New Raster Scan Edge Inspection    

Uses ordered (raster) scan data, a surface, and a B-Spline defining surface edges to identify edge points from within point clouds. It then creates vectors and determines if the points meet a specified tolerance.

 

Input Arguments

 

0

Collection Object Name Ref List

Edge Cloud Names

The names of the clouds to consider.

1

Collection Object Name

Edge Surface Name

The surface containing the edges to evaluate.

2

Collection Object Name

Edge BSpline Name

The name of a B-Spline along the edge of the surface in argument 1.

3

Collection Object Name

Output Prefix

A prefix to apply to the names of all resulting

groups from the command.

4

Double

Inspection Increment

The defined distance along the edge at which to sample the cloud data.

5

Double

Proximity Filter Distance

Points outside this distance are unusued.

6

Double

Edge Bias Value

Affects material thickness at the edges.

7

Double

Error Tolerance

The allowable tolerance for errors at the edges.

 

8

 

Boolean

 

Use Cosine Projection Method

Indicates whether the cloud points are projected back to the surface before the distance from the spline is computed.

9

Integer

Minimum Number of Edge

Points per segment

The minimum number of points required for each

segment of the edge.

10

File Path or Embedded File

Intermediate Calculation Results File(optional)

An optional file in which to store a log of the intermediate results of the calculations.

 

Return Arguments

 

11

String

Summary Result

A text summary of the result of the command.

 

Returned Status

 

SUCCESS

The evaluation was performed successfully.

FAILURE

One or more required objects was not found.

 

Remarks

This command finds cloud points close to the specified edge, and creates four point groups: One for points in the tolerance, one for outside the tolerance, one for outside the tolerance and above, and one for outside the tolerance and below. Vector groups are the created projecting the “above” and “below” points to the nominal edge.