Ensure that you have a laser probe enabled.
Place PC-DMIS into DCC mode.
Select the Insert | Scan | Linear Open menu item. The Scan dialog box opens with the Linear Open Scan option already selected in the Scan type list.
If you want your scan to traverse some of the surfaces between the start and end points but not all the surfaces, use the Select check box and select those surfaces as discussed in the "CAD Controls" topic. To access these controls, click the Advanced >> button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box if necessary, and then click the Graphics tab at the bottom.
If you are going to use the boundary points to help define the scan path, add the 1 point (starting point), the D point (direction to scan), and the 2 point (ending point) to the scan by following the appropriate procedure discussed in the "Boundary Points” topic.
If you want to scan all the surfaces between the start and end points, you do not need to select all of the surfaces. To have PC-DMIS automatically scan across all the surfaces:
After you've selected the 1, D, and 2 points, access the Advanced section of the Graphics tab.
Mark the Select check box. Then click Deselect All to deselect any selected surfaces.
When you select the Generate button later in this procedure, PC-DMIS automatically generates the scan across all surfaces between the start and end points.
Make any changes to the vectors in the Vectors list. To do this, double-click on the vector, make any changes to the Edit Scan Item dialog box, and then click OK to return to the Scan dialog box.
Type the name of the scan in the ID box.
Select the Measure check box if you want to execute the scan and measure it at creation time.
Set the distance between the generated theoretical points in the Increment box.
Select the method for defining the scan path from the Read File, Manual Hits, Generate, and Spline Points options.
If needed, you can delete individual points. To delete them, select them one at a time in the Theoretical Path area and press the Delete key on your keyboard.
If needed, make additional modifications to your scan.
In the Pointcloud reference feature box, type the ID of the pointcloud object that will receive the surface data.
In the Hit Type list, you can select Surface Point in case you want to convert scan data into Surface Point laser commands. PC-DMIS inserts these commands into the Edit window when you click the Create button.
WARNING: Once you mark the Measure check box, and click Create, you must keep clear of the machine. The software starts the measurement routine and the machine will move. Injury may result if you are not clear of the machine.
Click the Create button. PC-DMIS inserts the scan into the Edit window if the Create only points check box is cleared.
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