Cylinder Feature

Creates a GR-Cylinder feature that dynamically builds a circle from the associated points, clouds or geometry.

Cylinder Features report the following criteria:

 

Cylinder Fit Settings include the following specific considerations:

ConstraintsSA offers the ability to perform constrained fits as well as full RMS fits.

Use Exhaustive Search This selection can be used to use a full search of potential fit solutions.

Align With Nominal The normal vector can also be set dynamically to match the nominal line using the Align with Nominal check box. This ensures the Angle Between value reported is always the smallest possible angle.

 

Cardinal Points

3 cardinal points can be built using the GR-Cylinder feature. These include both the origin point, the center point, and a point on the far end of the cylinder.

 

Impingement Plane

The impingement plane concept was added to aid in roller alignment applications. The idea being that the reference roller should be set at a given depth relative to a tangent plane set by the two adjacent rollers. The 3 Impingement criteria are computed dynamically to return statistics on these values. This can be used in conjunction with a dynamic tangent plane built between two cylinders.