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1. Catalog entry PartNo WA10 HT555 1H G TempAir 25 TempPiece 50 Use the High Temp Wedge Toolbar and options to render various beam paths 297 Lessons 19 6 1 1 ACALCULATE CORRECTION Calculates the beam path correction factors for all of the probes beamsets 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 40 30 20 298 Lessons 19 6 1 2 AX SINGLE ELEMENT Render a single element at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 40 30 20 10 10 299 Lessons 19 6 1 3 TRANSDUCER BONDS Render beams at the first and last element and from the center of the array at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 300 Lessons 19 6 1 4 ALL ELEMENTS Render a beam for each element in the array at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 40 10 301 Lessons 19 6 1 5 F PROBE BEAMSETS Render a beam path for each of the probes beamsets 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 30 To visualize the corrected HighTemp Beam Path in your workspace click on the E HighTemp icon in the PA Probe Configuration dialog box When turned on the original beam path is greyed out and the HighTemp beam path is shown in bold 302 Lessons 19 7 LESSON 7 A SCAN ADD ON In this lesson we will demonstrate the A Scan Add on functionality in BeamTool In order to proceed with this lesson you must have purchased the A Scan Add on module Please refer to the Add Ons section to learn how to purcha
2. Command entry rotate Ready rotate 10 SCALE SC Increase or decreases the size of the selected geometries Command entry scale or sc Ready sc 2 scales the selected geometry to twice its original size SELECTALL Selects all of the geometries in the workspace Command entry selectall 170 Command Prompt UNDO Erases the last change done to the workspace Command entry undo Ready undo Ready selectall 171 Command Prompt CHAPTER 13 INDICATION TABLE The Indication Table 1s used to manage indications that are visualized on the workspace The amplitude of defects is visualized through a colored palettizer H Scan Stat Scan End Status Comments 4 3999999999999986 2730 285 0 Accept El 5270 At 6dB It can be opened by clicking on the ES Indication Table icon found on the Main Toolbar 13 1 INDICATION TABLE OPTIONS Open Opens a previously saved Eclipse Beam Indication file eb1 lll Save Saves the currently selected indication to a Eclipse Beam Indication file eb1 e o Adds a new indication to the Indication Table and displays it on the Add Indication workspace Click here for more information on working with indications o oe Removes an indication from the Indication Table and removes it from the Remove Indication workspace Click here for more information on working with indications Display Indications Toggles the visibility of the indications in the workspace
3. Groups the selected graphics so that they can be treated like a single graphic Breaks a group of graphics back into individual graphics 138 CAD Toolbar 9 4 ADD GEOMETR Y The Add Geometry group provides quick access to a subset of the geometry tools available through the Add Geometry pop up accessible in the Edit group SWE SNOT o y ale lu Ad d Geom etry The following Piece and Annotative geometries can be added from the Add Geometry group Other Geometries must be added through the Add Geometry pop up accessible in the Edit group Piece Geometries y Places a user defined line that will reflect beams projected from a probe Fr Are Places a user defined arc that will reflect beams projected from a probe Circle Places a user defined circle that will reflect beams projected from a probe Polygon Places a user defined polygon that will reflect beams projected from a probe Places a user defined rectangle that will reflect beams projected from a probe VW Polyline Places a user defined polyline that will reflect beams projected from a probe El wW q T A pals 5 da a gt Annotative Geometries Fa Line Places a user defined line that will not reflect beams projected from a probe a Arc Places a user defined arc that will not reflect beams projected from a probe mendon Places user defined dimensions that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Circle Places
4. 5 00 4 mm UF Max Qmm 1 20 24 mm HAZ 249 Fill Max Game 7 3 50 24 mm HP Max Game 7 3 50 4 mm Begicas Root Max Qmm 1 20 24 mm Upper Fill Angle cjm 37 00 gt Volumetric Max j gt 8 00 4 mm UF Overlap E Root Height im 6 60 4 mm Root Overlap Gap Width Camas y 10 00 4 mm oe Root Fill Name Angle Length Height Depth Height cj y 6 70 4 mm E eS F4 37 00 1 20 0 96 0 96 2 Angle pm 37 00 2 O gt F3 37 00 2 40 191 2 87 F2 37 00 12 40 191 4 79 F1 37 00 2 40 191 6 70 R6 0 00 13 30 13 30 10 00 Rs 0 00 3 30 3 30 13 30 R4 37 00 12 40 Jas 1 91 15 21 R3 37 00 2 40 191 17 13 R2 37 00 2 40 191 19 04 R 37 00 120 0 96 20 00 v ooo 6 70 6 70 6 70 There is an option to overlap the default zones They will still remain but they will not be considered when dividing the regions into zones as per the defined parameters of your weld 285 Lessons UF Max Hua 1 20 2 mm Fill Max jj 7 3 50 2 mm HP Max cpe 3 50 2 mm Root Max dj 1 20 4 mm Volumetric Max fa 8 00 2 mm UF Overlap poai your piece and weld configured add a Phased Array Probe and select Zonal Beamset Configuration from the Add a Beamset drop down menu The Zonal Beamset Configuration dialog box will open sone E ado 4 clone Delete Bem A O A D A Alpha Angle GED Rxangl
5. Beam Buffer Visibility La Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s 103 Probes 7 7 4 3 2 SECTORIAL BEAMSET Sectorial Beamsets allow a number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a range of refracted angles Sectorial Beam 2 je Fo Ha Bal Crop Skips e Start Element E nn Aperture Elements C Min Angle 2 Max Angle e E D i Beams fe SE Beam Deviation Emmm y 0 97 Focus Length Co mm Gate Start me mm Gate Length mm Min Near Field mm dB Drop C 6 Max Near Field 47 98 Jr Min Spread 469 y Max Spread 4 469 Used Aperture ZJeom a 7 7 4 3 2 1 SECTORIAL BEAMSET CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics Display A Scan Displays an A Scan visualization for the beamset Additional detail on configuring A Scans can be found here AMUSe Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece 104 Probes y Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Dist
6. E Green 1 56 4898 79912495667 67 65 56 49 87 19 56 49 0 0 0 19 543450907138038 67 6496935396602 56 48 154 Geometries Fields that have light text are read outs Fields that are read outs cannot be edited Click on a bold field to enter a new value or select from available drop down menus and dialog boxes When multiple geometries are selected the Geometry Inspector will change to show the common attributes of the selected geometries 155 Geometries 10 6 GEOMETRY NAVIGATOR The Geometry Navigator allows you to visualize highlight and select all of the geometries in a drawing Geometries in the workspace are highlighted in yellow as the cursor is placed over the corresponding geometry in the Geometry Navigator window Geometries are selected in the workspace when a check mark is placed next to them in the Geometry Navigator This makes grouping un grouping and navigation easier than ever lic Id nloc File Edit Drawings Tools al JIlPPiece ipWeld instrument sProbe a El 5 18 gt DOS M q 4949 DO arde TIG Cirde OO 10 onic 00000000000000000000000 E aroun 06400000000000000000000000 21 Group 00000000000000000000000000000 EIT Group DO tarde OOO OO OOOOO OOOO OO OOO OO OOOO OOOO EO Circe CE NENENE NE NE T NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NEN OO Circe a jaa 43 AMONG DEA lem Edit Add Geometry Click and hold the mouse button then move the
7. A beamset can be configured on the beamset tab menu or by clicking the beamset tab 81 Probes 7 7 3 PHASED ARRAY BEAMSET TABS dp e Reference Beamset 1 Te Add Beamset PA TE i tE a to PAo A beamset tab is added to the probe group above the Add Beamset button for each beamset added to the probe The beamset tab displays the following information options e Color bar indicating the current beamset line color e Type of beamset single beam linear sectorial linear spread zonal or reference e Beamset visibility on or off e Up and down arrows for re ordering beamsets when multiple beamsets are present e The ability to delete the beamset Configure Beamset A beamset tab is also a button that can be used to access additional beamset functions Double clicking the beamset tab will open the Beamset Configuration Right clicking on the beamset tab pops up a drop down list with the following options Configure Bearnset Beamset Visible Clone Beamset Delete Beamset Rename Beamset Move Up Move Down configure Beamset The specific parameters of the beamset can be set through the Configure Beamset button A description of the available beamset parameters can be found in Beamset Configuration SBeamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed To turn the visibility off 1 Select Bea
8. displays each beam skip in the color defined in File gt Options Probe 1 18 18mm Aem Line Color Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes da Beam Buffer Visibility Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s Parameters To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified Start Element Element The number of the first element in the The number of the first element in the aperture a Length car distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected see Other Tools Available below Gate Start Start The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate to the start point of the gate A Length a A length of the gate segment 94 Probes In addition to the tools and parameters described above specific beamsets have their own unique tools and parameters Click on the links below for more details de Single Beam Beamset P Linear Beamset sectorial Beamset Linear Spread Beamset Zonal Beamset Full Matrix Capture Beamset Ooi fried Beamset 95 7 7 4 2 SINGLE BEAM BEA
9. 273 Lessons Click and drag your cursor over the workspace to draw the rectangle With the rectangle selected we will use the Construction Aids found in the CAD Toolbar to enter the exact dimensions of Cal Block that we are working with b 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 E 10 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 5q TEA Za E 7 Line a f lt A Fin AP Text ar o ho ry gt l E 0 0 O 5 E ae gt ae 48 0 t 1 pr oo CO Style Ge Construction Aids Before we overlay the bitmap onto the part we will separate them into different layers to help organize the workspace With the rectangle selected we will click on the gt Layers icon found in the Tools section of the CAD Toolbar 276 Lessons From the Layers dialog box we will select Move Geometries to add the selected rectangle to Layer 1 Double click on Layer 1 to give 1t a meaningful name and press enter We will add a second layer by clicking on the Add Layer icon in the Layers dialog box Name the layer accordingly Go back to the workspace and select your bitmap Return to the Layers dialog box and highlight the second layer you created Select the Move Geometries icon to assign the bitmap to the second layer With our laye
10. HER BeamSpread CEST NearFied 4258 mm J Omm gt en dao UT Prob Part Number Transducer Part Number dieras p y 5 00 2 MHz ww 00 02 L Man Ml PAE 44 BB SWC SWS S Z H Ce RRs ENOO ie wedge Angle om Edit Add Geometry Refracted Angle Jemm Oma Tools Click on the pr A Scan icon to open the A Scan dialog box 221 Add on Modules Use the slider control Wat the bottom of the A Scan chart to find and view the area of the time line where the signal occurs The handles on the ends of the control de can be dragged back and forth to zoom in and out The bar itself can be dragged back and forth to scroll through the time line A Scan Display Display Mode da Shear Show Grid HH Both Axis Time Axis 6 Time Time Base j 100 ps Gain oj 200 dB Zero Offset us j ys Gv Pulser o Pulse Width p gt 100 4 ns Rings rre a Simulation Parameters Use the display mode to visualize different scan data that is displayed in the chart Changing the Display mode will automatically update the A scan view and the Beamset 222 Add on Modules 174 BEAMTOOL HIGHTEMP The High Temp module provides tools for simulation of inspecting high temperature subjects including calculation of beam deflection due to temperature gradations effect on material velocity within the wedge These changes can be applied in BeamTool and new refracted angles and ray
11. J Type hot pass regions are not divided and will only ever generate a single zone HP Divide any existing fill regions into zones F1 Fx of equal size using the Fill Max parameter Determine the upper fill zone Fx using the UF Max parameter the upper fill zone is always located in the upper fill region ifthe UF Overlap option is activated the entire top most root region is divided resulting in overlapping zones in the upper fill Divide the remainder of the upper fill region into zones Fx Fy of equal size using the Fill Max parameter Divide the area below the bottom of the hot pass region into volumetric root zones VR1 VRx or equal size using the Volumetric Max parameter Divide the area above the bottom of the hot pass region into volumetric root zones V1 Vx or equal size using the Volumetric Max parameter It is important to note that the zones are generated with their length in mind unlike regions which are defined by their height The length of a zone will always be greater or equal to its height Adjacent regions with equal fill angles are treated as a single region and are divided into equal zones spanning the joined regions Zone names are not indexed IE R1 R2 etc if a zone prefix is only used once For example if there is only a single Hot Pass zone it will be named HP not HP1 Zones By Count Algorithm Zones are generated using the following steps Determine the root zone
12. Reflector Size Sizing Correction Rotary Position Filter EE Usage Presentations 1 64 117 Probes 7 7 6 1 ZONAL BEAMSET CONFIGURATION TOOLBAR Parto 9 Manual te solve TA HAA 6 PulseEcho S a g a Auto When in Auto Solving mode the zonal beams are automatically regenerated whenever the zones probe or solver options are modified In this mode beams are always kept in sync with their defining inputs Modifications to generated beams are not permitted as any updates would be lost during the next automatic solving Fa Manual When in Manual Solving mode the beams are not regenerated when modifications are made to zones probe or solver options Instead the beams can be manually regenerated by using the Solve button Generated beams can be modified through the beam parameters because solving will not occur automatically and will not overwrite any edits Zonal Solver Options Opens the Zonal Solver Options dialog Click here for more information ES Solve Automatically adds and configures beams for each zone in the weld bevel e Add Adds a single beam The new beam will not be targeted at a zone Default parameters are used for the new beam can Clone Copies the selected beam A Delete Delete All Delete removes the selected beam and Delete All removes all of the beams from the list Move Down Moves the selected beamset down one row in the beamset list Move Up Move
13. are described below To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The drawing pane will update on the fly as the values are modified 7 3 2 1 TRANSDUCER OPTIONS Normal Mount The transducer is mounted onto the wedge so that the FIRST element is at the point described by the wedge s Xt and Z parameters Reversed Mount The transducer is mounted onto the wedge so that the LAST element is at the point described by the wedge s Xt and Z parameters Parameters Part Number The part number of the transducer entered by user or populated from import Frequency The number of complete cycles per unit of time Total Elements The total number of elements on the transducer that are available to convert the electrical energy into acoustical energy Element Pitch The distance between the centers of two adjacent elements Element Width The width of a single piezocomposite element Passive Width The length of a single piezocomposite element Start Channel The channel on the PA instrument that the transducer is connected to Element Gap The gap between adjacent elements Total Aperture The Total Elements multiplied by the Element Pitch read only 62 Probes 7 3 2 2 IWEDGE OPTIONS Wedge Mode The probe s wedge mode can be modified by clicking the Wedge Mode button This will pop up a drop down list w
14. at Ri A Overlap um 3 00 gt mm e 5 00mm 7 16 5 72 10 05mm 13 05mm 15 05mm lt lt lt P P P p P Piz YA nw HAA nnn nw Weld Zones are constructed from the Weld Regions defined during the weld configuration As a weld bevel is configured Weld Regions are automatically divided into Weld Zones using the related zone configuration parameters 205 Add on Modules The BeamTool ZONAL Add on also provides access to the new Zonal Beamset With Weld Zones configured a Phased Array Zonal Beamset can use the powerful new Beam Solver to automatically create individual beams that specifically target each zone The Beam Solver will determine the appropriate beam parameters refracted angle gating focusing etc to maximize signal response for each zone all with the click of single button 39 75 2 7 Start Element aoo e ca me a eB A Inspection Angle oo e oe fom fow lr CEED aporo Near Field 5681 mm Beam Sweep o O woo e w pe e Bh s Recieve SASlaped COC oo j2 E Aner emer Inspection Angle Refracted Angle Focus Length Alpha Angle a Used Aperture Gain Global Gain Gate Threshold Reflector Size Sizing Correction Rotary Position Filter Usage Presentations 1 64 206 Add on Modules WM a a Y r KY J 207 Add on Modules 173 BEAMTOOL A SCAN The A Scan Display allow
15. e Improved near field calculations based on equations by Udo Schlengermann and KFactor Polynomials e Material properties for polygons can now be configured via the geometry context menu e Beam refraction through geometries with dissimilar materials e Single beam beamset This new beamset is useful when developing zonal techniques e Improved probe visualization wedge damping visualization to phased array wedges transducer orientation visualization on phased array transducer visualization on top view beamset element usage visualization on reports e Equipment management for instrument configuration and validation 1 1 BeamTool NEW IN VERSION 6 Calibration Block Designer Design custom calibration blocks and generate reports that include all aspects of a calibration block to support machining Built to comply with ASME code stipulations using target measuring tools File Edit Drawings Tools HAH 3 6 BjcalBlock Block Minstrument Probe Ej El AE 7 PA Probe z 337 00 afC_0 00 mf _20 00 Sd mo El 8 PA Probe G Thickness C G 40 00 mm Width o ee 150 00 mm Depth Ha G 152 00 mm D G y 13 00 mm Left Radius AA 00 00 mm Right Radius a w A gee TCs 9 20 00 mm TCs 9 20 00 gt mm of ae 38 00 mm y a hr lt hd j 38 00 mm Qe 2 40 2 mm Ia v a Gey D C 76 00 __ mm jol Dmm DO mm Qs y 0 38 mMm Q 2 00 4 mm Wedge D
16. successively used astransmitter while all other elements areused receivers Reference Beamset Reference Beamsets provideadditional drawing annotations e Beamsets can be added to a phased array probe by clicking the Add Beamset or one of the seven beamset icons on the appropriate probe group i Sin le Beam Beamset Ba Linear Beamset sectorial Beamset Linear Spread Beamset Zonal Beamset Full Matrix Capture Beamset 78 Probes efec Beamset More than one beamset can be added to a single PA probe Once added a beamset can be modified and configured by clicking on the Beamset Tab that gets added to the Probe group 79 Probes Telsa ADDING BEAMSETS TO A PHASED ARRAY PA PROBE Phased Array probes support six types of beamsets Single Beam Beamset Single Beam Beamsets render a single beam from a defined set of elements ataspecified refracted angle Useful for developing zonal techniques Linear Beamset Linear Beamsets allow a numberof focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a common refracted angle sectorial Beamset Sectorial Beamsets allowa number offocal laws to be drawn from a set of elements with a range of refracted angles Linear Spread Beamset Linear Spread Beamsets allowa number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a range of refracted angles i ERE Zonal Beamset Zonal Beamsets areused to target specificregions of aweld Zonal beamsets are commonly
17. you have the option to Copy Serial Number to clipboard for future reference Click on Deactivate to finish the process Deactivating software on one machine allows you to move the license to another machine Serial Number 47EA7 C1CA9 0BE5R Are you sure you want to deactivate ESBeamTool4 on this machine 283 Lessons You should get the dialog box below upon successful deactivation You are now ready to install your licensed version of BeamTool on another computer 284 Lessons 194 LESSON 4 ZONAL ADD ON In this lesson we will demonstrate the ZONAL functionality in BeamTool In order to proceed with this lesson you must have purchased the ZONAL Add on module Please refer to the Add Ons section to learn how to purchase ZONAL Now that you have your ZONAL license activated lets put it to work Configure your piece to match your requirements see Lesson 1 Click on the b d Weld Configuration icon from the Piece Group Once your weld is configured click on the is Show Zones icon These Weld Zones are created following the zone parameters and are based on the defined maximum length of the zone base along the fusion line By default zones are created at the top of the upper fill and at the bottom of the root The rest of these regions are divided into zones based on the parameters entered for your weld DEN Soo A RA y Open H Save M JC Weld Type Add Bevel Region AAAS General Zone Parameters HAZ Qe
18. 256 16 MicroPulsePA 512 16 MicroPulsePA 64 16 ScanMate 2 ScanMate 4 Focus LT 16 128 Focus LT 32 128 LawChannels 181 UTChannels 2 Reference 146 DOCUMENT INFO The Document Info dialog is accessible by the Document Info button on the Main Toolbar Through this dialog various details about the Document Workspace Approval process Instrument Calibration Scanner and Technique Details can be entered Once populated the Document Info field values will be displayed on various Reports and Print Drawings Additional Document Info field values can be used by the Report Template Editor to include this information on a custom report General Author Jack Johnson Certification ISO CSWIP Level II Phased Array Created On Friday August 20 2010 Project No Project Name Location Part Weld Reference Procedure Technique Review Approval Reviewed By John Jackson Certification ISQ CSWIP Level ITI Phased Array Reviewed On Friday August 27 2010 182 Reference The Default Logo specified in the Options dialog can be overridden here in the Document Info Lo cd mA aAA er Eclipse Scientific 183 Reference CHAPTER 15 XMLOCALIZE The XMLocalize editor is used to add missing translation and or correct translation inaccuracies in BeamTool Modifications to this file can be submitted to the BeamTool support team for inclusion in a future release of BeamTool r ee ges XMLoc
19. BeamTool from an available catalog To import from catalog 1 Press the Import from Catalog button to display a list of available wedge configurations 2 Select the wedge record to be used and press Import The wedge data is now displayed in the Probe Configuration dialog 1 Select a Wedge Material The Wedge Velocity can be set by selecting a material from the Velocity picklist 1 Press the Material button located on the Probe Configuration dialog A list of available materials will be displayed 2 Select a material from the list The Velocity value will be set with the assigned material compression velocity 3 The Material picklist can also be displayed by right clicking on the Velocity field 60 Probes e High Temperature When the High Temperature add on is activated this button can be used to import a High Temp Wedge from catalog or visualize HighTemp for the selected wedge To import 1 Press the Import High Temp Wedge button to display a list of available HighTemp wedge configurations 2 Select the HighTemp wedge record to be used and press Import The wedge data is now displayed in the Probe Configuration dialog Color Properties Jemm dem The line and fill colors of transducers wedges and beams can be adjusted with the color properties tool 61 Probes To PHASED ARRAY PROBE CONFIGURATION General probe configuration options are described in Probe Configuration Options specific to phased array probes
20. Beamset gt abe Probe Configuration Flip Probe abe Display Crossover Dimensions Flips die Sonde horizontal abe Display Dead Zones abe Probe Center Spacing PCS abe Probe Position Top View abe Probe Tools y abe Crossover Depth 4 m File Tools Ey Open save E FS Ho Find Replace Gv Copy LString y Lg ESBeamTool Options Common Strings a Y Controls Flip Probe gt BeamToolbar Flips the probe horizontally ColorProps ProbeBox oe abe Display Probe abe Display Wedge Dimensions abs Display Wedge Position Dimensi abe Display Probe Name abs Display Wedge Part Number abs Display Transducer Part Number abe Clone Probe abe Delete Probe abe Probe Position Side View Horiz abe Probe Configuration abs Display Crossover Dimensions abs Display Dead Zones abe Probe Center Spacing PCS abs Probe Position Top View abe Probe Tools abe Crossover Depth fees Be KK FE French Flip Probe Flips la sonde horizontalement German Flip Probe Flips die Sonde horizontal Wirar Probe Inverte a sonda horizontal Clicking on either of the Translate icons a highlighted above when your cursor is in an empty language field will automatically translate the selected string using Google Translate This can be useful when translating strings with large amounts of text 194 CHAPTER 16 EXTRACTING DATA 16 1 EXTRACTING DATA There are a number of ways to extract
21. Fill regions if they exist in the weld o Root Fill regions are always at the bottom of the bevel Once a region is added to the weld it appears with the rest of the weld s regions in the Regions panel Regions Top Cap Height e 2 00 mm Auto Width Overlap mm Upper Fill Angle em y 37 00 4 Root Height femme 6 60 4 mm Gap Width d 10 00 4 mm Root Fill Height femmes 6 70 4 mm Wa Angle femme 37 00 4 gt Bottom Cap Height jas 2 00 4 mm Auto Width Overlap lt a Y mm 41 Weld Configuration 5 1 3 REGION EDITING The Regions panel is used to modify the order and existence of regions within the weld as well as to modify the specific attributes of each region The utility buttons on the left side of each region section can be used to Delete Remove the selected region from the weld Move Up Reorder the selected region above the previous region OF THE SAME TYPE Move Down Reorder the selected region below the next region OF THE SAME TYPE 5 1 4 REGION ATTRIBUTES The attributes of each region can then be customized to any particular need The available attributes depend on the particular region Top Cap The region above the Upper Fill The height can be adjusted with or without the option to Auto Width based on height If the Auto Width is de selected the overlap can be adjusted separate from the height Upper Fill The top most region of the weld Has no spec
22. HT555 IH B r Drawing Calibration Block Disclaimer This drawing is not controlled O Eclipse project Trono wren printed or viewed in a non native format SER OTE Date Thursday Seplember 11 201 oon Ez es 14 2 1 PRINT DRAWINGS MAIN TOOLBAR The Print Drawing main toolbar allows you to navigate through the available drawings and setup your page and printer options y Print jj Page Setup H 4 203 gt A Print Opens the print dialog box where you can select your available printer and execute the print job E Page Setup Allows the user to setup the page properties when printing a workspace H First Page Moves to the first drawing 176 Reference 4 Previous Page Moves to the previous drawing P Next Page Moves to the next drawing P Last Page Moves to the last drawing close Closes the Print Drawings dialog box 14 2 2 PRINT DRAWINGS PANEL TOOLBAR The Print Drawing panel toolbar allows you to select the drawings and drawing views you want to print 3 Subject Piece Print Drawing Toggles on and off the selection of the drawing to be sent to the printer Th Visualize Probe Toggles on and off the view of the Probe in the drawing to be printed M Print Side View Toggles on and off the side view for the drawing to be printed Print Top View Toggles on and off the side view for the drawing to be printed 14 2 3 PRINT DRAWINGS FOOTER The print drawings footer inclu
23. K type weld An asymmetric offset weld These pre defined weld types have been constructed with regions that have been customized to particular real world weld bevel types Once a pre defined weld has been selected its regions are displayed in the Regions Panel Add Bevel Region Click on the Add Bevel Region icon for a drop down list of bevel regions A Weld must be constructed from one or more Regions Regions define the shape size and structure of the weld bevel More on Weld Regions here If a pre defined weld does not conform exactly to the needed specifications one can be modified as necessary Additional regions can be added or regions not required can be removed Regions can be re ordered vertically And individual region parameters can be modified to suit More on Weld Region editing here pon Top Cap When selected the graphics for the Top Cap are displayed in both the preview and drawing Bottom Cap When selected the graphics for the Bottom Cap are displayed in both the preview and drawing Project Beams into Caps When selected beams present in the workspace will be projected into the weld caps instead of being reflected at the piece boundary HH Display Weld Dimensions When selected the weld dimensions are displayed in the drawing 38 Weld Configuration sT Show Zones If using the BeamTool ZONAL Add On the Show Zones button provides access to the Zones generation panel Zones can be
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25. Position Top View abs Probe Tools abe Crossover Depth abs Move Probe Left abe Move Probe Right el Ps rn English Display Wedge Part Number Displays the wedge part number on the drawing Chinese ETKI ETE SIS BHAE French Num ro de la pi ce de cale d affichage Montre le num ro de la pi ce de cale sur le sch ma German Anzeige Keil Teilenummer Zeigt die Keilteilenummer auf der Zeichnung an Portuguese 1 Locale String 1030 English Display Wedge DimensionsDisplays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge on the drawing 1031 English Display Wedge Position DimensionDisplays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing 1194 English Probe Position Top View Adjusts the wedge position along the width of the top face of the piece To Translate a single string navigate to the string in the Tree View and click in the empty field below your language of choice 193 Reference File Tools Ey Open Save ge T MX F Find 23 Replace CopyLString Translate English Flip Probe Flips the probe horizontally Chinese my Flip Probe AER abc Display Wedge Dimensions HIRE abs Display Wedge Position Dimensi abe Display Probe Name abs Display Wedge Part Number abe Display Transducer Part Number abe Clone Probe French Flip Probe Flips la sonde horizontalement abs Delete Probe abe Probe Position Side View Horiz Gaii abe Add
26. Press the Probe Tools button located on the Probe group for the appropriate probe 2 Press the Export button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 3 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save Additional Options Additional probe group options are described in Probe Options 58 Probes 7 3 PROBE CONFIGURATION A probe can be configured by pressing the W Probe Configuration button located on the Probe group Select a probe type below to see a detailed description of the available attributes that can be set for that type of probe NOTE The refracted angle may vary slightly from the manufacturer s specified angle as the Piece velocity specified in BeamTool may be different than the velocity used by the manufacturer Please adjust the Piece velocity or the Probe refracted angle as necessary Phased Array Probe Configuration Time of Flight Diffraction Probe Configuration Conventional UT Probe Configuration 7 3 1 1 OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE In addition to the options available above the following buttons are available during Probe configuration Q Expand Menu All items in the corresponding menu are displayed Collapse Menu Hides menu items in the corresponding menu Open an Existing Probe Once the Probe Configuration dialog has been displayed existing probe configurations ebwt can be opened 1 Press the Open Probe button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default locat
27. R using the Root Zone Depth parameter R is always located in the bottom most root region Determine the cap zone C using the Zap Zone Depth parameter C is always located in the upper fill region Determine the hot pass zone HP a if using a v type hot pass region HP is the entire region face b if using a j type hot pass region HP is constructed using the Hot Pass Angle parameter The zone target will be positioned along the region face where the tangent angle is equal to the defined angle parameter value The zone length will be the height of the HP region 47 Weld Configuration 4 Determine the fill zones F1 Fx First determine the bottom point of the fill area by applying the Hot Pass Overlap parameter value as a negative offset from the top of the hot pass zone Using the determined bottom point of the fill and the top point of the fill area as the bottom of the C zone divide the remaining bevel face into a total of Num Fill Zones zones of equal length 5 Determine the volumetric zone V1 Vx Using the Top Vol Depth and Bottom Vol Depth parameter values as positions on the center of the bevel divide the distance between into a total of Num Vol Zones zones of equal length NOTE Weld bevels that include additional fill angles or root fills cannot be used with the Zones By Count zone generation method 48 CHAPTER 6 CALIBRATION BLOCK Easily generate an ASME compliant calibration block with th
28. SDH Target Corner Anchor Selects the corner anchor point for the SDH Target Options include Top Left Top Right Bottom Left and Bottom Right T a hon Target Face Anchor Selects the face anchor point for the SDH Target Options include Front and Back Side Drilled Hole Parameters X Defines the position of the SDH target of the X axis Y Defines the position of the SDH target of the Y axis Depth Defines the position for the depth of the SDH target Diameter Defines the position for the diameter of the SDH target Notch Target Panel Options WU Notch ES e a Cbr x T 5 5 10 00 mm Y DCi 4 76 00 mm Length lo E 25 00 mm Depth Ds 0 38 2 mm aia width G 2 00 2 mm Collapse Panel Collapses and expands the Notch Panel sll Target Visibility Toggles the visibility of the Notch target in the drawing I A Change Order Controls the order of the Target Panels in the Calibration Block Designer window 52 Calibration Block Options Drop Down Provides options for H Deleting E Cloning and Renaming the Notch target Notch Target Corner Anchor Selects the corner anchor point for the Notch Target Options include Top Left Top Right Bottom Left and Bottom Right 1 anar otch Target Face Anchor Selects the face anchor point for the Notch Target Options include Front Centered and Back Notch Parameters X Defines the measurement for the location of the notch target of the
29. Volumetrics F i i i 12 00 Skipped PulseEcho 4 la oK Import Export E Cancel 7 7 6 2 1 1 INSTRUCTIONS mo The element aperture to use Direct inspect target in OD to ID direction Skipped inspect the target from ID to ID Le Skips Minimized inspect with the fewest skips possible Global Gain GatelDefault values for the Acquisition parameters used in downstream Reflector SizeJ export import applications Sizing Correction 125 Probes 7 8 CONVENTIONAL UT In ultrasonic testing a transducer connected to a diagnostic machine is passed over the piece being inspected In reflection mode the transducer sends pulsed waves through a couplant on the surface of the object and receives the sound reflected back to the device Reflected ultrasound comes from an interface such as the back wall of the piece or from a defect In attenuation mode a transmitter sends ultrasound through one surface and a separate receiver detects the amount that has reached it on another surface after traveling through the piece Defects or other conditions in the space between the transmitter and receiver reduce the amount of sound transmitted thus indicating their presence ee 58 82 mm A reas 0 00 mm Of y 0 00 mm coal AH 0 00 126 Probes 7 9 TIME OF FLIGHT DIFFRACTION TOFD Time of Flight Diffraction method of ultrasonic inspection is a very sensitive and accurate method for nondestructi
30. Y0 using the Construction Aids j 0 10 Pa 40 2 al y so 1 Construction Aids Construction Aids can also be used to specify a specific length Lock Distance and or angle Lock Angle when placing graphics Select the type of graphic that you would like to place and enter the length and or angle and select Enter 143 CHAPTER 10 GEOMETRIES Geometries are used to provide additional information to a drawing There are two types of geometries in BeamTool Annotative Geometries which do not interact with projected beams and Piece Geometries which possess reflective and refractive properties and reflect beams projected from a probe For more information select the appropriate type below Piece Geometry Reflective Line LU Rectangle Ac O Elipse Wi Polyiine yPotygon Circle Z Line L Rectangle A Arc Ellipse Y Polyline Ly Polygon e Piece Geometries Circle e Annotative Geometries Dimensions A Linear iy Arc Polyine A Angle Legend Viewport Text Text Box AZ Call Out Misc yy Symbol Image Geometries The following screenshot demonstrates how geometries can be used to construct detailed workspaces 44 18mm Piece Geometries are used to create the reflective outline of the bolt Annotative Geometries are used to display a bitmap image of the bolt and to display dimensions ORL E aroom _ 1 063 145 Geometries 10 1 PIECE GEOMETRIE
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32. area will change from the Subject drawing to a blank CAD Surface where you can create the new drawing The new drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar Remove Drawing Removes the active drawing from the CAD surface and the Subject Drawing CalBlock drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar Properties Opens the Drawing Properties dialog box the name and description of the drawing are defined 13 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 2 2 ADD DRAWINGSET LOCATIONS BeamTool has the ability to automatically generate drawing sets for specific items The EA dd Drawingset button can found in the Phased Array Probe Configuration dialog box in the Wedge options drop down menu the HighTemp Wedge dialog box the CalBlock Designer dialog box the ZonalCalBlock Designer dialog box and the Indication Table dialog box 14 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 TOOLS MENU These are the tools that can be found under the Tools menu T Geometry Inspector The Geometry Inspector allows advanced users to manipulate Piece and Annotation geometries at a lower level than that of the CAD Tools Command Prompt The Command Prompt is a precision drawing tool used to quickly draw and edit geometries with specific dimensions T Convert Simple Piece to Custom Converts the Simple Piece plate into individual custom geometries allowing you to manipulate the piece geometries NOTE When using
33. automatically configured based on the parameters of the transmitting beam Rx Elements The number of elements configured to receive in a pitch catch configuration Rx Angle The maximum angle at which a beam can be received _ HA equisition The Acquisition parameters are not directly utilized in BeamTool rendering but can in downstream applications through export or import Eclipse s TrueView girth weld scanning system for example Element Utilization 6 The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified Beam Type a Solid Beams A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color e Color List displays each beam skip in the color defined in File gt Options Line Color PAL E Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes Beam Buffer Visibility La B Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s 99 Probes 7 7 4 3 LINEAR BEAMSET Linear Beamsets allow a number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a common refracted angle _onngure Ane e S AE Crop Skips co SS i _ Start Element Ca Aperture Elements QQ Num Beams Ha Element Step E Refracted Angle QQ D Focus Length Oy mm Gate Start JN mm Gate Lengt
34. be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance 4 Time or s Skips o Display Beam Focus Defines the point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type t True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge ry Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge py Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam enters the piece 8 i 2 None Do not perform focusing Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface 97 Probes Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material Display Beam Angle Displays the angle of the beam relative to the weld angle Ipisplay Pitch Catch Displays the path a reflected beam would take back into a wedge and the elements
35. both reflective and annotative can be added to and moved between CAD Layers Individual Layers can be added or removed reordered hidden and locked 131 CAD Toolbar 9 2 5 CAD LAYERS The CAD Layers pop up provides the ability to define multiple CAD Layers Geometries both reflective and annotative can be added to and moved between CAD Layers Individual Layers can be added or removed reordered hidden displayed and set as uneditable editable 53 S38 Y a Ks 4 lt gt Fd Dimensions The row of buttons on the top of the Layers pop up provides access to the following functions i Add Layer Creates a new layer Z Delete Layer Deletes the selected layer All geometries on this layer will also be deleted Move Layer Up Moves the selected layer s paint order up in front of other layers A Move Layer Down Moves the selected layer s paint order down behind other layers Move Geometries Moves the selected geometries into the selected layer Elclose Layers Pop up Closes the Layers pop up Each layer 1s represented as a row in the pop up window A layer can be renamed by double clicking on the layer row Each layer row also provides the following functions e Visibility Toggles the visibility of the layer on the CAD surface Fd Socking Toggles the locking of the layer When locked a layer cannot be edited The Geometry Inspector can be used to change the view of legends created in different layers The example bel
36. dimensions allow you to annotate distances on the drawing Polydim dimensions allow you to annotate multi segment distances on the drawing Arc dimensions allow you to annotate an arc distance on the drawing Angle dimensions allow you to annotate angles on the drawing The Legend is a whitespace management tool that displays a list of the specified dimensions annotated in the workspace A viewport is a region of the screen used to display a different view of the total image to be shown Text TAL Text Box Places a user defined text box that will not reflect beams projected from a probe A Call Out Places a user defined call out that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Call Outs contain a text box and an associated directional line Misc EY Symbol Places a user defined symbol that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Allmages Allows the placement of an image on the drawing Beams projected from a probe will not be reflected 147 Geometries 10 2 1 ADDING ANNOTATIVE GEOMETRIES Annotative Geometries can be added to a workspace from the CAD Toolbar Edit group or through the CAD Toolbar Add Geometry group 1 Select the appropriate geometry tool from the toolbar 2 Place the geometry on the drawing following the placement prompts displayed in the status bar Tools available in the CAD toolbar Tools group can be used to assist in the accurate placement of geometries grids snaps locks layers et
37. drawing with different shades at each surface Display Hidden Displays the drawing with hidden lines Hidden lines represent edges and outlines that are invisible features of a drawing in a particular view Display Dashed Line Displays the hidden lines of a drawing as dashed lines Display 3D View Displays the drawing as a 3 dimensional view Display Front View Displays the drawing as a front view Me Display Back View Displays the drawing as a back view Display Top View Displays the drawing as a top view Display Bottom View Displays the drawing as a bottom view E Display Left View Displays the drawing as a left view Ppisplay Right View Displays the drawing as a right view 159 3D View Display Grid Toggles the visibility of the grid on and off Perspective View Displays the drawing as an approximate representation on a flat surface such as paper of an image as it 1s seen by the eye isonictric View Displays the drawing in a way that the angles between the projection of the x y and z axes are all the same 160 CHAPTER 12 COMMAND PROMPT The Command Prompt is a precision drawing tool used to quickly draw and edit geometries with specific dimensions The Command Prompt can be toggled on and off by selecting Command Prompt in the Tools Menu or in the Display Settings pop up menu Geometry Inspector Beta DEE ma Convert Simple Piece to Custom Delete Dupl
38. each combination of zone type and angle should be solved Ifa zone matches multiple instructions the solver will generate multiple beams When the solver matches a zone to an instruction 1t uses that instructions parameters and the general parameters to create a beam that should maximize signal strength Zonal Solver Options General Tab The Zonal Solver Options General Tab is split into three main sections 1 General 2 Gating 3 Presentations General ss lt sSS tig Angle Increment Ge y 0 25 Fusion Before Weld C y 5 00 mm Target Threshold C j 0 25 m Fusion After Center Go y 2 00 2 mm Max Catch Angle qm y 78 00 Vol Before Weld G y 5 00 mm Max Skips ee ee a Vol After Weld cC EEE 2 00 mm Presentations Fills Weld Plot Volumetrics B Scan H ok 193 Import Export O Cancel General Parameters The resolution of the angle adjustments solver A lower value will provide a more accurate Angle Increment pee l solution but will increase the solver run time The maximum distance a candidate beam s intersection point can be from the zone target to Target Threshold consider the beam an acceptable solution A lower value will improve accuracy but may prevent the solver from finding solutions for some zones Max Skips The maximum number of skips that the solver will attempt to use Gating Parameters Fusion Before Weld The length of the gate to be applied to fusio
39. el Copy Align Transform Order Group Un Group Reset Geometry Convert Selected to Lines Material Reflective Refractive Properties 150 Geometries 10 4 LEGEND The Legend is a whitespace management tool that displays a list of the specified dimensions annotated in the workspace When a dimension geometry is added to a workspace the numerical value for that dimension is displayed by default If a dimensions being displayed are small or closely grouped together it is difficult to read Start by assigning an ID to each dimension that will be identified in the Legend To assign an ID select the dimension type an ID in the Legend ID field and press enter The numerical value will be replaced with the ID given 151 Geometries ig 0 A F3 0 2 t 37 1 AE B Construction Aids Once all of the dimension have been assigned Legend IDs select the Legend tool from the Add Geometry Group or type legend at the Command Prompt 152 Geometries Line Rectangle farc IC Elipse Y Polyline y Polygon Circle Line L Rectangle f Arc E Elipse Y Potyline y Potygon Circle as Linear Y Arc Vs Potyine A Angle EE Legend viewport Text A Text Box A Call Out Misc Y Symbol a Image With all Legend IDs assigned and the Legend tool turned on the Legend will be displayed in the workspace The Geometry Inspector can be used to change the view of legends create
40. elements for each beam being fired Min Angle The minimum beam angle Max Angle The maximum beam angle Focus Length The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected Gate Start The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate Gate Length The length of the gate segment Min Near Field The estimated minimum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only Max Near Field The estimated maximum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only Beam Deviation The angle between beam steps read only dB Drop Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used Min Spread The estimated minimum beam spread read only Max Spread The estimated maximum beam spread read only Used Aperture The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only Element Utilization gd The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified 110 Probes Beam Type amp Solid Beams A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color e Color List displays each beam skip in the color defined in File gt Options Line Color 2 Omm Colo
41. email addressed to beamtool eclipsescientific com using your default email client Copy and paste your HASP HardLock or SERIAL SoftLock from the bottom of the Add on Manger into the body of the email and indicate which feature you would like to activate BeamTool support will provide you with a quote Once payment has been confirmed you will receive an email with a HASP Upgrade file HardLock users only or a Feature Key SoftLock users only 2 The website link will take you to the software tab of Eclipse Scientific s website Click on the Purchase button to be taken to a secure site where you can purchase specific modules via Pay Pal Once payment has been confirmed you will receive an email with a HASP Upgrade file HardLock users only or a Feature Key SoftLock users only 203 Add on Modules HardLock users activate a new module by plugging in their HASP Dongle USB Key and executing the upgrade file sent from BeamTool support If the upgrade is successful a green icon will show next to the newly activated icon Click on Refresh if the icon is still red after applying the upgrade SoftLock users that have an active internet connection are automatically activated once they receive the new Feature Key email from BeamTool support Click on the Refresh if the icon is still red after receiving the new Feature Key email SoftLock users that do not have an active Internet connection or are blocked by a firewall can click on t
42. file Application Tips Application Tips are mini lessons that are designed to help you get the most out of BeamTool Clicking on Application Tips from the Help Menu will open the Application Tips dialog box You can cycle through the available Application Tips and toggle on and off the option to show Application Tips when you start BeamTool amp Check For Update Checks for updates available for BeamTool Support Opens our website to the BeamTool Support page Inquiries are sent to Eclipse Scientific s dedicated BeamTool support team who will provide prompt assistance Deactivate License An BeamTool license can be activated on one machine only If you would like to move your license to another machine you can select Deactivate License to release the license from the current machine to allow for activation on another When you deactivate the license it will disable BeamTool on the current machine This option is not available for the HardLock version Localization Displays the XMLocalize editor which can be used to correct translation inaccuracies Modifications to this file can be submitted to the BeamTool support team for inclusion in a future release of BeamTool Click here for more information Admin The Admin drop down menu allows you to set the default size of screen shots O about Displays information about BeamTool 22 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 3 MAIN TOOLBAR The Main Toolbar provides quick and easy
43. internal targets from the bitmap onto our piece We will use the 2 Draw Piece Circle tool found in the Add Geometry section of the CAD Toolbar to trace our targets 0 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 20 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 pea S AH Ahk BALLS MM Zune n 3 Tools LLR 4 24 HH OR OLA Snap Edit Add Geometry 10 20 30 40 SO 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 amp Fill AS Text 18 0 ER lea ly gt JE WO 7 0 O 7 a y HH e Je gt 48 y t 1 00 Jas Style G Construction Aids t 225 79 1440 CID Now we will trace the 50mm radius using the a Draw Piece Arc and the rd Draw Piece Line These can found in the Add Geometry section of the CAD Toolbar 279 Lessons 0 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 SO 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 20 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 He a 7 7 A O filan Z Hr Zine Sr Fi AB Text Ja y to res d ns vrgiam lt a mmionlona BSS AS la 7 1101 SEE Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style fe Construction Aids 225 41 14 78 With our bitmap fully traced we will add a probe and beamset to see how it looks See Lesson Getting Started 2902802702602502402302202102001901801701601501401301201101
44. new workspace displaying default values for piece and probe Open Workspace Allows the user to open a previously saved workspace A workspace preview pane is available in the Open Workspace window providing a thumbnail view of the workspace currently selected Recent Files Displays a list of the most recently opened workspaces A workspace can be opened by selecting from this list lalsave Workspace Allows the user to save the current workspace If the workspace has not been previously saved the Save Workspace dialog will appear allowing the user to specify the workspace filename If the workspace has been previously saved the workspace will be re saved overwrite to the existing workspace filename Save Workspace As Allows the user to save the current workspace Displays the Save Workspace dialog every time allowing the user to specify a new workspace filename or overwrite the existing workspace filename uy Page Setup Allows the user to setup the page properties when printing a workspace Print Allows the user to print the available drawing sets in the workspace See Print Drawings for more information import Allows the user to import graphics from an external file Click here for help on using Import Export Allows the user to export the graphics displayed in the drawing Click here for help on using Export Report Allows the user to create reports from the data specified Click here for help on using the Report
45. of the wedge The height of the back face of the wedge The angle of the wedge on which the transducer sits The angle of the beam through the wedge based on the velocity The Acquisition parameters are not directly utilized in BeamTool rendering but can in downstream applications through export or import Eclipse s TrueView girth weld scanning system for example 70 Probes 74 PROBE POSITIONING Probes can be positioned interactively through the workspace surface As Mod Qaaae 30 100 3109 120 130 140 150 160 170 DDD 4 1 4 AS PE 2 pera Met asad ong ohuUd Eses po als Snap Edit Add Geometry Style n ES Click and hold to drag and drop Phased Array and Conventional probes to place them anywhere on your workspace Handles are provided for positioning and rotating probes on both side and top views The handle on the front of the probe is used for positioning PA Probe 71 The Handle on the back of the probe is used for rotating PA Probe L Snapping and Construction Aids can also be used to help accurately position your probes 72 Probes Probes 7 5 PROBE IDENTIFIER When a probe is selected in the workspace BeamTool will automatically highlight the probes corresponding configuration box This allows the user to quickly identify the configuration options for the selected probe in a multi probe workspace Multiple probe selection 1s also supported BeamTool 6 C Edit Drawings
46. or mm Toggles the position dimensioning from the weld center line and the top of the Display Position Dimensions piece Display Size Dimensions Toggles the size dimensions X Y for the indications Display ID Annotations Toggles the ID Annotation to identify the indications in the workspace Brings up the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe a drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have been defined an Add Drawing Set the selected drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar See Drawings for more information on working with Drawings Opens the Indication Columns picker used to select the indication attributes sie ar 1Columns available for edit Indication Table 132 HOW TO ADD amp REMOVE INDICATIONS To add an indication to your workspace you must first open the Indication Table by clicking on the EA Indication Table icon found on the Main Toolbar i ID Amplitude Type j Sean Start Scan End Status Comments 3 30 0 Porosity 6 24 24 6 4 1999999999999986 273 0 285 0 Accept ES 5270 At 6dB a o ao ao aaea eaae 2 1000 oe 96 190 287 _ asomoooomooooo 1790 1680 Ropas gt 590 A Ref Gain Click on the Add Indication icon to display a new set of fields As you enter the values for your indication you will see a visual representation of the indication in the workspace To remove an indication from your workspa
47. paths can be shown to the user as the actual ray path and refracted angles which will result as the effect of temperature gradient q Calculate Correction A Single Element lt Transducer Bounds All Elements EZ Probe Beamsets BJ Add Drawingset V Y Q QQ Temperature i i i 80 90 100 110 Air D 7 25 0 C Piece G 50 0 C Piece Velocity cu 3 200 4 mm ps OME Normal Beam Path GE Corrected Beam Path WA12 HT55S IH G Reference Beam Element Qe 1 0 Angle cop 0 00 Summary Beam 1 Incident Angle Deflected Angle Deflection Exit Delta Beam 2 Incident Angle Deflected Angle Deflection Exit Delta Beam 3 Incident Angle Deflected Angle Deflection Ready 00 00 01 3290760 The High Temperature Wedge dialog box can be accessed by clicking on the arrow beside the High Temp icon d in the Wedge section of the Phased Array Probe Configuration menu only 2 Wedge PAIS It Import HighTemp Wedge s Visualize HighTemp f HighTemp Beam Path Toggles on and off the view for the corrected HighTemp beam path in the workspace When turned on the original beam path is greyed out and the Corrected HighTemp beam path is bolded 223 Add on Modules Y Import HighTemp Wedge Wedge data can be imported into BeamTool from an available catalog To import 1 Press the Import Wedge button to display a list of available wedge configurations 2 Select the wedge record to be used and
48. point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type PY True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge i E Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge y gt Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam enters the piece a None Do not perform focusing Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer 109 Probes Parameters Start Element The number of the first element in the aperture Aperture Elements The number of contiguous elements in the aperture Num Beams The number of beams used Element Step The number of offset
49. press Import The wedge data is now displayed in the Probe Configuration dialog Visualize HighTemp Used to open the High Temperature Wedge dialog box after a HighTemp Wedge has been imported 17 4 1 HIGH TEMPERATURE WEDGE TOOLBAR The HighTemp Wedge Toolbar provides quick and easy access to some common HighTemp management tools q Calculate Correction lt Single Element lt Transducer Bounds lt All Elements SZ Probe Beamsets f Add Drawingset PQ QQ 224 Add on Modules calculate Correction Calculates the beam path correction factors for all of the probes beamsets 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 40 30 20 20 225 Add on Modules de Single Element Render a single element at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 40 30 20 10 10 226 Add on Modules Op eansducer Bonds Render beams at the first and last element and from the center of the array at the angle specified O 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 227 Add on Modules All Elements Render a beam for each element in the array at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 40 20 10 10 228 Add on Modules Probe Beamsets Render a beam path for each of the probes beamsets 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 30 20 20 JA dd Drawingset Brings up the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe a drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have
50. selecting the Import BeamTool Workspace command and then selecting a workspace file The Import BeamTool Workspace component will be available from the UltraVision File menu and the Eclipse Scientific toolbar Display Tools Window Help P New E New Beam Data File Es Open Data File 259 Third Party Integration When the Import BeamTool Workspace command is initiated the following dialog is presented 260 all Open Third Party Integration EIA li Users p jbrown p My Documents gt ESBeamTool 9 Search ESBeomTool P Organize New folder x Favorites BE Desktop de Downloads LLinear eb pol Recent Places wk A Bolt ebwk Flange Libraries Documents a Music Pictures EE Videos a Homegroup multiprobe ebwk Long Seam Weld ID jE Computer 2 Local Disk C Ga Local Disk P 2Sectebwk 2Probes4Be 5ectorialB amsets ebw eamsets eb k e _ A Butt Weld Butt Weld Sample Sample Convention TOFD al Covera PA ebwk a ag Focusing e FS 3 19 2 z bwk ones ebwk db MEE Pitch Catch Pitch Catch Samble Samble ComplexPi ece ebwk _ m k Harfang Block ebwk hg Fe PitchCatch ebwk Rea pa Convention al TOFD Cover Sample e IW Spread Lense ebwk Report Examble eb ay al O D a y a ASME Backbar _TOFD 3 eb Sample eb wk lt n Diferent Plate Thicknesse s Ebwk Corner Weld Sample PA ebwrk 7 Ar
51. subset areas of the top and side views These can be used in reports and for quick navigation to areas 9 2 6 2 1 ADDING AND DELETING VIEWPORTS There is a viewport automatically created in the Viewport Manager called Default This is the view of the entire workspace Other Viewports can be added in one of three ways 1 Click on the Viewport icon E found in the pop up menu in the Add Geometry section of the CAD Toolbar 2 Click on the Viewport icon EA found in the pop up menu in the Edit section of the CAD Toolbar 3 Click on the Add Viewport icon E found in the Viewport Manger Viewports can be deleted by selecting the viewport in the workspace and pressing the Delete key on your keyboard 9 2 6 2 2 LAYERS IN VIEWPORTS All layers created in the workspace will automatically be added to the Viewport Manager Viewports can be configured with independent layer visibility from the main workspace surface The Visibility icons BI found in the Viewport Manager toggles available layer views on and off in the workspace for the Default viewport only and toggles available layer views on and off in the report for all other viewports This makes it possible to add additional context to report images that may not be necessary on the main workspace view 134 CAD Toolbar VIEWPORTS IN REPORTS All viewports will show in a report as long as the Show In Report icon His turned on for each viewport in the Viewport Manager In the example below
52. the data from BeamTool to be used in other applications The copy to Clipboard button copies the drawing to the clipboard in either bitmap or metafile format Drawings can also be exported as either BMPs JPEGs PNGs or GIFs The reporting option in BeamTool allows the user to create comprehensive reports that are easily incorporated into a document Extracting Data 16 2 EXPORTING DRAWINGS Drawings created in BeamTool can be exported to a number of file formats F Export Image Once a workspace configuration is complete 1t can be exported to one of the following formats bmp jpg png gif wmf emf tdsx 1cex dwg or dxf 1 Select Export gt Image from the File menu and navigate to the location to store your file 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field 3 Select the appropriate file format from the Save as type list and press Save 4 Select a size for the exported drawing and press Export Export Drawing Options BMP JPG PNG GIF WMF or EMF When exporting a drawing to any of the supported formats excluding DXF the size of the drawing can be specified using the Export Drawing window 1 Select the appropriate size of the exported drawing using the picklist and press Export Exporting Drawing Options DWG When exporting a DXG drawing the user 1s presented with a number of options Items to Export Piece Geometry Exports the graphics associated to the piece and weld Annotations Export
53. used in pipelineweld inspection Requires Zonal Add On Full Matrix Capture Full matrix capture FMC is a specificdata acquisition process using ultrasonicphased amay probes For an array of N elements each element is successively used astransmitter while all other elements areused receivers Reference Beamset Reference Beamsets provideadditional drawing annotations 80 Probes Add a Beamset A Phased Array probe can display one or more beamsets There are two methods to add a beamset to a probe 1 Press the S Add Beamset button located on the Probe group for the selected probe A drop down list containing the available beamsets is displayed Select the appropriate beamset from the list The beamset is displayed on the drawing for the selected probe A Single Beam Linear Sectorial Linear Spread Zonal Full Matrix Capture or Reference Beamset tab is added to the Probe group 2 You can also add a beamset by clicking on one of the seven corresponding icons found on the Probe Group fe Sin le Beam Beamset i Linear Beamset sectorial Beamset E Linea Spread Beamset Zonal Beamset Full Matrix Capture Beamset K amp Reference Beamset a A Beamset Tab will be added to the probe group above the 3 Add Beamset icon for each beamset added to the probe 7 PA Probe a abs a fe OS ee y 20 00 mm A rrr y 0 00 2 mm De y 0 004 mm CICE y 0 00 21 PA SS Ti EE E PA
54. we have created two viewports but only Viewport 1 1s selected to show in the report B Subject Piece J2Weld Minstrument Probe F gge O _ Close up O Probe Close up 53 00mm L Fill Gs 0 Click and hold the mouse button then move the cursor in any direction to pan Release the button to end 76 00 31 00 i 135 CAD Toolbar Below is the Viewport labeled Weld Close up shown in the report 93 00mmr Koons OX KS OX E ats CIOS XK a aera A ees cena KK ON Pine xX aie rn 2 A NN E PA Arto OOO XXX X Ky A Weld Close up 136 CAD Toolbar 9 3 EDIT TOOLS The Edit group on the CAD toolbar provides access to a number of geometry editing functions D Zou st ae Th d Tay Tey Geometries can be added to the CAD surface from the Edit group via the Add Geometry pop up The various types of geometries that can be added are described in the Geometries section Once geometries have been added to the CAD surface they can be edited via the various editing tools available in the Edit group Selecting one or more geometries will enable the following tools in the Edit group L Delete Selected Deletes the selected graphic s Duplicate Selected Duplicates the selected graphic s Cut Deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard ACopy Places the current se
55. 0 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 18 JO 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Me B 77 A o iaa r r Zu drm abren a o asas e ssam A ET walenn aa mmionilona E RS 7 1 1 aa E Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style Construction Aids With all the outside edges of the bitmap in place we will select the rectangle and right click on 1t Select Convert Selected to Lines from the dialog box This will allow us to manipulate each line of the rectangle Ering To Front Send To Back Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal Rotate Clockwise Rotate Counter clockwise Rotate 180 lA Group it Un Group C2 Reset Geometry sh PP kw eR aa We will delete the right hand side of the rectangle and drag the bottom line to match the outline of our bitmap If we turn off the view of the bitmap layer we now have the outline of our piece 278 0 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 20 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 We a AH a O J AaB Z M Z Lime ns 4 4 34 tn on ona Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Lessons 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 e 5 a El gt bes a E a Ss gt ie X X X al 3 e Je gt as gt 48 0 f Pi m oo O Style Ta Construction Aids t 152 00 15 00 10 Now we will trace in the
56. 0 4 mm 3 Width j 20 00 24 mm d r Angle _ j y 36 00 2 A Inset Outset j 0 00 4 mm A Outset Buffer 100 mm 7 Front Slope Q y 0 00 4 a Damping Depth f 2 00 4 mm E Wedge Length 68 60 mm 2 X J Omm QUES 2 220 45 48 92 CID 232 Add on Modules Select one of the High Temperature Wedges from the catalog and click on the 44M Import button Import WA10 HT555 1H G WA12 HT555 1H G WA14 HT555 1H G WA10 HT555 1H B Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific WA12 HT555 1H B WA14 HT555 1H B Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific 233 Add on Modules For this lesson we have selected the WA10 HT55S IH G and we are using a Transducer with 16 total elements Once you have selected the High Temp Wedge to be imported the High Temperature Wedge dialog box will open Calculate Correction A Single Element lt gt Transducer Bounds All Elements Probe Beamsets Temperature F 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Air es y 25 0 4 OC Piece en 50 0 2 C O A E GEE Normal Beam Path Corrected Beam Path Reference Beam Element o D 1 0 2 Angle cj 0 00 41 WA10 HT55S IH G Summary Catalog entry PartNo WA10 HT555 1H G TempAir 25 TempPiece 50 Use the HighTemp Wedge Toolbar to render various beam paths 234 Add on Modules calculate Correction Calculates the beam path correction factors for all of the prob
57. 00 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100110120130140150 160170 180 190200210 220230240 250260270 280 290300310320 Prasos Atay Probe 1 1206110100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 Ae B 7 A 4 ni4MDB 7 M Zune N SL LH 4 saN ODJ CAA EJee a Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry mm 280 Lessons If we don t want the beamset to interact with the 50mm radius we can right click on each of the lines we used to create it and turn Reflective off by removing the check mark Zoom Fit Clone Selected Delete Selected Paste Copy Cut Bring To Front Send To Back Flip Vertical Flip Horizontal ak Rotate Clockwise Rotate Counter clockwise C Rotate 180 H Group Is Un Group tu Reset Geometry AAA Feo amp 2H Convert Selected to Lines tn a ai CNE woy eos SF ADT WA Co i o A ae a 1206110100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 me 2 7 8 418 10 70m zu dm are a E el SA Nh S LLH a Sa HR ON ORA e ase 4e 0 til 1 al oo Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style 5 Construction Aids t 303 38 54 62 CD 281 Lessons You can flip the probe horizontally on the piece by clicking on the dh Flip Probe icon from the Probe Group 290280270260250240230220210200190180170160150140130120110100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100110120130140150160170180190
58. 10us 20s 30ps 4055 50us G0js 7Os 80ps A Compression Wave 100 a S 5 a ES Ous 10us 2045 30ps 40ps 50us 6l 7Ous 0ps a 210 Add on Modules Combined 100 Qus TOus 20s 30s 40us SOs 60us Ous Opus A i f Minimal Pulse 100 90 20 j Px This option displays the initial pulse main 30 bang Parameters to modify the initial pulse shape are described under Pulser Options 40 below 211 Add on Modules p emana Curve 100 50 This option displays the attenuation through distance in the material curve Qus TOus 20s 30s 40us 0s S5U us Ous Opus 17 3 1 3 WAVE MODE VELOCITIES it These buttons control the velocity that is used to calculate distances They are only required when the X time axis is displayed in distance units and also when both shear and compression reflections are displayed Combined mode They are only enabled in that case As with any instrument if the shear velocity is selected then any compression reflections will be inaccurate and vice versa Show Grid Options to show the horizontal line and labels vertical lines and labels or both 212 Add on Modules Time Axis The units that are displayed on the X axis Either time in microseconds or distance in millimeters can be displayed 70 20 60 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 os AMUUA s A d ll oD Wat ahl le Met or Mas HUILA JA ah d anh
59. 200210220230240250260270280290300310320 120110100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 Me B Z A O ni4MA r r rM Lin Qran AS Text Ta y m le r Tg nse ansann olon RR SS ea 7 it ot SEAS Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style F Construction Aids 305 92 56 14 CID Turn the bitmap layer back on to see how the probe and beamset interact ho 230 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 281 Phased Array Probe 1 RRE 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 D 10 20 4 BY Me 44128 S FM Zu rm A tet Talo E AE A A ANA SSA A alias Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style Construction Aids 282 Lessons 193 LESSON 3 DEACTIVATE AND TRANSFER LICENSE In this lesson we will go through the steps involved to deactivate and transfer a license BeamTool makes 1t very easy to transfer your SoftLock license from one computer to another The first step is to deactivate the license on the computer you no longer want to use with BeamToo Click on the Help Menu and select Deactivate License from the drop down menu as Contents Check for Update Support Localization About The Software Deactivation dialog box will bring up your serial number for BeamTool If you do not have this number in your records
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63. Block Designer is a tool that is intended to automatically generate precise calibration block drawings The generated drawings can be delivered to a machine shop for production The ZONAL Calibration Block Designer utilizes the Advanced Weld Editor which provides the ability for users to define regions and zones within a weld bevel Weld regions and zones are constructed via customized algorithms and are designed to provide optimized full coverage of a weld bevels fusion face and volume The Advanced Weld Editor is a powerful tool which is discussed and documented elsewhere Taking advantage of optimized weld bevel zones the Calibration Block Designer provides the ability for users to customize a calibration block that will include the necessary targets and notches to validate scanning procedures and techniques 240 Add on Modules Show GHA Auto 4 Manual 7Generate OO Repot EjDetails Thickness 20 00 mm Outside Diameter mm Total Width jju mm Overlap Width cE gt 15 00 4 mm Layout Z Block S Block Automatic Lengths US Wing Length C 140 00 _ mm US Center Length _ 100 00 mm DS Center Length gt _ 100 00 mm DS Wing Length C 140 00 mm Dr O Position From Center 0 US Edge Automatic Positioning WwWZ6 WWOZ O WWps s wwo0 s wwe E wwcEes j US DS Positions Symmetrical WWEO OL wwce g Overlap Notches Overlap Fills C_ 9 00 mm Overl
64. Eclipse Scientific FAST EASY OPEN TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT FOR NDT BeamTool 6 User Manual COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 1st Edition 2014 Owner Eclipse Scientific Products Inc Copyright by Eclipse Scientific Products Inc 2014 This book and the information 1t describes are protected by the Copyright Act of Canada and international laws You are permitted to use these materials only for your personal study and research Use of the materials for any other purposes including reproducing or distributing in whole or in part whether for sale or not without express permission of the copyright owner will infringe copyright The copyright owners may take action against you for infringement Published by Eclipse Scientific Products Inc Eclipse Scientific 97 Randall Drive Unit 2 Waterloo Ontario N2V 1C5 Canada Toll free 800 490 1072 Phone 1 519 886 6717 Fax 1 519 886 1102 www eclipsescientific com BeamTool 6 User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyrieht Informatica i Table ot Content ads il Chapter 1 Welcome to Bean Tool 0 visscssscceseveccctsccsssetessesecevevencsevececsslsevssseversdtactvesvsacdspeusunsesanassiaatdcestwocscccavevessdoaaauscevessenee 5 A MMA WCE SOT A e o 6 Chapter C Gentine Saed MAA A nn un ESEE E EEE E 8 7 ramea pica Mil cre hiig ron ee nee oe eee 8 Chapter 3 Menus Toolbars amp Layout toner sg ccsscavstesaicccvessccciecsscccssusscasssvsceconsesbsssceesseodyceaveassavesececenstoasvevase
65. L Place a symbol on the workspace Command entry symbol Ready symbol Starting Point 0 0 Ending Point 0 0 167 VIEWPORT Creates a user defined viewport Command entry viewport Ready viewport Starting Point 0 0 End Point 40 30 or Ready viewport 0 10 40 30 or Ready line 0 10 400 30 IZ MODIFY COMMANDS CLONE Creates a clone of the selected geometries Command entry clone Ready clone 0 20 or Ready clone 20 45 COPY Creates a copy of the selected geometries Command entry copy Ready copy 0 20 Or Ready copy 20 45 168 Command Prompt CUT Removes the selected geometries from the workspace Command entry cut Ready cut DELETE Deletes the selected geometries Command entry delete Ready delete EXTRUDE Changes the extrude depth on the selected geometries Command entry extrude Ready extrude MOVE Provides a means of defining the absolute position at which to move selected geometries Command entry move Ready move 40 0 NUDGE Nudges the selected geometries Command entry nudge Ready nudge 0 20 Or Ready nudge 20 45 169 Command Prompt PASTE Pastes the content previously Cut or Copied Command entry paste Ready paste REDO Reverses the undo command or advances the buffer to a more current state Command entry redo Ready redo ROTATE Rotates the selected geometries at the specified angle
66. MSET Probes Single Beam Beamsets render a single beam from a defined set of elements at a specified refracted angle Useful for developing zonal techniques TELE HN aa lt i Aperture Elements Refracted Angle Focus Length Gate Start Gate Length Near Field Used Aperture Rx Start Element Rx Elements 1 H Acquisition Gain Global Gain Gate Threshold Reflector Size Sizing Correction Rotary Position Filter Usage Presentations A 16 da re i 60 00 Cc Jmm j 500 mm VS TE dB Drop ZO mm seam Sweep D 350 mm Beam Spread CABO Alpha Angle i 190 y ES Rx Angle gt Sp y 30 dB SS 0 0 dB j y 20 00 O 1 00 mm Ls 0 00 mm Ls 0 00 mm 1 64 Solid Beams PAT E 96 Probes 7 7 4 2 1 SINGLE BEAM BEAMSET CONFIGURATION OPTIONS E Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics H Display A Scan Displays an A Scan visualization for the beamset Additional detail on configuring A Scans can be found here ANUse Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece 1 Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to
67. Min Near Field Max Near Field Min Spread Max Spread Used Aperture Element Utilization Probes The number of the first element in the aperture The number of contiguous elements in the aperture The refracted angle of the first beam The refracted angle of the last beam The number of beams used The angle between beam steps read only The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate The length of the gate segment Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used The estimated minimum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only The estimated maximum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only The estimated minimum beam spread read only The estimated maximum beam spread read only The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified 106 Probes Beam Type amp Solid Beams A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color e Color List displays each beam skip in the color define
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69. PTIONS Below are options that can be accessed by selecting Tools gt Options Colors Dimensions Text Color Specify the color to display dimension labels Dimensions Line Color Specify the color to display dimension lines Labels Text Color Specify the color to display all other labels Beam Spread Fill Color Specify the color of the beam spread beams Near Field Fill Color Specify the color of the near field indicators Focal Point Fill Color Specify the color of the focal point indicators Gates Fill Color Specify the color of the gate indicator TOFD Resolution Specify the color of the TOFD resolution indicator lines 17 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 1 2 1 BEAM SKIP COLORING Beam Skip Coloring is used to easily identify the colors to be used for each 1 2 beam skip displayed for Phased Array beamsets Color markers can be dragged and dropped at any location on the color palette Additional color markers can be added by double clicking on the color palette and markers can be removed by selecting Delete on the keyboard When configuring Phased Array beamsets Color List can be selected from the Beam Type picklist and the colors specified for Beam Skip Coloring are applied to the beam If the number of 1 2 beam skips displayed exceeds the number of colors specified for the Beam Skip Coloring the color order is repeated Probe 6 id u UU Ce 18 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 1 3 REPORT TAB OP
70. S Custom Piece Geometries allow the user to draw complex piece and weld configurations Types of annotation include lines arcs polylines rectangles and polygons Custom Piece Geometries possess reflective properties and will reflect beams projected from the probe The reflective and refractive properties can be disabled and at this point the geometry is considered to be an Annotative Geometry Piece Geometries include Line Places a user defined line that will reflect beams projected from a probe fr Are Places a user defined arc that will reflect beams projected from a probe Yi polyline Places a user defined polyline that will reflect beams projected from a probe Circle Places a user defined circle that will reflect beams projected from a probe Rectangle Places a user defined rectangle that will reflect beams projected from a probe Ellipse Places a user defined ellipse that will reflect beams projected from a probe LPolygon Places a user defined polygon that will reflect beams projected from a probe 10 1 1 ADDING PIECE GEOMETRIES Piece Geometries can be added to a workspace from the CAD Toolbar Edit group or through the CAD Toolbar Add Geometry group 1 Select the appropriate geometry tool from the toolbar 2 Place the geometry on the drawing following the placement prompts displayed in the status bar Tools available in the CAD toolbar Tools group can be used to assist in the accurate placement of geometries grids snaps
71. Save icon ll to finish een 2 E Options fei Gebel cows 3382 befuto OOOO LA o O A 1418 Mimete O A e Click on the Translate icon E to automatically translate the selected string using Google Translate This can be useful when translating strings with large amounts of text 192 Reference 15 1 7 HOW TO TRANSLATE IN TREE VIEW To translate in Tree View you can navigate the Tree View to expand and collapse groups of strings You can use the a Find icon to search for specific text in a string In the example below we have performed a Find function for all strings that contain the word wedge By selecting string 1033 from the Find results at the bottom the Table View automatically navigates to the selected string for editing WS XMLocalize C Program Files x86 Eclipse Scientific ESBeamTool5 ESBeamTool xmloc so Je File Tools Help Ey Open lH Save abe ar XK 24 Fina yo Replace Copy LString g Translate y _ ESBeamTool Options A gt Common Strings y Controls gt E BeamToolbar gt 8 ColorProps y ProbeBox abs Display Probe abs Flip Probe abs Display Wedge Dimensions abs Display Wedge Position Dimensi abs Display Probe Name abs Display Transducer Part Number abs Clone Probe abs Delete Probe abs Probe Position Side View Horiz abs Add Beamset abs Probe Configuration abs Display Crossover Dimensions abs Display Dead Zones abs Probe Center Spacing PCS abs Probe
72. Started Video technique ensures complete coverage of the weld by using two phased array sectorial beamsets to inspect the top and bottom of the weld Bitmap Tracing This video shows how to import a bitmap image and use it to trace a complex piece geometry This video demonstrates how to use the BeamTool ZONAL Add on The BeamTool ZONAL Add on provides the ability to define weld zones which are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset to provide automated targeting of individual phased array beams into specific locations along the face of a weld bevel Editing Report Templates This video demonstrates how to edit report templates in BeamTool 307 CHAPTER 20 SUPPORT Eclipse Scientific values your business and your feedback is very important to us If you are experiencing problems please use the Check For Update option under the Help menu to ensure you have the most recent version of the software If you are still experiencing problems we can be reached On the Web Select Support from the Help menu in BeamTool to submit an inquiry directly from our website Email Email us at support eclipsescientific com and provide us with the following information e Full Name e Company e Serial Number or HardLock ID displayed in About screen e Version of BeamTool e Description of Problem or Question Phone Contact Eclipse Scientific BeamTool Support directly Phone 519 372 1831 or Fax 519 372 2039 308
73. Steps 16 1 4582 75 097 None 1 16 Focus 273 Lessons 192 LESSON 2 IMAGES In this demonstration we will import and scale a bitmap and show how to work with layers We will start with a new workspace Change the default ET Plate workspace to ms Custom by clicking on the Piece Geometry pick list found in the Piece Group Plate Simple geometry based on thickness length and width IDOD Simple geometry based on outside diameter and inside diameter or thickness Custom User defined piece geometry drawn by user using CAD tools With our workspace changed to custom its time to import the bitmap Click on the A Add Geometry icon found in the Edit Tools section of the CAD Toolbar Select Image from the Add Geometry Group dialog box 274 Lessons The Select Image browser will open and allow you to select the image that you would like to import Highlight the image and click on Open Organize Open Share with Slide show Print Pictures library Includes 2 locations Resources IWTYPE2 Date modified 1 27 2012 3 44 PM EMP File Dimensions 1513 x 521 Click and drag your cursor over the workspace to place the image The aspect ratio of the image is not maintained To scale the image to its proper dimensions we will use a rectangle for reference Click on the A Add Geometry icon found in the Edit Tools section of the CAD Toolbar Select Rectangle from the Add Geometry Group dialog box
74. TIONS Below are options that can be accessed by selecting Tools gt Options Report Ec ipse Scientific 19 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 1 3 1 DEFAULT LOGO For use in Reports and the Report Template Editor a Default Logo can be loaded into the Options The logo will always default to the Eclipse Scientific logo Default Logo Colipse Scientific 20 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 1 4 MATERIALS TAB OPTIONS BeamTool has a huge catalog of materials to choose from allowing users to define material parameters on the fly Starting in BeamTool 6 users can create a custom library of materials that they commonly use Seamless integration makes it easy to implement any material you need Below are options that can be accessed by selecting Tools gt Options gt Materials EXI el System Materials Add Material _ Delete Material Aluminum ron Cast fas al ss 735 aol ba ox App El cancel o User Materials Displays the list of Materials added by the user system Materials Displays the list of Materials that are standard with BeamTool Dada Material Adds a new material to the User Materials list delete Materia Removes the selected material from the User Materials list 21 Menus Toolbars amp Layout a2 HELP MENU There are a number of options located under the Help menu 2 Contents Displays the BeamTool Help
75. Tools Piece Piece yWeld Minstrument Probe P gR ries g VAAIA 73 Catch O Tandum 36 AAC 0 00 O mC o o 3 C1r290 aiCo0 mfC_10 w0 C WWOD OZ Ready he Aay Ao 2b K BBR WIZ WC Zine CISNES LLE ae a RONDO ORO esee cn Snap Edit Add Geometry 73 Probes 7 6 PROBE OPTIONS In addition to configuring some simple probe attributes the Probe Group also provides the ability to do the following 7 6 1 ALL PROBE GROUPS id Probe Displays the Probe Configuration dialog which can be used to specify detailed probe Configuration attributes Probe Tools Provides access to the Clone Delete Rename Import and Export probe commands Clone Probe Creates a probe based on attribution set for existing probe Removes the probe The Probe group and corresponding graphics in the drawing are iDelete Probe ee l Rename Probe When selected the Probe name is editable When multiple probes exist in the workspace you can use this tool to re order the active Uno a Re Order Left Probe Group menu one position to the left When multiple probes exist in the workspace you can use this tool to re order the active Pina yo Re Order Right Probe Group menu one position to the right Import Probe When selected imports the beam configurations for a previously saved probe set ebps Export Probe When selected exports the probe set ebps gt When selected displays the probe and associated gr
76. Un yi 47 3 rich sis Mili TALI As AQUA UL yili a Sika rd MAD yiii iyi Tae dln aa int WAGE i i A AO METETE b F i jiii VILLA Ai Lai i wy fll Hi 89 Probes Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material WwIZSL 44 18mm i iN i i M A i i i pla ma Cal a am m if EN vi pu Wii al 1 NLL HOT nta AA LLETY Vint LLL e iat 90 Probes Display Pitch Catch Displays the path a reflected beam would take back into a wedge and the elements that could best be used to receive this signal Tandum Tandum Tandum y o A Display Pitch Catch turned on and 21 Reflect Off Weld turned on A Display Pitch Catch Turned off 2 Reflect Off Weld turned off TF Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through 91 Probes Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer Element Utilization 64 The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified 1 92 Probes Beam Type A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color Probe 1 18 18mm 93 Probes e Color List
77. View Angle The angle of the wedge on which the transducer sits Inset Outset This is the distance the transducer is recessed into the wedge or out from the wedge Positive values are into the wedge and negative values are out from the wedge This is sometimes referred to as the Pocket Depth Outset Buffer The space between the outset on the wedge and the edges Front Slope The angle of the slope at the front of the wedge Damping Depth The distance the damping groove extends into the wedge from the wedge face The damping groove runs parallel to a line extending from the bottom of the wedge face to the top of the wedge slope Radius Wedge Length The total length of the wedge in contact with the piece read only 63 Probes 7 3 3 TIME OF FLIGHT DIFFRACTION PROBE CONFIGURATION General probe configuration options are described in Probe Configuration Options specific to TOFD probes are described below To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The drawing pane will update on the fly as the values are modified ResolutionDepth Cp gt 20 00 1 mm Locus Curve Depth js 19 20 mm dB Drop i2 Beam Spread 1049 Spatial Resolution 0 80 mm J omm O iP 1 Y Transducer E ta Part Number Transducer Part Number Frequency o 10 00 2 MHz Shape Round E Square Height C y 3 00 2
78. X axis Y Defines the measurement for the location of the notch target of the Y axis Length Defines the measurement for the length of the notch target Depth Defines the measurement for the depth of the notch target Width Defines the measurement for the width of the notch target 53 CHAPTER 7 PROBES A probe is made up of a transducer and an optional wedge A probe can be added to a workspace by using the Add a Probe menu option Once added a probe can be customized using the corresponding Probe group The Probe group provides access to the Probe Configuration which is used to specify the data values to be used for both the transducer and wedge The Probe group also provides the ability to control what information is displayed on the drawing BeamTool supports the placement of Phased Array Time Of Flight Diffraction and Conventional UT probes Phased Array PA probe consists of many small elements each of which can be pulsed separately Time of flight Diffraction This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes Conventional UT A conventional probe uses asingle transducer in apulse echo configuration Probes 7 1 ADDING PROBES A probe is made up of a transducer and an optional wedge BeamTool supports the placement of Phased Array Time of Flight Diffraction and Conventional UT probes a SIADD A PROBE Multiple probes can be displayed in a
79. a Long Seam Weld 30 Sample PA ebwk IW Spread Sample PA ebwk Sect ebwk e Sectorial File name Linear ebwk This Open File dialog allows you to select an BeamTool workspace for import The folder is defaulted to the BeamTool workspaces folder The default view presents the workspace files as thumbnails to make locating a file easier After a workspace file is selected and the Open button is pressed there is no further user interaction required It will take a few moments to process the workspace file and calculate the focal laws 261 Third Party Integration acaecida Mora re roy RAY TSS MODE RP Ry Pe AAA Rs ERASE ey BOR eee 85 ET E vora a E mE area e ees f hiina j ae s E Liri TES HER oa tab eee Cit E AA AAA a a he de i ee ee ee ee oe de Mawel PA Later tte Di AA A be Li r toe Da art El ii Pal ras Chal dp Len cis E ou EN So ape iij Spray pri Sau led Soe i wa TE m ey Pas m omii o e el Uga LF HE i IH q a 10 a dl Loew te Pra Ae o r Pe pne ee A 1 EAT 18 2 2 3 CURRENT LIMITATIONS The following areas of functionality are not yet supported with the current version Pitch catch configurations TOFD configurations Conventional UT configurations Custom pieces cannot be imported An attempt is made to import the basic dimensions of the piece Only very simple weld profiles are supporte
80. a a Element Gap 0 10 mm R Total Aperture 38 40 mm S Jemm dG O tiwedge IRA BRE E o E 4 Part Number Wedge Part Number A Velocity a x o j 58 60 4 mm a xt o j 10 00 4 mm 7 AN sa Z j y 11 00 4 mm o gt 3 Height Ha 43 00 4 mm 5 Width h y 20 00 mm a 7 i Angle j 36 00 AAA Inset Outset hj y 0 00 4 mm A Outset Buffer CE 1 00 mm Front Slope Q y 0 00 a Y Damping Depth of y 2 00 4 mm A Wedge Length 68 60 mm P X S Omm GE L 220 45 48 92 CID 295 Lessons Select one of the High Temperature Wedges from the catalog and click on the 44M Import button Import WA10 HT555 1H G WA12 HT555 1H G WA14 HT555 1H G WA10 HT555 1H B Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific WA12 HT555 1H B WA14 HT555 1H B Eclipse Scientific Eclipse Scientific 296 Lessons For this lesson we have selected the WA10 HT55S IH G and we are using a Transducer with 16 total elements Once you have selected the High Temp Wedge to be imported the High Temperature Wedge dialog box will open Calculate Correction A Single Element lt gt Transducer Bounds All Elements Probe Beamsets Temperature F 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Air es y 25 0 4 OC Piece en 50 0 2 C O A E GEE Normal Beam Path Corrected Beam Path Reference Beam Element o D 1 0 2 Angle cj 0 00 41 WA10 HT55S IH G Summary
81. a precision drawing tool used to quickly draw and edit geometries with specific dimensions The CAD Toolbar Access to CAD configuration and manipulation tools 7 The Status Bar Provides status updates on CAD tool usage surface navigation workspace management etc or oe I En 1j Beam 1 fool 6 C File Edit Drawings Tools 1 The Main Menu HBH 0 Subject M 4Piece lyweld Minstrument Probe G g Aw 2 TheMainToolbar FA mo O Vaaa Z Left C Right FCE Aim ara la as Camm L2 The Probe Group 90 80 70 60 5 40 x 0 30 20 10 10 20 30 4 The CAD Surface C Line amp Fill A3 Text A je Der onu 6 The CAD Toolbar til 1 Add Geometry Style F J Construction Aids Menus Toolbars amp Layout a MAIN MENU BeamTool s Main Menu provides access to workspace management and other various tools The three sub menus accessible from the main menu are e File Access to workspace and document management options and tools e Edit Access to various editing tools e Drawings Access to tools for creating and managing drawing sets e Tools Access to various information and operational tools The BeamTool Options dialog is also accessed from the Tools menu e Help Access to documentation and BeamTool product options 10 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 21 FILE MENU There are a number of options located under the File menu new Workspace Creates a
82. a user defined circle that will not reflect beams projected from a probe polygon Places a user defined polygon that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Text Box Places a user defined text box that will not reflect beams projected from a probe W Polyline Places a user defined polyline that will not reflect beams projected from a probe L lRectangle Places a user defined rectangle that will not reflect beams projected from a probe 139 CAD Toolbar 9 5 STYLE Style tools can be accessed by selecting the appropriate tool button on the CAD toolbar Style group Style tools can also be accessed by selecting Properties from the right click menu These tools are only available when a Piece or Annotative geometry is selected G4 Line dy Fill AP Text z r 0m Gm Om mm r m r A 10 Style P Below are the editing tools available Line Line Weight Specifies the thickness of the line ine Style Specifies the style solid dash dotted of the line Line Color Specifies the color of the line Start Cap Specifies the cap style placed at the beginning of the line End Cap Specifies the cap style placed at the end of the line Fill 20 Color Specifies the color and level of transparency used to fill contained geometries such as rectangles ellipses and polygons Text Text Color Specifies the color of the selected text A Text Scale Specifies the size of the selected text graphics 140 CAD Tool
83. access to some common workspace management tools various information tools and dialogs and CAD Surface tools Had 2 0 E Subject EPiece Weld Minstrument Probe G i gt wo Y MWeeaQgaa Tinew Workspace Creates a new workspace displaying default values for piece and probe Open Workspace Opens a previously saved workspace lalsave Workspace Saves the current workspace If the workspace has not been previously saved the Save Workspace dialog will appear allowing the user to specify the workspace filename If the workspace has been previously saved the workspace will be overwritten gi Undo Reverts the workspace to its state before the most recent editing action was performed Also provides a list of all the most recent editing actions performed allowing the ability to revert the workspace back a number of editing steps Redo Reverts the workspace to its state before the most recent undo was performed Also provides a list of all the most recent undos performed allowing the ability to revert the workspace forward a number of editing steps JA ctive Drawing This drop down menu allows you to quickly change your workspace from Subject Piece to Calibration Block to Wedge Drawings to Custom Drawings ET Piece Geometry Piece Configuration The drop down menu is used to select the general Piece Geometry from Plate Axial Circumferential and Custom types After the piece geometry is selected from the drop d
84. acked vertically Edge Represents the front and the back of the block Wing Represents the dividing line between the wings and center section WT Represents the wall thickness strip targets Trans Represents the transverse targets Center Represents the center notch target FBH Represents the flat bottom hole targets Notch Represents the notch type targets 249 Display Show Position Dimensions USOD F USID E Show Notch Edge Dimensions Separate Upstream Downstream E Separate Wings 4 Horizontal Top View Upstream Label Upstream Downstream Label Downstream Add on Modules 0S0D A DS ID Display Parameters Show Weld Show HAZ US OD US ID DS OD DS ID Show Notch Edge Dimensions Separate Upstream Downstream Separate Wings Horizontal Top View Upstream Label Downstream Label Toggles the display of the weld in Side View Top View and 3D View within Zonal CalBlock Designer Toggles the display of the HAZ in Side View Top View and 3D View within Zonal CalBlock Designer Toggles the display of upstream position dimensions on the outside diameter Toggles the display of upstream position dimensions on the inside diameter Toggles the display of downstream position dimensions on the outside diameter Toggles the display of downstream position dimensions on the inside diameter Adds additional dimensions for positioning points to the front and back edges of all
85. alize File Tools Ey Open H Save gt Menu i P Report gt Parameter Forms English Drawing TEMER TOFD gt Message Boxes y Li Super Tips P JPA Chinese Traditional mia CADSurface e Modules lt Misc F Indications French a Add Indication pe abs Remove Indication abe Indication Table abe X1 abe M2 German main F gen Anzeige abe Y2 abe Z1 ed Portuguese abe Width hina Adicionar Indicac o abe Length abs Columns i m Russian abe ID abe Amplitude noe EE Chinese Display Wedge DimensionsDisplays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge on the drawing Display Wedge Position DimensionDisplays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing Display Wedge Part NumberDisplays the wedge part number on the drawing Crake Denitinn Tan Vir Aniceto thn ued mitin olen thin ndt of thon tan Para nf thn miner 184 Reference 15 1 XMLOCALIZE VIEWS LAYOUT MENUS amp TOOLBAR The XMLocalize has two different views You can toggle between Tree View and Table View by clicking on their respective icons in the XML ocalize Toolbar 15 1 1 TREE VIEW The XMLocalize Tree View layout is divided into six major sections XMLocalize Main Menu access to XMLocalize File Menu and Tools Menu XMLocalize Tree View Tool Bar a toolbar use for localization management Tree View tree view of current strings available for modif
86. am exhibits a change in wave front read only Used Aperture The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only Beam Sweep The difference between the exit points of the first beam to the last beam read only Beam Spread The divergence of the sound beam as it travels through the piece read only Alpha Angle The incident angle of the beam within the wedge read only 120 Probes Receive Parameters Start Element The first element in a group of elements assigned to receive in pitch catch configuration This is automatically configured based on the parameters of the transmitting beam Aperture Elements The number of elements configured to receive in a pitch catch configuration Inspection Angle The angle at which the beam intersects the zone face Refracted Angle The angle of the beam within the piece or part Focus Length The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected Alpha Angle The incident angle of the beam within the wedge read only Used Aperture The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only The Hel equisition The Acquisition parameters are not directly utilized in BeamTool rendering but can in downstream applications through export or import Eclipse s TrueView girth weld scanning system for example Element Utilization Er The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphica
87. ameters are modified In this mode zones are always kept in sync with their defining inputs Modifications to generated zones in the zones table are not permitted as any updates would be lost during the next automatic regeneration The exception to this is any manual zones that have been added to the zones table through the Add Manual Zone dialog F Manual When in Manual Zone Generation mode the zones table is not regenerated when modifications are made to weld regions or zone generation input parameters Instead the zones table can be manually regenerated by using the Generate button Generated zones can be modified through the zones table because regeneration will not occur automatically and will not overwrite any edits Generate Will trigger zone table regeneration when in Manual mode using current weld regions and zone generation input parameter values Any zones that were previously generated by an auto or manual regeneration will be replaced Any manually added zones will remain 45 Weld Configuration 5 2 2 ZONE GENERATION PANEL TABS The Zone Generation Panel has two tabs for configuring zones 5 2 2 1 BY ZONE LENGTH TAB PARAMETERS Upper Fill Length The maximum length of the uppermost zone generated from the upper fill region Fill Max Length The maximum length of zones generated from root root fill v type hot pass fill and upper fill regions Hot Pass Max Length The maximum length of zones genera
88. ance Time or Sul Skips i Display Beam Focus Defines the point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type Pts True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge a q Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge y gt Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam enters the piece a None Do not perform focusing Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material gt Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer 105 Parameters Start Element Aperture Elements Min Angle Max Angle Num Beams Beam Deviation Focus Length Gate Start Gate Length dB Drop
89. ap Volumetrics gt C_9 00_ mm Distance Between Target Centers mm Notch FBH Center Trans WT Wing Edge Edge ojo 2 0 WWWB9 9L uwZL 9L vwWw9gz p wusg Ll m2 o 0 0 Show Weld Show HAZ The ZONAL CalBlock Designer can be accessed by clicking on the Tools Menu and selecting Zonal Calibration Block Designer from the drop down menu Command Prompt f Geometry Inspector Convert Simple Piece to Custom Delete Duplicate Geometries Construct Top View AP Options 241 Add on Modules 17 5 1 ZONAL CALBLOCK DESIGNER TOOLBAR The ZONAL CalBlock Designer toolbar provides quick and easy access to some common management tools various information tools and dialogs 7 Generate Report Details Add Drawingset lt Copy Positions Table side Tp J32 RAAQ show Ey led Auto manua Show This will toggle the display of the Zonal CalBlock targets on the CAD workspace Import Loads a Cal Block Designer export file and overwrites the current configuration Export Loads a Cal Block Designer export file and overwrites the current configuration gt Auto When in Auto Generation mode the targets are automatically regenerated whenever the piece zones or cal block options are modified In this mode targets are always kept in sync with their defining inputs Modifications to generated targets through the target Table are not permitted as an
90. aphics labels and Display Probe beams on the drawing Display Probe Name When selected displays the name of the probe on the drawing Display Wedge Part Number When selected displays the wedge part number on the drawing PIDisplay Transducer Part Number When selected displays the transducer part number on the drawing When selected displays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge Display Wedge Dimensions on the drawing When selected displays the distance of the wedge from the centre HDisplay Wedge Position Dimension point on the weld on the drawing 7 6 2 PHASED ARRAY GROUP ONLY Flip Probe Flips the probe horizontally Er Pin Controls how the probe is pinned to an ID OD piece available on ID OD pieces only SA dd Beamset Adds a Beamset to a Phased Array probe ca Probe Position Side View Horizontal Adjusts the probe distance from the center of the weld probe Position Side View Vertical Adjusts the probe distance from the top face of the piece Adjusts the probe position along the width of the top face of the al eso 2 IProbe Position Top View piece available in Top View only Rotate Probe Rotates the Probe 90 degrees 74 Probes 7 6 3 TOFD GROUP ONLY When selected displays the percentage and distance into the piece that the Display Crossover Dimensions t ansmitter beam travels to the point it meets the receiver beam EE When selected displays the near surface disconti
91. available transducers in the catalog by selecting criteria on the left and a limiting factor on the right in the Import Transducer dialog box E Cancel PartNo AM 3 5 MHz AM 5 MHz 2 25 16 A1 2 25L6 A10 2 25L8 A10P SLI6 45LW W 1 5L1 iniae Wi You can also change the default wedge by clicking on the 45 Import Wedge icon from the Probe Configuration dialog box de P Now that we have our probe configured we will add a beamset by clicking on the S Add Beamset icon from the Probe Group aegis ened 5 ES Add Beamset Adds abeamsettothe probe Selectthe appropiate beamsettypefromthe piddist 267 Lessons For this demonstration we will select a Sectorial Beamset Single Beam Beamset Single Beam Beamsets render asingle beam from adefined set of elements at aspecified refracted angle Useful for developing zonal techniques Linear Beamset Linear Beamsets allow a number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a common refracted angle Linear Spread Beamsets allow anumber of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a range pf refracted angles Zonal Beamset Zonal Beamsets are used to target specific regions of aweld Zonal beamsets are commonly used in pipeline weld inspection Requires Zonal Add On Reference Beamset Reference Beamsets provide additional drawing annotations 268 Lessons The Beamset Configuration dialog
92. bar 9 6 CONSTRUCTION AIDS Construction Aids can be accessed through the CAD toolbar Construction Aids group These tools are only available when a Piece or Annotative geometry is selected 1 rr O 59 E pic E les pl Ae 0 1 1 0 0 gt ES Construction Aids Below are the editing tools available T ock Distance When selected the Lock Distance restrains the line segment being drawn to the distance specified A Lock Angle When selected the Lock Angle restrains the line segment being drawn to the angle specified P Draw Relative When selected places the next point of the geometry being drawn at a point relative to the last point drawn using the distance and angle specified legend ID Replaces the numerical value of the selected dimension geometry and replaces it with a user defined variable that will be displayed along with the numerical value in the Legend Horizontal Displays the calculated distance of the specified start point see Measurement Start Point from 0 0 along the Y axis 1 Vertical Displays the calculated distance of the specified start point see Measurement Start Point from 0 0 along the X axis HH Length Displays the calculated length of the selection t Height Displays the calculated height of the selection T Lock Aspect Ratio Ensures that adjustments to Length and Width are made relative to each other so that geometries maintain Length to Width ratio Rotates the selection to the specifi
93. been defined the selected drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar See Drawings for more information on working with Drawings am Pan Drawing Puts the cursor in panning mode allowing the user to pan around the drawing You can also pan by holding down the scroll wheel and dragging and dropping using the mouse Boom Fit Fits and centers the drawing in the current displayable drawing area workspace Ctrl F Eb Zoom Window Specify an area in the drawing to be zoomed into by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to select the area ON Zoom In Zooms into the drawing The user can also scroll up using their mouse wheel to zoom in Page Up 229 Add on Modules 4Zoom Out Zooms out of the drawing The user can also scroll down using their mouse wheel to zoom out Page Down 17 4 2 HIGH TEMPERATURE WEDGE OPTIONS Options specific to the High Temperature Wedge dialog box are described below The HighTemp wedge display will update on the fly as the values are modified Temperature Options Air temperature control for the air surrounding the wedge Piece temperature control for the piece Pallet Picker provides a list of predefined pallets for visualizing temperature in the HighTemp Wedge display Normal Beam Path selects the color used to display the Normal Beam Path in the HighTemp Wedge display Corrected Beam Path selects the color used to display t
94. box will open when a Beamset is selected It can be used to specify the data values to be used To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified 522 4 9 HINA Start Element Ja y da Aperture Elements 7 ps y 16 a Min Angle oo y 35 00 2 Max Angle a gt 75 00 1 Num Beams C 2 a Beam Deviation cimma y 097 a Focus Length ER Hil Gate Start es 5 00 4 mm Gate Length es 5 00 4 mm dB Drop 6 0 Min Near Field 53 5 mm Min Spread 419 Max Near Field 541 mm Max Spread 957 1 Used Aperture 95 mm l 16 Solid Beams gt Gua eg 269 Lessons For this demonstration we are going to change the number of skips to from 1 to 2 by clicking on the Number of Beam Skips icon and selecting 3 from the pick list Select the number of beam half skips to be displayed on the drawing Lo Deviation gpm 14 O Focus Length A T 1 mm Gate Start C 550 4 mm Gate Length O 5 00 4 mm dB Drop C 6 0 Min Near Field 53 5 mm Min Spread 419 Max Near Field 54 1 mm Max Spread 9 57 Used Aperture 95 mm 1 16 lt gt Solid Beams FI Lal gt For this demonstration we will change the display of our beamset from Solid Beams to Color List This will represen
95. but configurable material attenuation is also applied to the reflections by default 208 Add on Modules The A Scan dialog box can be accessed by clicking on the A Scan icon He in the UT Probe Configuration and the Phased Array Single Beam Beamset Configuration menu only i 3 NE 3 9 52 7 G Ha oI Dae Note Detecting reflections requires that the probe or beamset 1s configured with enough beam skips to allow the beams to return to the transducer Note In order to make sure a signal is coming back to the probe it is possible to use the Pitch Catch SA option for the probe or beamset that will display in yellow any signal coming back into the wedge 17 3 41 A SCAN OPTIONS Options specific to A Scan are described below To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The chart will update on the fly as the values are modified 17 3 1 1 DISPLAY OPTIONS Controls the data that is displayed in the chart Display Display Mode Shear dera Show Grid HH Both Axis Time Axis e Time Time Base Gee GT ys Gain jj I dB Zero Offset p e 0 ps 209 Add on Modules 17 3 1 2 DISPLAY MODE Changing the Display mode will automatically update the chart and the beamset ho Shear Wave 100 E a ga of s oe S z Ops
96. c Once added to a workspace geometries can be selected and then manipulated with Edit Tools Style Tools and Construction Aids 148 Geometries 30 10 SELECTING GEOMETRIES CAD surface A selection rectangle blue drawn left to right will select all features totally encompassed by the With the Arrow Tool active specify the object s to be edited by clicking and dragging the mouse cursor over the rectangle A selection rectangle green drawn right to left will select all features touching the rectangle Left to Right selection 10 3 30 a x M Y ae j f 40 30 el va E MK a x i Y 40 ks oz Right to Left selection Holding the CTRL key while selecting geometries on the CAD surface will combine the new selections with any current selections Using this method of selection allows for the selection of a very specific subset of geometries 149 Once selected geometries can be e repositioned resized and rotated by adjusting the location of the visible handles e manipulated with Edit Tools Style Tools and Construction Aids from the CAD toolbar Geometries e right clicked to access the context menu providing many editing tools and access to the geometry Properties screen only available from the right click context menu a y Fps d Y E a Ce
97. cal depth from the top of the piece to the top of the upper most volumetric zone Bottom Vol Depth The vertical depth from the bottom of the piece to the bottom of the bottom most volumetric zone A zone is essentially a line that has a position length and orientation This gives a zone a starting and ending point and an angle Zones also have a specific Target that is its main focus point Typically the zone s target is directly in the middle of its length The zone angle and target play an important role when using the Zonal Beamset Zonal Solver 46 Weld Configuration Two types of zones are created Fusion zones that follow the fusion face of the weld bevel Volumetric zones that follow the vertical center of the weld bevel Zones are generated from the bottom of the weld bevel up using the following steps l NOTE Determine the root zone R1 using the Root Max parameter R1 is always located in the bottom most root region Divide the remainder of the bottom most root region into zones R2 Rx of equal size using the Fill Max parameter 1f the UF Overlap option is activated the entire bottom most root region is divided resulting in overlapping zones in the root Divide any existing root regions into zones Rx Ry of equal size using the Fill Max parameter Determine the hot pass zone s V Type hot pass regions are divided into zones HP1 HPx or equal size using the HP Max parameter
98. ce Distance Dimension Displays the distance along the entry surface between the initial entry point into the specimen and its reflected exit point Display V Path Distance Dimension Displays the total distance the beam travels through the specimen from the initial entry point to the exit point Display Pitch Catch Displays the path a reflected beam would take back into a wedge and the elements that could best be used to receive this signal 68 Probes Parameters dB Drop Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used Beam Spread The increase in beam diameter with distance from the aperture from which the beam emerges Near Field A section of the radiated beam that is within a small number of wavelengths of the beam source 7 3 4 2 TRANSDUCER OPTIONS Parameters Part Number The part number of the transducer entered by user or populated from import Frequency The number of waves that pass a given point in a specified unit of time Shape Toggle on Round or Square to specify the shape of the transducer Height The height of the transducer Diameter The diameter of the transducer Round transducers only Width The width of the transducer Square transducers only Length The length of the transducer Square transducers only Channel The channel on the PA instrument that the transducer is connected to Total Aperture Usually a single element read only 7 3 4 3 fIWEDGE OPTIONS Wedge Mode The probe s wedge mo
99. ce you must first open the Indication Table by clicking on the cs Indication Table icon found on the Main Toolbar Highlight any field of the indication you wish to remove and click on the e Remove Indication icon The indication will no longer be visualized in the workspace 173 Indication Table Click on the Columns icon to open the Indication Columns dialog box The Indications Column dialog box 1s used to select the Indication attributes made available to edit in the Indication Table Place a check mark in the Show section for the Indication attribute to show up in the Indication Table 174 CHAPTER 14 REFERENCE 14 1 REFERENCE With BeamTool s intuitive user interface it s easy to be productive immediately after installation without spending a lot of time learning how to use it Super Tooltips ensure that an explanation of each tool s function is readily available without having to consult the online help Visual picklists provide you with a preview of what a command does before it is executed Reference 142 PRINT DRAWINGS The Print Drawings dialog box allows the user to control the print output based on the available drawingsets in their workspace Click on Print from the File Menu to bring up the Print Drawings dialog box I Print Page Setup K 4 20f4 gt Wi Calibration Block B WA12 HT55S IH B sann A p C Wedge WA12
100. ckness OO mm Chad Slope Offset Cos y 20 00 mm a Slope Width Amm 10 00 3 mm T lt Slope Height p 0 00 mm Slope Angle 0 00 3 4 1 1 PIECE CONFIGURATION Below are the values that can be set for a piece and weld To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified 1 Select a Material Velocity The Piece Velocity can be set by selecting a material from the Material picklist 1 Press the Material button located on the Piece Configuration dialog A list of available materials will be displayed 2 Select a material from the list The Material Velocity values will be set with the assigned material velocities 27 Weld Configuration _ Open an Existing Piece and Weld Configuration Once the Piece Configuration dialog has been displayed existing piece and weld configurations ebp can be opened 1 Press the Open button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebp to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the drawing pane will update to display the selected piece and weld lalsave a Piece and Weld Configuration Once a piece and weld configuration is complete 1t can be sa
101. ctor Convert Simple Piece to Custom Delete Duplicate Geometries Construct Top View Add on Manager Options 291 Lessons Select the 50mm radius outline and in the Geometry Inspector set ExtrudeZ to 0 this is the starting point of the geometry in the Z axis and ExtrudeDepth to 12 7 This is the depth the Geometry is Extruded File Edit Tools DOdae ama M A BAddProbe 5 73 PA Probe 31417 tC 0 08 m 15 51 92302282 109200199180170160150140130120110100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1001101201301401501601701801 020 4 Misc Center FirstPoint 113 91 91 60 GeometryTypeName Polyline HandleCount 8 Height 91 0784178397204 Hide3D False LastPoint 122 10 0 52 Length 622 19347068717934 LineColor Hi 0 0 0 LineDashStyle Solid LineEndCap LineStartCap LineWidth MaterialName NumSegments PointsString 113 905892225208 91 60 Reflective True Y Refractive False Segments Start 113 91 91 60 X Tag E n D 9 404 mate dra Abre E sj an S E O Caer Or g 18 F ej 18 501 101 00 H g z n a a Yu da 3 TH E eam y o e y A Tools Edit Style E Construction Aids 6166156146136129116100 9 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 ES a Select the outline with the 100mm radius and In the Geometry Inspector Set ExtrudeZ to 12 7 and ExtrudeDepth to 12 7 A BeamTool 5 CAUser ca o ES File Edit Tools Help D
102. cursor in any direction to pan Release the button to end t 640 00 37 00 CD 156 CHAPTER 11 3D VIEW The 3D view will display your piece probes and beams in an interactive viewing environment Rotation Panning and Zooming tools Mesh Solid and Surface modeling modes and Perspective and Orthographic projection modes all provide a powerful intuitive highly interactive modeling tool for visualizing your techniques X BeamTool 6 C Users pclark Documents EsBeamTOONIW Spread Sample Sectorial cb wk AAA File Edit Drawings Tools dDOd 0 subject Mpiece weld HMinstrument Probe FEAE FT SON VRAI 3 PA Probe 324053 aiC027 mi 1551 m a O g o 1 o pas 4 O H bd Ej t 126 00 103 00 010 3D View 11 1 3D VIEW NAVIGATION There are different 3D views available by clicking on the quick view icons in the 3D View Toolbar There are four navigation methods available in 3D View l 2A 3 4 Hold down the left mouse button and drag to move Hold down the right mouse button and drag to rotate vertical and horizontal rotation Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom out from cursor Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to zoom in to cursor Move Rotate Zoom out from cursor Zoom in to cursor 158 3D View 11 2 3D VIEW TOOLBAR The 3D View Toolbar provides quick and easy access to the different views available in 3D View Display Shaded Displays the
103. d ebp 1 Press the Save button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save 32 Weld Configuration 1 Select a Material Velocity The Piece Velocity can be set by selecting a material from the Material picklist 1 Press the Material button located on the Piece Configuration dialog A list of available materials will be displayed 2 Select a material from the list The Material Velocity values will be set with the assigned material velocities Display Piece Dimensions Displays the thickness of the piece on the drawing Display Piece Index Offset Dimension Displays the distance of the offset point 1f set using Piece Configuration will display as vertical gold bar from the center point of the weld on the drawing 33 Weld Configuration 4 4 CUSTOM PIECE CONFIGURATION A Custom piece can be configured by pressing the Piece Configuration button located on the Main Toolbar This will display the Piece Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values to be used J Material gt E Ex Steel 1020 Compression OKO NuhT _ ss 5 890 4 mm ps Shear ja 3 240 mm ps L Custom Piece Length C 100 00 mm 4 4 1 PIECE CONFIGURATION Below are the values that can be set for a custom piece To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value di
104. d The basic size and shape of the weld can be imported but UltraVision does not support the complex weld profiles used by BeamTool 262 CHAPTER 19 LESSONS 19 1 LESSON 1 GETTING STARTED In this demonstration we are going to be working with a Simple Plate When you select a new workspace this is the default setting Open the Piece Configuration be to choose your material and the measurements of your plate Piece Configuration J Material Open lH Save gt Plate Thickness es 20 00 2 mm Width D e 100 00 mm Length es y 100 00 mm Index Offset a 0 00 2 mm Slope Offset Cs 20 00 41 mm Slope Width c 10 00 1 mm i SlopeHeight Jommm 0 00 4 mm Compression a 5 990 4 mm s Shear y 3 240 4 mm ps Open the Weld Configuration Mie to specify the data values to be used to generate the weld geometry Lessons h y 5 00 mm Haz CUT Top Cap Height mmm 2005 mm Auto Width overlap 300 mm Upper Fill mde Om TIO Root Height jm 6 60 mm Gap Width q 10 00 mm Root Fill Height jj 6 70 mm 4 angle Pa TI Y Bottom Cap Height Pa ZO Auto Width Overlap Pa 3 00 2 mm Phased Array PA probe consists of many small elements each of which can be pulsed separately Time of flight Diffraction This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes Conventional UT A conventional probe uses asin
105. d in File gt Options Line Color 2 Omm Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes Beam Buffer Visibility La Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s 107 Probes 7 7 4 4 LINEAR SPREAD BEAMSET Linear Spread Beamsets allow a number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a range of refracted angles Crop Skips Start Element Aperture Elements Num Beams Element Step Min Angle Max Angle Focus Length Gate Start mm Gate Length o mm Min Near Field mm dB Drop C 5 Max Near Field mm Min Spread 469 y Beam Deviation Max Spread le Used Aperture Jem dog 7 7 4 4 1 LINEAR SPREAD BEAMSET CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics AA e e Use Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance Time or E Skips 108 Probes i a Display Beam Focus Defines the
106. d in different layers The example below has two legends that were created in separate layers The legend on the right is selected and the Geometry Inspector field called LegendLayers is set to Current This means that only geometries in the currently selected layer are shown in the legend The legend in the middle has the LegendLayers field set to All and is displaying all dimensions from all layers 153 10 5 GEOMETRY INSPECTOR Geometries Allows advanced users to manipulate Piece and Annotation geometries at a lower level then that of the CAD Tools The Geometry Inspector can be toggled on and off by clicking on the _J Geometry Inspector icon from the CAD Tools group or by selecting from the Tools Menu The Geometry Inspector is displayed to the right of the CAD Surface all gt Misc Bottom BottomLeft BottomRight CalloutLayers Center EndPoint ExtrudeDepth Extrude FilStyle GeometryTypeMame HandleCount Height Hide3D Left Length LineEndCap LineStartlap Line Width MaterialName Refractive Right StartPoint Tag Text TextColor Text5cale Top TopLeft TopRight Velocity VelocityLong VelocityShear Width XMLString 347 327 27855789778 52 095349191062681 67 65 52 10 87 19 52 10 Current 77 42 54 29 87 1931444467962 52 095 0 Legend 1 4 3945307214329858 False 67 649693539660177 20 03143463 123045 E Green Solid Flat Flat 87 193144446 798215 67 6496935396601 56 485
107. de can be modified by clicking the Wedge Mode button This will pop up a drop down list with Block Wedge Contact and Immersion options Selecting the block wedge mode will display the full list of the following parameters Selecting contact or immersion modes will hide all the wedge parameters aside from Velocity When using contact or immersion modes the velocity value is applied to the couplant or immersion medium Block Wedge a Transducer is attached to a wedge which is w placed in contact with the piece Contact Transducer is placed in direct contact with the piece Immersion Transducer is suspended abovethe piecein ei A Changing the wedge mode will remove the wedge display from the drawing pane and will automatically set a new default value for the probe s elevation offset 69 Parameters Part Number Velocity Length Exit Point Inset Width Front Height Back Height Wedge Angle Refracted Angle Hel equisition Probes The part number of the wedge entered by user or populated from import The material velocity of the wedge Right click on the field to select a velocity for a specified material The total length of the wedge in contact with the piece The distance between the front face of the wedge and the point at which the beam exits the wedge The depth of the inset into the wedge in which the transducer sits The width of the wedge Changes visible in Top View The height of the front face
108. ded on each print drawing page This information and logo is populated based on the values entered by the user in Document Info d F Drawing High Temperature Page 1 af d4 Disclaimer This drawing is not controlled lr Le IPSe Project PAUT Inspection when printed or viewed in a non native format Scientific Author Tom Montana Date Thursday October 16 2014 177 Reference 143 MANAGING WORKSPACES Below are the tools used to manage a workspace They can be found under the File menu as well as on the main toolbar create a New Workspace To create a new workspace 1 Press the Save Workspace button to save the currently displayed workspace 2 Press the New Workspace button located on the main toolbar A new workspace is created with default settings Open an Existing Workspace To open an existing workspace 1 Press the Open Workspace button located on the main toolbar and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the workspace file ebwk to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The workspace data will now be displayed in the Piece and Probe s configurations and the drawing pane will update to display the graphics lalsave a Workspace Once a workspace configuration is complete it can be saved ebwk 1 Press the Save Workspace button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter aname for the file in the File name field and press Save If the workspace has b
109. ditor 187 15 1 4 XMLOCALIZE TOOL MENU These are the tools that can be found under the Tools menu Batch Translate Locale Translates all strings for the selected language using Google Translate Translate Missing Strings Translate all missing strings for the selected language using Google Translate 188 Reference Reference 15 1 5 XMLOCALIZE TOOLBAR The toolbar provides quick and easy access to some common localization management tools Table View Toolbar Es Open H Save ih Spanish P Missing 4 Find 23 Replace Copy LString ES Translate Tree View Toolbar Ey Open Aq Save abe I Xx AFind 25 Replace 4 Copy LString iat Translate 15 1 5 1 TOOLBAR OPTIONS Open Opens a previously saved localization file lll Save Allows the user to save the current xmloc file Change Language Change the language Y Filter Missing All Changes the Table View to show all strings available for the selected language or just the missing strings for the selected language ESA dd String Adds a new string to the selected node in the XMLocalize Tree View Add Group Adds a new group used to logically store multiple strings a Delete Deletes the selected string and or group of strings faring Toggles on and off the Find View The Find View is used to search for strings that contain text entered by the user 189 Reference acReplace Opens the Replace dialog box used to find a
110. e CAD Toolbar Tools group options like Rulers Grids Crosshair Snapping and Layers can be turned on or off and configured Through the Main Toolbar tools like Zooming and Positioning are available Through the Main Toolbar the CAD Surface can also be configured to display a Top View Side View or 3D View of the workspace e Left clicking on the CAD Surface will start the geometry selection mode e Right clicking on the CAD Surface will display a context menu If the right click is on top of a geometry selection the context menu will display geometry tools and options If the right click is not on top of a geometry selection the context menu will display CAD surface tools and options e Middle clicking on the CAD Surface will temporarily activate the Pan tool Click and hold the middle mouse button then drag the mouse around to pan the CAD Surface around the workspace e Scrolling on the CAD Surface will zoom the display in and out La rm y CHAPTER 9 CAD TOOLBAR CAD Tools for creating and manipulating custom geometries are a available through the CAD Toolbar He A a Eig Mr Ae Zot Mm08 UrFrizamMr rt Y Line B Fin ASText FS 0 7 hb hon 1 o 9 3 E w LLE Ad i DG imn m ea MO 1 00 Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Fa Construction Aids Through this toolbar Geometries can be Added to the workspace Edited Styled and Adjusted Other Tools are also available to improve the effic
111. e Configuration button located on the Piece group This will display the Piece Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values to be used 4 2 1 PIECE CONFIGURATION Below are the values that can be set for an Axial geometry piece and weld To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified Material Compression Same plane directional velocity of the piece Shear Right angle directional velocity of the piece Axial Thickness The thickness of the piece of material OD The diameter measurement taken from the outside edge of the piece ID The diameter measurement taken from the inside of the piece Sweep The curve of the diameter in degrees Length The length of the piece of material Index Offset The offset point from the center point of the weld on the drawing 4 2 2 OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE In addition to the options available above the following tools are available during piece and weld configuration L gt Open an Existing Piece and Weld Configuration Once the Piece Configuration dialog has been displayed existing piece and weld configurations ebp can be opened 1 Press the Open button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebp to be opened 2 Selec
112. e Drilled Hole Length hole 254 Add on Modules 17 5 3 ADD VIEW amp EDIT MANUAL TARGETS IN TABLE VIEW Clicking on the FE Table button from the ZONAL CalBlock Designer toolbar will display all of the default targets in a table view and allow the user to Add Clone and Remove manual targets a show E lad Auto 4 Manual Generate O DO Repot f Details Angle j 50 00 2 Name Section Position X i 8 61 O y ES Upstream 5 45 00 8 6 Volumetrics Diameter cf 7 1 50 4 mm ViAngle f 45 00 gt V2 Angle Ga gt Vx Angle Ga 4500 E 3 EN 5 r ow 3 JE 22 AAA A AMAIA i ss Volumetric Roots Diameter c 7 1 50 4 mm ViAngle oo femme 45 00 4 vAngle Ga EnD vane Ga 45005 AE 22 TOFD OD width us A mm Depth mm 5 002 mm Leth u 10 002 mm Notch Angle f gt 45 00 4 TOFD OD 2 Width Gem 2 00 4 mm Depth 10 00 mm Length Aaa 10 00 mm Notch Angle f gt 45 00 4 TOFD ID Width pm 2 00 mm Depth C 2 00 2 mm Length em 10 00 mm Notch Angle f 45 00 4 ae 4 g 4 Y a li g m 7 3 9 s i JO ji 253 Add on Modules 17 5 3 1 ADDING A MANUAL TARGET To add a manual target you must be in Table View Click on the Table button from the ZONAL CalBlock Designer toolbar to switch to Table View Once in Table View click on the Add Manual button from the ZONAL CalBlock Designer
113. e GD Click on the ES Solve icon to automatically add and configure beams for each zone in the weld bevel 286 Lessons If you receive the message below the Zonal Solver could not solve according to the rules for that zone The beams may have to be manually added or modified After the Zonal Solver 1s finished you will have a list of beams displayed in the Zonal Beamset Configuration dialog box With the Zonal Beamset Configuration dialog box open each beam in the workspace 1s grayed out except for the one highlighted in the Zonal Beamset Configuration dialog box Refracted Angle Focus Length Gate Start Gate Length A mm Usage Fusion gt dE Drop C 5 0 Near Field 46 5 mm Beam Sweep 0 93 Used Aperture 7 1 mm Beam Spread 6 29 Alpha Angle 36 93 Rx Elements Rx Angle y A SolidBeams Jomm G When the Zonal Beamset Configuration dialog box is closed all of the beams become visible in the workspace 287 Lessons 110 90 80 70 50 20 10 40 30 20 10 50 70 80 100 110 Phased Array Probe 1 Ob DE oz 20 00mm ot eae os 4 23 o 4 4 oz Add Geometry Snap LLE i gn lt a BReIOoOnh on He 0 77 A O lan SIS MN 3 Tools 288 Lessons 195 LESSON 5 ADVANCED 3D WORKSPACES In this demonstration an ITW Type 2 Block wi
114. e appropriate Rotary Positions 243 Add on Modules Table View Displays the targets in a Table View and activates the options for adding and deleting manual targets Name Type Position a Width Length Depth Angle Notch Angle Radiused 244 Add on Modules Display Side View Displays the drawing as a side view 245 Add on Modules Display Top View Displays the drawing as a top view SS a lb A 0000000 H d f J Pss PI Downstream EELEE TT Bpboosoos ooo ooo oo PODA Upstrean 246 Add on Modules Display 3D View Displays the drawing as a 3D View dZoom Fit Fits and centers the drawing in the current displayable drawing area workspace Ctrl F Zoom Window Specify an area in the drawing to be zoomed into by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to select the area 700m In Zooms into the drawing The user can also scroll up using their mouse wheel to zoom in Page Up Zoom Out Zooms out of the drawing The user can also scroll down using their mouse wheel to zoom out Page Down 247 Add on Modules 17 5 2 ZONAL CALBLOCK SIDEBAR MENU The Zonal CalBlock Sidebar Menu how the automatic targets are generated and various options for modifying these targets and other parameters related to the calibration block The menu is divided into nine sections Dimensions Positioning Display Notches Fills Volumetrics TOFD Transverse Mi
115. e click of a button Targets are added based on your piece thickness while meeting the requirements of ASME Section 5 article 4 Figure 434 2 1 You can also design custom calibration blocks and generate reports that include all aspects of a calibration block to support machining This allows the technician to spend more time on developing a technique File Edit Drawings Tools HEH 0 EjCalBlock Block Minstrument Probe FEAE ee 40 00 mm jo ee 150 00 mm jo ee 152 00 mm Gud y 13 00 mm AA 40 00 mm a 0 00 mm DO Side Drilled Hole de T C5 20 00 gt mm TG mm Depth H Quema 38 00 mm 4 OB Diameter Qe y 9 40 mm DO Side Drilled Hole Ao Y de o A Y Depth ra A Diameter DO Side Drilled Hole ES I y T C5 30 00 mm Depth H Qe 7 38 00 mm ra 4 Diameter Q 2 40 mm DU Notch a H x TOS Camm i y DD CAD Length Jo S 25 00 mm Depth Qe 0 38 mm Q 2 00 4 mm y 6 1 CALIBRATION BLOCK DESIGNER TOOLBAR AND OPTIONS Import Import a previously saved CalBlock file CalBlock files are saved with a btcb file extension lalexport Export your CalBlock to file in order to use it again CalBlock files are saved with a btcb file extension Calibration Block Auto Cal Block Automatically creates an ASME compliant CalBlock based on the thickness of the subject Once created the CalBlock can be modified to meet specif
116. e increased to provide a more realistic looking signal The noise 1s affected by gain 17 3 2 CHART OPTIONS 17 3 2 1 1 NAVIGATING THE A SCAN CHART The slider control at the bottom of the A scan chart allows panning and zooming through the X time axis This provides an easy way to find and view any area of the time line E Ei Right click on the slider control to and select Fit Signal to automatically fit the chart to the signal The handles on the ends of the control d can be dragged back and forth to zoom in and out The bar itself can be dragged back and forth 52 to scroll through the time line Double clicking the bar will zoom out to max The chart X axis time automatically adjusts intervals to maintain an even grid 100 100 50 50 20 80 70 70 60 60 a0 50 40 an 30 30 20 20 10 10 Ov Ops 20 us 40ps SOps 60ps 17 6us 17 75us 17 8us 17 9us A Zoomed out to maximum time line 80 us Zoomed in to the reflection 0 5 us range with 0 1 us With 10 us intervals intervals 218 Add on Modules 17 3 3 A SCAN LESSON In this lesson we will demonstrate the A Scan Add on functionality in BeamTool In order to proceed with this lesson you must have purchased the A Scan Add on module Please refer to the Add Ons section to learn how to purchase A Scan Now that you have your A Scan license activated let s put it to work For this lesson we will start out with the default Plate Piece geo
117. e workspace Command entry legend To create a legend you must specify the starting point with your cursor Ready legend 165 LINE Creates a user defined line Command entry line To create a line specify the start point and end point Ready line Starting Point 0 0 End Point 0 0 or Ready line 0 00 10 0 or Ready line 0 0 10045 POLYLINE PL Places a user defined polyline Command entry polyline or pl Command Prompt To create a polyline specify a start point and all remaining points Press Enter when polyline is drawn to exit the PL command function or double click if you are selecting the points with your cursor Ready pl Starting Point 0 0 Next Point 0 0 Next Point 0 40 Next Point 62 40 Next Point Press Enter when finished to exit 166 Command Prompt POLYGON PG Creates a user defined polygon Command entry polygon or pg To create a polygon specify a start point and all remaining points Press Enter when polygon 1s drawn to exit the PG command function or double click if you are selecting the points with your cursor Ready pg Starting Point 0 0 Next Point 0 0 Next Point 0 40 Next Point 62 40 Next Point Press Enter when finished to exit RECT Creates a user defined rectangle Command entry rect To create a rectangle specify a starting point and an end point Ready rect Starting Point 0 0 End Point 25 0 or 45 30 SYMBO
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119. ecific time along the beam path based on the velocity of the materials e Skips Beams are cropped by setting the umber of skips reflections ANUse Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece o Display Beam Focus Defines the point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type 84 Probes Ft True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge LIZ SL th Hu N y 44 18mm AN IN a ii MA TE mi N Wwugo s6 f ki EA tlika tt MAUTE il Af 85 Probes P Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge fieode ee eee TT F000 O eens oem RT THT Pree TTL TI A a LA ah wwz m i Ni mi EA E MN We 5 IN NN lid I jaa de A o EE a e le dE a a ra res WWWQ0 S6 E LAR es A a Ep E GA Me ST e ee am a eae a m TE i a a m E
120. ed angle Rotate a Specifies the geometry handle to calculate measurements from An alignment Placement Grid marker can be displayed by selecting Show Alignment Marker in the Display Settings pop up on CAD toolbar Tools group 141 CAD Toolbar 9 6 1 USING CONSTRUCTION AIDS The Construction Aids can be used to quickly and precisely place Piece and Annotation geometries When one or more geometries are selected an invisible alignment rectangle is placed around the graphic s This rectangle consists of nine geometry handles that can be used during graphic alignment o A a Y a gt o l A e a Ag E Rectangle Polyline When Show Annotation Marker is selected in the Display Settings pop up on CAD toolbar Tools group the geometry handle that 1s specified for use in the Construction Aids 1s identified with an alignment marker To change the geometry marker select one of nine geometry handles on the Placement Grid The Construction Aids fields display measurements for From Y red From X blue as well as Horizontal and Vertical start to end lengths for the selected graphic gt 0 0 ifm 40 gt a 0 0 20 0 0 Construction Aids Values for From Y From X and Horizontal and Vertical start to end lengths can be specified in the fields When Enter is selected the graphic is positioned using these values 142 CAD Toolbar In the example below the rectangle that was drawn at X30 Y10 has been modified to be placed at X0
121. een previously saved it will be automatically resaved using the path and filename specified during the initial save 178 Reference 144 IMPORTING DRAWINGS DWG DXF and KXL files created in AutoCAD as well as Probe configurations and custom geometries previously created in BeamTool can be imported Import AutoDesk DWG amp DXF Files To import a DWG or DXF file 1 Select Custom from the Piece type picklist 2 Select Import gt Autodesk from the File menu and navigate to the location of your file Select Open 3 Select millimeters mm or inches in for the DXF Base Units Select Import The DWG or DXF graphics are displayed in the workspace Note Graphics are imported as a group The Un group command on the Edit toolbar can be used to ungroup the graphics allowing them to be manipulated individually Import KXL Files To import a KXL file 1 Select Custom from the Piece type picklist 2 Select Import gt KXL from the File menu and navigate to the location of your file Select Open 3 Ifsolid lines are to be reflective check Make solid style lines reflective Select Import The KXL graphics are displayed in the workspace Import Probe Files To import a Probe file 1 Select Import gt Probe from the File menu and navigate to the location of your file Select Open Import Geometry Files To import a Geometry file 1 Select Import gt Geometry from the File menu and navigate to the location of your file Select O
122. efining the specific Regions within the bevel The regions are predefined from categories Fills Hot Pass Roots etc Once a bevel is defined its regions can be divided into Zones that can be used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset and Beam Solver Opening the Advanced Weld Editor provides access to e Pre defined weld bevels e Bevel region gallery e Bevel region configuration e Zone generation Weld Configuration E gt lA Ge Y Weld Type pt Add Bevel Region y Beams in Caps 232 Show Dimensions Show Zones 9 cj 500 mm HAZ EDO Top Cap Height c 2 00 2 mm Auto Width F Overlap fem 300 4 mm Upper Fill Angle j 37 00 Root Height pee 6 60 mm Gap Width jos 10 00 mm Root Fill Height jme 6 70 2 mm l Angle j y 37 00 kw Bottom Cap Height c 200 4 mm Auto Width C Overlap js 3 00 4 mm To modify the bevel configuration pre defined weld bevels can be selected from the Weld Type drop down specific bevel regions can be added to the weld via the Add Bevel Region drop down and regions can be configured via the Regions panel 36 Weld Configuration 5 1 WELD CONFIGURATION TOOLBAR In addition to the attribution available above the following tools are available using the Weld Configuration dialog Show Toggles on and off the display of the weld in the drawing Open an Existing Piece and Weld Configuration Once the Weld Configuration dialog ha
123. el UT Probe Transducer Part Number j y 5 00 2 MHz 9 Round Square pm 8 00 2 mm j 10 00 4 mm ED om Q 3 Total Aperture 78 54 mm J Omm 07 Part Number Velocity Length Exit Point Inset Outset Width in Front Height Back Height Wedge Angle Wedge Part Number j y 2 400 4 mm ps rra 42 00 2 mm p y 16 00 4 mm Qe y 0 00 4 mm p y 14 40 4 mm j 22 67 2 mm An y 4 40 24 mm p 27 26 2 305 Lessons Click on the He A Scan icon to open the A Scan dialog box Use the slider control at the bottom of the A Scan chart to find and view the area of the timeline where the signal occurs The handles on the ends of the control q can be dragged back and forth to zoom in and out The bar itself can be dragged back and forth to scroll through the time line A 5can Display Display Mode Ae Shear Show Grid E Both Axis Time Axis 6 Time Time Base Sas 100 us Gain j fs 200 2 dB Zero Offset es 0 a ys Gv Pulser Pulse Width as 100 23 E0 Rings oes a Simulation Parameters Use the display mode to visualize different scan data that is displayed in the chart Changing the Display mode will automatically update the A scan view and the Beamset 306 Lessons 198 TRAINING VIDEOS Please follow the links below for BeamTool training videos l l This video illustrates the creation of a very simple phased array technique The Getting
124. en Compact Probe Bar provides a minimal readout and a popover edit panel Full Probe Bar provides the full readout of the probe menu and Side Probe Bar provides the full readout of the probe menu but is pinned to the left hand side of BeamTool Display Side View Displays the drawing as a side view Display Top View Displays the drawing as a top view Display 3D View Displays the drawing as a 3D View rh i e Pan Drawing Puts the cursor in panning mode allowing the user to pan around the drawing You can also pan by holding down the scroll wheel and dragging and dropping using the mouse 24 Menus Toolbars amp Layout Bzoom Fit Fits and centers the drawing in the current displayable drawing area workspace Ctrl F Zoom Window Specify an area in the drawing to be zoomed into by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse to select the area CA Zoom Selection Zooms to fit the selected geometry zoom In Zooms into the drawing The user can also scroll up using their mouse wheel to zoom in Page Up LZoom Out Zooms out of the drawing The user can also scroll down using their mouse wheel to zoom out Page Down 25 CHAPTER 4 PIECE By default a simple Plate piece with a simple weld is displayed in the drawing pane Alternatively an Axial Circumferential or Custom piece can be selected using the Piece Geometry drop down menu located on the Main Toolbar Plate Simple g
125. en last workspace on If checked displays the last saved workspace when BeamTool is startup invoked Automatically open new Beamset parameter If checked the Beam Configuration dialog is automatically forms displayed when a beamset is added If not checked the user must select the Beam Configuration button that appears when a beamset 1s added Prompt before deleting probes or beamsets If checked a prompt is displayed when the Delete Probe or 16 Menus Toolbars amp Layout Delete Beamset button is selected confirming the deletion request If not checked a prompt is not displayed and the probe or beamset 1s deleted without confirmation Retain Tool If checked a tool stays running after 1t has completed If unchecked the active tool switches back to the arrow tool after completion Automatically check for update every days If checked an automatic update is performed every number of specified days If not checked an automatic update is not performed Preferred Units Indicates the units of measurement to be used Dimensions Millimeters Inches Specify the unit s to be displayed for all dimension measurements This does not affect the unit s of measurement displayed in configuration dialogs Locale Indicates the language in which BeamTool will be displayed Specifying a new locale requires a restart of the system Please refer to XMLocalize for more information regarding language options 3 2 4 1 2 COLORS TAB O
126. enamed and select Rename from the menu Type the new name and select press Enter on the keyboard Re Order Up When multiple beamsets exist you can use this tool to re order the selected beamset tab one position up Re Order Down When multiple beamsets exist you can use this tool to re order the selected beamset tab one position down 83 Probes 7 1 4 CONFIGURATION OF PHASED ARRAY PA BEAMSETS Once a beamset has been added to a Phased Array probe it can be configured by double clicking on the Beamset tab added to the Probe group or by selecting Configure Beamset from the right click Beamset Tab menu This will display the Beam Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values to be used Some configuration options and parameters are available to all types of beamsets but other options and parameters are only available to certain beamset types 7 7 4 1 COMMON BEAMSET OPTIONS Below are the options that can be set for most Phased Array beamsets a Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance 4 Time or Su Skips e Distance Beams are cropped at a specific distance along the beam path e Time Beams are cropped at a sp
127. eometry based on thickness length and width Axcial A cylinder based on diameter orthickness where the weld is made along the axial length Circumferential A cylinder based on diameter orthickness where the weld is made along the circumference Custom User defined piece geometry drawn by user using CAD tools When Axial is selected the default Plate piece graphics are removed and replaced with Axial piece graphics When Circumferential is selected the default Plate piece graphics are removed and replaced with Circumferential piece graphics If Custom is selected the default Plate piece graphics are removed Also the Weld Configuration and Display option buttons are disabled as custom pieces do not have a weld or allow for automated dimensioning All piece types can be customized using the Piece Configuration and dM Weld Configuration dialogs Both of these menus are found on the Main Toolbar Weld Configuration 4 1 PLATE PIECE CONFIGURATION A Plate piece and weld can be configured by pressing the Piece Configuration button located on the Main Toolbar This will display the Piece Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values to be used to generate the piece geometry Name Steel 1020 Compression 5 890 mm us Shear C rr mm pus C Plate Thickness C rr mm Width _ o e 200 00 mm Length C S mm Index Offset 0 00 mm L C Backing Bar Width HS oes 50 00 mm Thi
128. es beamsets 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 40 30 20 20 235 Add on Modules de Single Element Render a single element at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 40 30 20 10 10 236 Add on Modules Op eansducer Bonds Render beams at the first and last element and from the center of the array at the angle specified O 10 20 30 40 50 60 10 237 Add on Modules AII Elements Render a beam for each element in the array at the angle specified 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 40 20 10 10 238 Add on Modules Probe Beamsets Render a beam path for each of the probes beamsets 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 30 To visualize the corrected High Temp Beam Path in your workspace click on the E HighTemp icon in the PA Probe Configuration dialog box When turned on the original beam path is greyed out and the HighTemp beam path is shown in bold 239 Add on Modules 175 ZONAL CALBLOCK DESIGNER ZONAL CalBlock is an Add on module that extends the capabilities of the already powerful BeamTool ray tracing and technique simulation application The ZONAL CalBlock module will provide the users with an expanded toolset for generating calibration block and wedge design drawings and documents If the user also owns the Zonal module they will have the ability to produce a set of drawings automatically from their zonal configuration The BeamTool Calibration
129. ffichage Displays the wedge part number on the drawing Montre le num ro de la pi ce de cale sur le sch ma Display Transducer Part Number Num ro de la pi ce de capteur d affichage Displays the transducer part number on the drawing Montre le num ro de la pi ce de capteur sur le sch ma Clone Probe Sonde de clone Creates a probe based on attribution set for existing probe Cr e une sonde bas e sur l ensemble d attribution pour la sonde existante Delete Probe Sonde d effacement 1036 Removes the probe The probe tool group and corresponding graphics in the Enl ve la sonde Le toolgroup de sonde et les graphiques correspondants dans drawing are removed le sch ma sont enlev s Position de sonde vue de cote Ajuste la distance de cale du centre de la soudure Pour indiquer une valeur vous pouvez mouvement d a le glisseur droit ou gauche le clic de b le bon ou gauche fileur de valeur ou clic de double de c sur la valeur a montr dans le fileur de valeur et dactylographie une valeur 1035 Probe Position Side View Horizontal Adjusts the probe distance from centre of weld Ajouter Beamset 1038 Adds a beamset to the probe Select the appropriate beamset type from the Ajoute un beamset a la sonde Choisir le type de beamset d appropriate partir _ picklist du picklist Probe Configuration Configuration de sonde 1119 Displays the Probe Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data Montre le dialogue de con
130. figuration 5 2 WELD ZONES Weld Zones are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset to provide targeted steering of individual beams into individual locations along the face of a weld bevel NOTE Weld Zones are only available to users of the BeamTool Zonal Add On As a weld bevel is being defined in the Weld Configuration dialog the Weld Zone panel s can be displayed by clicking the E Show Zones toggle button Ey ld GB WeldType Add Bevel Region gt I Beams in Caps y o General Que 5 002 mm HAZ QUE 15 05mm 13 05mm UpperFill Length Top Cap Height 10 05mm Fill Max Length Hot Pass Max Length Auto Width Root Length Overlap s Vol Max Length o M 8 00 mm Upper Fill Angle Zones Root E Height Gap Width Root Fill 2 Angle w Bottom Cap Height Auto Width O f _ ____ o pr Overlap 3 Add XK Remove Name Type Side X Y Angle TA PBs 10 05 0 00 37 00 N O o 3 10 05mm 13 05mm 15 05mm Once the Show Zones option has been activated the Zone Generation and Zones panels are displayed and zone annotations are added to the preview and drawing surfaces 44 Weld Configuration 5 24 ZONE GENERATION PANEL TOOLBAR Auto When in Auto Zone Generation mode the zones table is automatically regenerated from the defined weld regions and zone generation input parameters whenever the regions or par
131. figuration de sonde qui peut tre employ pour values to be used indiquer les valeurs de donn es a employer Display Crossover Dimensions Dimensions de croisement d affichage Displays the percentage and distance into the piece that the transmitter beam Montre le pourcentage et la distance dans le morceau que le faisceau travels to the point it meets the receiver beam d metteur voyage au point qu il rencontre le faisceau de r cepteur Display Dead Zones Zones mortes d affichage Displays the near surface discontinuities areas for the top and bottom walls of Montre les secteurs ext rieurs proches de discontinuit s pour les fondations the piece sup rieures et du morceau Espacement central de sonde PCs Ajuster lespacement de centre de sonde PCs entre la sonde d metteur et String Display Wedge DimensionsDisplays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge on the drawing Display Wedge Position DimensionDisplays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing Display Wedge Part NumberDisplays the wedge part number on the drawing Probe Position Ton Views Adinata the wedne nosition alona the width of the ton fare of the niere 19 Reference To Translate a single string value A EAS click on the empty language field next to the string Options E agai Goble SCS a383 ee O 1416 Dmensons SSS 1419 Labels 1420 Type in your text and press lt Enter gt Click on the
132. gle transducer in apulse echo configuration To change the default probe settings click on the W Probe Configuration icon from the Probe Group 264 Lessons yr 5 gens mm A rre y 0 00 mm 0 reas 0 00 2 mm ES lt Click here to add beamsets The Probe Configuration dialog box has many attributes that can be set for that type of probe To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified We will change the default transducer by clicking on the E Import Transducer icon from the Probe Configuration dialog box 265 Lessons Phased Array Probe 1 Configuration Open Ag Save Y Transducer fy t 8 o 2 re Import Transducer Import transducer paramaters from catalog Frequency Total Elements D o gt Element Pitch e 0 60 4 mm Element Width Qe 050 4 mm Passive Width rs 10 00 4 mm Start Channel p j Element Gap 01 mm Total Aperture C 38 4 mm Fm A IE 1 Wedge E RM Part Number Wedge Part Number Velocity j e 2 400 4 mm s m 11 00 2 mm E 0 00 mm Height E ja gt 45 00 mm Width rr 20 00 43 mm Angle o 36 00 4 Damping Depth Cs 2 00 41 mm Wedge Length C 68 6 mm Aem jema 266 Lessons Limit the list of
133. gles and skips can be found a broken beam at the optimal angle 1s added to the beams list Because the solver starts with the optimal angle and skips then moves onto less and less optimal paths as soon as it finds the first successful path it can stop knowing it s found its most optimal one When a path has been found from the target to the transducer the solver builds an element aperture using the determined refracted angle and adds a beam to the beams list Gates Gates are automatically applied to the solved beams Fusion zones and Volumetric zones are treated differently but both use a new option that allows Gating Pass Through Normally gate visualization directly follows along the beam path but Gating Pass Through allows the gate visualization to pass through the weld or other reflective geometry even though the beam may be reflecting Focusing Focusing is automatically applied to the solved beams Half path focusing is applied directly on top of the zone target in all cases 122 Probes Display When configuring a zonal beamset with the zonal beamset configuration dialog open the individual beams are rendered to the main CAD surface with beam ghosting This visualization helps reduce screen noise by ghosting disabling graying out all beams but the currently selected one WE 123 Probes 7 7 6 2 ZONAL SOLVER OPTIONS The Solver Options configure how the solver behaves and defines how
134. h mm Min Near Field mm dB Drop AS Max Near Field mm Beam Sweep 3 90 Used Aperture mm Beam Spread i E e Rx Start Element Alpha Angle i Rx Elements CE N 0 Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics AMUSe Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance Y Time or ES Skips 100 Probes a gt Display Beam Focus Defines the point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type PY True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge i E Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge gt Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam en
135. h i Co mm Channel y i Total Aperture mm J emm e Part Number Wedge Fart Number Velocity c D mm s Length lt lt mm Exit Point mm Inset Outset SC mm Width mm Front Height A y 25 00 mm Back Height j y 5 00 mm Wedge Angle A y 40 5 Refracted Angle QQ CCC o 1 Hic Acquisition Gain Sa y 30 0 dB Global Gain See 0 0 dB Gate Threshold C jr w Reflector Size d mm Sizing Correction mmm y 0 00 mm RotaryPosition mmm 0 00 mm Filter Usage Presentations 67 Probes E 7 3 4 1 BEAM OPTIONS Display A Scan Displays an A Scan visualization for the probe Additional detail on configuring A Scans can be found here Number of Beam Skips Select the number of beam 1 2 skips to be displayed in the drawing Use Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material Show Snell s Law Displays a visualization of Snell s Law where the beam refracts into the piece Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface Display Surfa
136. he Corrected Beam Path in the HighTemp Wedge display Reference Beam Options Element specifies the number of the element used when rendering a single element at the angle specified Angle specifies the angle at which the beams are projected from the elements Summary Section The summary section will displays relevant High Temperature calculations based on the rendering selection from the toolbar This information includes the Incident Angle Deflected Angle Deflection Exit Delta Average Deflection and Average Exit Delta Summary Beam 3 2 Incident Angle a132 Deflected Angle 4116 Deflection 0 16 Exit Delta 0 07 mm Beam 4 Incident Angle 41 32 Deflected Angle A115 Deflection 0 16 Exit Delta 0 07 mm Summary Average Deflection 0 15 Average Exit Delta 0 06 mm 230 Add on Modules 17 4 3 HIGH TEMPERATURE LESSON In this lesson we will demonstrate the High Temperature Add on functionality in BeamTool In order to proceed with this lesson you must have purchased the HighTemp Add on module Please refer to the Add Ons section to learn how to purchase High Temp Now that you have your HighTemp license activated let s put it to work For this lesson we will start out with the default Plate Piece geometry and add a Phased Array Probe with a Linear Beamset Using 12 Aperture Elements and 5 Beams dede Acs AY Phased Array y penbe masista of many amai La DD muemarosraiesontrea E DS This method re
137. he attribute you want to edit and make your changes Press lt Enter gt when you are finished making your edits 17 5 3 4 DELETING MANUAL TARGETS To delete a manual target from the Table View select the target in the Table View by clicking on it and click on the Remove Manual button from the ZONAL CalBlock Designer Toolbar 27 CHAPTER 18 THIRD PARTY INTEGRATION Eclipse has partnered with other companies in the NDT industry to allow for easy integration of BeamTool workspaces into other acquisition and analysis software systems 18 1 1 TD FOCUS SCAN amp TD HANDY SCAN As of January 2010 all TD Focus Scan and TD Handy Scan systems are shipped with BeamTool pre installed and older systems may be upgraded by TD to include this functionality The integration brings together two of the most powerful and widely known computerized ultrasonic applications It provides a comprehensive planning and data acquisition capability in a convenient package 18 1 2 ZETEC ULTRAVISION The BeamTool install includes a custom UltraVision library that can be used to integrate with Zetec UltraVision With this library installed and configured the UltraVision file menu is extended with the option to Import BeamTool Workspace This will automatically configure UltraVision with the probes wedges and beam sets you ve configured in your BeamTool workspace Third Party Integration 18 2 ULTRAVISION LIBRARY The BeamTool install includes a custom UltraVis
138. he e Add Feature key and enter the Feature Key provided by BeamTool Support to activate a module Click on Refresh if the icon is still red after adding the Feature Key 204 Add on Modules 17 2 BEAMTOOL ZONAL BeamTool ZONAL is an Add on module that extends the capabilities of the already powerful BeamTool ray tracing and technique simulation application The BeamTool ZONAL Add on provides the ability to define Weld Zones which are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset to provide automated targeting of individual phased array beams into specific locations along the face of a weld bevel With the ZONAL add on activated the Weld Configuration dialog allows access to the Weld Zones functionality show ay LO YC Weld Type Add BevelResion E yBeamsin Caps SEShowDimensions Show Zones General Zone Generation HAZ jum 5 00 4 mm Auto amp Manual y Generate ia i 15 05mm eons _ 13 05mm Upper Fill Length op Cap Fill Max Length Height mm 2 00 2 mm 10 05mm Hot Pass Max Length Auto Width F Root Length Overlap dea 3 00 mm Vol Max Length o G 8 00 2 mm Upper Fill angle PTI Zones Add XK Remove ua 6 50 mm Name Type Side X Y Angle Gap Width Quo 10 00 2 mm A Fs 10 05 0 00 Root Fill ak S 7 8 61 1 92 Height ETO mm angle ATI i w as R Bottom Cap 7 0 Height Quo mm moon Auto Width F
139. i Lali AID at Sus Sus 10us Tips 12mm 14mm 16mm 18 Time Distance Gain dB gain for the signal Increasing or decreasing this value modifies the amplitude of the entire signal Zero Offset The time interval in microseconds that is subtracted from the start of the A Scan This value can be increased to remove the initial wave or time representing path through a wedge 17 3 1 4 PULSER OPTIONS Pulse Width The width of the initial pulse in nanoseconds The pulse width value is set to a default value based on the frequency of the probe Rings The number of rings in the initial pulse 213 Add on Modules 17 3 1 5 SIMULATION PARAMETERS The Simulation Parameters menu is hidden by default but can be expanded by clicking on the group button on the panel title bar Simulation Parameters Spread Density Ja 20 Spread Width _ if 10 0 mm Show Spread 7 Shape Spread 1 Attenuation Percent ps 3 z Noise j ss 214 Add on Modules Spread Density The number of beams that are used to simulate a wave and detect reflections A larger value will usually be more accurate but will be less performant A spread density of 10 A spread density of 100 215 Add on Modules Spread Width The width of the spread of beams A smaller value will produce a narrow dense array of beams A larger value will produce a wider sparse array of beams Using a wider beam will cover a larger area but will potentia
140. ic requirements add Target Provides a drop down menu of available targets to add to the calibration block Available targets are Side Drilled Hole and Notch As targets are added their configuration panels will appear below the CalBlock parameters Side Drilled Hole The side drilledhole SDH istypically adrilled hole the sidewall of whichis used as the reflecting surface SDHs are often drilledin pipe walls atspecified locations from the diameter e g 1 41 1 2T and 3 4T Notch A Notch targetcan be used to simulate surface defects view Dimensions Toggles on and off the view of the target dimensions in the workspace XT View Dimension Factors When distances are based on a factor of T or D display the factor on the dimension as an annotation JA dd Drawing Set Brings up the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe a drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have been defined the selected drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar See Drawings for more information on working with Drawings Dimension Options Throughout the Calibration Block Designer dimensions can be set using one of three dimension options 4 Absolute Distance T Factor of Thickness D Factor of D 50 Calibration Block Choose the factoring applied by using the drop down menus Absolute Distance exact measurement from reference to
141. icate Geometries Add on Manager os Options When the Command Prompt is turned on 1t will appear above the CAD Toolbar tel 2 B got Ea 7 tine Ma Fill AS Text E Ti EES o ur T W IIN SaS 43 Ele e Tools Edit Style al 12 1 EXECUTE COMMANDS To enter a command by using the keyboard type the full command name on the Command Prompt and press Enter The instructions in Help assume this step and do not specifically instruct you to press Enter after each entry You can specify coordinates either by entering X Y coordinate values or by using the pointing device to click a point on the screen The space in a command function is used to separate parameters For example the command below will draw a line from 0 0 to 10 0 Ready line 0 0 10 0 The lt symbol and the symbol in a command function represents at an angle of For example the commands below will clone the selected object at a distance of 10 and at an angle of 45 degrees Ready clone 10 lt 45 Ready clone 10 45 Command Prompt The symbol in a command function represents an absolute position Pressing the Esc key on the keyboard will cancel any Command Prompt functions and return the Command Prompt to a Ready status 12 2 SPECIFY COMMAND OPTIONS When you enter a command the Command Prompt will change from Ready and prompt you for the next entry related to the command The Statu
142. ication String Fields displays the current translations of available languages for the selected string Find View used to search for strings based on text entered Status Bar provides XMLocalize status updates File Tools Ge Ey Open lH Save abe a x A Find 2 33e Replace Copy LString g Translate ESBeamTool E Options A Common Strings Engish y Controls Display Wedge Position Dimension gt BeamToolbar Displays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing gt ColorProps v E ProbeBox abs Display Probe abs Flip Probe ETBUMERS abe Display Wedge Dimensions EXTERNA DADA ay Display Wedge Position Dimension abs Display Probe Name abs Display Wedge Part Number abe Display Transducer Part Number Dimension de position de cale d affichage abe Clone Probe Montre la distance de la cale du point central de la soudure sur le sch ma abs Delete Probe abe Probe Position Side View Horizontal abs Add Beamset abe Probe Configuration Anzeige Keil Position Ma abe Display Crossover Dimensions Zeigt den Abstand des Keils vom Mittelpunkt der Schwei ung auf der Zeichnung an abs Display Dead Zones abe Probe Center Spacing PCS Portuguese abe Probe Position Top View abs Probe Tools abe Crossover Depth abs Move Probe Left abe Move Probe Right gt E Piece e A Nanaman 4 oe a ae a Chinese French German ID Locale String 1030 English Display Wedge DimensionsD
143. iency and ease of drawing The CAD Toolbar is divided into the following groups Tools CAD Surface configuration access to interactive tools and Layers Snap Quick access to the Snap settings contained in the Tools pop up Edit Access to geometry manipulation tools Add Geometry Quick access to adding Piece and Annotative geometries Style Access to geometry styling tools Construction Aids Access to geometry positioning and sizing tools CAD Toolbar 9 2 TOOLS GROUP The CAD Tools group provides access to various drawing and CAD Surface tools h B LH Tools The Arrow Tool allows you to select and manipulate graphics Once selected a graphic can be moved by dragging or resized using the available handles Displays the Geometry Inspector to the right of the CAD Surface Arrow Tool _AGeometry Inspector Command Prompt Pisplays the Command Prompt above the CAD Toolbar El Viewport Manager Opens the Viewport Manager dialog box El Geometry Navigator Opens the Geometry Navigator dialog box 9 2 1 INTERACTIVE TOOLS The 4 Interactive Tools pop up provides access to the following tools gt Interactive Activates the Interactive Rotate Tool which provides a means of defining the center of the Rotate rotation point and the angle at which to rotate selected geometries l 7 Interactive Activates the Interactive Move Tool which provides a means of defining the direction and Move distance at which to m
144. ific height only an angle with which to extend to the top of the piece This region is mandatory when defining a bevel e Angle Fill The region above the hot pass containing or more sets of angle amp height e Angle s e Height s Hot Pass A variable region that can be J type radius or V type angle J type is specified by a radius and an optional height configuration Auto Height or Manual Automatic height calculates to the point where the fill region s angle makes a tangent on the radius J type also allows an optional Landing width V type allows a simple angle and height J Type e Radius e Height e Auto Determines the appropriate height so that the face of the above fill region will intersect a the radius at an exact tangent OR e Manual e Landing width The horizontal width before the radius begins its sweep V Type e Angle e Height 42 Weld Configuration Root A vertical region directly below the hot pass Can have an optional gap width e Height e Gap width The distance between the left and right faces of the weld bevel Root Fill The region below the hot pass containing 1 or more sets of angle amp height e Angle s e Height s Bottom Cap The region below the Root Fill The height can be adjusted with or without the option to Auto Width based on height Ifthe Auto Width is de selected the overlap can be adjusted separate from the height 43 Weld Con
145. interference is set up that results in a beam at a set angle In other words the beam can be steered electronically The beam is swept like a search light through the piece being examined and the data from multiple beams are put together to make a visual image showing a slice through the piece sy T 20 00 00 z 20 00 mm A Jr y 0 00 mm Of as y 0 00 mm 7 oo 0 00 Je ES lt Click here to add beamsets 77 Probes Tel PHASED ARRAY BEAMSETS Phased Array probes support seven types of beamsets Single Beam Beamset Single Beam Beamsets render a single beam from a defined set of elements ataspecified refracted angle Useful for developing zonal techniques Linear Beamset Linear Beamsets allow a numberof focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a common refracted angle sectorial Beamset Sectorial Beamsets allowa number offocal laws to be drawn from a set of elements with a range of refracted angles Linear Spread Beamset Linear Spread Beamsets allowa number of focal laws to be drawn from different elements with a range of refracted angles Zonal Beamset Zonal Beamsets areused to target specificregions of aweld Zonal beamsets are commonly used in pipelineweld inspection Requires Zonal Add On Full Matrix Capture Full matrix capture FMC is a specificdata acquisition process using ultrasonicphased amay probes For an array of N elements each element is
146. ion containing the configuration file ebwt to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the preview and drawing panes will update to display the selected wedge and transducer Save a Probe Configuration Once a Probe Configuration is complete it can be saved as a PA probe configuration ebwt or TOFD Conventional probe set configuration includes beam 1 Press the Save Probe button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save EA dd Drawing Set Brings up the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe a drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have been defined the selected drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar See Drawings for more information on working with Drawings 59 Probes 7 3 1 2 TRANSDUCER OPTIONS The options below are available by selecting from the Transducer picklist Import a Previously Saved Transducer Previously saved transducer configurations ebt can be opened 1 Press the Open Transducer button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebt to be importeded 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the preview and drawing panes will update to display the
147. ion library that can be used to integrate with Zetec UltraVision With this library installed and configured the UltraVision file menu is extended with the option to Import BeamTool Workspace This feature will automatically configure UltraVision with the probes wedges and beam sets you ve configured in your BeamTool workspace 18 2 1 INSTALLATION The BeamTool installer will automatically install and configure the UltraVision library as long as UltraVision is already installed on the computer If installing UltraVision AFTER installing BeamTool you will need to reinstall BeamTool to ensure the UltraVision library is configured properly 18 2 2 IMPORT BEAMTOOL WORKSPACE INTO ULTRAVISION The Import BeamTool Workspace component for Zetec UltraVision allows you to quickly and easily set up a configuration in UltraVision based on an BeamTool configuration Saved BeamTool workspaces can be imported into UltraVision saving time and reducing potential errors that might occur reconfiguring the setup in UltraVision Pieces wedges transducers and beamsets are all imported Parameters for the UltraVision setup can be tweaked or you can transition directly to acquiring data 18 2 2 1 TERMINOLOGY BeamTool and UltraVision use similar terminology but there are a few important differences The following terms map directly BeamTool Ultra Vision Piece Specimen Beamset Channel Beam Focal Law 168 2 2 2 WORKFLOW Importing a workspace involves only
148. isplays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge on the drawing Display Wedge Position DimensionDisplays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing English Display ni Part A the wedge number on the drawing 185 Reference 15 1 2 TABLE VIEW The XMLocalize Table View layout is divided into six major sections 1 XMLocalize Main Menu access to XMLocalize File Menu and Tools Menu 2 XMLocalize Table View Tool Bar a toolbar use for localization management 3 TableView table view of all strings available the default language for the string and string value for the selected language 4 Find View used to search for strings based on text entered 5 Status Bar provides XMLocalize status updates File Tools 1 Ey Open Save 4 French Y All Find dz Replace CopyLString 21 Translate ID English French 1002 General G n ral 1003 PO ia ba Goes a ce te nes les formulaires de param tres multiples d tre ouverts en m me 1004 Automatically open new Beamset parameter forms Ouvrir automatiquement les nouvelles formes de param tres Beamset 1005 Mouse Wheel Zooming O Melee delas Zoom Center on mouse position Centrer sur la position de la souris Centrer sur l cran Options d ESBeamTool Options de dessin globales Derni re zone de travail automatiquement ouverte sur le d marrage Coloration de saut de faisceau Message de sollicitation avant de supprimer des sonde
149. ith Block Wedge Contact and Immersion options Selecting the block wedge mode will display the full list of the following parameters Selecting contact or immersion modes will hide all the wedge parameters aside from Velocity When using contact or immersion modes the velocity value is applied to the couplant or immersion medium Block Wedge a Transducer is attached to a wedge which is placed in contact with the piece Contact IA Transducer is placed in direct contact with the piece Immersion Transducer is suspended abovethe piecein 27 Wed an immersion tank Changing the wedge mode will remove the wedge display from the drawing pane and will automatically set a new default value for the probe s elevation offset Parameters Part Number The part number of the wedge entered by user or populated from import Velocity The material compression velocity of the wedge couplant or immersion medium Right click on the field to select a velocity for a_ specified material Velocity value can also be set by selecting from the Material picklist X The length of the wedge in contact with the piece between the start location of the transducer and the front face Xt The length of the wedge in contact with the piece between the back face of the wedge and start location of the transducer Z The height of the first transducer element from the piece Height The height of the wedge Width The width of the wedge Changes visible in Top
150. l Command Prompt to construct and modify geometries 12 3 1 CONSTRUCT COMMANDS ARC Creates a user defined arc Command entry arc To create an arc specify a start point end point and middle point Ready arc Starting Point 0 0 End Point 0 50 Radius 70 CALLOUT Places a user defined call out that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Call Outs contain a text box and an associated directional line Command entry callout To create a callout specify the start point and end point Ready callout Starting Point 0 0 Distance 0 50 or 50045 163 CIRCLE Places a user defined circle Command entry circle To create a circle specify a center point and radius Ready circle Center Point 0 0 Radius 65 DIM Linear dimensions allow you to annotate distances on the drawing Command entry dim To create a linear dimension specify the start point and end point Ready dim Starting Point 0 0 End Point 0 0 or Ready dim 0 0 10 0 or Ready dim 0 0 10 45 164 Command Prompt ELL Places a user defined ellipse Command entry ell Ready ell Starting Point 0 0 End Point 0 50 or Ready 0 0 10 50 or Ready 0 0 10050 IMAGE Opens the Select Image window to browse for an image to place in the workspace Command entry image Ready image LEGEND Command Prompt Displays a legend that shows a list of the specified dimensions that are annotated in th
151. late to be modified from the template list 3 Press the Edit Template button to display the Report Template Editor 198 Extracting Data 16 4 1 1 GETTING STARTED WITH THE REPORT TEMPLATE EDITOR dl j sl j mt ler Det a ot e REF EE wort A i et an ai a Da An 010010 Shear Compression Thickness Length Width Velocity Thickness mm Length jmm Width mm VelocityShear mmps VelocityLong jmmips Left Side Right Side Cap Width LefiCapWiter gt Cap Width RiohtCapWidth mm Cap Height LeRCapHeight mm Cap Height RightCapHeight mm Preview Cap Angle LefiCapAnagle Cap Angle RiohtCapAnagleJ Root Width LefiRootWidth mm Root Width RightRootWidth mm Root Height LeftiRootHeight mm Root Height RightRootHeight mm Root Angle LeftRootAnglel Root Angle RightRootAngle Preview AutosizeCap HAZ gt HAZIN HAZWidth HAZWidthIN ID IDGeometry IDODCenter IndexOffset IndexOffsetIN LeftCapAngle LeftCapHelght LeftCapHeightIN LeftCapWidth LeftCapWidthIN LeftRootiingle LeftRootHeight CORE Canaan CofkRoctwnethin gt Length eigen MatestalNome Ned _ kid RightCapHeightIN RightCap Width Rig RightRoot RightRootHeightIN RightRootWidth RightRootwidthIN ShowCapBottom ShowCapDimensions ShowCapTop ShowlndexOffset ShowOffsetDimension ShowPieceThickness ShowWeldAngles Sweep Thickness AAA Valodfytong NeloctyLongil valocky
152. lection on the clipboard Paste Copies the current contents of the clipboard onto the workspace dOrdering Pop Up changes the stacking order of objects on a layer Bring to Front Brings the selection to the front of all other graphics so that no part 1s hidden by other graphics A Send to Back Sends the selection behind all other graphics Transform Pop Up transform objects by rotation or flipping 3 Flip Vertical Flips the selection along its vertical axis dll Flip Horizontal Flips the selection along its horizontal axis akRotate Clockwise Rotates the selection 90 degrees in a clockwise direction de Rotate Counter Rotates the selection 90 degrees in a counter clockwise direction Clockwise C Rotate 180 Rotates the selection 180 degrees a Alignment Pop Up aligns objects horizontally or vertically relative to each other Objects are positioned relative to the first object selected eft Aligns the selected geometries to the left of the first selected object Center Aligns the selected geometries to the center of the first selected object Right Aligns the selected geometries to the right of the first selected object Il Top Aligns the selected geometries to the top of the first selected object 137 E Middle E Bottom Group i tUn Group CAD Toolbar Aligns the selected geometries to the middle of the first selected object Aligns the selected geometries to the bottom of the first selected object
153. lies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes A conventional probe uses a single transducer in a pulse echo configuration Y L D Nh a ZAG Zuni ste AMS A A AA L Fill 2 si LLE RRA SHARON ORUM le ees Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style 231 Add on Modules Click on the be Probe Configuration icon in the PA Probe Group to launch the PA Probe Configuration dialog In the Wedge section of the PA Probe Configuration dialog click on the arrow next to the d High Temp icon Select 45 Import HighTemp Wedge from the drop down menu Q BeamTool 5 Jet File Edit Tools Help Nede AMAR Da mw wAddProbe H rn DOD VAA 73 PA Probe a a MB eas 1 Y Transducer a lt ita e Part Number ransducer Part Number Frequency h 5 00 4 MHz te AS unearsesmsetri Total Elements S y 64 Element Pitch p 0 60 4 mm 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SlementWidth fpa E 0 50 2 mm fo 230 240 250 PassiveWidth 10 00 2 mm j Start Channel m 1 a 3 Element Gap 0 10 mm R Total Aperture 3840 mm 8 f Omm O PA Probe O f Wedge L 19 Eik k iS Part Number Wedge Part Number 45 Import HighTemp Wedge a Velocity g Visualize HighTemp N x o ee 58 60 4 mm al xt o ro 10 00 2 mm 7 AN sa Z p 11 00 24 mm a s Height o a 93 0
154. ll be used to see how workspaces can be created for 3D View Fil A3 Text TS 20 72 W 305 GE gt G a m e Style F Construction Aids t axi 101 i 139 48 8 31 CD For this example the block will be traced twice once for the first 0 12 7mm that includes the 50mm radius and again for 12 7mm 25 4 including the 100mm radius 289 Lessons File Edit Tools dDOda mf LY eaddProbe gt Poo Vaa 00 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 P4 10 20 30 40 10 0 40 30 20 4 L N O 219 404 amp i dy Fill A3Text I o y 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 t ml S d 4 as amp j Tools Edit G Construction Aids File Edit Tools dede JAMA M HV AddProbe 9 MoD VRAA Z PA Probe SAM AC 008 551 D0 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 24 lt E 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 jo 60 Wi Ena 9 eo dr abren E AA OD oe eS RO ae 434 HR n aaan t El St eo HR Tools Edit n E Construction Aids a 290 Lessons Use the Layers feature to separate the different components of the drawing Click on the Tools menu open the Geometry Inspe
155. lly involve more scatter A minimum spread width of 1 mm A maximum spread value of 10 mm Show Spread The visibility of the beams used for the A Scan This will toggle the visibility of the beams that are used to produce the A scan The beams are displayed in fuchsia to distinguish them from the actual beam and beam spread beams 216 Add on Modules Shape Spread Shaping of the reflections by adjusting the amplitudes across the spread using a logarithmic curve This can produce a more natural looking reflection but can potentially produce unexpected results in cases of multiple reflections It can also produce strange results depending on which part of the spread detected the reflection 100 100 90 90 70 70 60 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 i 174s 17 5us 18us 174s 17 5us 18us CAS AAA AAA AAA A default unshaped reflection A shaped reflection Attenuation Applies a material attenuation factor to reflections The amplitude 1s adjusted based on the attenuation curve visible from the Attenuation Curve display mode A logarithmic curve 1s used to calculate the factor Percent The material attenuation factor at the time line maximum This 1s the percent of maximum amplitude at the time line maximum A larger value decreases the material attenuation applied to reflections 217 Add on Modules Noise The level of noise in the signal This can be reduced to 0 to provide a clearer signal or can b
156. lly the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified Beam Solver Using the ES Solve function beams are automatically added to the beamset list via the powerful Beam Solver algorithm The beams added by the solver will be targeted to the zones that were configured in the Weld Configuration dialog Each zone region type defined during weld configuration is treated slightly differently by the solver The technique used to target each zone has been implemented to maximize signal strength Using the General parameters and Instructions defined in the Zonal Solver Options dialog the solver will create a beam targeted to the relevant zone Zone Solving To solve for any given zone BeamTool attempts to create an optimal beam using the Instructions that correspond to that zone type and angle Using the instruction s optimal inspection angle and aperture path etc a beam is projected out from the zone target If the beam intersects the probe s transducer an appropriate beam path from probe to the zone should be possible If a path to the transducer cannot be found the inspection angle is adjusted by Angle Increment and tested again The solver will increment and oscillate to either side of the optimal angle until a 121 Probes path can be found If the Min Angle or Max Angle is reached then number of Skips is increased and the process is repeated If no combination of an
157. locks layers etc Once added to a workspace geometries can be selected and then manipulated with Edit Tools Style Tools and Construction Aids 146 Geometries 10 2 ANNOTATIVE GEOMETRIES Annotative Geometries allow annotation to be added to the drawing to indicate additional information not automatically displayed by BeamTool Types of annotation include lines polygons text boxes symbols and dimensions Image annotations can be added as a backdrop Unlike Piece Geometries Annotative Geometries do not possess reflective properties For some Annotative Geometries reflective and refractive properties can be selected and at this point the geometry is considered to be a Piece Geometry Annotative Geometries include Pa Line Fr Are Y Places a user defined line that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Places a user defined arc that will not reflect beams projected from a probe UL Polyline Places a user defined polyline that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Circle Places a user defined circle that will not reflect beams projected from a probe LRectangle Places a user defined rectangle that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Ellipse Places a user defined ellipse that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Polygon Places a user defined polygon that will not reflect beams projected from a probe Dimensions SPolydim A Angle EElLegend pa i L Viewport Linear
158. metrics A flat bottom hole that is positioned along the weld center line Volumetric targets are defined by width V1 Angle V2 Angle and VX Angle Volu t Diameter Go 1 50 mm V1 Angle D V2 Angle jaa 45 00 D VX Angle o 45 00 D Diameter ee 1 50 mm V1 Angle j 45 00 D V2 Angle o VX Angle o Volumetric Parameters Volumetric Diameter The diameter of the target V1 Angle The angle from the center line for the first volumetric target V2 Angle The angle from the center line for the second volumetric target VX Angle The angle from the center line for any additional volumetric targets 232 Add on Modules TOFD A notch target centered along the weld center line TOFD targets are defined by width depth length and V Angle TOFD TOFD OD Width j 2 00 mm Depth j mm Length C j mm Notch Angle y 45 00 4 TOFD OD 2 Width _ mm Depth Qe A Length j mm Notch Angle j 45 00 2 TOFD ID Width j mm Depth E 200 mm Length mm Notch Angle 45 00 TOFD Parameters Width The dimension of the target on the x axis Depth The dimension from the ID or OD to the deepest point of the target Length The dimension of the target on the y axis Notch Angle The angle of the apex at the bottom of the target Transverse A notch target positioned perpendicular to the center line of the weld Transverse targets are defined by width depth and length T Transverse OD Width j
159. metry Use the WPiece Polyline drawing tool to add some defects in the weld 10 0 Ge Fill Ad Text S 0 Mo o ott gt m r W T me 103 q7 t eSEE 9 LEUR Add Geometry Style F Construc Y AS Add a Conventional UT Probe to the worksapce 219 Add on Modules DOE FNG DAX f a MOD IRAR UT Probe Phased Array PA probe consists of many small SC 68 49 C 0 00 mfe 0 00 1 elements each of which can be pulsed 2 separately Time of Flight Diffraction This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes UT Probe Conventional UT o Ll aconventionalprobeusesasingle 68 49 mm na ww 00 02 Y a a X na 118404 MBA N rn Zune Sra ren 0 a da E QEE Y Moo l o P F a E fot w di 3 H E o RE o pua e m y m rs oe Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style Open the UT Probe Configuration menu by clicking on the M Probe Config icon found in the UT Probe menu Turn off the Show Beam Spread by clicking on the Show Beam Spread icon Detecting reflections requires that the probe beamset is configured with enough beam skips to allow the beams to return to the transducer Change the number of beam skips to 4 by clicking on the lt Beam Skips icon 220 Add on Modules dede AcM mm zf BAddProbe 9 a MIP yea qua Y team Bo sae A PIN li Y dBDrop
160. mm Gate Start Eo q SN mm Gate Length C 500 mm Alpha Angle 1 00 2 10 IE MS l bel 7 7 5 1 2 1 REFERENCE BEAMSET CONFIGURATION OPTIONS SZ Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics AMUSe Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance W Time or Skips a Display Beam Focus Defines the point at which a sound beam converges to minimum diameter and maximum sound pressure and beyond which the beam diverges A Focus Type can be specified and used to display the beam s focus into the piece 1 Select the Focus Type button A list of Focus Types are displayed 2 Select the appropriate Focus Type 114 Probes rt True Depth True depth is the specified distance into the piece parallel to the bottom of the wedge a E Projection Projection is the specified distance in the piece parallel to the front of the wedge gt Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam enters the
161. mm Depth G mm Length es mm Transverse ID Width j mm Depth G mm Length QE mm 253 Add on Modules Transverse Parameters Transverse Width The dimension along the x axis of the target Transverse Depth The distance from the ID or OD to the deepest point of the target Transverse Length The dimension along the z axis of the target Miscellaneous 7 Miscellaneous Wall Thickness Strip Depth Js mm Length Al 25 00 mm Y Side drilled Hole US Diameter em mm Depth j mm Length a mm Side drilled Hole DS Diameter mm 2 00 mm Depth jj 10 00 mm Length _ mm Miscellaneous Parameters Wall Thickness Strip Section attached to the end of each wing on the block The wall thickness strip is defined by depth and length Wall Thickness Strip Depth ieee from the OD to the bottom of the strip as measured from the center of Wall Thickness Strip Length The distance along the z axis Side Drilled Holes A hole that is drilled into the center section of the block between the center section and a wing section Side drilled holes are defined by diameter depth and length Side Drilled Hole Diameter Diameter of the side drilled hole Side Drilled Hole Depth The distance from the OD to the center of the hole opening The distance along the z axis from the edge of the center section to the bottom of the Sid
162. mm Diameter p 6 00 4 mm Length ist Channel 2nd Channel Jemm AB 1 17 Wedge RM Part Number Wedge Part Number Welocity es e 2 400 4 mm s Length p e 20 95 4 mm Exit Point es fe 3 40 4 mm Inset o 00 mm Width C O 20 00 4 mm Front Height CG e 12 75 23 mm Back Height C j 3 00 4 mm Wedge Angle rs 20 63 4 Refracted Angle 05555577777 ss 60 01 4 J Gmm E Offset df 50 00 mm Locus Curve Depth Cj 19 20 2 mm 3rd Channel G 64 Probes 7 3 3 1 BEAM OPTIONS Display Beam Coverage Displays the estimated coverage area based on beam spread and refraction Parameters Resolution Depth The precision in which you can size the depth of a flaw Locus Curve Depth The precision in which you can define the depth of the Locus Curve Locus curves indicate the maximum detection range of a TOFD configuration They can be used to identify whether additional techniques are required to cover areas beyond range With a standard TOFD configuration an indication may be detected somewhere between the two probes within the locus curve However the actual location of the indication might not be directly between the two probes symmetrically A third probe tandem probe can be added to remove the ambiguity The location of the indication can be more accurately determined by the intersection of the two locus curves Spatial Resolution The distinguishing distance be
163. mpression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Line Color em Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes Beam Parameters After a beam is added to the list it appears in the summary table on the left of the dialog The table summarizes the pertinent details that make one zonal beam differ from another When a beam is selected from the tab its full details will be displayed in the panel on the right of the dialog and its parameters can then be modified as necessary when in manual mode The Beam Parameters is split into three sections 1 Transmit 2 Receive 3 Acquisition Transmit Parameters Start Element The number of the first element in the aperture Aperture Elements The number of contiguous elements in the aperture Inspection Angle The angle at which the beam intersects the zone face Refracted Angle The angle of the beam within the piece or part Focus Length The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected Gate Offset The distance from the target to the start of the gate Gate Start The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate Gate Length The length of the gate segment dB Drop Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used Near Field The estimated distance in front of the transducer in which the be
164. mset Visible from the menu The beamset graphics are removed from the drawing but the beamset button remains available on the probe toolgroup The Beamset button on the probe toolgroup no longer displays the Visibility closed eye indicator 2 Select Beamset Visible again to display the graphics in the drawing The Beamset button on the probe toolgroup displays the Visibility eye indicator 82 Probes Additionally the visibility of the beamset can be specified using the Toggle Beamset Visibility button located on the Beamset Configuration dialog Clone a Beamset Beamsets that have been added to the workspace using the Add Beamset button can be cloned creating a beamset with duplicate attribution To clone a beamset 1 Inthe probe toolgroup click on the beamset to be cloned and select Clone Beamset from the menu A new beamset toolgroup and corresponding graphics are added to the Probe toolgroup Delete a Beamset Beamsets that have been added to the workspace using the Add Beamset button can be removed To remove a beamset 1 Inthe probe toolgroup click on the beamset to be removed and select Delete Beamset from the menu The beamset toolgroup and corresponding graphics in the drawing are removed l Rename a Beamset Beamsets that have been added to the workspace using the Add Beamset button can be renamed from the system generated name To rename a beamset 1 In the probe toolgroup right click on the beamset to be r
165. n be changed by double clicking the probe name display on the top of the probe group press Enter to save changes or via the Probe Tools button 1 Press the Probe Tools button located on the Probe group for the appropriate probe 2 Press the Rename button The Probe group and corresponding graphics in the drawing are removed 4 Re Order Left When multiple probes exist in the workspace you can use this tool to re order the active Probe Group menu one position to the left Re Order Right When multiple probes exist in the workspace you can use this tool to re order the active Probe Group menu one position to the right 57 Probes Import an Existing Probe A probe added to the workspace can be configured manually through the various configuration options or can be imported from an existing probe configuration btps 1 Press the Probe Tools button located on the Probe group for the appropriate probe 2 Press the Import button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file btps to be opened 3 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the preview and drawing panes will update to display the selected wedge and transducer Export or Save a Probe Configuration Once a Probe Configuration is complete it can be saved as a PA probe configuration btps or TOFD Conventional probe set configuration includes beam 1
166. n the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate The length of the gate segment Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used The estimated minimum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only The estimated maximum distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only The difference between the exit point of the first beam to the last beam read only The divergence of the sound beam as it travels through the piece read only The incident angle of the beam within the wedge read only The first element in a group of elements assigned to receive in pitch catch configuration This is automatically configured based on the parameters of the transmitting beam The number of elements configured to receive in a pitch catch configuration The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified 102 Probes Beam Type amp Solid Beams A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color e Color List displays each beam skip in the color defined in File gt Options Line Color J Omm Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes
167. n zone beams before the weld bevel fusion face Fusion After Weld The length of the gate to be applied to fusion zone beams after the center of the weld bevel Vol Before Weld The length of the gate to be applied to volumetric zone beams before the weld fusion face The length of the gate to be applied to volumetric zone beams after the back of the weld Vol After Weld fusion face 124 Probes Presentations Parameters The Presentations section allows you to select different types of Fills and Volumetrics Options include Weld Plot B Scan Coupling and TOFD ills The default Presentations value to use for Fill zones Volumetrics The default Presentations value to use for Volumetrics zones 7 7 6 2 1 ZONAL SOLVER OPTIONS INSTRUCTIONS TAB Zonal Solver Options mM ES General EJ Add Instruction Remove Instruction Zone Angle Zone Angle Angle Global Gate Reflecto Zone Type Te Angle To Perpendicular Optimal Min Aperture Receive Mode ee Size 10 00 1 00 ir 65 00 60 00 70 00 20 00 i PulseEcho 1 00 90 00 Y 20 00 Direct PulseEcho 25 00 65 00 12 00 SkipsMinimized PulseEcho 0 00 1 00 F t i 12 00 Direct PitchCatchAuto 1 00 12 00 Skipped PitchCatchAuto 15 00 65 00 Y 12 00 Skips Minimized PulseEcho UpperFill 0 00 90 00 9 20 00 Skipped PulseEcho First VolumetricRoot i 12 00 Direct PulseEcho Volumetric Roots E l f 12 00 Direct PulseEcho FirstVolumetric A y f 12 00 Skipped PulseEcho
168. nd replace text Copy LString Used by developers to copy new strings created with XMLocalize into code iat Translate Uses Google Translate to populate empty fields for all languages Tree View or selected language Table View of the selected string This will not overwrite an existing entry for a language Table View Toggles on and off the XMLocalize Table View E Tree View Toggles on and off the XMLocalize Tree View 190 Reference 15 1 6 HOW TO TRANSLATE IN TABLE VIEW To translate in Table View you must first select the language you want to translate to Click on the Language Picker icon to select your language of choice Y XMLocalize C Program Files 86 YEclipse File Tools Chinese French German Portuguese Use the Filter icon W to show All strings available for your selected language or just the Missing strings You can use the fa Find icon to search for specific text in a string In the example below we have performed a Find function for all strings that contain the word wedge By selecting string 1033 from the Find results at the bottom the Table View automatically navigates to the selected string for editing W XMLocalize C Program Files x86 Eclipse Scientific ESBeamT ool5 ESBeamTool xmloc File Tools Ey Open lW Save a French gt F All 34 Find Ajo Replace amp Copy LString al Translate ID English French 1033 Display Wedge Part Number Num ro de la pi ce de cale d a
169. notch targets Renders the US and DS center sections as separate components Renders the wings of the block as separate components Rotates the top view to be displayed with the weld centerline horizontally Adds custom label to upstream section in Side View Adds custom label to downstream section in Side View 250 Add on Modules Notches A notch is a machined reference target used for calibration or performance demonstration Notch targets are defined by width length and depth Qa LI mm Se 5002 mm Cap Notch 0 5 Cap Notch 1 0 Width d 2 00 mm Depth Qe y 1 00 mm Length jj 10 00 mm 7 Cap Notch HAZ Root Notch 0 5 Root Notch 1 0 Width os y 1 00 mm Depth Js 1 00 mm Length j 10 00 mm Root Notch 1 5 Root Notch HAZ Notch Parameters Notch Width The dimension along the x axis of the target Notch Length The dimension along the z axis of the target Notch Depth The dimension from the ID or OD to the deepest point of the target Fills A fill is a machined flat bottom hole reference target that is positioned along the fusion face at a perpendicular angle Fill targets are defined by width and angle Fills Fills Diameter j 3 00 mm Root Fills Diameter 9 j 3 00 mm Diameter j y 2 00 mm Angle j 50 00 2 231 Add on Modules Fill Parameters Fill Diameter The diameter of the target Fill Angle The angle as measured from the center line Volu
170. nstead of passing through y Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer 112 Probes Show Center Beams Toggles the display of the reference beams that describes the center of the spread for each element Parameters Tx Start Element The number of the first element in the aperture Tx Aperture Size The number of contiguous elements in the aperture Tx Element Step The number of offset elements for each beam being fired Spread Factor A value that is applied to and controls the beam spread angle Element Utilization Ere The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified Beam Type a Solid Beams A pick list of available beam types e Solid Beams displays all of the beams in the same color e Color List displays each beam skip in the color defined in File gt Options Line Color Jomm Color s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes Beam Buffer Visibility Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s 113 Probes 7 7 5 1 2 REFERENCE BEAMSET Reference Beamsets provide additional drawing annotaions Reference Beam Configuration Crop Skips Start Element A 10 4 Refracted Angle SJ 650 00 Focus Length AI
171. nstruction Aids Placement Grid selection Displays the Command Prompt above the CAD Toolbar Toggles the visibility of the grid on and off If checked the X and Y axis are highlighted in blue Specify the numerical spacing units for X and Y axis 9 2 3 SNAP SETTINGS The n Snap Settings pop up provides access to the following tools Fa Snap to Points A Snap to Mid Point Snap Nearest E Snap Alignment Geometric Snap Tolerance Snap to Grid X Orthographic Snap If checked points within an annotation will snap to the nearest end point of an annotation within a set tolerance If checked points within an annotation will snap to the nearest mid point of an annotation within a set tolerance If checked points within an annotation will snap to the nearest point on an annotation within a set tolerance If checked points within an annotation will dynamically snap to existing geometry features within a set tolerance The tolerance distance to be used when snapping to an existing geometry If checked points within an annotation will snap to the nearest grid intersection when drawn moved or resized If checked points within an annotation are restricted to the X or Y axis relative to the selected start point Orthographic Snap Tolerance The tolerance distance to be used when snapping to the X or Y axis 9 2 4 LAYERS The Layers pop up menu provides the ability to define and_manipulate CAD Layers Geometries
172. nuity areas for the top and Display Dead Zones bottom walls of the piece ele When selected displays the height of the smallest resolvable flaw at a given Spatial Resolution depth de When selected displays a locus curve indicating the maximum detection Display Locus Curve range of the TOFD configuration pi Controls how the probe is pinned to an ID OD piece available on ID OD in pieces only The distance the probes are offset horizontally This is based on the horizontal HA lt ibIndex Offset center of the beam crossover The distance probe A and probe B are vertically offset from one another Positive dae 4 Elevation Offset numbers elevate probe B and negative numbers offset probe A Adjusts the probe position along the width of the top face of the piece available Probe Position Top View Top View only v E TASE Depth This is the depth within the piece that the beam crossover should occur 7 6 4 CONVENTIONAL UT GROUP ONLY Ab Flip Probe Flips the probe horizontally i Pin Controls how the probe is pinned to an ID OD piece available on ID OD pieces only A Probe Position Side View Horizontal Adjusts the probe distance from the center of the weld Probe Position Side View Vertical Adjusts the probe distance from the top face of the piece Adjusts the probe position along the width of the top face of the ON e e s Probe Position Top View piece available in Top View only R
173. ometry piece and weld To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified Material Compression Same plane directional velocity of the piece Shear Right angle directional velocity of the piece Axial Thickness The thickness of the piece of material OD The diameter measurement taken from the outside edge of the piece ID The diameter measurement taken from the inside of the piece Width The width of the piece of material containing the weld Index Offset The offset point from the center point of the weld on the drawing 4 3 2 OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE In addition to the options available above the following tools are available during piece and weld configuration Open an Existing Piece and Weld Configuration Once the Piece Configuration dialog has been displayed existing piece and weld configurations ebp can be opened 1 Press the Open button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebp to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the drawing pane will update to display the selected piece and weld lalsave a Piece and Weld Configuration Once a piece and weld configuration is complete it can be save
174. onventional UT probe groups are colored uniquely and have differing options Phased Array 20 00 mm 004 y 0 00 mm TOFD bpi a y 0 00 mm ys _ jr y 0 00 mm 0 rr y 0 00 2 mm y 20 00 mm Conventional UT A rra 0 00 mm m 0 00 mm E _ rra 0 00 S6 Probes Jel PROBE GROUPS TOOLBAR Probe Configuration The transducer and wedge attributes of a probe can be modified via Probe Configuration button Probe Tools Each Probe Group has a Probe Tools drop down menu that provides various actions that can be performed on a probe e 21Clone a Probe A probe can be created based on attribution specified for an existing probe To clone an existing probe to create a new one 1 Press the Probe Tools button located on the Probe group for the appropriate probe 2 Press the Clone Probe button A new probe will be added using the identical attributes as the cloned probe Delete a Probe Probes that have been added to the workspace using the Add Probe button can be removed To remove a probe 1 Press the Probe Tools button located on the Probe group for the appropriate probe 2 Press the Delete Probe button The Probe group and corresponding graphics in the drawing are removed ERename a Probe By default probes are given a name that is used to distinguish it on the main toolbar and on the workspace and in reports via a label This default name ca
175. option 11 Menus Toolbars amp Layout Document Info Can be used to store notes related to a workspace This information can also be added to report templates exit Exits BeamTool 12 Menus Toolbars amp Layout DLL DRAWINGS Drawings 1s a powerful set of tools that allow users to create and manage additional drawings within a single BeamTool workspace Drawings can be used for calibration blocks wedges High Temp Management additional piece drawings or any other kind of custom drawing that helps support a technique You can quickly print all of the drawing sets or customize the print job to specific drawings and specific views see Printing for more information x o Drawings Tools Help ded qE E EXIPiece jy Weld iM instrument VRI H Remove Drawing Disce J Properties y Switch to the BeamTool piece Calibration Block WA12 HT55S IH B Switch to the BeamTool calibration block _ WA12 HTS5S IH B Visualization of wedge temperature gradients Wedge WA12 HT55S IH B Detail CAD drawings forwedge WA12 HTS5S IH B n OR LAG And AA MANI MS Me Zine O Fit AB Text TS m an X y hg 2 3 uE Y Y R aeashtelionuo onin A pa E Edit Add Geometry ra t 51 00 64 00 3 2 2 1 DRAWING MENU OPTIONS JA dd Drawing Opens the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe the drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have been defined the CAD Surface
176. or part The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected see Other Tools Available below The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate The length of the gate segment The incident angle of the beam within the wedge read only Color to be used to display the beam for both the preview and drawing panes The Beamset Configuration dialog summarizes the element usage by displaying graphically the number of elements available for the selected transducer and the usage based on the aperture settings specified 116 Probes 7 7 6 ZONAL BEAMSET A Zonal Beamset is used in conjunction with Weld Zones to provide targeted steering of individual beams into specific locations along the face of a weld bevel NOTE Zonal Beamset and Weld Zones are only available to users of the BeamTool Zonal Add On A Zonal Beamset is a collection of Targeted Beamset beams that are configured and manipulated through a list Beams can be added and removed from the list either manually or through the automated Beam Solver Once added to a phased array probe a zonal beamset can be configured using the following dialog and related tools x a a a e a a E O E ER E l OM COMIC A A cate Lea CE mm e e oe am fso ES ao h o ow fso a o enr CDn Bens vy gt s ew sooo E let Se Alpha Ange 3613 UsedAperture 1190 mm Gain Global Gain Gate Threshold
177. otate Probe Rotates the Probe 90 degrees 75 Probes 7 6 5 OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE In addition to the buttons available above the following information is available using the Piece group Recents As you use BeamTool the software will remember which transducers wedges and equipment you commonly use The recently used probes and wedges will be available for quick access from a drop down menu without having to import from a file or our extensive catalog Y Probe Info Tips Probe Info can be selected to display a quick summary of the key Probe values specified 0 TOFD Probe E 10 MHz 6 00 mm 34 43 mm Crossover Depth 10 00 mm Back Wall 0 58 mm Spatial Resolution 76 Probes 7 7 PHASED ARRAY PA Phased Array testing 1s a specialized type of ultrasonic testing that uses sophisticated multi element array transducers and powerful software to steer high frequency sound beams through the test piece and map returning echoes producing detailed images of internal structures similar to medical ultrasound images It is used for inspection of critical structural metals pipeline welds aerospace components and similar applications where the additional information supplied by phased array inspection 1s valuable The phased array probe is comprised of many small ultrasonic elements each of which can be pulsed individually By varying the timing for instance by pulsing the elements one by one in sequence along a row a pattern of
178. ove selected geometries Tirim Activates the Interactive Trim Tool which allows users to easily trim intersecting lines to precise lengths 9 2 2 DISPLAY SETTINGS The El Display Settings pop up provides access to the following groups of tools Workspace Objects cal Show Images When selected displays images in the drawing rock Images Locks any image graphics so they cannot be moved or selected when editing other graphics P Show Annotations When Show Annotations is selected Annotation redlines are displayed in the drawing When not selected Annotation redlines are not displayed Show Annotations does not affect the visibility of Piece geometries When Show Dynamic Dimensions is selected supported Dynamic Dimensions are displayed in the drawing When not selected supported Dynamic Dimensions are not displayed Flshow Dynamic Dimensions 130 Display Settings y Show Rulers E Show Ruler Markers show Crosshairs show Small Crosshairs Show Alignment Marker E Command Prompt Grid Settings HE Show Grid HF show Grid Axis X Y CAD Toolbar Displays a horizontal and vertical ruler around the drawing area Displays markers on the ruler relative to where the cursor is on the CAD Surface Displays horizontal and vertical crosshairs on the cursor Displays a small horizontal and vertical crosshairs on the cursor Displays an alignment marker on the handle of the selected geometry The marker corresponds to the Co
179. ow has two legends that were created in separate layers The legend on the right is selected and the Geometry Inspector field called CalloutLayers is set to Current This means that only geometries in the currently selected layer are shown in the legend The legend in the middle has the CalloutLayers field set to All and is displaying all dimensions from all layers 132 CAD Toolbar 9 2 6 VIEWPORTS A viewport is a region of the screen used to display a different view of the total image to be shown As you work you can split the drawing area into one or more adjacent rectangular views Viewports are useful for large and detailed drawings and can be selected for display in reporting The Viewport Manager can be by clicking on the icon found in the Tools section of the CAD Toolbar 9 2 6 1 VIEWPORT MANAGER OPTIONS O Add Viewport Adds a new viewport to the workspace Rename Viewport Renames the selected viewport Ll show Viewport Changes the workspace view to the selected viewport Toggles available layer views on and off in the workspace for the default viewport and E a ys oy eye Visibility toggles available layer views on and off in the report for all other viewports A Show In Report Determines if the viewport is included in the report or not Click here for more information on working with viewports 133 CAD Toolbar 9 2 6 2 WORKING WITH VIEWPORTS A viewport provides the ability to define rectangular
180. own menu clicking on the Piece graphic displays the Piece Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values for the piece Weld Configuration Displays the Weld Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values for the weld instrument Info Instrument Info 1s a database of additional fields that can be manually populated by the user or imported from a catalog and included on reports 23 Menus Toolbars amp Layout a J1Add Probe Pops up a drop down list of available Probe types Allows probes to be added to the workspace 5 Document Info Document Info is a database of additional fields that can be populated by the user and included on reports Report Generate Reports documenting the technique scan plan or complete technique document Use Instrument Info and Document Info to populate additional technique properties FF Imdication Table Displays the Indication Table dialog used to manage indications Copy to Clipboard Copies the contents of the workspace to the clipboard making it available for use in another application such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint By default clicking the button will copy a bitmap image of the visible CAD surface to the clipboard Using the button s drop down both bitmap image and metafile images are available Metafile images can be used in applications like AutoCAD Corel etc Compact Probe Bar Full Probe Bar le Side Probe Bar Toggles betwe
181. pen 179 Reference 145 INSTRUMENT INFO The Instrument Info dialog is accessible by the Pinstrument Info button on the Main Toolbar Through this dialog information about the acquisition Instrument can be entered Various fields can be populated by hand or can be loaded from a pre populated catalog of instruments Once populated the Instrument Info field values will be displayed on various Reports Additional Instrument Info field values can be used by the Report Template Editor to include this information on a custom report General Manufacturer Olympus Model OmniScan PA 16 128 PA Channels PA Law Channels UT Channels Pulser Parameters Receiver Parameters Tx Rx Mode P E Filter MHz Auto Voltage V Max Rectified Pulse Width ns Auto Video Filter Pulse Repetition Averaging if Frequency ed save 5 Catalog Cancel 180 Reference Use the Catalog button to open the Import Instrument dialog Through this dialog pre populated instruments can be filtered sorted and selected for use Values imported from the catalog can be overwritten in the Instrument Info dialog if necessary Manufacturer PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT PeakNDT 4Select field to add criteria Model PAChannels MicroPulse LT 2 MicroPulse LT 4 MicroPulse LT amp MicroPulse5 16 MicroPulse5 32 MicroPulse5 MicroPulse5 64 MicroPulsePA 128 16 MicroPulsePA
182. piece i None Do not perform focusing H Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Display Surface Distance Dimension Displays the distance between the initial entry point of the first element and the exit point out of the piece from the refracted angle Display V Path Distance Dimension Displays the total distance the beam travels through the piece from the initial entry point of the first element to the exit point out of the piece from the refracted angle Display Beam Exit to Front Face Displays the distance from the front of the wedge to where the beam exits the wedge Display Beam Exit to Weld Displays the distance from the point where the beam exits the wedge to the center of the weld Display Pitch Catch Displays the path a reflected beam would take back into a wedge and the elements that could best be used to receive this signal gt Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer Show Snell s Law Displays a visualization of Snell s Law where the beam refracts into the piece 115 Parameters Start Element Refracted Angle Focus Length Gate Start Gate Length Alpha Angle Line Color Element Utilization Probes The number of the first element in the aperture The angle of the beam within the piece
183. position Factor of Thickness measurement based on a factor of the thickness Factor of D measurement based on a factor of D minimum distance set by user The value of D defaults to the ASME standard of 1 2 13mm CalBlock Parameters A serial number or identification number can be added to the drawing Double click on the CalBlock text to enter a custom value Adjusts the overall thickness of the calibration block on the Y axis The Thickness is Locked B to Thickness the thickness of the subject Click the Lock icon to Unlock amp and adjust to any thickness Width Adjusts the overall width of the calibration block on the X axis Depth Adjusts the overall depth of the calibration block on the Z axis D Adjusts the minimal distance value This value defaults to the ASME standard of 1 2 13mm Left Radius Adds a radius to the bottom left hand corner of the CalBlock ae Adds a radius to the bottom right hand corner of the CalBlock SDH Target Panel Options Cs 10 00 gt mm Td TE 5 C 10 00 mm H j aie 38 00 mm Diameter G TIA mr Depth Collapse Panel Collapses and expands the SDH Panel 2 Target Visibility Toggles the visibility ofthe SDH target in the drawing 51 Calibration Block 5 4 Change Order Controls the order of the Target Panels in the Calibration Block Designer window Options Drop Down Provides options for a Deleting 3 Cloning and Renaming the SDH target
184. ptions in the Report Work Area Edit and Save the new report template using the steps available in the above Example 16 4 1 4 USING CODE MODE Users familiar with HTML code can select the Code tab to display and modify the report template in HTML format 200 CHAPTER 17 ADD ON MODULES BeamTool supports the ability to license and activate separate add on modules that provide additional functionality that goes beyond typical technique development Add on modules are viewed through the Add on Manager accessible through the Tools Menu a Refresh Fb Support A Scan Simulation Provides a simulated A Scan visualization for conventional UT beams and Phased Array Single Beam beamsets High Temperature More Info Provides tools for simulating the effect of inspecting high temperature subjects including calculation of beam deflection due to temperature gradations effect on material velocity A Wedge and Calibration Block Designer More Info Provides automated tools fordesigning calibration blocks and calibration block drawings E ESBeamTool ZONAL More Info Provides the ability to define Weld Zones which are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset to provide automated targeting of individual phased array beams into specific locations along the face of a weld bevel HASP 254667210 17 1 1 ADD ON MANAGER OPTIONS Refresh Refreshes the Add on Manager dialog box and activates any recently activa
185. r s to be used to display the beams for both the preview and drawing panes Beam Buffer Visibility La Visibility of the beam buffer lines that indicate the bounds of the elemental area s 111 Probes 7 7 5 1 FULL MATRIX CAPTURE BEAMSET Full Matrix Capture FMC is a specific data acquisition process using ultrasonic phased array probes For an array of N elements each element is successively used as a transmitter while all other elements are used to receive Full Matrix Capture Beamset Configuration Sy AN 0 X Crop Skips 2 4 E Tx Start Element G 1 4 Tx Aperture Size G 64 Tx Element Step G 1 4 Spread Factor 0 50 bd 3 Solid Beams PGA G 7 7 5 1 1 1 FULL MATRIX CAPTURE BEAMSET CONFIGURATION OPTIONS AToggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics AMUSe Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Use Piece Compression Velocity Selects the Compression velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece Crop Mode Identify any type point on a beam path based on Distance Y Time or Skips gt Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld i
186. rawings new auto wedge drawing generation features makes 1t easy to automatically generate fully dimensioned wedge drawings with all of the important dimensions clearly labeled Everything you need to have a custom wedge manufactured to properties entered into an instrument or application 1s presented in black and white Backing Bar a backing bar can now be added and configured in a plate piece configuration Show Snell s Law Displays a visualization of Snell s Law where the beam refracts into the piece This option 1s available for Single Beamsets Reference Beamsets and UT Probe Configuration Recents As you use BeamTool the software will remember which transducers wedges and equipment you commonly use The recently used probes and wedges will be available for quick access from a drop down menu without having to import from a file or our extensive catalog Crop Mode beams can now be cropped in distance and time as well as the traditional skips Side Probe Bar provides the full readout of the probe menu but is pinned to the left hand side of BeamToo Probe Identifier allows the user to quickly identify the configuration options for the selected probe in a multi probe workspace Geometry Navigator allows you to visualize highlight and select all of the geometries in a drawing Materials users can now define create a custom library of materials that they commonly use Seamless integration makes it easy to implement any material
187. rs in place we can now toggle the view of the bitmap and piece by clicking on the aD Mi Visibility icons and lock each layer from editing by clicking on the P S Locking icons Now we will drag the bitmap over the piece and stretch it to scale Once we have the bitmap where we want it we will lock it in place to keep it from accidently being moved Click on the Display Settings icon found in the Tools section of the CAD Toolbar Select the 25 Lock Images icon from the Display Settings dialog box We are ready to trace the outline of the calibration block To do this we will open the A Add Geometry and select Y Polyline from the Piece Geometry section When we reach the area where the bitmap curves we will press ESC to stop the Polyline 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 50 40 30 70 60 80 110 100 90 eD Alo Iciar rr ET pea A p TBE nan a N 3 1 LH aa sanl oO GORA Sales gt Ae 0 1 o ene Dg Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style Ta Construction Aids Click on the n Snap Settings icon found in the Tools section of the CAD Toolbar Click on the Po Snap to Nearest icon to avoid gaps while tracing Click on the r Draw Piece Arc icon to trace the arc This is found in the Add Geometry section of the CAD Toolbar 277 Lessons 7190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 4
188. s 1381 Global Colors 1382 Default Logo String Display Wedge DimensionsDisplays the X Xt Z and Height values for the wedge on the drawing Display Wedge Position DimensionDisplays the distance of the wedge from the center point of the weld on the drawing Display Wedge Part NumberDisplays the wedge part number on the drawing Prahe Position Tan Views Adinaetea the wedne nasition alana the width of the tan fare of the niere 186 Reference 15 1 3 XMLOCALIZE FILE MENU There are a number of options located under the XMLocalize File menu File Tools ES Open Recent Files A Save Save As Esad Submit Changes Ly Import Translation Import Update Export Options Exit Open Allows the user to open a previously saved xmloc file in Windows Explorer Recent Displays a list of recent xmloc files used in XMLocalize lll Save Allows the user to save the current xmloc file Save as Allows the user to save the current xmloc file Displays the Save xmloc file dialog every time allowing the user to specify anew filename or overwrite the existing filename Submit Changes Automatically generates an Email with the xmloc file attached The Email can be sent to BeamTool eclipsescientific com to be included in a future release of BeamTool T Options Opens the XMLocalize Options dialog box Exit Exits the XMLocalize e
189. s 17 1 3 HOW TO ACTIVATE AN ADD ON MODULE Add on modules activated on your copy of BeamTool can be viewed through the Add on Manager accessible through the Tools Menu The color red next to a module indicates that you are not licensed for the module The color green next to a module indicates you are licensed for the module a Refresh Support B A Scan Simulation Provides a simulated 4 Scan visualization for conventional UT beams and Phased Array Single Beam beamsets B High Temperature More Info Provides tools for simulating the effectof inspecting high temperature subjects including calculation of beam deflection due to temperature gradations effect on material velocity mM Wedge and Calibration Block Designer More Info Provides automated tools fordesigning calibration blocks and calibration block drawings ESBeamTool ZONAL More Info Provides the ability to define Weld Zones which are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset to provide automated targeting of individual phased array beams into specific locations along the face of a weld bevel HASP 923150004 To activate a module you are not currently licensed for click on the iB Support icon to display the Support dialog box To purchase add on modules or get support please contact Eclipse Scientific 519 372 1831 or email be cole or visit us online e The Support dialog box contains two links 1 The email link will generate a new
190. s Bar will also display instructions for the next step in the command For example when you enter circle at the Command Prompt the following prompt and status 1s displayed Center Point De D F 40 amp la A 2 Le amp Fil AP Text PTE A s An ua mW ka i ha H n T Aj a y la 3 E E ify ki 4 T A w Tools Edit au Style Fa A Select the center point of the circle 12 2 1 RELATIVE amp ABSOLUTE There are three options available when entering coordinates at the prompt You can either enter your coordinates for an absolute position example X Y coordinates relative to the current position example X Y and coordinates relative to the current position example distance lt angle Some commands such as Move are based on distance as opposed to position Commands based on distance can be based on either absolute or relative 12 22 PIECE GEOMETRIES amp ANNOTATIVE GEOMETRIES The command prompt creates piece geometries by default In order to create annotative geometries you need to affix the letter A to the beginning of a geometry command For example to create an annotative line at the command prompt you would type ALINE i223 COMMAND PROMPT HELP Typing help or at the command prompt will open the help contents to the list of available commands 162 Command Prompt 123 COMMANDS Below is a list of available commands that can be used at the BeamToo
191. s been displayed existing piece and weld configurations ebp can be opened 1 Press the Open button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebp to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the preview and drawing panes will update to display the selected piece and weld lalsave a Piece and Weld Configuration Once a Piece and Weld Configuration is complete it can be saved ebp 1 Press the Save button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save snapshot Copy image metafile or detail layers to the Windows Clipboard Weld Type The Weld Type drop down button provides access to pre defined weld types 37 Weld Configuration Hour Glass 1 i Hour Glass 2 An hour glass shaped weld An hourglass shaped weld withouta root Flair 1 i 7 Flair 2 A weld with an upper flair A weld with an lower flair J Type Standard J Type Complex A J type weld i A J type weld with root and multiple fill angles V Type Standard i V Type Complex A V type weld with a root gap A V type weld with a root gap and multiple fillangles CRC Type Standard i ORC Type Complex A CRC type weld with symmetrical root and A CRC type weld with a root rootfill angle fill angles and multiplefill angles K Type i Offset Type An asymmetric
192. s the graphics associated to the redline annotations Probes Exports the graphics associated to the probe including wedge transducer and beams Please note that the export DXF does not support the export of text dimensions bitmaps and symbols 196 16 3 Extracting Data REPORTING BeamTool provides HTML standards based reporting which allows reports to be generated and shared across the web or email Report contents can be copied into other applications and edited for final presentation Advanced users can create and save custom report templates using standard HTML editors 16 3 1 1 CREATING A REPORT Reports can be instantly generated using the default templates included with BeamTool ly 2 3 Follow the steps for Creating a Typical Technique Select the Report button from the main toolbar or from the File menu Select a default template from the list A summary report is automatically generated including drawings and attribution Report can be saved to file or sent to a printer 197 Extracting Data 16 4 REPORT TEMPLATE EDITOR BeamTool provides HTML standards based reporting which allows reports to be generated and shared across the web or email Report templates can be edited using the built in Report Template Editor 16 4 1 EDITING A REPORT TEMPLATE To edit a report template 1 Press the Report button on the main toolbar or select from the File menu 2 Once a report has been displayed select the report temp
193. s the selected beamset up one row in the beamset list T Toggle Beamset Visibility To avoid workspace clutter the visibility of beamset graphics in the drawing can be turned on or off By default beamset graphics are displayed Deselect the Toggle Beamset Visibility button to hide the beamset graphics 118 Probes Pitch Catch Drop Down PulseEcho Transmit and receive on the same elements Pitch CatchManual Transmit and receive using different elements and manually steer the transmit and receive beams from the target to the probe PitchCatchAuto Transmit and receive using different elements and automatically steer the transmit beams from the target to the probe with the receive beam automatically determined based on the reflection off of the weld bevel Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer Skipped Defines whether the beam should be skipped off of the back wall or projected directly from the probe to the target ANUse Piece Shear Velocity Selects the Shear velocity of the piece to be used when calculating the beam path through the piece 119 Probes Use Piece Co
194. s the user the ability to quickly define typical inspection parameters to rapidly and clearly present technique development Its intuitive user interface allows a user to be productive immediately after installation without spending a lot of time learning how to use it Hovering the mouse over a button or menu option will pop up a Super Tooltip Super Tooltips provide readily available explanations for all buttons and visual picklists allow for a preview before the command is executed 2 1 CREATING A TYPICAL TECHNIQUE Creating a typical technique can be quickly and easily achieved 1 Start with the default Simple Plate or select an ID OD Piece or use Piece Geometries to define your own 2 Configure your i Piece and Weld using a plate 22 Axial OD Circumferential or Custom Piece de hoe EJAdd and Configure Probes F 4 Add and configure Beams lt Geometries SS A Create Reports In addition custom reports can be created and graphics can be easily exported to other applications CHAPTER 3 MENUS TOOLBARS amp LAYOUT 3 1 LAYOUT The BeamTool layout is divided into seven major sections The Main Menu Access to workspace management and other tools The Main Toolbar Quick and easy access to workspace management and other tools The Probe Groups Access to Probe configuration The CAD Surface Visualization and manipulation of piece probes and geometries The Command Prompt The Command Prompt is
195. s you to view a simulated A scan representation of a phased array single beamset or traditional UT probe configuration The data is refreshed live as changes are made to the workspace and probe configuration This functionality is ideal for learning and teaching It does not have the accuracy that intense sound field processing would provide but it is far more performant and allows visualization of a live A Scan while moving the probes on the piece geometry The display is meant to look as it would on a generic instrument and controls are provided that allow the configuration of common A scan parameters It makes a great instructional tool because it can also be controlled in ways that cannot be done on an instrument A Scan 1 Display Display Mode di Shear Show Grid H Both Axis Time Axis Time x Time Base rra 0 2 ps Gain j 200 dB Zero Offset Qu 0 ps Gv Pulser Pulse Width foe e104 ns Rings po es 5 Simulation Parameters Reflections are detected using an array of normally invisible beams The beams are parallel when first entering the piece then reflect refract normally This parallel spread still stimulates a wave front or beam spread to cover a wider area than a single line Any beams returning to the transducer are processed as reflections Reflection transmission coefficients are calculated based on angle of reflection refraction material densities material velocities and wave mode A simple
196. scellaneous eee as Below are the values that can be set within the ZONAL CalBlock Sidebar Menu To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The active view will update on the fly as the values are modified Toggles the view of the targets in Side View and Top View TEToggles the view of targets dimensions in Side View and Top View Dimensions Dimensions Thickness 20 00 mm Outside Diameter 250 00 mm Total Width oj 300 00 mm Overlap Width fo y 15 00 mm Layout ZBlock 5 SBlock Automatic Lengths US Wing Length F 160 00 mm US Center Length C 110 00 mm DS Center Length E 110 00 gt mm DS Wing Length 10 160 00 Dimensions Parameters Thickness The piece thickness Outside Diameter The piece outside diameter Total Width Adjusts the overall width of the calibration block Overlap Width Adjusts the overlap width of the calibration block Layout Defines how the block wings should be oriented Automatic Lengths Be etal length option which determines block length based on min max US Wing Length If Auto Length displays US wing length otherwise allows adjustments US Center Length If Auto Length displays US center section length otherwise allows adjustments DS Center Length If Auto Length displays DS center section length otherwise allows adjus
197. se A Scan Now that you have your A Scan license activated let s put it to work For this lesson we will start out with the default Plate Piece geometry Use the Piece Polyline drawing tool to add some defects in the weld 10 0 10 Wl 7 x y m G r O O Gr Ghal REA a ieee 4 0 Add Geometry Style F Construc de Fill AB Text J o i 303 Lessons Add a Conventional UT Probe to the workspace dDOdaO cansa aay wo QRARAl Phased Array PA probe consists of many small elements each of which can be pulsed separately This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes 68 49 mm 304 Lessons Open the UT Probe Configuration menu by clicking on the W Probe Config icon found in the UT Probe menu Turn off the Show Beam Spread by clicking on the Show Beam Spread icon Detecting reflections requires that the probe beamset is configured with enough beam skips to allow the beams to return to the transducer Change the number of beam skips to 4 by clicking on the File Edit Tools deus ona D Beam Skips icon gt a Help 3 Ya9299 Gj ur Probe T PA Prol O UT Probe Configuration 35098 at 0 00 af 0 00 y 2 Beam dB Drop 100 90 8p 70 60 BISANE 12 Beam Spread CO gt Near Field 42 68 mm J ema gt ena gt aa AN Era Part Number Frequency Shape Height Diameter Length Chann
198. selected transducer lalsave a Transducer Once a transducer configuration is complete 1t can be saved ebt 1 Press the Save Transducer button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save E Import a Transducer from Catalog Transducer data can be imported into BeamTool from an available catalog To import from catalog 1 Press the Import from catalog button to display a list of available transducer configurations 2 Select the transducer record to be used and press Import The transducer data is now displayed in the Probe Configuration dialog 3 7 3 1 3 WEDGE OPTIONS The options below are available by selecting from the Wedge picklist Import a Previously Saved Wedge Previously saved wedge configurations ebw can be imported 1 Press the Open Wedge button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location containing the configuration file ebw to be opened 2 Select the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the preview and drawing panes will update to display the selected wedge lalsave a Wedge Once a wedge configuration is complete it can be saved ebw 1 Press the Save Wedge button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press b gt Save Import a Wedge from Catalog Wedge data can be imported into
199. set into the wedge in which the transducer sits Width The width of the wedge Changes visible in Top View Front Height The height of the front face of the wedge Back Height The height of the back face of the wedge Wedge Angle The angle of the wedge on which the transducer sits Refracted Angle The angle of the beam through the wedge based on the velocity 7 3 3 4 TANDEM PROBE OPTIONS TOFD probes can be configured in Tandem mode where a third probe is configured to work in conjunction with the existing left or right probe Parameters Mi Tandem None Removes any tandem probes from the piece tas Erandem Left Places a tandem probe on the left hand side of the piece AE Tandem Right Places a tandem probe on the right hand side of the piece 66 Probes 7 3 4 CONVENTIONAL UT PROBE CONFIGURATION General probe configuration options are described in Probe Configuration Options specific to conventional UT probes are described below To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The drawing pane will update on the fly as the values are modified Crop Skips Gate Start ja Gate Length lr EE dB Drop Beam Spread 6 91 y Near Field mm PO hemm it T e Transducer Part Number Transducer Part Number Shape Round Square Frequency o MHz Height rr mm Diameter S a EEE mm Lengt
200. splayed in the value spinner and type a value 1 Select a Material The Piece Velocity can be set by selecting a material from the Material picklist 1 Press the Material button located on the Piece Configuration dialog A list of available materials will be displayed 2 Select a material from the list The Material Velocity values will be set with the assigned material velocities Display Piece Dimensions Displays the thickness of the piece on the drawing EPDisplay Piece Index Offset Dimension Displays the distance of the offset point 1f set using Piece Configuration will display as vertical gold bar from the center point of the weld on the drawing 34 Weld Configuration Material Velocity Compression Same plane directional velocity of the piece Shear Right angle directional velocity of the piece A Custom Piece Length The length of the piece of material 35 Weld Configuration CHAPTER 5 WELD CONFIGURATION The weld can be configured by pressing the M Weld Configuration button located on the Main Toolbar This will display the Weld Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the parameters and geometries of the weld bevel The Weld Configuration dialog is also used to configure weld Zones Please note that portions of the Weld Configuration dialog are limited to users of the BeamTool ZONAL Add On The intent of the Weld Configuration dialog is to provide the ability to define a weld bevel by d
201. ss Hot Pass V Type The hot pass regionis thatwhichis directly above the root this is also thesecond pass thatis put induring the welding process Root The root regionisthe vertical area typically just below the hot pass The pipe butts up atthis location A gap inthis region is optional In CRC typebevels this regionis alsoknown as LCP Root Fill The bottom region ofthe weld the portion closesttothe ID of the pipe This is where the root pass is welded In CRC type bevels this regionis also known asthe Root 40 Weld Configuration Weld regions can be used together in almost any combination but the following points should be considered when constructing a custom weld bevel from individual regions e A weld bevel must always have a single Upper Fill region e lt A weld bevel can only have a single Hot Pass and a single Root region e A weld bevel can have multiple Fill and or Root Fill regions e Region types always appear in the same vertical position within the weld bevel o The Upper Fill region is always at the top of the bevel o The Fill regions are always below the Upper Fill region and above the Hot Pass Root and Root Fill regions if they exist in the weld o The Hot Pass region is always below the Upper Fill and Fill regions and always above the Root region and Root Fill regions if they exist in the weld o The Root region is always below the Upper Fill and Fill and Hot Pass regions and always above the Root
202. t each skip as a different colour The color palette can be customized in the BeamTool Options Solid Beams 44 00mm 270 Lessons Color List 44 00mm We can change the default side view to top view by clicking on the p Display Top View icon found in the Main Toolbar Change back to side view by clicking on the BP Display Side View icon Top View UEIT We can produce a report based on our current workspace by clicking on the Report icon in theMain Toolbar 271 Lessons Sample Report ESBeamTool Summary Scan Plan Ec ipse Scientific Inspection Layout Phased 4 j Probe 1 34 7 1mm UGE AO gak 212 Lessons Piece Shear Compression Velocity Velocity Steel 1020 20mm 100mm 3 24mm us 5 69mmi us Material Thickness Length HAZ 24 58 HAZ Width 5mm Weld 37 0 37 0 Region Angle Height Gap Radius Landing SR Upper Fil 37 Root 6 6mm 10mm O Root Fill 37 6 7mm 6 7 Omm 37 0 22 60mm 37 0 Phased Array Probe Phased Array Probe 1 Index Offset 38 71mm Scan Offset 36 56mm Mirrored False 23 00mm Wedge 5A10 N555 516 410 Velocity Primary Offset Height 15 Element Length Width Angle 2 33mm us 20 35mm 6 94mm 23 02mm 23mm 36 1 Transducer 5L16 A1 Total Aperture 9 6mm Number of Elements 16 Element Pitch 0 6mm EB Sectorial Beamset Law Config Sectorial Wave Type Shear Element First Min Max Angle Qty Element Angle Angle
203. t the file and press Open The configuration data will now be displayed in the dialog and the drawing pane will update to display the selected piece and weld lalsave a Piece and Weld Configuration Once a piece and weld configuration 1s complete 1t can be saved ebp 1 Press the Save button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save 30 Weld Configuration 1 Select a Material Velocity The Piece Velocity can be set by selecting a material from the Material picklist 1 Press the Material button located on the Piece Configuration dialog A list of available materials will be displayed 2 Select a material from the list The Material Velocity values will be set with the assigned material velocities Display Piece Dimensions Displays the thickness of the piece on the drawing Display Piece Index Offset Dimension Displays the distance of the offset point 1f set using Piece Configuration will display as vertical gold bar from the center point of the weld on the drawing 31 Weld Configuration 43 CIRCUMFERENTIAL PIECE CONFIGURATION A Circumferential piece and weld can be configured by pressing the Piece Configuration button located on the Piece group This will display the Piece Configuration dialog which can be used to specify the data values to be used 4 3 1 PIECE CONFIGURATION Below are the values that can be set for a Circumferential ge
204. ted from v type hot pass regions Root Length The maximum length of the root zone generated from the bottommost root region Vol Max Length The maximum length of a volumetric zone Volumetric zones are targeted along the center of the vertical axis of the weld Upper Fill Overlap Allows the fill zones in the upper fill region to ignore the length of upper fill zone The upper fill zone is still generated but will be overlapped by a fill zone Root Overlap Allows the fill zones in the bottommost root region to ignore the length of root zone The root zone is still generated but will be overlapped by a fill zone 5 2 2 2 BY ZONE COUNT TAB PARAMETERS Cap Zone Depth The vertical depth from top of the piece to the bottom of the cap zone Num Fill Zones The number of equally sized zones between the bottom to the cap zone and the top of the hot pass zone including the hot pass overlap value Hot Pass Overlap The distance into the hot pass zone to where the bottom of the first fill zone is positioned Hot Pass Angle Only used in bevels with j type hot pass regions The angle of the hot pass zone face Also determines the zone target position by where along the radius a tangent equals the zone face angle Root Zone Depth The vertical depth from bottom of the piece to the top of the root zone Num Vol Zones The number of equally sized zones between the defined top and bottom vol zone depths Top Vol Depth The verti
205. ted modules 2 Opens the Add Feature Key dialog box Used to activate modules for SoftLock users Add Feature Key without an active Internet connection Support Opens the Support dialog box with contact information for purchasing add on modules close Exits the Add on Manager Help Opens the relevant Help content for the Add on Manager The HASP HardLock or SERIAL SoftLock displayed at the bottom of the Add on Manager is the number tied to your copy of BeamTool Click on the number to copy it to the clipboard Add on Modules 17 1 2 CURRENT MODULES The BeamTool Add on module catalog currently consists of BeamTool ZONAL The BeamTool ZONAL Add on is a zonal discrimination package that provides the ability to define weld bevel Zones which are used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset and the Beam Solver to provide targeted steering of individual beams into individual locations along the face of a weld bevel Beam Tool A Scan The A Scan Add on allows you to view a simulated A scan representation of a phased array single beamset or traditional UT probe configuration The A scan data is refreshed live as changes are made to the workspace and probe configuration f BeamTool High Temperature The HighTemp Add on provides tools for simulation of inspecting high temperature subjects including calculation of beam deflection due to temperature gradations effect on material velocity within the wedge 202 Add on Module
206. ters the piece o 2 None Do not perform focusing Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface Display Beam Spread Displays how the beam spreads out as 1t propagates through the material GS pisplay Pitch Catch Displays the path a reflected beam would take back into a wedge and the elements that could best be used to receive this signal Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer 101 Parameters Start Element Aperture Elements Num Beams Element Step Refracted Angle Focus Length Gate Start Gate Length dB Drop Min Near Field Max Near Field Used Aperture Beam Sweep Beam Spread Alpha Angle Rx Start Element Rx Elements Element Utilization Probes The number of the first element in the aperture The number of contiguous elements in the aperture The number of beams used The number of offset elements for each beam being fired The angle of the beam within the piece or part The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected The distance from the exit point o
207. that could best be used to receive this signal gt Reflect Off Weld Beams will reflect off the weld instead of passing through Show Elements Displays the elements and element usage information on the transducer lt Show Snell s Law Displays a visualization of Snell s Law where the beam refracts into the piece Parameters Start Element The number of the first element in the aperture Aperture Elements The number of contiguous elements in the aperture Refracted Angle The angle of the beam within the piece or part Focus Length The distance from the bottom of the wedge to the focus point Calculated based on Display Beam Focus selected Gate Start The distance from the exit point on the bottom of the wedge to the start point of the gate Gate Length The length of the gate segment dB Drop Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used Near Field The estimated distance in front of the transducer in which the beam exhibits a change in wave front read only Used Aperture The Elements Used multiplied by the Element Pitch read only Beam Sweep The difference between the exit point of the first beam to the last beam read only Beam Spread The divergence of the sound beam as it travels through the piece read only 98 Probes Alpha Angle The incident angle of the beam within the wedge read only Rx Start Element The first element in a group of elements assigned to receive in pitch catch configuration This is
208. this tool proceed with caution Please remember that any existing geometries and annotations that have been added to the workspace will be erased Delete Duplicate Geometries Scans the geometries that have been added to the workspace and removes any extras that have the exact same attributes Construct Top View This tool analyzes the side view of a custom piece and automatically draws a top view Simplify Poly Geometry This tool analyzes the poly geometries in a workspace and eliminates redundant poly geometries to reduce file size TF Add on Manager Allows the user to view and activate available Add on Modules 2 Options Allows the user to specify options Click here for help on specifying Options 15 Menus Toolbars amp Layout 3 2 4 1 OPTIONS There are a number of options available to customize the way BeamTool presents data Command Prompt Geometry Inspector Convert Simple Piece to Custom Delete Duplicate Geometries Construct Top View Zonal Calibration Block Designer Add on Manager A bag E 3 2 4 1 1 GENERAL TAB OPTIONS Below are options that can be accessed by selecting Tools gt Options gt General E Automatically open last workspace on startup Automatically open new Beamset parameter forms Prompt before deletingprobes or beamsets Retain Tool Automatically check for update every days Dimensions Millimeters mm F Inches el OK lt Apply Automatically op
209. tivate and Transiter LICENSE dale cales 283 194 Tesson 4 ZONAL Add oi lali 285 19 37 Lesson Advanced Workspaces do elias 289 196 Lesson oie rT Temp AddOn lalala 294 T Leson A A land 303 ISA A A II E A E 307 AA A A A ves ceshecnesesavcuasostsaszausesversusnecise 308 CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO BEAMTOOL 6 ee EN RS FAST EASY OPEN TECHNIQUE S DEVELOPMENT FOR NDT inspect The original BeamTool was created to provide a quick and easy way to do simple ray tracing by allowing the user to specify a piece with a weld and add wedge s and transducer s to display a beam path BeamTool is now in its sixth generation and offers users many features e CAD Layers used to control a group of graphics Layer visibility can be turned on or off Control graphics by locking and unlocking layers so they are not accidentally modified e CAD Tools interactive rotate and move tools rotate geometries commands 90 and 180 degrees new rotate geometry construction aid remove duplicate geometries command e Piece and Annotative Geometries circle geometry rotatable rectangle geometry rotatable bitmap geometry e Restructured CAD Toolbar display settings and snap settings pop ups new add geometry popup e Contact and immersion support for conventional and phased array probes e TOFD probe elevation offsetting This allows the use of a pair of TOFD probes on a piece with different thicknesses e ID OD pinning for TOFD probes
210. tivated let s put it to work For this lesson we will start out with the default Plate Piece geometry and add a Phased Array Probe with a Linear Beamset Using 12 Aperture Elements and 5 Beams DOda E 28 Dr AY Phased Array pa pmhacassisis of many amaf aa Time of Flight Diffraction This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes Conventional UT A conventional probe uses a single Cc transducer in a pulse echo configuration pe T L gt Ma SB aS LAG Jad kt BBISWNTIA WT M1 Lune P S E LLE a a DO DDG ee coe Tools Snap Edit Add Geometry Style 294 Lessons Click on the be Probe Configuration icon in the PA Probe Group to launch the PA Probe Configuration dialog In the Wedge section of the PA Probe Configuration dialog click on the arrow next to the d High Temp icon Select 45 Import HighTemp Wedge from the drop down menu Q BeamTool 5 ACIES File Edit Tools Help DOTA FAm m ef e eaddProbe H 7 OS VRAA 73 PA Probe aeia E Le as fh Open MySove e Y Transducer PECO Part Number ransducer Part Number Frequency h 5 00 4 MHz te AS unearsesmsetri Total Elements S y 64 Element Pitch p 0 60 4 mm 0 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 EementWidth 0508 mm Lo 230 240 250 PassiveWidth m 5 10 00 2 mm j Start Channel Qm 1
211. tments DS Wing Length If Auto Length displays DS wing length otherwise allows adjustments 248 Positioning Options to help define circumferential position of targets Positioning Position From 2 Center 8 US Edge Automatic Positioning US DS Positions Symmetrical Overlap Notches Overlap Fills ES 9 00 mm E Overlap Volumetrics gt 9 00 mm Distance Between Target Centers mm Notch FBH Center Trans WT Wing Edge Edge 20 o W o 2 S Wing 20 20 20 0 0 O 0 Trans 20 20 20 Center 20 FBH 20 20 Notch Positioning Parameters Position From Defines the reference point when rotary top positions are added Automatic Positioning Toggles on and off the Automatic Positioning option US DS Positions Symmetrical Add on Modules When positioning targets circumferentially this option will force symmetrical targets 1 e V1 Up and V1 Down to be the same distance from the center notch When positioning targets circumferentially this option will cause similar cap and ER ap Olen root notches 1 e CN 1 0 and RN 1 0 to be stacked vertically When positioning targets circumferentially this option will cause overlap fill Overlap Fills targets that are no closer together than the specified threshold to be stacked vertically When positioning targets circumferentially this option will cause volumetric Overlap Volumetrics targets that are no closer together than the specified threshold to be st
212. tods gt VelocityShear VelocityShearIn Width gt WidthIN Report Sections Pane Editor Toolbar available in Design mode only Report Work Area available in Design and Code modes only and Preview Available Fields Pane BR UU DR 199 Extracting Data 16 4 1 2 EXAMPLE OF EDITING A REPORT TEMPLATE Once the Report Template Editor is displayed you can customize an existing report template by doing the following l 6 In Design Mode select a section from the Report Section pane Report Sections include Header Piece Probe Beam and Footer sections The predefined section is displayed in the Report Work Area Modify the existing report fieldname captions or type new ones in the Report Work Area Select the appropriate field s from the Available Fields pane and drag and drop beside the fieldname captions Use the Editor Toolbar to specify font size color etc Select the Preview tab to display the report with the additions and modifications made plus the existing workspace values Press the Save button to overwrite the existing report template or save as a new template file 16 4 1 353 CREATING A NEW REPORT TEMPLATE A new report template can be created without using an existing preformatted report template To create a new report template aS Display the Report Template Editor and press the New button Select a section from the Report Section pane All of the Available Fields are listed with fieldname ca
213. toolbar to open the Add Manual Target dialog box New Fill oj 0 00 4 IN ir 000 IN es y 000 4 IN ef OO IN C 000 DIN j 0 00 23 Notch Angle O00 y Radiused H OK El Cancel Enter the details for your manual target and click al OK to save your target to the Table View 17 5 3 2 VIEWING MANUAL TARGETS Manually entered targets and their configurable attributes will show up with a white background in the Table View i m wem ow 252 ao aq foo fro fso ow ma iwem isoo foo fow fow fom fom foo foo mo o a uen OO s2 rar poo daoo aas jeso ooo Pa HotPass gt Upstream El 145 00 0 00 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 00 0 00 Cete fumen so ooo aw fiso o faas ao oo waron 13000 Jooo fos io fiso 1308 4500 000 wean vaso 000 fas iso io ria 4500 000 Wean 22000 foo p925 fiso fiso fioe 500 Jooo wean gt 2500 000 500 2001000 500 foo aso rama 0o 000100 1000 200 fioo 000 a Ursa vaso far ogo 20 roo 100 500 foo aman 26500 0002000 1001000 io foo fomo The default targets show up with a grey background and their attributes are not configurable from the Table View Default targets can be edited from the Zonal CalBlock Options Sidebar and will update on the fly in the Table View 256 Add on Modules 17 5 3 3 EDITING MANUAL TARGETS A manual target can be edited once it has been added to the Table View A manual targets configurable attributes will display with a white background Simply click in the field of t
214. tween two flaws dB Drop Specifies the amplitude drop method to be used Beam Spread The increase in beam diameter with distance from the aperture from which the beam emerges Near Field A section of the radiated beam that is within a small number of wavelengths of the beam source 7 3 3 2 TRANSDUCER OPTIONS Parameters Part Number The part number of the transducer entered by user or populated from import Frequency The number of complete cycles per unit of time Shape Toggle on Round or Square to specify the shape of the transducer Height The height of the transducer Diameter The diameter of the transducer Round transducers only Width The width of the transducer Square transducers only Length The length of the transducer Square transducers only Channel The channel on the PA instrument that the first transducer is connected to 2nd Channel The channel on the PA instrument that the second transducer is connected to Total Aperture Usually a single element read only 65 Probes 7 3 3 3 IWEDGE OPTIONS Parameters Part Number The part number of the wedge entered by user or populated from import Velocity The material velocity of the wedge Right click on the field to select a velocity for a specified material Length The total length of the wedge in contact with the piece Exit Point The distance between the front face of the wedge and the point at which the beam exits the wedge Inset The depth of the in
215. used in conjunction with a Zonal Beamset More on Zones here 5 1 1 1 GENERAL PARAMETERS Below are the values that can be set for a piece and weld To specify a value you can a move the slider right or left b click the right or left value spinner or c click on the value displayed in the value spinner and type a value The preview and drawing panes will update on the fly as the values are modified HAZ The Heat Affected Zone The portion of the base metal whose structure or properties have been changed by the heat of welding or cutting 39 Weld Configuration 5 1 2 WELD REGIONS Weld Regions are the building blocks of a weld bevel From the Weld Configuration dialog Weld Regions can be added edited and modified to create a weld bevel to suit most real world situations Once a pre defined Weld Type has been selected or simply starting with the default weld type the Add Bevel Region drop down button can be used to add new or replace existing regions Upper Fill The top most regionof the weld Has nospecific height only an angle with which to extend to the top of the piece This is also known as the cap Fill A fill regionis the area above orbelow depending on weld prep the Hot Pass zone This zone extends from the top of the Hot Pass tothe bottom of theupper mostfill zone Hot Pass J Type The hot pass regionis thatwhichis directly above the root this is also thesecond pass thatis putinduring the welding proce
216. ve testing of welds for defects The use of TOFD enables weld discontinuities to be sized more accurately Measuring the amplitude of reflected signal is a relatively unreliable method of sizing defects because the amplitude strongly depends on the orientation of the discontinuity Instead of amplitude TOFD uses the time of flight of the diffracted ultrasonic signals from the top and bottom of the discontinuity to determine the position of a reflector In a TOFD system a pair of probes sits on opposite sides of a weld One of the probes emits an ultrasonic pulse that is picked up by the probe on the other side In undamaged material the signals picked up by the receiver probe are from two waves one that travels along the surface and one that reflects off the backwall When a crack is present there is a diffraction of the ultrasonic wave from the tips of the discontinuity Using the measured time of flight of the pulse the depth of a discontinuity can be calculated automatically by simple trigonometry This method is even more reliable than radiographic testing of a weld 00030 TOFD Probe Se y 0 00 2 mm albs HS 0 00 mm 0 ors y 0 00 mm Se SJ 10 00 mm an 20 00 mm 127 CHAPTER 8 CAD SURFACE The CAD Surface is a blank canvas for adding a Piece Probes and Geometries To assist in the adding editing and positioning of Probes and Geometries the CAD surface has a number of options and tools available Through th
217. ved ebp 1 Press the Save button and navigate to the BeamTool directory default location 2 Enter a name for the file in the File name field and press Save Display Piece Dimensions Displays the thickness of the piece on the drawing E Display Piece Index Offset Dimension Displays the distance of the offset point if set using Piece Configuration will display as vertical gold bar from the center point of the weld on the drawing Plate Thickness The thickness of the piece of material containing the weld Width The width of the piece of material containing the weld Length The length of the piece of material containing the weld Index Offset Offset location on the piece to be used instead of center of weld E Backing Bar Thickness The thickness of the backing bar Width The width of the backing bar Ba Slopes Dbsiope Offset Specifies the distance from the weld center line where the slope starts Daasiove Width Specifies the width of the slope along the piece surface xiStope Height Specifies the height or elevation of the slope past the piece surface NOTE Use the Link Horizontal and Link Vertical buttons to mirror adjustments made to slopes 28 Weld Configuration Material Compression Same plane directional velocity of the piece Shear Right angle directional velocity of the piece 29 Weld Configuration 42 AXIAL PIECE CONFIGURATION An Axial piece and weld can be configured by pressing the Piec
218. workspace By default when BeamTool is opened there are no probes displayed on the drawing To add a probe a 1 Press the JAdd Probe button located on the main toolbar 2 From the picklist select the type of probe to be placed Phased Array PA probe consists of many small elements each of which can be pulsed separately Time of flight Diffraction This method relies onthe diffraction of ultrasonic energies of internal structures in the part using a pair of probes Conventional UT A conventional probe uses asingle transducer in apulse echo configuration A Probe group is added to the main toolbar and the new probe is displayed in the drawing 3 Press the button again to add another probe Once placed probes can be configured by pressing the ie Probe Configuration button available on the Probe a group Beamsets can also be added for Phased Array probes by pressing the Add Beamset button on the Probe group Beams for Time of Flight Diffraction and Conventional UT probes are automatically generated during probe placement 55 Probes 7 2 PROBE GROUPS Each probe added to the workspace will have a corresponding probe menu added to the toolbar You can change the view of the probe menu between Compact Probe Bar provides a minimal readout and a popover edit panel and Full Probe Bar provides the full readout of the Probe menu by clicking on the corresponding icons found on the Main Toolbar Phased Array TOFD and C
219. y updates would be lost during the next automatic generation F Manual When in Manual Generation mode the targets are not regenerated when modifications are made to piece zones or cal block options Instead the targets can be manually regenerated by using the Generate button Generated targets can be modified through Table mode because regeneration will not occur automatically and will not overwrite any edits TT Generate Manually generates the CalBlock targets from the Auto target options Add Manual Opens the Add Manual Target dialog for adding custom targets Clone Manual Clones the selected manual target Remove Manual Removes the selected manual target 242 Add on Modules Report Generate CalBlock Reports documenting the weld regions and targets Use the Calibration Info to populate additional properties E Report Details Zonal Calibration Block Report Details dialog opens a database of additional fields that can be populated by the user and included on reports EA dd Drawingset Brings up the Drawing Properties dialog box where you can name and describe a drawing you want to add After the drawing properties have been defined the selected drawing will be available from the Active Drawing drop down menu found on the Main Toolbar See Drawings for more information on working with Drawings A Copy Positions Copies the currently configured top positions to the selected Zonal Beamsets setting th
220. you need BeamTool Drawings a powerful set of tools that allow users to create and manage additional drawings within a single BeamTool workspace Drawings can be used for wedge drawings High Temp Management additional piece drawings or any other kind of drawing that helps support a technique Info Tips provides additional information in a flash Just hover over the light bulb icon on a probe box and the Info Tips pops up with relevant information about the probe 1ts beams transducer properties etc This information would normally be available in a BeamTool report but now you can get a live update to aid in your technique design Application Tips mini lessons designed to help you get the most out of BeamTool Application Tips can be displayed automatically when BeamTool starts and are available anytime from the Help menu Geometry Alignment aligns objects horizontally or vertically relative to each other Objects are positioned relative to the first object selected Full Matrix Capture Beamset a specific data acquisition processing using ultrasonic phased array probes For an array of N elements each element is successively used as a transmitter while all other elements are used to receive Zoom Selected zooms to fit the selected geometry Trim Tool the new interactive trim tool allows users to easily trim intersecting lines to precise lengths Improved InspectionBank Integration CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED BeamTool give
221. z a al m 1 a LE ee N ST La ee A rin a pa m a SALTETI TI MAAA PNP aa pe z i S a F E go lr SS oe a a ee trite ih A ee ee ee OO E EE r r EE m 2 fe a B A Au So a N n y io A A a Probes Pe Half Path Half Path is the distance along each beam from the point where the beam enters the piece lulu sesh va ki 1 WN MY A MN AO NA WAN A dl ATA i a LA a ee be i paa WDD S6 LEJ n JA ia it La i yt AL LTT ar Leer ELLE ber l Ai Al iyi ie a ol wil TETAN PTE E i VAN ill E aiey ll VA TINI ACLL ii Tt wN ALDANA r None Do not perform focusing Probes Display Gate The Gate describes an electronic means to monitor a specific segment of distance Wise St 44 18mm LL iN pd y mus i WILUDO S6 T M l 7 er Ta eu H 88 Probes Display Beam Near Field Displays the area in the sound beam immediately in front of the transducer and is calculated using the frequency and cross sectional area of the transducer surface WWZ 44 18mm l iy i iN AU dl i co En Q S 3 E ANY E i tt yaa y 4441141 MIA AO 311 y AA Y I ai HT t e 4 ai SHTETASI LE H nh ok by i i ii VU iia UE va dE Ha yani liii or TAL ii alm LE A bit ill pura ia ays

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