIS, enhanced machine controller, feature, manufacturing, NGIS

Citation

Kramer, T. , Proctor, F. , Rippey, W. and Scott, H. (1998), The NIST DMIS Interpreter: Version 2, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=820628 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created September 30, 1998, Updated October 12, 2021
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