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how do I do a simple scan?

I am an experienced programmer but never used a scanning head, I currently got employed by a company with a nice scanning head and want to scan this big gear insert for profile but I am having a hard time figuring this out. I kind of thought it would be as simple as selecting the cad area to be scanned and clicking create but its proving to be not that easy... unless I am missing something, which I am sure I am...

Any scanning wizards out there?
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  • Its a 5 day training class with not alot of simple answers. I would ask that they send to the Hexagon Facility outside of Chicago for the class. A linear Closed scan should work. So many variables on scans. Cad or NO Cad ? I will always verify all the cad model surface vectors are correct on the surfaces I am dealing with before I create the scan. Smallest RAD will determine your scan speed unless you want to speed it up and slow it down ( this adds a whole new level to what you are trying to do ). Do a little resarch on scanning here in the forum and the good old F1.


    +1 to training.
    I fancy myself as a rather idiotic TTP scanning maverick, but if my company decided to go analog, I would definitely BEG 'em for some training. F1 works in many cases, am guessing this is not one of them.
    (plus, at training... you can crash THEIR stuff, not your own...) Rolling eyes
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  • Its a 5 day training class with not alot of simple answers. I would ask that they send to the Hexagon Facility outside of Chicago for the class. A linear Closed scan should work. So many variables on scans. Cad or NO Cad ? I will always verify all the cad model surface vectors are correct on the surfaces I am dealing with before I create the scan. Smallest RAD will determine your scan speed unless you want to speed it up and slow it down ( this adds a whole new level to what you are trying to do ). Do a little resarch on scanning here in the forum and the good old F1.


    +1 to training.
    I fancy myself as a rather idiotic TTP scanning maverick, but if my company decided to go analog, I would definitely BEG 'em for some training. F1 works in many cases, am guessing this is not one of them.
    (plus, at training... you can crash THEIR stuff, not your own...) Rolling eyes
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