Scanning Your Part: Introduction

PC-DMIS allows you to define a point measurement by scanning the surface of the part at specified increments. This provides you with a way to scan and digitize your part's surfaces.

PC-DMIS supports scanning in these products:

• PC-DMIS CMM - Using a touch trigger or analog probe on a CMM

• PC-DMIS Laser - Using a laser probe

• PC-DMIS Portable - Using a hard probe on a portable arm

For information on the above approaches to scanning, consult the appropriate documentation from the links below. The documentation for each product discusses the available scans and procedures to follow within those environments to create those scans.

Advanced Scans

Basic Scans

Manual Scans

The main topics in this chapter discuss information common to scanning in any of the supported applications as well as common functions of the scanning dialog boxes (Insert | Scan). They do not cover the specifics on how to create a scan, since the methods for doing so depend on your specific application.

The main topics discussed here include:

• Components of a Scan

• Working with CAD Surfaces

• Locating Points in a Scan

• Common Functions of the Scan Dialog Box

• Common Functions of the BASICSCAN Dialog Box

• Additional Manual Scan Options

Changing Animation Speeds: If you want to modify your offline animation speeds, see the Execution area on the General tab in the Setup Options dialog box (Edit | Preferences | Setup). In addition, see "Executing and Debugging Measurement Routines Offline" in the "Working in Offline Mode" chapter.