Functions Of The Measuring Programs - MICRO-EPSILON surfaceCONTROL 3D Instruction Manual

Introduction
1.5

Functions of the Measuring Programs

This list of functions should only be used as a brief overview. The measuring programs are split into three
groups. A detail description of all measuring programs can be found in Chapter 5.1,
- Data preprocessing: Programs for selection, filtering, transformation and alignment of point clouds
can be found in this group.
 Calibrate Position: Adjusting the mounting position of the sensor using a static rotation and
translation.
 Select Points: Select 3D points by using regions of interest and discard the remaining points.
 Bounding Box Alignment: Align a point cloud by means of a bounding box.
 Plane Alignment: Align a point cloud by means of a plane.
 Contour Alignment: Align a point cloud by means of a contour.
 Trend Removal: Remove a trend of a point cloud.
 Average Filter: Filter a point cloud by using an average filter.
 Median Filter: Filter a point cloud by using a median filter.
 Low Pass Filter: Filter a point cloud by using a low pass filter.
 High Pass Filter: Compute the difference of a point cloud which has been filtered with a low
pass filter from the original point cloud.
 Closing: Fill gaps of a point cloud by using a dilatation and an erosion filter.
 Erosion: Filter a point cloud by using an erosion filter.
- Find objects: Programs for fitting geometric objects can be found in this group.
 Center of Gravity: Calculate the center of gravity of 3D points.
 Extreme Point: Calculate an extreme point of 3D points.
 Plane Fit: Calculate a fitting plane through 3D points.
 Sphere Fit: Calculate a fitting sphere through 3D points.
 Cylinder Fit: Calculate a fitting cylinder through 3D points.
 Circular Hole: Measure a circular hole in a point cloud.
 Circular Pad: Measure a circular pad in a point cloud.
 Rectangular Pad: Measure a rectangular pad in a point cloud.
 Edge: Measure a straight edge in a point cloud.
- Combine Objects: Programs for combing previously found objects.
 Distance: Calculate the distance between two objects.
 Angle: Calculate the angle difference between two objects.
 Object intersection: Calculate a new geometric object by intersection of two objects.
 Perpendicular Point: Calculate a point by an orthogonal projection from a point to a plane or
a line.
6.1 and 6.2.
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