Completing the General Feature Parameters Group for a Point Feature

You can use the options in the General feature parameters group to define the general parameters for a Point feature. The available options depend on the type that you select in the Type of measurement area:

Item

Description

Naming Rules area

Type list: Select the type of naming rule:

None: The PC-DMIS naming rule (None option) saves the features you create with a name based on the default PC-DMIS feature name and an integer value appended to it based on the Counter value.

VW: The Volkswagen naming rule (VW option) saves the feature you create with a name based on the Assembly ID, Counter, Meas type, and Alignment options set in the Naming rules area.

Custom: The Custom naming rule (Custom option) allows you to set the name of the features you create based on a Prefix, Counter, and Postfix options that you set.

Counter box: Type an integer value for the feature counter. The maximum value is four digits.

The Counter box is available for all three Type options, and it is the only option when you select None from the Type list.

PC-DMIS increments the Counter value by one each time you create a feature.

The following options appear when you select the VW type:

Assembly ID box: Type the 3-letter ID of the assembly.

Meas type list: Select the vehicle coordinate system for the VW naming rule:

N: New measurement type
M: Serial Measurement (Messpunkt)
F: Functional Measurement (Funktionsmass)
B: Sampling Inspection (Bemusterungspunkt)
Q: Report Measurement (Q_Berichtsmass)
A: Alignment Measurement
H: Additional Measurement

Alignment list

These options replace the Alignment list when you select N from the Meas type list:

Position 10 list: Select the vehicle coordinate system for the VW naming rule.

Position 12 list: Select the alignment area for the VW naming rule.

Select the alignment area for the VW naming rule:

_: Vehicle Coordinate System (RPS-Ausrichtung)
A: Local alignment A
B: Local alignment B
C: Local alignment C
D-Y: Alignment type D through Y
Z: Relative (Bezug zu einem anderem Messelement)

These options appear when you select the Custom type:

Prefix: Type a prefix for the name of your feature. PC-DMIS uses this as the first part of the feature name. The maximum number of characters for the Prefix is 12.
Postfix: Type a postfix for the name of your feature. PC-DMIS uses this as the last part of the feature name. The maximum number of characters for the Postfix is 5.

Other area

Set list: Select the name of the group of elements.

Thickness box: Type the thickness to be applied as an actual value to the surface or edge values of the feature.

Thickness toggle list: Select the thickness toggle:

NONE: No thickness is applied, even if you enter a thickness value.
ACTUAL: The thickness is applied.

Safe distance list: Type or select the distance move before and after the measurement.

Avoidance move list: Select when to apply an avoidance move:

NONE (no avoidance move)
BOTH (both before and after the feature is measured)
BEFORE (only before the feature is measured)
AFTER (only after the feature is measured)

Symmetrical check box: If this element also exists on the other side of the car, select this check box.

Shank measurement area

Select the type of shank measurement:

By tip number option: Select this option if you have created a probe with two styli on one mount point. One stylus represents the ball, and the other stylus represents the shank. The tip number for the ball is between 1 and 5. The tip number for the shank is the tip number for the ball plus 5. The ESF command changes the tip number when a point is measured with the shank.
For example, it changes 1 to 6, 2 to 7, 3 to 8, 4 to 9, and 5 to 10.
By offset option: Select this option if you want to measure a point along the shank direction and then construct an offset point to get the original measure position.

Immersion depth box: Type the offset of the measured point along the shank direction.

Relative measurement area

Off option: Select this option if you do not want to use relative measurement.

Single option: Select this option to measure a single feature from the XYZ list. The list appears when you select Single:

Relative measurement area with Single option

Multiple option: Select this option to measure multiple features (one for each axis) from the X, Y, and Z lists. These lists appear when you select Multiple:

Relative measurement area with Multiple option

Optical parameter area

Pointcloud list: Select the pointcloud from which you want to extract the feature.

Diameter box: ESF constructs a sphere with this diameter around the nominal position and filters out any points that are outside of this sphere.

Max. deviation box: Type the maximum deviation between two points in the COP. If two points have a higher deviation, the extraction fails.

Max. distance box: Type the maximum distance between two points in the COP. If two points have a higher deviation, the extraction fails.

Avg. distance box: Type the average distance between two points in the COP. If the average distance is higher, the extraction fails.

Force computation check box: If you select this check box, ESF tries to extract the feature even if you do not complete the other parameters in this area.