To Create a Linear Open Scan

1. Ensure that you have a Laser probe enabled.

2. Place PC-DMIS into DCC mode.

3. Select the Insert | Scan | Linear Open menu item. The Scan dialog box appears with the Linear Open Scan option already selected in the Scan type list.

4. If your scan traverses multiple surfaces, consider selecting surfaces as discussed in the "CAD Controls" topic. To access these controls, click the Advanced >> button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box if necessary, and then click the Graphics tab at the bottom.

5. If you are going to use the boundary points to help define the scan path, add the 1 point (starting point), the D point (direction to scan), and the 2 point (ending point) to the scan by following the appropriate procedure discussed in the "Boundary Points” topic.

6. Make any needed changes to the vectors in the Vectors list by double-clicking on the vector. Make any changes in the Edit Scan Item dialog box, and then click OK to return to the Scan dialog box.

7. Type the name of the scan in the ID box.

8. Select the Measure check box if needed.

9. Set the distance between generated theoretical points in the Increment box.

10. Select the method for defining the scan path from the Read File, Manual Hits, Generate, and Spline Points options.

11. If needed, you can delete individual points. To delete them, select them one at a time in the Theoretical Path area and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

12. If needed, make additional modifications to your scan.

13. In the Point cloud reference feature box, type the ID of the cloud of points object that will receive the surface data.

14. In the Hit Type list, you can select Surface Point in case you want to convert scan data into Surface Point laser commands. PC-DMIS inserts these commands into the Edit window when you click the Create button.

15. Click the Create button. PC-DMIS inserts the scan into the Edit window if the Create only points check box is cleared.

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