3D Features
Cylinder Feature
Creates a GR-Cylinder feature that dynamically builds a circle from the associated points, clouds or geometry.
Cylinder Features report the following criteria:
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Diameter. Which is the distance across a cylinder.
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Radius. Which is the distance from the cylinder's origin to its edge.
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Length. The total length of the measured cylinder along its axis.
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Origin X, Y, Z. Which reports the origin point in the current working frame.
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Mag XYZ. Reports the absolute distance between the measure and nominal cylinder centers.
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I, J, K. Which reports the direction of the cylinder in the working frame.
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Projected Angles (Rx from Y, Ry from Z, Rz from X). Report the relative projections of the normal vector onto the corresponding nominal planes.
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Angle Between . Which reports the angle between the nominal and measured cylinder.
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RMS. Which reports that RMS of the measured cylinder.
Cylinder Fit Settings include the following specific considerations:
Nominal Direction The nominal direction of the plane can be adjusted using the Reverse normal Vector option. The normal vector can also be set dynamically to match the nominal line using the Align with Nominal check box. This ensures the Angle Between value reported is always the smallest possible angle.
Cardinal Points 3 cardinal points can be built using the GR-Cylinder feature. These include both the origin point, the center point, and a point on the far end of the cylinder.