The QuickCloud toolbar is only available if you configure your PC-DMIS license as a Portable device.
It provides the buttons to complete all the steps from start to finish for working with Pointclouds.
The toolbar provides drop-down button functionality for the Cross Section, Pointcloud Colormap, Auto Feature, and Dimension buttons.
PC-DMIS stores the last-selected option for each button and displays it the next time the software shows the toolbar.
You can add drop-down buttons to any customizable toolbar in PC-DMIS from the View | Toolbars | Customize menu option.
For details on all Pointcloud toolbar buttons, see "Pointcloud Toolbar" in the "Using the Laser Toolbars" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
The QuickCloud toolbar provides these options:
Import
from CAD File - Displays an Open dialog
box to import any one of the supported part models from your library.
To view the available file types, select the Files
of Type drop-down list.
For details, see "Importing a CAD File" in the "Using Advanced File Options" chapter in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
CAD Vectors
- Displays the CAD Vectors dialog box to view
and manipulate surface vectors.
For details, see "Editing CAD Vectors" in the "Editing the CAD Display" chapter in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Portable Scanning
Widget - 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, see "Portable Scanning Widget Toolbar".
Pointcloud
Data Collection Parameters - Displays the Laser
Data Collection Settings dialog box. You can use it to define scan
profiles, data filtering, and an exclusion plane for your pointcloud data.
For details, see "Laser Data Collection Settings" in the "Using Pointclouds" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Select
Pointcloud - Provides, by default, the Polygon selection method.
Select the vertices of the polygon and then press the End key to close
it.
The Select Pointcloud option differs from the use of the pointcloud operator because the software only applies the function and does not add it as a command. To create the command, open the pointcloud operator and choose the Select method.
Pointcloud
Operator - Displays the Pointcloud Operator
dialog box. You can use it to perform different operations on Pointcloud
(COP) commands and other Pointcloud operator commands.
For details, see "Pointcloud Operators" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Pointcloud
Alignment - Allows you to create Pointcloud (COP) to CAD and COP
to COP alignments.
For details, see "Pointcloud/CAD Alignment Dialog Box Description" in the "Pointcloud Alignments" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Clean Pointcloud
- When you click this button, the CLEAN operation immediately eliminates
outlier COP points. The outlier points are based on the default Max distance of the points to the CAD. If the
distance of a point is greater than the value of Max
distance, the software considers the point an outlier that does
not belong to the part. To use this operation, you must have established
at least a rough alignment.
For details on how to create rough alignments, see "Creating a Pointcloud/CAD Alignment" in the "Pointcloud Alignments" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
For details on the Clean Pointcloud operator, see "CLEAN" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter in the PC-MIS Laser documentation.
Cross
Section - Opens the Pointcloud Operator
dialog box with the CROSS SECTION option selected in the Operator
list.
For details on how to create cross section features, see "CROSS SECTION" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Click the small black arrow to display the Cross Section toolbar:
For details, see "Show and Hide Cross Section Polylines" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Mesh
- Displays the Mesh Command dialog box. You
can use this dialog box to define a Mesh command from pointclouds.
For details, see "Creating a Mesh Feature" in the "Using the Mesh Commands" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Pointcloud Colormap
- Displays the dialog box for the operator shown on the button.
Click the small black 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.
Caliper
- The Caliper is a quick-check tool that works
similarly to a physical caliper. It provides a local two-point size check
on the Pointcloud (COP), Mesh, or COPOPER (such as the COPSELECT, COPCLEAN,
or COPFILTER) object. The Caliper shows the measured length along the
selected axis or direction.
For details, see "Caliper Overview" in the "Gages" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.
Auto Feature
- Displays the Auto Feature dialog box for the
icon shown on the button. From the dialog box, you can select any of the
available feature commands to insert into the measurement routine.
Click the small black arrow to display the Auto Feature toolbar:
For details, see "Inserting Auto Features" in the "Creating Auto Features" chapter in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Dimension
- Displays the Dimension dialog box for the
icon shown on the button. From the dialog box, you can select any of the
available dimension commands to insert into the measurement routine.
Click the small black arrow to display the Dimension toolbar:
For details, see "Using Legacy Dimensions" and "Using Geometric Tolerances" in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Edit Custom
Report from Other Measurement Routine - Creates a Custom Report
from another measurement routine in your current measurement routine.
For details, see "Creating Custom Reports" in the "Reporting Measurement Results" chapter in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.
Insert
Custom Report - Inserts a custom report into your measurement routine
as with the Insert | Report Command | Custom Report
menu function.
For details, see "Embedding Reports or Templates into a Measurement Routine" in the "Inserting Report Commands" chapter in the PC-DMIS Core documentation.