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Description

The purpose of the GEO Thread tool is to measure the thread on a bolt to determine the pitch, depth, and plateau.

Using the GEO Thread Tool

The user must do some preperatory work with the bolt before implementing this tool.
The user needs to grab and image of the bolt to find the edge points along the bolt. This can be done using the Edge tool or any other tool that will be ablt to find the points along the edge of an object. The user also then has the option of determining the "Best Line". This can be done using the Line Manual tool or any other of the line tool's that will help the user create the optimal line to measure against to find the measurements of the bolt. The "Optional Best Line" is an additional but optional way for the user to find his results.

Inputs

Once the user has found his edge points he needs to input them into the Thread tool's inputs page into the "points" box.
The user should also input the CIF Viewer from the ROTMain into the "CIFViewer" box.
If the user has found his optional best line it should be inputted into the "Optional Best Line" box.

Parameters

The parameters are the resulting measurements that are computed once the tool is run. These are all listed seperately on the parameters page.
The user may input a
Band ie minDistance = MeanDist * (1.0-Band);

If set at 0.1 This gives a tolerance level of 10% so that any small minor deviations in measurement are ignored to help determine what is a true pitch or what is the true depth.

a value of 1 disables

The RenderStyleMinPoints, RenderStyleMaxPoints, and Refresh Viewer options are all tools to help determine how the user would like the results to be displayed on the Viewer once the tool has run. 
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