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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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