The Cloud Viewer button opens an advanced cloud processing utility which can be used for both viewing data that has been measured, processing that data, and defining regions to rescan.
The Mirror button opens the mirror target control dialog which
can be used for advanced applications where a mirror or set of mirrors are used as part of the measurement process. Mirror measurements expand the visibility of the LR such that it can measure through a first surface mirror and measure features on a part that could not be measured from the instruments location. Mirrors can even be chained together allowing full part visualization from a single instrument plant.
The position and normal of the mirror can be measured and returned to SA. This requires measurement of 2 points. The first point of a tooling ball directly and the second measuring the same tooling ball through the mirror.
If more than 2 points are measure, a plane is directly fit to the measurements and a mirror is defined from this plane fit.
This mirror definition can then be activated using the Reflect All Measurements check box. When active, the mirror icon will start flashing in the interface and additional measurement will be automatically reflected.
The Create Mirror Plane in SA option is helpful in that if you don’t automatically mirror measurements you can also directly mirror objects using the commands within SA.
The Continuously Repeat button initiated a continuous data stream to SA which sends updates by repeating the current measure- ment mode. This can be very helpful when using watch windows and performing layout operations.
These controls are used to define the way measurements are saved within the SA Tree.
Point measurements are saved using the specified point name:
Collection Name. Specify the collection name for the group and target to be stored. If left blank, the group and target will be stored in the active collection.
Group Name. Specify group name for target to be stored.
Target Naming. Specify name for target, target name will automatically increment after each measurement.
In the case where a target definition returns an object, be that a circle or a point cloud for example, the collection name still applies and the Group name is used for the object.
When measuring with the LR in different orientations, such that it is not oriented vertically with respect to gravity, additional compensations should be considered for optimal accuracy. Monument Compensation Model (MCM) calibrations can be used for this purpose. Settings>MCM Database opens a dialog which provides both a list of existing calibrations and offers the ability to record an additional one.
MP/SDK script control is also essential for the MCM process. The following commands are available:
LR APDIS Perform MCM Calibration. Allows a point group to be selected and measured to build a new calibration
LR APDIS Activate MCM Calibration. Provides the ability to set the active calibration when desired.
LR APDIS Get Active MCM Calibration. Provides the ability to check the current MCM calibration in use.
Different LR models come with both different capabilities and licensing restrictions. The current capability of your model can be checked under Instrument>Hardware Capabilities.
Displays information specific to the laser radar measurement process and can be viewed as a log of operations. The ellipsis arrows provide a means to open a larger record of the events and save them as a text file.