Perimeters

Perimeters appear graphically much like a series of connected lines that define a 3D volume. Perimeters are used with scanning devices to define a region of interest for measurement purposes.

From Points

This command will create an open or closed perimeter object from selected points. Its purpose is to provided a boundary for scanning instruments. The below example shows perimeters to capture data from a targetless scanner.

 

From CAD Faces

This option will build a bounding perimeter for each and every surface face selected. This makes it quite easy to identify specific CAD faces to be measured.

 

From Instrument Viewpoint

Bounding Surface

When a scan of an entire model is needed, this option delivers. It uses the base frame of the selected instrument as the viewpoint, allows a selection of a selection of surfaces and builds a bounding perimeters that is grown 10% larger than the model to ensure complete surface coverage from the instruments perspective.