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CAN I USE POINTCLOUD THIS WAY?

So, I have a part that I have to combine three adaptive circle scans. It won't let me construct a circle from those scans, so I used POINTCLOUD. I just made the scans then inserted a pointclound feature using the three scans. It lets me construct a circle out of the COP. I should add that I'm scanning with my probe and not a laser. I only saw topics talking about lasers with poinclouds so I want to make sure me doing it this way is ok. I don't really like to use linear open scans for this because there is too much I have to change to get the scan to stay a particular Z. 

PCDMIS 2024.2 CAD++

Thanks for any help

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  • When you are constructing a circle out of the scans, what error are you getting that is not allowing you to construct them together? Are you using the "Select All Hits" button during construction, and in the correct workplane if doing 2D constructions? I only have experience constructing features from a COP from laser scanning, but I don't see why creating a COP and then using it to construct would not be okay. Since it's created out of the same hits. Does your COP hits count add up to the amount 3 circle scans would have?

  • Okay, yeah. This could possibly be Workplane related, or you aren't hitting the "Select All Hits" button in the Construction Window. Possibly causing errors because the centroids of the circles are the same so it cannot create a circle due to them overlapping. Selecting all hits should resolve it, as it will change from using centroids to all hits of each feature. What version is your PC-DMIS? Select all hits is available in 2023.2 and later

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  • Okay, yeah. This could possibly be Workplane related, or you aren't hitting the "Select All Hits" button in the Construction Window. Possibly causing errors because the centroids of the circles are the same so it cannot create a circle due to them overlapping. Selecting all hits should resolve it, as it will change from using centroids to all hits of each feature. What version is your PC-DMIS? Select all hits is available in 2023.2 and later

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