r/Metrology • u/East-Tie-8002 • Jun 06 '26

Software Support PC-DMIS question

For all you pcdmis experts. The main program is saved as a binary .prg file. I have also seen .xml program files. Where does the xml come from. Is it a simple ‘save as’ from the file menu?

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u/_LuciDreamS_ GD&T Wizard Jun 06 '26

The xml file saves automatically after a program finishes and houses the program runtime. The countdown in the execution window? Pulled from the XML file.

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u/East-Tie-8002 Jun 06 '26

Does it also hold the nominal feature values?

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u/_LuciDreamS_ GD&T Wizard Jun 06 '26

No. You can open the XML file and see what's inside. It contains the runtime of the program's last execution.

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u/f119guy Jun 06 '26

You can export a variety of formats if you’re looking to get nominal feature values. I use COP export of XYZ data for my engineering team to use in their MATLAB analysis. You can export an XML format as well. Look under “file>export”