Special Measurement Profiles

 

The ATS800 also offers a selection of specialized profiles for scanning operations:

ATS800 Specific Measurement Profiles:

Measurement Profiles common to both the ATS800 and ATS600:

 

Geometry Scan

The Geometry Scan measurement profile was added to facilitate direct geometry measurements from within SA. This uses much the same process as Feature Measurement but does not send the data to GR feature, it just measures the selected geometry and sends the data to SA. Use the View Selected Profile button to edit the profile settings.

 

This profile has two integrated buttons:

Use the Circles or Spheres buttons at the top of the dialog to add additional geometry from SA. The selections will be then added to a measurement list where the measurement method can be edited. More details can be found here: Feature Request Profiles

 

Area Scans

Regions used to define the extents of Area Scans are defined in advance as part of a measurement profile definition.

To do so, select one of the predefined Area Scan profiles as the active measurement profile and press the View Selected Profile button to edit the profile settings.

An Area Scan profile offers the following settings:

NOTE: You can move the tracker head to the desired position, and click directly in the profile grid on the Min Distance and Max Distance labels to make the tracker set these by measuring the distance to the surface where it is pointing.

 

Saving Scan Region Definitions with Measurement Profiles

The definitions of scan Area and Line regions have been streamlined as follows:

 

Measurement Profile - Operation

Notice at the bottom of the Measurement profile is a selection for the Operation this allows you to choose what type of data is sent to SA. So for example you want to send points rather than cloud points you can edit a profile to do that, or vice versa. With cloud points selected there is a buffer size that controls the size of the chuck of data sent to SA. So for example if you choose a buffer size of 2000 point and start scanning, SA will not get any data until this buffer is reached and then will receive 2000 points. This helps SA not get bogged down with a continual data stream.

 

 

Line Scans

Line definitions provide an alternative way to measure either in a linear progression or using a series of crossing lines perpendicular to a poly line. This measure mode is accessed using a Line Scan Acquisition

A Line Scan profile offers the following settings:

*Note - Lines are saved as part of the measurement profile. To clear them out you will need to delete them from within the OVC and Save the measurement profile. You should then see a notification “No Lines defined in Line Scan mode on the controller”. Re-opening the OVC will re-import any saved regions from the measurement profile.

 

 

Patch Scans

The Patch Scan Cloud profile was added to facilitate auto-measure type operations where the reference points define the center of a patch of a give size. Selecting points from SA defines a collection of scan regions on the controller such that each point is scanned using a square patch.

A Patch Scan profile offers the following settings:

 

From the Patch Scan profile window:

  1. Select “Add Patch(es)-SA Pts” to select points from SA. Hit “Enter” to create the patches, and update the OVC if it is open.

  2. Se the Patch Size as needed to define the size of the patch and edit the Patch Angle to adjust the scan direction (if helpful in applications like intensity target scanning).

  3. Select “View Patches” to open the OVC to show your patches and control the region density, or to update the OVC with changed settings.

The patch size (length of square perimeter around each selected point, perpendicular to tracker line of sight) can be set here as well. Patches are shown in the OVC’s Regions tab. Point to Point spacing and Grow / Shrink Width is set there, like it is for Area Scans (both are per-region parameters).

Note - Any pre-existing Patch perimeters are cleared when creating new ones, unlike perimeters in an Area Scan, where new perimeters are added, and existing regions are not cleared.