USER MANUAL – POST PROCESSING SOFTWARE FOR ARDC C
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1. Cursor Position Window he X Y Z values in mm is displayed in the m3 Current Position Window The cursor must be in the 2333 248 748 main window for this s he corresponding TT and i DB values are also Depth 23 375 displayed along with the Db 26 E corresponding colors s he Depth in mm is also shown un06 scn 3D Eval Iof XI File View Tools Action Help S EM Action Help gt ew Tools File Vi Undo m Default View 5 Refresh and Default amp Undo The refresh button in the tool bar will redraw the views and windows You can undo any action by using the undo button The default button will make the views go back to the full image from a rotated or Zoomed image All controls are available under lt View gt menu Data Offset Start r End E Data Bounds 2070 2400 248 339 Avg Av Set as Default Data Bounds Window Data Offset Allows the user to neglect points that are not useful either in the beginning or at the end of the data file J ust enter the number of points not to be considered The Data Bounds provides the size of the scan the TT and DB average Avg and Standard Deviation SD values are indicated for the entire data set The Min and Max values are used to determine the color scale These values can be manually changed by opera2. ie 0 5 1 SurfaceEvals File View Tools Action Help Side Yiew YZ Pla mm e Zoom and Pan 7 Jun06 scn 1 SurfaceEvalSDI 5 File View Tools Action Help 8 29 wo types of zoom options are provided The boxed zoom allows selection of any boxed area as shown in the left Z mossen zx The plain magnifying glass icon allows the sp ss9sBS5 user to magnify de magnify To use it a select the button b move the cursor to the location of interest c with the button depressed drag the mouse to the right top corner of the screen to zoom and to the left bottom corner to un zoom 7 Jun06 scn 1 SurfaceEvalSDI File View Tools Action Help zm 218 06 74 2 the image the zoomed position the hand button is used Select the hand button and move the cursor to the region of interest and move freely with the mouse button pressed to pan the region Overview and Profile Windows The overview window provides the full view of the test part imag zoomed region in inverse colors To quick zoom into any region click on that region in the overview window and watch the image quick zoom to that region The vertical and horizontal profiles of the data dB or Tt is displayed as side gt and bottom profile windows respectively a n in the figures the right and bottom res ively
3. This opens a new window called reference file and any operation such as Zoom Pan Color Change etc to the main window is reflected here To Plot the difference between the main window data file and the reference file select lt Plot Difference in the lt Reference File gt menu under lt View gt For Plot Difference to work well the data file and the reference file must be collected using identical settings 4 Nuage Use this to nudge the image left right up or down Use the center button to restore the original position Use the text box to change the value of nudge Some General Features All windows be closed either by clicking on the X box on the right top corner or by un checking the frames window toolbar on the menu open back the windows go the the menu and select the frame window toolbar required While analysing data file to open another file proceed with open file operation and click lt OK gt button when prompted For changing some of the color schemes of the window borders etc go to the lt Control Panel gt in the WI NDOWS and select lt Display gt make changes in the Appearance tab
4. are displaced To Evaluate the GO NOGO press Evaluate button Make sure that appropriate Part Type and Grade has been selected using lt view tables After evaluation click on the Report button to generate a word report Go No go Analysis The Evaluate function will compare the flaw dimensions with the ADS 32 and provide GO GREEN COLOR and NOGO RED COLOR indication For details on the failures Click on the RED boxes to get the defects or group of defects that failed the Criteria You can change the angle of the part to analyse the flaws in another line The part type and grade can be changed by using the tables button Monolithic Part Grade 4 Maximum Area of defect mm 2 221 73 E Maximum Length of defect 42 0119 8 Minimum Spacing of defects mm 34 4384 Select Flaw Properties Min Max Len e 0 Cumulative Area in 200 mm circle mm 2 578 74 y 0 0 0 Cumulative Area 200 mm length a 0 3223 z 0 0 0 Proximity of Delamination Boundary to edge mm 33 7258 n Lenath 0 E Area 0 ES 30 Avg Depth 0 Hoe Delete Flaw Hefresh Save Print T ables Evaluate Heference File Reference File Comparison The option to load and compare a reference data file is provided Select lt open reference file gt from the lt file gt menu and select the reference data file
5. bottom of the main window Ready S Opening Data Files When lt gt gt file is selected the standard file open window will appear as shown below Goto the directory that where the data files reside and select by clicking on the open button Open AL xl Look in E Scan Files am 04 scn 5 6 5 Jun12 scn Juni4 scn Jun18 scn 06 005 5 File Files of type Surface scan file Cancel as read only 22 Session Restore 06 005 sen Eval Fie View Tools Action Help S t OK 8 2 Current Position If you want to previous session IN Do you want to reload previous session E Cancel Color Scheme T T 16 x 6 56 resto re Hii 5 97 Eum s 5 38 CoD 26001 4 48 OO re MP 3 59 3 00 2 41 1 81 Smooth Variation custom Bounds Bottom Profile x Set as Default Enhance Image a When data is loaded the image is shown improve the image click on the Enhance button on the tool bar or use the lt Enhance gt menu in the lt View gt The interpolation scheme is used to densify the image and the picture resolution Improves as shown on the left Other windows and toolbar features will be describ
6. User Manual Post Processing Software For 1 ARDC C scan Data Files Password Verification vein 30 en eee kere double clicked a login dialog qu User Name IS opened as shown The Password password is validated and the program 15 give administrator or user privileges accordingly If it is the first time the Ultrasonic Image Processing x Prog ram IS run a Message A appears that this is the first time this application is being run on this computer box IS Shown a the fi rst The first username and password entered will be given Administrator privelages user name will given administrator privileges User Mame Type Updating User Info Enter ld Password f Enter New Password NEED Mew Password Change Password Administrator Tools Administrator Tools Add User Delete User Click on the tools user to open the dialog box to change password the user has administrator privileges then another button called administrator tools IS shown A new dialog box Is opened where users be added or removed Opening Data Files Currently Empty 3D Eval x File View Tools Acton Help open a new data file click on the open data file icon or go to lt file gt and select lt open gt menu descriptions about the icons on which the mouse 15 over 1 shown in the
7. and selected Move the cursor to any point within the flaw region While pressing the lt Ctrl gt button press the click button in the mouse Using a unique water flow algorithm A the defect region will be isolated and ee the rest of the region will take the Si S8 Ex bottom extreme color as shown in the left If the cursor is not on a pixel that is in the middle color region a error window appears In such a case Press OK and reposition the cursor and again lt ctrl gt click File View Tools Action Help S e S Ex ma Flaw Hole Detection Type Flaw Hole Length 6 1245 Area 34 335 Avg Depth 30 5655 Analyse Save Flaws Holes Once the flaw is isolated and selected the flaw information must be saved The Flaw Hole Selection Window shown on the left will pop up The properties of the Flaw Hole is shown The Min Max and Centroid of the flaws are noted in all three axes The Maximum Length of the flaw the area and the average depth of the flaw are also calculated and displayed The information can be categorized as a flaw or a hole for all designed part feature Click lt OK gt to accept for SAVING information or Cancel to proceed without saving If lt OK gt is pressed the flaw information is stored in a data file that ends in flw This allows the user to take breaks and log off a
8. d and the color will change to a 3 color scale Click on any of the Grids to Zoom into this grid as shown here on the left oer zox Pressing lt space bar gt key will switch the T TERECE 88 Zoomed area from one Grid to the next adjacent Grid It is not necessary to select Grid The entire window can be analysed Pressing lt shift gt and Click will take you to unzoomed position Zoom Pan dB Tt buttons are deactivated during this operation 2 9 e Area 0 001 0 001 10 002 29 43 18 78 81 78 ES RO 5 Analyse Threshold Flaws The Data Analysis window is used to threshold flaws The middle color represents flaw values The extreme colors represent non flaw values Change Min and Max range values from the Color Scheme or Bounds windows such that the value in the flawed region is in within the middle range Move the upper and lower sliders in the Data Analysis Window such that the flaw is shaded in the middle color as shown the left The default colors are Green for Flaw and Blue and Red for extremes These colors can be re selected by clicking on the color boxes in the Data Analysis Window and selecting from the Color Palette Analyse Select Flaws 015 Once the flaw is thresholded such that 1 88 the middle color fills the flaw region the flaw must be isolated
9. ed Now He Jun b scn 1 SurfaceEvalSDI File View Tools Action Help 2 9 Ex O 10 L5 LR It representation gt gt JunO6 scn 1 SurfaceEvalSDI B x By pressing either the Tt or the dB buttons on the tool bars the travel time EMG mS 8 x the ampl itude In At one time only one of the feature can be displayed amp Filters Jun b scn 1 5urFaceEvalSDI File View Tools Action Help a 2 8 x O 1 se ini x Ready Two types of image filters are provided to reduce speckle noise The median filter with 1 n and n 1 algorithms The mean filters of 15 and 2 order Inverse filter changes colors to inverse of the existing colors Select lt filters gt from lt view gt menu Rotate amp View ee 3D Projections Side Too Views The data file is represented in the form of 3 orthographic projections The main window represents the actual data that 15 analyzed while the top and the side views give the two other perspectives The goal of the analysis must be to maximize the main window area while minimizing the other views These can be turned on or off by using lt frames gt menu in the view views be rotated using rotate button in the tool bar or by selecting lt rotate gt from the lt action gt menu O
10. in the bounds window and pressing Set as Default gt Re size Window n order to either increase or decrease File View Tools losen iss main window move the cursor to the right bottom of the main window ress and drag up to decrease window size and down to increase the size All other windows will re position accordingly he views and the profiles windows will also automatically resize and el reposition accordingly Some of the tool bar buttons can go out of range if the size 15 reduced less than default size so use the menu Jun b scn 1 SurfaceEvalSDI File View Tools Action Help igl x Distance is 19 1049731 Distance Size Measurement Use lt Distance gt button to measure linear distances sizes the images in mm Select lt Distance gt button or from lt Tools gt menu Then Click any point on the main window image Then Click again on any other point The distance size between the two selected points 15 provided In the bottom of the window in mm Analyse Select Grid jBixi The Analyse button in the tool bar is used Ple Tods aston Hep O O O to search mark and size flaws and other Aea ASEE features such as bolt holes Press the Analyse button or select lt Analyse gt from the lt Tools gt menu The main window will show a 4x4 Gri
11. lected using drop down menus New values can be entered using lt Set Values gt The ADS 32 standards can be restored using lt Restore Default gt button Go No Go Evaluation Report Type Hole Monolithic Part Grade Maximum Area of defect mm 2 221 79 Maximum Length of defect rnm 42 0119 B Minimum Spacing of defects mm 34 4384 Max Cumulative Area 200 mm dia circle mm 2 578 74 Max Cumulative Area 200 mm length 2 a 10 3229 Proximity of Delamination Boundary to edge mm 33 7258 E Angle o E Histogram IE Delete Flaw Refresh Report Tables Scan Confiquration 30 Front Vall Threshold Back Wall Threshold Interm Wall Threshold Positive Trigger Count Negative Trigger Count PRF Averaging Index Spike Filter High Frequency Filter DC Filter Offset Filter Intermediate Vall Scan Calibration Robot Speed 30 Scan Line Gap 251 Sampling Frequency 48 00 Velocity 3000 00 The GO NO GO report can be viewed in the Summary window by selecting View Flaws gt in the Tools menu The TT and the DB views are represented The flaw database is also included A window is provided for entering comments from the operator Click and type The window on the right represents all relevant scan parameters Depending on the Part Type Selected the Evaluation Criteria
12. nd resume analysis Also if the program crashes the flaws selected are saved View Flaws 3 UF3 Properties xp p yp fp p 2b b p Max Length 0 Ors Area f Avg Depth f Type Delete Flaw Refresh The flaws be view in the Summary window by selecting lt View Flaws gt In the lt Tools gt menu This view combines report features and the flaw database The Select Flaw menu allows the user to view the properties of each flaw The lt up down arrow gt buttons allow scrolling from one flaw to another A maximum of 30 flaws can be chosen The chosen flaw hole is highlighted by color Use lt Delete Flaw gt button to remove any flaw hole from database Standards Monolithic Part Comer Radi of Monolithic 4 gt adea p Maximum Area of defect mm 2 A Length of detect mm L Minimum Significant detect size mm 5 Minimum of defects nL as EB Cumulative Area in 200 mm dia circle mm 2 20 has Cumulative Area m 200 mm length 2 a Prowinity of Delamination Boundary to edge mm 0 Restore Default Set Values Acceptance Standards The ADS 32 standards can be viewed using the lt View Tables gt in the lt Tools gt menu The Part Type can be selected by using the appropriate tab and the Grade can be se
13. tor by entering the required value and pressing the button Set as Default For instance if the color scale must represent 1 dB increments then range must be 10 dB since the color scales are divided into 10 bins i e the difference between Max and Min must be 10 dB If the scale must be in 2 dB increments the difference must be 20 dB and so forth eee r3 n3 up e rA c om Po i Smooth variation GEEEEEEEE2 Load Saved Colors Save Color Scheme DK EE et tt ot N ei maf Cercei Cat tel Color Scales and Histogram The Color Scheme window has two slider controls The lt Left Slider gt controls the scale by moving it higher or lower The lt Right Slider gt controls the range of the scale e 10 Color Scale near the sliders can be selected by the drop down selector Several standard color schemes are provided For selecting a custom scale choose lt Custom gt This prompts the Custom Color pop window Here each color be chosen by clicking on the window and selecting from the standard color palette If the Smooth box is checked the color scale is gradual and not discrete This works only on standard color schemes The Flistogram of the data is shown the right The color scale range can also be controlled by manually entering the values in the Min and Max boxes
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