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Video Inspection Software User’s Guide
Program Edit Toolbar
The Program Edit toolbar is displayed when an M3 program is placed in the edit mode. Program recording, playback
and editing are discussed in detail in Section 11: Programming.
The Program Edit toolbar contains:
1 Play button
2 Play From Here button
3 Record Into button
4 Re-measure Feature button
5 Step and repeat button
6 Ask button
7 Delete Program Step button
Play Button
Press the Play button to reinitiate program playback after the program has been paused.
Play From Here Button
Press the Play From Here button to reinitiate program playback from the current program line location.
Record Into Button
Press the Record Into button to insert a new program step after the current location.
Re-measure Feature Button
Press the Re-measure Feature button to replace the feature measurement at the current location with new feature measurement.
Step and Repeat Button
Press the Step and Repeat button to specify a grid of repeat measurements or constructions for the selected feature in the edit mode.
Ask Button
Press the Ask button to insert a user-defined message, image or request variable data before the current program location.
Delete Program Step Button
Press the Delete Feature Step button to delete the feature step at the current location.
NOTE
Various program steps can be deleted, such as feature measurements, light control, and magnification steps. However, program steps that are part of the datum creation cannot be deleted. Additionally, datum features cannot be re-measured or edited into a program with the Record Into function
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Feature List
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Section 3: Probes
Features are measured by probing points along the edge of the feature within the live video window. Points are probed as part of either an explicit or automatic feature measurement using one of the video or touch probes. There are two main categories of video probes and two of touch probes:
Crosshair video probes
Multipoint video probes
Straight down touch probes
Star touch probes
NOTE
Touch probes are included only as an option on CNC systems.
Crosshair Probes
Crosshair probes capture a single point at a time. The simple crosshair probe requires that the operator manually line up the crosshair center with a point to be probed on the feature edge.
The active crosshair must still be aligned with the part by the user but the probe incorporates a relatively large area of edge detection and will detect the feature edge automatically, thereby increasing speed and accuracy.
Multipoint Video Probes
Two multipoint probes capture several points along an edge in a single probe firing. The MeasureLogic probe measures features with a single press of the fingertip or click of the mouse cursor on a feature edge. The
MeasureLogic probe can automatically determine the feature type being measured eliminating the need to identify a feature type prior to probing. The EyeMeasure probe is drawn directly on an edge by the operator’s fingertip or the mouse cursor and facilitates probing complex or partially obscured part edges. The number of points captured by multi-point probes can be set by the user and is discussed later in this section.
NOTE
Some M3 Systems support the Auto Focus mode which performs z-axis focus position calculations. Single point probes can be used in non-CNC manual zoom systems, and both the multipoint and single point probes can be used in motorized zoom CNC systems.
Touch Probes
Touch probes capture a single point at a time and are placed in contact with the part features manually as programs are recorded and then automatically as the programs are played back. While video probes typically probe part features in XY space, touch probes probe three-dimensional features in XYZ space.
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