Table Of Contents - MICRO-EPSILON surfaceCONTROL 3D Instruction Manual

1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Using this Manual ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Overview of the Complete System ............................................................................................ 6
1.3 Definition of Basic Terms ........................................................................................................... 6
1.4 Operating Modes ....................................................................................................................... 6
1.5 Functions of the Measuring Programs ...................................................................................... 7
2. Installation and Preparation for Measurement Operation ................................................. 8
2.1 Installation Requirements .......................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Installation of the Software ......................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Connecting the Sensor to the PC .............................................................................................. 8
3. Working with 3DInspect .................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Launching 3DInspect ............................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Overview Description ............................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Steps for Setting the Parameters for a Measuring Task .......................................................... 11
3.4 Online Mode ............................................................................................................................ 11
3.4.1 Description of the "Sensor Settings" Box (reflectCONTROL) .................................................. 12
3.4.2 Make Reference Measurements (reflectCONTROL)................................................................ 14
3.4.3 Description of the "Sensor Settings" Box (surfaceCONTROL) ................................................ 17
3.4.4 Description of the "Resolution / Measuring field" Dialog Box ................................................. 19
3.4.5 Description of the "Advanced Sensor Settings" Dialog Box .................................................... 20
3.5 Offline Mode ............................................................................................................................. 20
3.5.1 Description of the "File Settings" Box ...................................................................................... 21
3.6 Saving Point Clouds ................................................................................................................ 22
3.6.1 Saving Point Clouds / 2D Measurement Data manually ......................................................... 22
3.6.2 Saving Point Clouds automatically .......................................................................................... 22
3.7 Description of the Status Display ............................................................................................. 23
3.8 Description of the "Display Settings" Box ................................................................................ 23
3.9 Description of the "Lighting / Surface" Box .............................................................................. 24
3.10 Description of the 3D-View ...................................................................................................... 26
3.11 3D-View Settings ...................................................................................................................... 27
3.12 Structure of a Measuring Program .......................................................................................... 30
3.13 Adding/Removing Measuring Programs ................................................................................. 30
3.14 Moving/Duplicating a Measuring Program .............................................................................. 32
3.15 Adding/Removing Measuring Program Groups ...................................................................... 32
3.16 Configuring a Measuring Program .......................................................................................... 34
3.16.1 Renaming a Measuring Program ............................................................................................. 34
3.16.2 Specifying a Measuring Task ................................................................................................... 34
3.16.3 Selecting Input Data ................................................................................................................ 35
3.16.4 Selecting 3D Points .................................................................................................................. 35
3.16.5 Resetting the Region of Interest .............................................................................................. 38
3.16.6 Adding/Removing Region of Interests ..................................................................................... 38
3.16.7 Setting the Parameters for a Measuring Program ................................................................... 38
3.16.8 Selecting Measured Values to be Used Further ...................................................................... 39
3.17 Saving and Loading Parameters ............................................................................................. 39
3.17.1 Saving Parameters to File ........................................................................................................ 39
3.17.2 Loading Parameters from File ................................................................................................. 39
3.17.3 Resetting Parameters to Factory Default ................................................................................. 40
3.18 User management ................................................................................................................... 40
3.19 Menu Bar .................................................................................................................................. 41
3.20 Functions of the "General" Toolbar ......................................................................................... 42
3.21 Basic Settings .......................................................................................................................... 44
3.22 Adjusting Sensor Network Settings (Ethernet Configurator) ................................................... 46
3.23 Exiting 3DInspect ..................................................................................................................... 48
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