Completing the Flush and Gap General Feature Parameters

You can use the options in the General feature parameters group to define the general parameters for a Flush or Gap feature. The available options depend on what you select for the Type option:

For details on these options, see "Completing the CAD Selection Group for a Flush and Gap Feature" in this documentation.

The following graphics show the options for each feature.

MA, MB, MC, MD, and NA Features:

Descriptions

The following table describes the options.

For descriptions of the icons that appear in this group, see "Using the Icons".

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.

Optical parameters area

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

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

Height Clipping box: Type the value to define the height of the yellow clipping box.

Width Clipping box: Type the value to define the width of the yellow clipping box.

Length Clipping box: Type the value to define the length of the yellow clipping box.

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.

More:

Creating a Flush or Gap Feature

Completing the CAD Selection Group for a Flush and Gap Feature

Completing the Feature Definition Group for Flush and Gap Features