I am trying to figure out if there is a way to scan one side of a part, flip it over and then scan the opposite side of the part. Then take both of the scans and match them together using common points between the scans. I am assuming two COPs need to be made so one can move to the other but I am new to pretty much any measuring software, I am more of a CAD guy but they are starting my training on both a CMM and P-CMM. If it were in a CAD program I would be able to just manipulate where the points are no problem but just can't figure it out using the PC-DMIS software. Any information would be greatly appreciated because I was told it is possible just don't know how to go about it.
Suspend the part between two "centers" so you have access to all sides at once. Sort of like when putting a part on a wood lathe, just don't spin the part.
I know how to scan one part as a whole part but I heard there was a way you could scan one side of a part flip the part over scan the other side of the part and then somehow align both sets of point clouds to be the part you tried to scan. There are some parts that we deal with where it is hard to mount the part to be able to scan both sides as one. It was something they did over a year ago when trying to sell us the ARM.
there was a webinar that addressed that, if you check the Hexagon site for past webinars using pc-dmis reshaper, you might find it the webinar went over exactly what you want to do.
From what I was told today from Phil from Exact, this is not possible right now with just PC-dmis, but it is in the works and PC-dmis should be able to do this in the near future.