I like our Optiv 321GLtp, but one thing I have not been able to figure out is softening machine lines. The machine has a hard time deciphering between machine lines, the correct shadow, and the material to the left of the machined surface. This is at 1x zoom. We have another vision system that is zoomed out further, which in turn, "softens" the machine lines in order to pick up the edge correctly. We are going to try to implement that one to do these checks, but have not because there is a flatness callout on the machined surface. So the O ptiv is a one-stop-shop. I have tried top light, shutting off rings lights, filtering, RGB mixing, etc to automate the edge pickup. None of this works so it is a manual measurement.
Is there a way to soften those machine lines for the vision to grab the thin black shadow that is near the crosshairs?
I'm not at the cmm, you can choose theindicated edge, the major" edge... In one of those choices, you can indicate the number of the edge that you want. If you choose searching from blak to white, out to in, first edge, you should find the right one...
You know, I never really understood Specified Edge. Rarely use it because I never really got it to work. If you or any other programmer or
NeilRyan has an example of how it's used, that would be fantastic.
I combatted this slightly different than I had setup. This is a combo tool that machines in this "spotface" along with a chamfer on the through hole (slightly pictured in the right corner). I had the spotface diameter checked first, then the chamfer checked afterward. I flipped these two features around. The chamfer is found automatically since the machine can find that edge quite nicely. Since these two features are in the same tool, the XY of the chamfer diameter and the edge of the spotface should be in the same spot. With the known XY location of the chamfer, I targeted the spotface diameter to that location and shrunk my zone down to 0.015mm and scanned light to dark from outside to inside, and it found it relatively close enough.
I'm not at the cmm, you can choose theindicated edge, the major" edge... In one of those choices, you can indicate the number of the edge that you want. If you choose searching from blak to white, out to in, first edge, you should find the right one...
You know, I never really understood Specified Edge. Rarely use it because I never really got it to work. If you or any other programmer or
NeilRyan has an example of how it's used, that would be fantastic.
I combatted this slightly different than I had setup. This is a combo tool that machines in this "spotface" along with a chamfer on the through hole (slightly pictured in the right corner). I had the spotface diameter checked first, then the chamfer checked afterward. I flipped these two features around. The chamfer is found automatically since the machine can find that edge quite nicely. Since these two features are in the same tool, the XY of the chamfer diameter and the edge of the spotface should be in the same spot. With the known XY location of the chamfer, I targeted the spotface diameter to that location and shrunk my zone down to 0.015mm and scanned light to dark from outside to inside, and it found it relatively close enough.
