PC-DMIS Laser: Introduction

This documentation describes how to use PC-DMIS with your laser sensor to measure features on a part, or to collect data. Laser sensors allow you to collect millions of points of data in one or more pointcloud (COP). PC-DMIS then uses these pointclouds for surface contour maps, export to reverse engineering packages, and creation of constructed features and auto features. This documentation discusses how to use PC-DMIS with non-contact laser sensors to collect and interpret those pointclouds.

PC-DMIS Laser supports these hardware configurations:

• Perceptron - Digital, V4, V4i, V4ix, and V5

• HP-L-10.6 (CMS106) for DCC

• HP-L-20.8 for DCC and Portable

• HP-L-5.8 for CMM. The supported types are:

• HP-L-5.8A-SYSTEM (AJ)

• HP-L-5.8T-SYSTEM (TKJ)

You can use the CMS108 on both DCC and Portable machines.

The main topics in this help document include:

• Attributes for Laser Measurement

• Getting Started

• Using the Probe Toolbox in PC-DMIS Laser

• Execution Modes

• Using Sound Events

• Using the Laser View

• Using the Scan Line Indicator

• Understanding the Visualization Tools

• Pointcloud Scanning Colors

• Using the Laser Toolbars

• Using Pointclouds

• Pointcloud Operators

• Gages

• Pointcloud Alignments

• TCP/IP Pointcloud Server

• Extracting Auto Features from Pointclouds

• Extracting Auto Features from a Mesh

• Creating Auto Features with a Laser Sensor

• Clearing Auto Feature Scan Data

• Scanning Your Part Using a Laser Sensor

• Simulate Scanning by Importing a Pointcloud

• Handling Laser Sensor Errors with On Error Command

• Using the Mesh Commands

If you come across something in the software that isn't covered in this documentation, see the PC-DMIS Core documentation.