Trying to make a colormap report...Would like to highlight a bunch of points on my colormap to show the "T" value & have it print out on the graphical report. Also is there a report that show mean & max deviation from all scanned points that I could add to graphical report?
Trying to make a colormap report...Would like to highlight a bunch of points on my colormap to show the "T" value & have it print out on the graphical report. Also is there a report that show mean & max deviation from all scanned points that I could add to graphical report?
1) laser scan your part
2) select, filter, and purge your COP appropriately
3) apply the pointcloud operator FACE COLORMAP
4) revel in the glory of the heatmap.
then
1) F9 edit your COP
2) left click on a point of interest. (maybe a high point or low point)
3) click done. PCDMIS auto creates an Auto Surface Point, a Location Dimension with the T-axis enabled, and a DimInfo function that displays the results in the Graphics Display Window.
Reviving old threads...again! Is there any way around clicking individual points and just applying tolerance to the whole chibang?
um, we're laser-scanning. I ain't clicking on 1.5 million points.
I suppose if I were probing a part with complex curvature, and I had a CAD model, and I was correctly using Point Autotrigger and no common sense, and I had a crapload of time -- it's technically possible to create a Constructed Set from a bunch of Auto Vector Points, and create a Profile Dimension to that.
But I would have to be completely insane. It would take foooooooooorrrrrrrreeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Rather, we want to import a model, correct the vectors, and laser scan the surface to create a COP. Then you can create a colormap with the necessary Pointcloud Operator. in PCDMIS 2017 (and maybe 2016), the colormap pointcloud operator can be selected from the Profile Dimension.
I don't really like it unless I'm scanning with a mesh. Scanning with a cloud means that you're maximizing the amount of surface noise, which means that you should be filtering as much as possible before applying your dimension. Frequently when I did the previous steps without filtering, the colormap looked great overall, but some smaller, nearly hidden bit of noise would cause my profile dimension to fail every single time. Using the scan-as-mesh function automates the necessary filtering functions.
I don't really like it unless I'm scanning with a mesh. Scanning with a cloud means that you're maximizing the amount of surface noise, which means that you should be filtering as much as possible before applying your dimension. Frequently when I did the previous steps without filtering, the colormap looked great overall, but some smaller, nearly hidden bit of noise would cause my profile dimension to fail every single time. Using the scan-as-mesh function automates the necessary filtering functions.
Where do I find out more about scan-as-mesh? I am currently running 2014, is this an option in 2014,......I Don't see it.. We tried running 2017 R2 earlier this year, that didn't go so well.
Where do I find out more about scan-as-mesh? I am currently running 2014, is this an option in 2014,......I Don't see it.. We tried running 2017 R2 earlier this year, that didn't go so well.
I believe the Mesh Object was introduced in 2015, and it requires its own license. I'm surprised that 2017R2 didn't go over well, when I was running it, I thought it was a quantum leap forward. Of course, PCDMIS Laser doesn't hold up to some other products already mentioned that I used to instruct in, but like I said, you don't NEED meshing to achieve this. It saves you from having to do a lot of Filter/Purge/Select/Purge/Clean/Purge/Filter/Purge, but if you can't Mesh, then that's what you have to do.
Re-reading the top comment, I think what the original poster is actually asking how to do is build a custom report. So this thread got skewed immediately. Ooops.
