Adding and Using Control Points

1. Select Insert | Scan) to open the Scan dialog box.

2. Define your scan. Based on your type of scan, PC-DMIS automatically defines the minimum number of boundary points for these scan types:

• Plane

• Sphere

• Cone

• Cylinder

3. Click the Control Points tab.

4. Add interrupt point locations by one of these three available methods:

• Method 1 - Key-in point locations. Click the Add button and then type the required values for each point.

• Method 2 - Select the From manual hit check box and then use the machine to touch the locations on the part where you want to have the control points. PC-DMIS adds the information to the Control Points dialog box.

• Method 3 - Select the From manual hit check box and then in the Graphic Display window, click on the CAD model where you want to have the control points. PC-DMIS adds the information to the Control Points dialog box.

For the last two methods, PC-DMIS automatically snaps the chosen points to the cut plane of the scan for all scan types except Patch scans.

5. Continue to use the methods in step 4 to define all the desired control points.

6. Once you define all your control points, click the Create button. The Scan dialog box closes and creates your scan.

7. If you want to edit, delete, or add additional control points, click the Control Points tab at any time and make the modifications as needed.