Pointcloud Toolbar

Pointcloud Toolbar

The Pointcloud toolbar provides all pointcloud operations, features, and functions. It is accessible from the View | Toolbars | Pointcloud menu depending on your system's configuration.

All options may not be available. Some options require specific licensing to enable them.

The following options are available from this toolbar:

Pointcloud - This button opens the Pointcloud dialog box that you can use to create pointcloud features. For details on this dialog box and how to create pointcloud features, see "Manipulating Pointclouds" in the "Using Pointclouds" chapter of the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Operator - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box that you can use to perform different operations on pointcloud (COP) commands and other Pointcloud operator commands. For details on this dialog box and how to create pointcloud operators, see "Pointcloud Operators" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Mesh - This button opens the Mesh Command dialog box that you can use to define a mesh command for pointclouds. For details, see "Creating a Mesh Feature" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation. This option is only available if you have the Mesh and Big COP licenses.

Portable Scanning Widget - This button displays the Portable Scanning Widget toolbar. When you connect to a portable device, and the active probe is a laser scanner, PC-DMIS automatically shows the Portable Scanning Widget toolbar. For details on the Portable Scanning Widget toolbar, see "Portable Scanning Widget Toolbar" in the PC-DMIS Portable documentation.

Pointcloud Data Collection Parameters - This button opens the Laser Data Collection Settings dialog box that you can use to define data filtering and an exclusion plane for your pointcloud data. For details on this dialog box, see the "Laser Data Collection Settings" topic.

Simulate Pointcloud - This button opens the Simulate dialog box. You can use the dialog box to select and import a pointcloud file. PC-DMIS then simulates the scanning of the imported pointcloud data. For details on simulating a scan of an imported pointcloud, see "Simulate Scanning by Importing a Pointcloud" in this documentation.

Pointcloud Boolean Operation - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Boolean operator selected. For details on the dialog box and on how to create a Boolean pointcloud operator, see "BOOLEAN" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter of the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Cross Section Pointcloud - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the CROSS SECTION option selected. Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Cross Section toolbar:

For details on pointcloud cross sections and how to use the Pointcloud Cross Section toolbar, see "CROSS SECTION" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter of this documentation.

Clean Pointcloud - When you click this button, the CLEAN operation immediately eliminates outlier COP points based on the default MAX DISTANCE of the points to the CAD. If the distance of a point is greater than the Max distance value, the software considers the point as an outlier or not belonging to the part. To use this operation, you must establish at least a rough alignment (see "Creating a Pointcloud/CAD Alignment") and a CAD model. For details on the CLEAN pointcloud operator, see "CLEAN" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Empty Pointcloud - When you click this button, PC-DMIS immediately removes all the data from the currently selected COP. Be aware that this change is permanent, so use with caution. For details on the EMPTY pointcloud operator, see "EMPTY" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Filter Pointcloud - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the FILTER operation selected. The operation filters data to a smaller subset of points. For details on the FILTER pointcloud operator, see "FILTER" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Export - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box for the currently selected export option.

For details on how to export supported file types, see "Pointcloud EXPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Export toolbar:

The options available are:

Export Pointcloud in IGES Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT IGES operation selected. The Export IGES operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in IGES format to an IGES file.

Export Pointcloud in XYZ Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT XYZ operation selected. The Export XYZ operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in XYZ format to an XYZ file.

Export Pointcloud in PSL Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT PSL operation selected. The Export PSL operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in PSL format to a PSL file.

Pointcloud Import - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box for the currently selected import option.

For details on how to import supported file types, see "Pointcloud IMPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Import toolbar:

The options available are:

Import Pointcloud in XYZ Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT XYZ operation selected. The Import XYZ operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the XYZ format.

Import Pointcloud in PSL Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT PSL operation selected. The Import PSL operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the PSL format.

Import Pointcloud in STL Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT STL operation selected. The Import STL operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the STL format.

Import Pointcloud in NSD Format - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT NSD operation selected. The .nsd file contains X, Y, Z points inside a binary file. These files are typically created by the 3DReshaper Meteor application.

Purge Pointcloud - When you click this button, PC-DMIS immediately removes all data points that do not belong to this operator. It is irreversible and affects all other operator commands that refer to the same COP container, so use with caution. For details on the Purge pointcloud operator command, see "PURGE" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Reset Pointcloud - When you click this button, PC-DMIS immediately reverses the most recent Surface Colormap, Point Colormap, Select or Clean (unless Purge has been done) operations. For details on the Reset pointcloud operator command, see "RESET" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Select Pointcloud - Click this button to use the default Polygon selection method to select and remove a portion of the COP.

After you click this button:

For details on the Select pointcloud operator command, see the "SELECT" topic in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

The Select Pointcloud option differs from the use of the pointcloud operator as it immediately applies the function and is not added as a command. To create the command, open the pointcloud operator, and choose the Select method.

TCP/IP - This button performs the currently selected operation described below.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the TCP/IP toolbar:

The options available are:

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server receive data - This button places PC-DMIS in a "watch" state, where it is ready to receive a pointcloud file from a client application. The client application must initiate sending the pointcloud data. This button only appears when you run PC-DMIS in Offline mode.

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server Connection with Local Copy - This button establishes the connection with the client and sends the pointcloud data directly to the client. When the scan finishes, the pointcloud data remains inside the measurement routine. For details on the TCP/IP Pointcloud server connection, see "TCP/IP Pointcloud Server".

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server Connection without Local Copy - This button establishes the connection with the client and sends the pointcloud data directly to the client. When the scan finishes, the pointcloud data is deleted from the measurement routine. For details on the TCP/IP Pointcloud server connection, see "TCP/IP Pointcloud Server".

Pointcloud Alignment - This button opens the Pointcloud/CAD Alignment dialog box that you can use to create Pointcloud to CAD and COP to COP alignments. For details, see "Pointcloud/CAD Alignment Dialog Box Description" in the "Pointcloud Alignments" chapter of the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Colormap - This button opens the dialog box for the operator shown on the button.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Colormap toolbar:

The Pointcloud Colormap toolbar allows you to select between the Surface Colormap, Point Colormap and Thickness Colormap options.

From left to right, the buttons are:

Surface Colormap - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Surface Colormap operator selected. The SURFACE COLORMAP operation applies a colored shading to the CAD model. The software shades the model according to the deviations of the pointcloud compared to the CAD. The Pointcloud Surface Colormap operator uses the colors defined in the Edit Dimension Colors dialog box, and the tolerance limits specified in the Upper tolerance and Lower tolerance boxes.

You can create multiple surface colormaps in a PC-DMIS measurement routine. However, only one is active. The last surface colormap that was applied and created, or the last one executed, is always the currently active colormap. You can also select which colormap is the active one from the Colormaps list box. You can also show or hide the active colormap from the Activate Colormap button () on the Graphic Items toolbar, or from the menu (Operation | Graphic Display Window | Graphic Items | Activate Colormaps). For details on how to show and hide colormaps with the Activate Colormap option, see the "Show / Hide Colormaps" section in the "Surface Colormap" topic.

When you activate a new colormap, PC-DMIS displays its associated scale with tolerance values and any annotations in the Graphic Display window.

To activate a colormap from the Colormaps list, click the Colormaps list box and select the colormap from the list of defined Colormap operators:

For details on the Pointcloud Surface Colormap operator, see "SURFACE COLORMAP" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Point Colormap - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Point Colormap operator selected. The Point Colormap operation evaluates the deviations of the data points contained in a COP command compared to a CAD object. You can use this command to color the entire Pointcloud, or to display the points as dots, needles and/or text. For details on the Pointcloud Point Colormap operator, see "POINT COLORMAP" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Thickness Colormap - This button opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Thickness Colormap operator selected. The Thickness Colormap allows you to show and measure the part thickness as a colormap using only the Mesh or Pointcloud (COP) data object. You can also compare the measured thickness to the nominal CAD model thickness. For details on the Thickness Colormap option, see "Pointcloud Thickness Colormap" in this documentation.

More:

Using the Laser Toolbars

Using Pointclouds

Creating a Mesh Feature

Thickness Colormap

QuickCloud Toolbar

Mesh Toolbar

Pointcloud Operators

Pointcloud Alignments

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server