Enter the name of this Blade Section command, or use the default (recommended) ID.

Select COP or Mesh.

Use this button to import the Nominal file for the blade.

• If you are using BladeRunner to execute the measurement routine: As required by the PC-DMIS Blade Analysis software, a folder with the name "Blade" is created in the BladeRunner installation folder. Create a subfolder with a meaningful name for the blade. All of the relevant files should be placed in this subfolder.
  
  The names of all of the files should be same as the name of the subfolder. The Nominal file has the extension .nom and resides in this subfolder of the BladeRunner installation directory (usually C:\BladeRunner\blades).

• If you are executing the measurement routine from PC-DMIS: As required by the PC-DMIS Blade Analysis software, create a folder and give it a meaningful name. (You can create the folder in any location.) All of the relevant blade files should be placed in this folder. The names of all the files should be same as the name of the folder. The Nominal file has the extension .nom and resides in this folder.

PC-DMIS reads the Nominal file and display the information from it in the appropriate parameters in the Section Parameters area. When you import the Nominal file, the Blade Section command refers to the Blade Scan Lookup Table (BladeScan.LookupTable.xml) and inserts the suggested point density for the chord length of the blade. You can then modify these parameters. For more information about the table, see "Modifying the Blade Scan Lookup Table".

You can use the Blade Section command to section full sections, partial sections, square sections, and skew sections.

This area displays all of the blade section names in the Nominal file that you imported. The Blade Section command sections (constructs) only the blade sections that are selected in this area. By default, all of the blade sections are selected for sectioning (constructing). If you do not want to section (construct) a certain blade section, clear its check box. To select a blade section, click its check box.

You can set the parameters in the Selections, Low Density Zone, and High Density Zone areas for multiple blade sections at one time by doing the following:

1. In the Sections area, click the check box for the first section.

2. Press and hold down the Shift key on your keyboard.

3. Click the check box for the last section. The check boxes for all of the sections between the first and last sections you selected is automatically selected. You can also select multiple sections by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and then clicking the check box for each section that you want to scan.

4. Set the desired parameters.

5. Click the Apply button.

Only the parameters modified in this way are changed.

This area displays the parameters for the blade section that you selected in the Sections area.

This area displays the CAD model for the blade section that you selected in the Sections area. (If you selected two or more sections, the View area is blank.) These zoom options are available:

• Zoom in 100% - Click this icon to zoom in on the CAD model by 100 percent per click. You can click this icon at most five times to get a 500 percent zoom.

• Zoom out 100% - Click this icon to zoom out on the CAD model by 100 percent per click if you are already zoomed in. If you have not zoomed in at all, you can only zoom out by 100 percent one time.

• Zoom to 1:1 - Click this icon to restore the size of the CAD model to the original 1 to 1 zoom size.

• Use the mouse wheel button to zoom in and zoom out.

• Press both left and right mouse buttons and then draw box to zoom in.

You can also do the following in the View area:

• Click and hold the left mouse button, and then move the mouse to translate the CAD model in the View area.

• Press and hold down the Ctrl key, left-click at the same time, and drag the appropriate Fast Speed Zone circle, Slow Speed Zone circle, or Clear Distance line to dynamically change its value.

This area displays all of the available COPs or Mesh in the measurement routine.

Delta box - Applies to the COP type only. This value is the distance within the section height that the Blade Section command looks for points in the COP.

Gap Fill Distance box - Applies to the COP type only. This box displays the current setting for the CrossSectionMaximumEmptyLength registry entry in the Settings Editor application. For more information, refer to the documentation for the Settings Editor application.

Smoothing Factor - When this value is set to 0 (zero), a very small internal smoothing factor is applied.

When you use the Smoothing Factor, PC-DMIS applies a Least Square fit with a smoothing constraint to an ordered set of points.

For more information, refer to the "CROSS SECTION" topic in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Low Density Zone - This zone defines the default point density for the blade section. This can be set equal to the point density required in the middle part of the blade.

High Density Zone - This zone defines the points near the tail and nose area. The points at a higher density are required to measure the sharp ends accurately.

High Density Radius - This zone defines the high density point zone. Enter the radius value with tail or nose points as the center. High density zones display as circles in the View area.

Click this button to perform a test scan of a blade section as follows:

1. Select the desired section(s) in the Sections area.

2. Click the Test button.

Click this button to set all of the parameters for each blade section that you selected in the Sections area.