Right-clicking on entities in the graphical view will now display their context menus, so there's no need to find the entity in the tree to right-click on it. When clicking on points, there's a Group Menu command, which will display the menu for the point's containing point group.
There's also a new Show in Tree menu item, which will expand and automatically scroll to the entity in the tree. This is a very fast way to find an individual item in a complicated tree.
SA Remote is an iOS app that allows real-time viewing of 3-DOF and 6-DOF spatial data from SA and permits remote control of the SA Laser Tracker interface. SA Remote is available as a free app on the Apple App Store for iPhone® and iPod® touch devices. SA Remote will also run on an iPad®. For more information and to download, see SA Remote in the SA Roadmap.
The Hover window (View > Hover) has been widened to accommodate very long names. A new Show in Tree checkbox has been added. When checked, the hovered item's container will be expanded in the tree, and the tree will be autoscrolled so you can find the item in the tree directly. Hovering to a different item will return the tree to its previous state and expand the currently selected item. To close the Hover window but keep the tree expanded to the hovered item, use the Hover keyboard shorcut (Ctrl+H by default) to toggle the visibility of the Hover window.
Additionally, the Hover window now supports hovering over instruments.
Tables and individual fields can now be added to SA reports. These fields can be required or optional input fields for accepting input from the user, or output fields, which can obtain their value from other sources (such as another field, the current date/time, or the current filename).
Fields can be assigned tags, which allows them to be read and written to from Measurement Plans, for full automation capability. (See the "Set Report Tag..." and "Get Report Tag..." MP commands below. A new Jump to Next Input Field button has been added to automatically move to the next input field on the report.
Text inside fields can be aligned left, right, or centered, and tables can be modified as well. For more information, see Dynamic Reports.
The USMN and Relationship Minimization dialogs are now non-modal, which means that you can interact with the rest of SA while they're open.
You can now adjust the rendering setting (solid, wireframe, or translucency) for all objects via the View > Object Visibility > Translucency > All Objects menu item.
Geometry fit results now contain the full collection and point group of the points used in the fit when displayed in the point list, log file, and Geometry Fit Event.
Spaces are now allowed in PDF filenames.
Entire categories (Point Groups, Relationships, etc) can now be dragged into an SA report.
In the robot teach pendant, you can now command movements in the working frame in addition to the world, base, or tool coordinate frames:
Calibration reports now also include component residuals in the working coordinate frame.
The User Options > Analysis > GD&T Options dialog has been added to grant access to advanced parameters for GD&T fitting. The Use High Points for Feature Alignment option specifies how SA programmatically simulates a datum. When checked, 3 high points enclosing the center of mass of the datum feature are used to simulate the datum. When unchecked, a least-squares fit is used instead.
The Distance Between Checks Use option indicates how "Distance Between" checks should be evaluated. "Centroid" calculates the distance between features based on their centroids, whereas "Min/Max" calculates the distance between the features based on the closest or furthest points on the features. These options are all stored with the specified SA file.
Hold down a letter (A-Z) on the keyboard when clicking the "Datum" button in the GD&T Toolbar to create a datum using that letter, if it is available.
Observation details for measurements in which probing direction is available (such as from a PCMM measurement) will now list the rotation of the probing frame in working coordinates in addition to the probing vector itself:
When a Measurement Plan is executed via Scripts > Run Measurement Plan, the script now automatically starts instead of waiting for a click on the green button. If you do not want this behavior, it can be disabled via the User Options > Automation tab by unchecking the Auto-run MPs option. This is a machine setting, and is not specific to the SA file in use.
The Help > Check My Computer menu item has been added to make it easier to run a health check on your computer to advise you of common configuration issues that can cause issues with measurement (firewall, antivirus, etc). This was formerly known as the System Analyzer.
The Leica Automation Interface is a new interface added in SA that permits sharing of a T-Mac or T-Scan between up to four AT-901 trackers. It also allows for tight handshaking between the interface and auxiliary devices such as robots, for things like automated scanning and probing with robots. Special hardware is required to support this interface. For details on how to use this interface refer to the Leica Automation Interface Instrument Quick Start.
The number of selected log entries in the log file is now displayed in the log file window title. This makes it easy to know exactly how many entries to keep when trimming the log.
If multiple instruments are running, attempting to point an instrument at a point will first prompt you to select the instrument to point.
This new measurement profile allows for the measurement of circles by measuring a single point. For example, if a 1.5" SMR is placed into a 0.5" diameter hole, then by taking a measurement (and knowing the position of the plane of the hole), the size of the hole can be calculated.
The measurement profile uses a stable point acquisition mode by default, but the bulk of the work is done on the Single Point Circles operation side. To measure single-point circles, you must first select a plane (from the measurement profile parameters window) that defines the surface of the hole. If desired, you can lock the radius of the circle to a specified value.
A measurement will not be returned if the distance of the probe center to the defined plane is greater than the probe radius.
Caution: Ensure that the proper target is active when using this command. The probe radius is critical to calculating the diameter of the hole.
Warning: The Single Point Circles profile makes some assumptions about the hole that may reduce accuracy. For instance, it assumes that the hole is circular and there is no chamfered edge at the hole opening. It is your responsibility to determine if these losses in accuracy are significant to the specific application.
The File > Export > Points (ASCII File) command now exports data with full decimal precision by default.
For additional improvements, fixes, and changes, please see the SA Readme file, accessible through our download page.