Line Scans And Grid Scans; Step 1: Define Area Of Interest - Sensors & Software Conquest Series Manual

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Line Scans and Grid Scans

Your Conquest system is designed to make images of concrete structures at various depths.
Embedded features are revealed as layers (or depth slices) of concrete are stripped away.
Given the limitations mentioned in Section 4.5: P14, most sites are quite amenable to Conquest
measurements. The following is a simplified step-by-step approach that one should use to
investigate a site using your Conquest system.
5.1

Step 1: Define Area of Interest

The area of interest is defined to be one where you need to drill, cut or gain information for a
variety of purposes. In order to make images, Conquest must acquire data over an area that is
predefined in geometry. The standard procedure is to collect data on a grid which is a fixed size.
The standard grids can be either metric or imperial units.
The five grid sizes available are:
1. 24" x 24" or 600mm x 600mm
2. 48" x 48" or 1200mm x 1200mm
3. 24" x 48" or 600mm x 1200mm
4. 96" x 96" or 2400mm x 2400mm
5. 24" x 96" or 600mm x 2400mm
Details on setting the parameters for Grid Scans are described in Help > Grid Scan > Define
Parameters.
Your specific site will dictate what is practical and where you can operate. Obviously in tight
corners and spaces you may not be able to lay out a grid and this could limit the utility of
Conquest in very confined spaces. In this case you may have to collect a partial grid or use Line
Scan mode only, which is discussed in the next section (Section 5.2: P22).
Before starting any work, you should obtain information about any construction practice that can
help in your evaluations of the Conquest results. Remember that construction plans and
drawings are just that; design plans! In construction, the implementation can deviate from plan.
Don't be surprised when your Conquest results show some differences from your expectations.
This is a common occurrence.
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