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Electronic templating/digitizing.

Publication: Stone World
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Electronic templating/digitizing.(PART II-TOOLING AND ACCESSORIES: Fabricating Technology Roundup)(Blick Industries developed The Proliner measuring system)(Braxton-Bragg Corp has developed digitizer the digital measuring system)(ETemplate System has developed ETemplate the digital measuring system)

Article Excerpt
The Proliner[R] from Blick Industries and Innovative is a brief-case-sized machine that combines a measuring system with an easy-to-use touch-screen computer. It is a complete system that allows production-ready .DXF files to be created onsite in as little as 10 minutes, the company reports. Templates are created on the Proliner by tracing objects using the unit's "pen" while clicking a button on a remote control. During this process, straight lines can be recorded as well as continuous scribed contours. Once measurements are taken, they can be viewed and manipulated on the machine's large touch-screen d i splay and integrated CAD program. The Proliner measures in three dimensions, which drastically improves its performance in creating accurate two-dimensional templates.

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According to the company, measuring in three dimensions eliminates the need for leveling, and frees the user to measure on any surface--whether horizontal,...

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