Cone Feature
Creates a GR-Cone feature that dynamically builds a cone from the associated points, clouds or geometry.
Cone Features report the following criteria:
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Major Diameter. Which is the distance across a Cone at its largest measured extent.
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Minor Diameter. Which is the distance from the Cone at its smallest measured extent.
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Length. The total length of the measured cone 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 cone centers.
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I, J, K. Which reports the direction of the cone 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 cone.
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RMS. Which reports that RMS of the measured cone.
Cone Fit Settings include the following specific considerations:
A cone's length and largest and smallest diameters are computed based on the distribution of the measured points. It is often difficult to measure exactly to an edge, so it can be helpful to use intersection geometry to build the exact circle diameter at a cut plane instead.
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-cone feature. These include both the origin point, the center point, and a point on the far end of the cone.