SpatialAnalyzer®

What's New in SA

SA Release 2013.12.10

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Arm Instrument Toolbar

A new instrument toolbar has been added for portable CMM arm operation. The arm toolbar is a greatly simplified interface for taking simple measurements with an arm. It is perfect for taking simple measurements
or measuring an inspection routine with the SA Toolkit.

To access this new toolbar, click the Switch to Instrument Toolbar button in the arm interface. For details on using the new toolbar, refer to “Measuring with Arms” in the SA User Manual.

New Relationship Types: Average Point

Two new relationship types have been added:

  • Average Point. Creates a point that is the average of all associated
    points.
  • Average Point to Nominal. Creates a point that is the average of all associated points, and compares it to a nominal point.

The points can be projected to a plane before averaging.

These relationships are accessible in the menus via Relationships>Average Point>Average Point and Relationships>Average Point>Average Point to Nominal. They are also available as new icons in the Relationships tab of the SA Toolkit.

PDF Image Compression Control

You can now disable image compression when outputting a report to PDF format. This will yield a higher quality report image, at the expense of larger file size.

To disable compression, uncheck the Image Compression option in the PDF Printing section of the SA report settings dialog.

Toolkit/Toolbar Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts and T-Probe/4-button remote functions have been added for the SA Toolkit and Instrument Toolbars:

  • F6 (‘A’ button). Toggle measurement in the instrument toolbar.
  • F7 (‘B’ button). Go to the next feature in the toolkit.
  • Ctrl + F7. Go to the previous feature in the toolkit.
  • F8 (‘C’ button). Remove last point in the toolbar.
  • Ctrl + F8. Stop trapping in the toolkit.
  • F9 (‘D’ button). Iterate the measurement mode in the toolbar.
  • F10. Iterate the active target in the toolbar.
  • F12. Find the reflector (target search) in the toolbar.

New Instrument Supported: Leica Nova Series MultiStations

Support has been added for the new Leica Nova series multiStations.

These instruments support traditional total station behavior, but also incorporate perimeter scanning technology.

This includes both scanning and camera capture. Remote video can be watched with VLC player, which can be downloaded at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/. Once installed, a ‘Video’ button will appear on the interface camera dialog.

Leica B-Probe Support

SA now supports the new B-Probe from Leica, which works with the AT402 laser tracker.

Note: Both the B-Probe and the 402 must have compatible firmware versions for proper operation. Refer to Leica for more information.

Leica AT 402 Enhancements

  • Discovery Support Added. The connection dialog for AT402s now supports IP discovery. .NET Framework v4.5 or later is required.
  • Color Overview Camera Support. Support for color imagery from the overview camera has been added. This requires a new OCX file to be installed, available at ftp://ftp.kinematics.com//pub/SA/Install/Driver%20Downloads/Laser%20Trackers/Leica/EmScon/Camera/.

Leica EmScon Enhancements

  • Brightness & Contrast Controls. Controls for brightness and contrast of the overview camera have been added to the video window.
  • SensorError SDK Support. Error conditions are now reported with more detail and potentially with proposed solutions.
  • PowerLock button. The PowerLock toggle button has been added back by popular request.

Leica Total Station Manual Weather Input

Manual weather data can now be entered in the options dialog for Leica total stations.

MeteoStation As External Weather Source

AT MeteoStations can now be connected directly to your computer and used as an external weather source for the laser tracker interface. If connected to an EmScon controller, it should still be set as an internal
weather source.

Note that this may require installation of a USB to COM driver so that the MeteoStation creates a COM port when plugged into the computer (available from ftp://ftp.kinematics.com/pub/SA/Install/Driver%20Downloads/Laser%20Trackers/Leica/EmScon/Driver%20USBtoCOM %20for%20ATMeteo%20as%20External%20Weather%20Source/).

New MP Commands

  • Import SAT File. Imports a .SAT file into the current job.
  • Import MP File as Embedded MP. Imports an MP file into the current job as an embedded MP.
  • Delete from ODBC Database. Deletes records from an ODBC database.
  • Show Items in Tree. Shows specified items in the tree, optionally collapsing all other tree categories.
  • Construct Point Clouds from Existing Clouds - Uniform Spacing. Creates a point cloud as a uniformly-spaced subset of existing clouds.
  • Make a Datum Ref List from a Collection. Creates a list of all datums in a collection.
  • Get i-th String From String Ref List (Iterator). Iterates through a list of strings, retrieving a string on each iteration.
  • Get Number of Datums in Datum Ref List. Returns the number of datums in a list of datums.
  • Get i-th Datum From Datum Ref List. Retrieves a specific datum from a list of datums.
  • Get i-th Datum From Datum Ref List (Iterator). Iterates through a list of datums, retrieving one datum on each iteration.
  • Refresh Datums/Feature Checks From Annotations. Updates
    the datums/feature checks associated with the specified annotations.
  • Set Relationship Position Fit Constraints (Vector Type). Sets positional constraints for a frame to frame relationship.
  • Set Relationship Orientation Fit Constraints (Vector Type). Sets orientational constraints for a frame to frame relationship.
  • Start Robot/Machine Interface. Starts the interface for a robot/machine.
  • Stop Robot/Machine Interface. Stops the interface for a robot/machine.

Click here to view this in pdf format. For additional improvements, fixes, and changes, please see the SA Readme file, accessible through our download page.