To Points Conversion Area

To Points conversion area

The To Points conversion area in the Scan dialog box enables you to create Point laser commands. The commands start from the points that make up the scan.

Hit Type List

The default setting is No Points.

For a Perimeter scan, you can select either Surface Point or Edge Point in the list. For all other types of scans, you can select only Surface Point.

The points are collected in a collapsed GROUP command. The name of the command includes the name of the related scan, the pointcloud associated with it, and the point ID preceded by "Edge" (if you selected Edge Point).

Surface Point Group Command Mode Text

The following is an example of a collapsed GROUP command collecting Surface Points:

COP           = COP/DATA,TOTAL SIZE=468492,REDUCED SIZE=468492,

               FINDNOMS=NO,REF,SCN1,,

SCN1           =  FEAT/SCAN,PERIMETER,NUMBER OF HITS=4,

               SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO,POINTCLOUDID=COP

               MEAS/SCAN

               BASICSCAN/PERIMETER,NUMBER OF HITS=4,

               SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO

               ENDSCAN

               ENDMEAS/

SCN1_COP_PNT_GRP1=GROUP/SHOWALLPARAMS=NO

               EXECUTION CONTROL=AS MARKED

               ENDGROUP/ID=SCN1_GRP1

The following is an example of a GROUP command collecting Edge Points:

SCN2       =FEAT/SCAN,PERIMETER,NUMBER OF HITS=3,SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO,POINTCLOUDID=COP

            MEAS/SCAN

            BASICSCAN/PERIMETER,NUMBER OF HITS=3,SHOW HITS=NO,SHOWALLPARAMS=NO

            ENDSCAN

            ENDMEAS/

SCN2_COP_EDGEPNT_GRP2=GROUP/SHOWALLPARAMS=YES

            EXECUTION CONTROL=AS MARKED

PNT5         =FEAT/LASER/EDGE POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN

            THEO/<133.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            ACTL/<133.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            TARG/<133.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            DEPTH=0

            INDENT=1.5

            SPACER=0.5

            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO

            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES

              REFERENCE ID=COP

              SOUND=OFF

              HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=3,VERTICAL CLIPPING=3

              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=ON,10

PNT6       =FEAT/LASER/EDGE POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN

            THEO/<138.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            ACTL/<138.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            TARG/<138.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            DEPTH=0

            INDENT=1.5

            SPACER=0.5

            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO

            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES

              REFERENCE ID=COP

              SOUND=OFF

              HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=3,VERTICAL CLIPPING=3

              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=ON,10

PNT7       =FEAT/LASER/EDGE POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN

            THEO/<143.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            ACTL/<143.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            TARG/<143.992,0,0>,<0,-1,0>,<0,0,1>

            DEPTH=0

            INDENT=1.5

            SPACER=0.5

            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO

            SHOW_LASER_PARAMETERS=YES

              REFERENCE ID=COP

              SOUND=OFF

              HORIZONTAL CLIPPING=3,VERTICAL CLIPPING=3

              REMOVE POINTS WITH NORMALS OUTSIDE=ON,10

            ENDGROUP/ID=SCN2_COP_EDGEPNT_GRP2

Surface Points and Edge Points are extracted from the COP that you specified in the scan.

Consider the following figures that show Surface Points and Edge Points extracted from a COP using the Scan dialog box for a Perimeter scan:

Create only points

If you select the Create only points check box, PC-DMIS does not create the scan command. In this case, the GROUP command does not contain the name of the scan.

The SCAN command precedes the GROUP command in the Edit window if you create both commands.