Laser Probe Toolbox: Laser Scan Properties tab

The Laser Scan Properties tab defines how PC-DMIS acquires data from the scan, and whether or not scan lines and feature visualizations appear in the Graphic Display window.

Show/Hide Stripes - This button toggles the display of the laser stripes on the part model. Click this button to allow the laser scan stripes to appear in real time in the Graphic Display window. PC-DMIS limits how the stripes appear in the Graphic Display window to the distance of the feature nominal plus the Overscan value. The software uses the Overscan value to control the amount of clipping and the visibility of the stripe. The graphic below gives an example of how these stripes appear.

Visualization Tools ON/OFF - This button toggles the display of the colored visualization tools. For more information, see "Understanding the Visualization Tools".

Show/Hide Segregated Points - This button toggles the

display of those points that the software passes to the feature extractor engine based on the current settings.

Showing segregated points inside a sample Flush and Gap feature

Initialize Probe - This button starts or initializes the laser. You can't do anything with the laser until you initialize it. This takes about 15 seconds. This button appears on this tab for Portable configurations.

Projector: This button is only available for V5 Perceptron probes on manual arms. Click this button to turn on a projected

grid of red light that shines on the part. This acts like the cross hairs on a target. As you move the probe toward or away from the part, the probe's laser scan line moves through this target. For optimal results, the laser's scan line should line up with the center line of this target. This essentially serves the same purpose as the scan line indicator, which helps you to keep the probe at the optimal height when you measure the part. Since this only functions in manual applications, PC-DMIS disables this icon if you use the Probe Toolbox within the Auto Feature dialog box.

This actual picture of the Projector shows the rectangular grid-like projection of light. The brighter horizontal line is the laser's scan line.

Starting with PC-DMIS 2019 R2, PC-DMIS no longer supports the Perceptron laser sensor. While you may still be able to install PC-DMIS 2019 R2 and later, PC-DMIS displays an error if you attempt to run measurement routines that use the Perceptron scanner. For additional information, please contact Technical Support.

AutoZoom ON/OFF - This button turns the laser AutoZoom functionality on or off. Whenever you start the scan, AutoZoom dynamically pans, zooms, rotates, and sizes the view containing the laser data in the Graphic Display window to show the incoming data.

You can override the limitations with the up and down arrows, or enter a value into any of the boxes. However, your machine rejects invalid values and forces them to a valid number.