Performing a Cylinder Basic Scan

To scan a cylinder feature, select Insert | Scan | Cylinder to open the CYLINDER tab in the BASICSCAN dialog box:

BASICSCAN dialog box - CYLINDER tab

This tab takes parameters such as the cylinder's diameter and pitch and enables the controller to execute the scan.

The cylinder method:

The Centroid parameter in the # column controls the scan execution. This point is the cylinder center from which the execution starts. You can directly type the center of the cylinder, or you can get it from the machine or CAD.

Defining a Cylinder Basic Scan

You can define a cylinder basic scan in one of these ways:

Once you create the scan, PC-DMIS inserts it into the Edit window. Following is an example of a command line for a cylinder basic scan in the Edit window:

SCN1 =BASICSCAN/CYLINDER,NUMBER OF HITS=80,SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=YES

<25.399,25.4,0>,CutVec=0,0,1,IN

InitVec=-1,0,0,DIAM=25.4,ANG=360,PITCH=5,DEPTH=0,THICKNESS=0,

PROBECOMP=YES,AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0

FILTER/DISTANCE,1

EXEC MODE=FEATURE,USEHSSDAT=YES,USEDELAYPNTS=NO

BOUNDARY/

HITTYPE/VECTOR

NOMS MODE=MASTER

ENDSCAN

More:

Performing Basic Scans

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Cylinder Basic Scan - Measured Point Method

Cylinder Basic Scan - Surface Data Method

Cylinder Basic Scan - Wireframe Data Method

Cylinder: CAD Data Method