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1. Circle Template Centre FPE Probe 0 381 Rack fi ace p 0 000 Dia o o00 a x Y z Fed cix ciy ciz cx czy R 474279 2416 3 640 500 0 po a7az7a 2416 3540 s000 177871 3667 3 540 180885 37 R 174279 21416 2540 500 0 z 0 Pre travel x 79395 Plane Mo CAL Over travel 0 381 B Axis fo i Beene 20 17 Fo0 3e8 Penetration 0 000 Star i Plunge ect Paints z ooo Startangle O i 0 000 4 Lila 3 625 Step Size 360 C Boss Pitch o 000 Bore 20 1 This light blue box allows the user to input text in order to name or identify the feature 20 2 The Feature number is displayed in the top right hand corner of the Measurement window 412 20 3 20 4 20 5 20 6 20 7 20 8 Points Taken displays how many points have been taken on the measured feature The Points Fit box shows the 3 sigma value for how well the measured points fit the best fit feature calculated through the points Shows the X Y value and error from the best fit feature for the last of the measured points The Retake button will erase the point shown in this window The black down arrow will show a pull down list of all the X Y points and their associated error and clicking on a specific point in the list will make that point the one displayed in the window rather than the last measured point Feature Details this will show the X Y centre
2. 184 The layer selected will become the default layer for any further features measured To change the layer of a dimension right click on the dimension to bring up the Dimension Details window P icomnsion Deta T Ciir Maetireetecsdil Link 1 Bensa Stat i Measured Dimension N EE lh EE PA inimii EE Heia Emman i O pee pe Morninal Climension FE Mean tas Dim Error Mean i E Gearain Taka raricsa ao UC a Talrance Learyih op Beima Livi CRE ren al ee m ian Stall fons r Dmu z WT a e Tolerance Ahi krii Uppar Orri Pam Drenar Girne pam iE ar eae pee Click here to select display layer for a dimension oe leaves Scare ayes ea Been BOO Ue bn Optimiesion 5g Pim a E Click on the black arrow adjacent to Display Layer and select the desired layer The layer selected will become the default layer for any further features measured To turn layers on and off click on the Display Drawing Layers button This will bring up the following window g Display Layers Layer _ Features _ Dimensions _ Click to rename Click to rename Click to rename Click to rename Click to rename Click to rename Click to rename 2 S 4 5 z F a g a1 a ea a ea 4 ea a O Click to rename 82 Simply clicking on them and typing in the new name can change all of the layer names The default
3. ae Timi hm Birt Woks wig Ajit Sa HIH ite Ais So sees Gaan aes Booey Basie Sie Ase OO Dae Pee EE DoS eab ia Adee MO Sab Wider AEE Bodie HEHE 18144 i oo se MAA AEE Bod Sie Bi Sie Siar Adee SO ae ise AE oe Sie 2 ee eG AA See ia Ae D maas Mee Ari MO Pee Tse GH 2d are See THA AS ao ae esas Ane pasel na ee ee E The number of points taken is shown in the top left hand corner Note on this inspection 2 834 points have been taken The graphical picture of the Edges shows the measured points represented as small green circles Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Curve Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Curve Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Curve Measure window will be closed and a representation of the measured edges will be drawn within the Main Screen represented as a series of points Dimensions can be taken directly between the points by simply clicking on them Circles and lines can also be constructed through these points see chapter 21 Constructing Features Ee HE bepa ie liii ji Fa ea ee Re A ee ed e z cu by ce Eea p ow ae af it k da X 153 207mMmm i ERLA hrl Y 131 381mm vit i Li ml mi aa A T a i E LE
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5. 8 8 1 Measuring with the One Edge Feature using Edge Detection a Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected Click on the image of the edge that you wish to measure The software will then scan the adjacent area to find an edge and determine what type of a shape it is Momentarily two yellow and two green crosses will appear on the image showing the area being scanned The edge will then be measured in both directions away from the initial scanned area either until it reaches the edge of the field of view or else the feature blends into a different feature In the example below the image was clicked on the straight edge on the left hand side of the image The two green and two yellow crosses determine the area over which the edge is scanned adjacent to the initial mouse click The size of this area is configurable in Detection Controls window using the Select Size slider see chapter 9 4 The software will determine what shape is being measured from the scan within the area defined by the crosses It will then continue the scan 50 for that shape in both directions In the example above the edge within the initial area was determined to be a line Continuing downwards from this area the scan continued to fit a line all the way to the edge of the image Continuing upwards the scan continued until the line started to blend in with radius at the top When the scan of the line is complete the Line Measur
6. 2 9mm Circle True Position Nominal Dimension 2 900 Dim Error 0 029 Geometric Tolerance lw Tolerance Length Geometric Limit 0 200 Display Layer pe Show Error a Tatar fal Add Clear Tolerance Nominal Limits Tol E Center te win e Max 04 Two further boxes will become visible In the top box enter the minimum diameter allowable for the size of the hole minimum limit and in the lower box the bonus mmc tolerance will be reported This bonus tolerance will alter the True Position tolerance and hence the pass fail limit and will also be reported on a Tabulated Dimensions report On the Main Screen it will appear as follows 419 494 0 034 EADAE 17 12 Dimensioning on a Curve or All Edge Points Feature When a measurement has been taken using the Curve or All Edge Points function then the result will be displayed as a series of points shown as blue dots that have been measured on the edges defined It is possible to display dimensions between any points within the same feature by simply left clicking on them as described above 02 It is also possible to construct Lines Circle and Arcs through any of the points selected see chapter 21 Constructing Features It is also possible to import a dxf file that defines the true shape for a curve feature then lay the measured points over the dxf file and perform a best fit in order to see the error of the measured points This is describ
7. Save Image 25 Edge Detection 13 Auto Focus Point Measurement not used 26 Centre Line Detection 14 Auto Focus Up 15 Z axis focus adjust 16 Auto Focus Down 17 Edge Detection Controls 18 Camera Controls 19 Zoom and Pan 20 Toggle Video Feed 21 Show Edge Pixels 2 not used 28 Mouse Point Measurement 29 not used 30 Smart Edge Feature 31 Escape 32 Zoom 33 Set Up 34 Re size Camera Image window 6 0 BASIC FUNCTIONS MOVING FOCUSSING ZOOMING 6 1 Moving in X and Y The 2 stainless steel hand wheels are used to adjust the camera in X and Y The one on the left is used for X axis adjustment and the one on the right is used for the Y axis X Axis Adjust Wheel Y Axis Adjust Wheel The camera assembly is mounted on air bearings and therefore the motion should be very smooth Because of the large size of the hand wheels fine adjustment of the camera position is made easy Also because of the inertia in the wheels they can be easily spun for rapid motion Note that it is the camera that moves rather than the table of machine meaning that it is not possible to accidentally disturb the position of the component being measured 6 2 Moving in Z Focus The camera can be moved up and down under motorised control over a distance of 125mm to provide focusing of the camera To move the camera upwards click and hold on the bar above the letter Zz To move the camera downwards
8. bokek eiel eo ae Pinbe Head Probe CARE aea fp Pre trl um E ajk m gi Cher iraa na Etir m TE Rack i Dia Da foo LET i pR E ers THI DGD etl pas Gut ae ii es oe ahi it FHI D brit a el 24 Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Line Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Line Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Line Measure window will be closed and a representation of the line will be drawn within the Main Screen Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will cause the representation of the line drawn in the Main Screen to be aligned to the closest axis either X or Y It is possible to recall the measured points shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels button see chapter 12 It is also possible to make the points appear on the image and adjust the Edge Detection tools prior to taking the measurement by using the Edge Detection Controls see chapter 9 For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 1 3 Measuring Arcs auto selected To measure an Arc on the image click on the edge at one end of where you require the measurements to be taken A line will now become attached
9. click and hold below the letter Z A The further away from the letter Z that you click the faster the camera will 13 travel ie close to the Z will be fine adjustment and far away from the Z will be fast travel 6 2 1 Auto Focus Clicking on the sign at the top of the Z focus bar will cause the camera to hunt in an upwards direction to find an optimum focus Clicking on the sign at the bottom of the Z focus bar will cause the camera to hunt in a downwards direction to find an optimum focus Note that the Esc button can be pressed at any time to stop the auto focus process Please also note that as of version 30 10 20 the auto focus function only works when the camera is set to low resolution see chapter 13 Camera Resolution 6 3 Zooming in and out There are 2 controls for Zooming in and out as follows OLD DAS decked bee EE S Need PA BEN O SEH Firstly the slider bar above will zoom in and out centred on the middle of the field of view The second tool that can be used for zooming is the Zoom and Pan function Q When this button is pressed a left mouse click on the image will Zoom in centred about the position selected Similarly a right mouse click will Zoom out centred about the position selected You can zoom in or out as many times as you like Please note that the Zoom and Pan button is latching Whilst pressed no measurements can be performed on the im
10. erase Beware though because the erase button is latching and you need to switch it off when finished by clicking on it again 16 6 Undo and Redo 2 a If at any stage you make a mistake for instance you have erased more features than you intended you can click on the Undo button which will undo the last function performed In this case the last erased feature will reappear Similarly if you have undone a function by mistake you can click on the Redo button to bring it back 16 7 Redraw a This is probably the most useful Zoom button of all When you click on this button the screen will automatically zoom to auto fit all the measured features and dimensions into the graphic window SF 17 0 BRING UP DIMENSIONS ON THE SCREEN In the Aberlink 2D software dimensions for the measured component can be brought up on its graphical representation in the same way as they are shown on the component s engineering drawing 17 1 Aligned Dimensions To bring up aligned dimensions onto the Main Screen all you have to do is select the features that you wish to measure between by clicking on their graphical representation To select a feature click on the dark blue outline of the feature Make sure that at the point that you click on the feature that there is no other overlapping features within the selection box The feature selected will turn pink Note that if you have trouble selecting a feature
11. Co ordinates and True Position of a Circle Arc or Point In order to display a True Position tolerance on the Main Screen the Geometric Tolerance button must be switched on The Cartesian or Polar co ordinates for a circle arc or point may be displayed by selecting the feature twice and then right clicking to bring up the following menu 98 Pad ion Cate an Reson Paly Select the desired type of co ordinates and then position them on the graphic window and click for a third time to display them as previously described when calling up a diameter dimension 0 094 23 394 Note that the geometric value for the True Position will be shown if the Geometric Tolerance function is switched on To set the nominal values for the co ordinates right click on the dimension line to bring up the dimension details window 99 P Dimension Details 1 32 x Current Measurement Unt 3 Between 27 Measured Dimension Identifier 2 9mm Circle True Position Mominal Dimension 2 900 Dim Error 0 029 Geometric Tolerance we Tolerance Length e Geometric Limit 0 200 Display Layer st Show Error i m Add Clear Tolerance Mominal Actual Ba 0 000 0 034 z SEEM paan M E fo 000 0 000 a Genter t hin Wax The software will have automatically have filled in values for the nominal position by simply using the measured values and rounding them to the rounding tolerance set in the Machine Set up see
12. E Soe whee E E A E E E 36 8 4 1 Measuring Arcs using Edge Detection E A 36 8 4 2 Measuring Arcs using Centre Line Detection i E EPE E 36 8 4 3 Measuring Arcs using Mouse Points lit nT ee en 36 8 4 4 Measuring Arcs using the Smart Edge function 36 B S POINTS ceeeesecsssssusecesssssseessessuseecsesssueceesssueceesssneessersssueeseersnueeseessaneessessanesees 38 8 5 1 Measuring Points using Edge Detection E PEIEE EAER TE 38 8 5 2 Measuring Points using Centre Line Detection i PEE E T 40 8 5 3 Measuring Points using Mouse Points p E E E EE A aan 40 8 5 4 Measuring Points using the Smart Edge function N 40 8 6 PEAK POINTS Al PON E A AE EA A E EE A 41 8 6 1 Measuring Peak Points using Edge Detection i eee 41 8 6 2 Measuring Peak Points using Centre Line Detection e E E 42 8 7 THE CURVE MEASURE FUNCTION iad PEN E A E E 43 8 7 1 Measuring a Curve using Edge Detection i EEA EEE OEE AA EEE eee 43 8 7 2 Measuring a Curve that is larger than the Field of View of the Camera 46 8 7 3 Measuring a Curve using Centre Line Detection RE E E 49 8 8 THE ONE EDGE FEATURE d P E exe E E TT 50 8 8 1 Measuring with the One Edge Feature using Edge Detection E eed 50 8 8 2 Measuring with the One Edge Feature using Centre Line Detection sons 55 p 8 9 THE ALL EDGE POINTS FUNCTION A E E E E E A T 56 8 9 1 Measuring All Edge Points using Edge Detection i OEE OE ATT 56 8 9 2 Erasing unwanted Measurement PoOInts cccccccccceecceecseecseessecee
13. Export As Curve Profile When a DXF file is imported as a Curve Profile the default tolerance will be applied to all features within the DXF file It is possible to change the tolerance for each individual feature of the DXF file by right clicking on it and selecting the DXF Profile Tolerance option as described above If you wish to save the DXF file again complete with the modified tolerances then the Export As Curve Profile option can be used 78 33 0 INSPECTION NOTES If you wish to save text or images with the inspection results then click on the Inspection Notes button This will bring up the Inspection Notes window 3 Notes 30 1 Adding Text The inspection window shows two tabs Text and Image The text area allows any inspection notes to be added e g comments on the number of points to take on a particular feature or the type of stylus to use To add text click on the Text tab The background of the window should now be white Click on the background area to bring the cursor into the window Now simply add the required text using the keyboard 79 Notes Align component with datum hole towards fron of machine For outside profile use back lighting Program part no is 46 1464 30 2 Adding Images The image area allows an image to be imported for example to help identify similar components To import an image click on the Image tab and then browse to where the image is
14. Line Detection The All Edge Points function can be used to detect the centre line between edges by using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 9 1 above The Mouse Point and Smart Edge functions are not applicable when measuring All Edge Points 64t 8 10 THE THREAD MEASURE FUNCTION pod The Thread Measure function will grab the edge of any threads defined within a box selected on the image and analyse the edges to report the angle of the thread the radii and the pitch between the threads The Thread Measure function is only applicable when using Edge Detection Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected Position the camera so that a minimum of three threads is visible within the Camera Image window Usually the best definition of the edge of the threads will be achieved by using the backlight to obtain a silhouette majoa ee ee e s2 oe i eS sa PE aL S Now drag a box to enclose the threads to be measured ee 2a Os a al PRE A le ag ie al a ad a E A id cH A m 62 The Thread Measure tool will then be automatically fired and the points on the edge of the thread appear as they are traced around A results window will then open as follows it majo alog A Me ee j S i ii Le alL eS ae ee SS _ EE _ _ a E T ao er Lo The grap
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16. The window will close and the Line Measure window will then open showing the details of the constructed line Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue centre line bisecting the lines selected Clicking Set Ref before OK will align the inspection to this line 425 w a Note that the lines do not have to be parallel The centre line constructed will always bisect the selected lines 21 2 3 Constructing a Line from a point circle or arc to a User Defined position To construct a line from a point circle or arc to a user defined Cartesian or Polar position follow the procedure as described in section 21 2 1 above The first feature to select will define the start position of the line Now select the same feature again This will bring up the following window 426 This box allows the user to enter either the X Y co ordinates or the R and A polar values for the other end of the line where R is the length of the line and A is the polar angle in the XY plane You can ignore the Z and B boxes these are not relevant for Project X Note that the Polar co ordinates are extremely useful if you need to construct a line at a specific angle Having entered your desired co ordinates click OK and the Line Measure window will automatically reappear Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue line as defined Clicking Set Ref before OK will align the ins
17. To change the default settings the user must be logged on with administrative rights The Tech Button will allow access to more technical information such as the machine s error map To bring up this information a code must be typed in This code is available from Aberlink for servicing and problem solving only OK will close the window and return to the Main Screen 29 1 Units As shown above Metric will display all distance measurements in millimetres English will display all distance measurements in inches 53 Deg Min Sec will display all angular measurements in degrees minutes and seconds Decimal will display all angular measurements as a decimal angle These can all be changed in the middle of an inspection if required however the screen will need to be refreshed eg Re draw before the current values displayed will be converted For all the following values there are two columns The left hand column relates to the values when using Metric values and the right hand column for English values Round Nominals To When a dimension is called up in the Main Screen the software guesses the nominal value by rounding the actual measured value to the rounding value set in this box Default Tolerance If ISO 2768 1 is not being used to define the default tolerances then this box can be used to define a default tolerance when calling up a dimension in the Main Screen Smile Threshold The Smiley Face
18. an arc covers more than 180 then it will be represented as a full circle on the Main Screen Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will cause the centre of the arc circle to be set to X 0 and Y 0 It is possible to recall the measured points shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels function see chapter 12 It is also possible to make the points appear on the image and adjust the Edge Detection tools prior to taking the measurement by using the Edge Detection Controls see chapter 9 For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 1 4 Measuring Circles auto selected Circles are measured in exactly the same way as arcs except that if after the second click you now move the mouse in a direction around the circle that covers more than 180 of the circle the software will automatically realise that a circle being measured and the line will now snap to the form of a circle allowing the user to click on the image a third time in order to define the circle to be measured 25 rT afer a a cds oe m fa i a ts i ETER art ag a ly pire Cae ee anes im Tir eS a eS r h Pity L nE gt E oa ele 2 z EA ADA err e aat bia Si pue a mikt ee Now as you move the mouse away from the circle drawn an circular selection box will be created When you have created the selection box o
19. detection is no longer used The user must click on the image at exactly the position that they wish to take a point As of version 30 10 20 the tip of the mouse selection arrow is used to define the exact position When using the Circle Measure function a Circle Measure window will automatically open showing that one point has been selected ee ag Peis Tain Cine Cotten i xX z D 0 000 Pinner i cincia Teraplete mers Probe Head ree ar gma An aese fo k fom Plane Ho isan Se N Cwe tral fies fon Ponerston 0000 i Fas T Dia aam Senam a0 seii i HH pos Cobos Ph 0000 Dia T 1 00 at rd ies Se STP IIT wii Ji 2 et Click again on the image at different positions around the circle to take further points After the third point the software is able to calculate the required circle and a graphical representation will be shown as follows Um nn Section Nal Tre Terapie cem oe ais prar T haw Bas f Bors SPIT al br eat 2a et we Dio Dea Ti a Da ae DD S ee 4 OT Be The X Y and Z values relate to the centre point of the circle and D is its diameter The graphical picture of the circle shows the measured points represented as small red circles The larger blue circle is the best fit circle through these points However the software can always construct a perfect circle through three measurement points and therefore at this stage the roundness va
20. h F e i m ni tee TETI PeT min Ei Note that DXF Files can also be imported and the measured points best fitted to the DXF file with the error of each point shown graphically see chapter 32 DXF Files Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK has no relevance for a Curve Measure For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 9 2 Erasing unwanted Measurement Points You will see that there were a few stray points on the measurements taken above These can be erased as follows Within the graphical view in the Measurement window right click on an individual point and select Erase from the drop down menu Right click in the graphical view in the Measurement window and select Erase all in View Then drag a box enclosing any points that need to be deleted as follows z EE Te The following window will then appear giving the opportunity to abort the erasing of selected points Aberlink 3D Software E a x X Are Vou sure You want bo erase all points in the box Note that right clicking in the graphical view and selecting Expand will make the graphical view fill the whole screen This may make it simpler to select the desired points 60 Right click and select Shrink to return to the normal view of the Measurement window 8 9 3 Measuring All Edge Points using Centre
21. ia Section Nol 7 Retake Ta mo e l TERE luce Pretravel 2000 x moo Plane Mo CAL Soe Overtravel 2 000 _ v 0 000 Penetration 0 000 iar i z ooo Startangle 0 Dia 0 000 Step Size 360 amp Bore C Boss Pith 0 000 l L Now click on the Construct button The Circle Measure window will now shrink to a small box at the bottom of the screen 434 be pe ee oe bbi ee ey Ts Ce Geb Ot peg ae or 1B Se wes Fai S a Ti oa i ri he F oy J H i T E i af L i ra a i i r i 1H i l F i Cas S E T Pm w 4 J r i F Se F af ha Now click on the first circle for which you wish to construct the PCD It will temporarily flash pink to show that it has been selected Then click on the second circle It will also flash pink and then the following window will appear Aberlink 3D Software Construction FS Please choose one for the following construction options PEO Gauge circle of fixed diameter Select PCD and then click OK The window will close and return to the Main Screen Continue selecting any other circles that you wish the PCD to be constructed through and then when finished bring back the Circle Measure window by clicking on the right hand side of the shrunken box The Circle Measure window will then open showing the details of the PCD 432 EET i Terinte ae EKER A TEE Panerston Bar a apm at
22. inspection results the rotation will be performed about the origin 0 0 position set at the time Also if rotations are required about more than one axis then the order in which the rotations will be applied is Z first Y next and then finally about X Applying translations to measured features works in exactly the same way Note however that the rotations and translations are non associative ie If you wish to apply a combination of translations and or rotations to measured features then they must all be applied at the same time 22 2 Machine Grid Cancelling References If at any point during an inspection you wish to cancel any references that have been set then click on the Machine Grid button Z The new datum position for the inspection will now be the machine s own reference position and the inspection will no longer be aligned to any reference line that was previously set 437 22 3 Optimising Alignment 22 3 1 Optimising to Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions It is possible with some shapes that the optimum alignment for the component is not achieved by referencing any combination of measured features It is possible to select certain horizontal and vertical dimensions on the measured component and then optimise the alignment of the component in order to minimise the errors of these dimensions Firstly select the horizontal and vertical dimensions that you wish to use to optimise the alignment of the component by
23. of the cross hair is show in the top right hand side of the camera window 8 0 THE MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS The Measurement Functions described below must be used in conjunction with a Measurement Type button as described in the previous chapter Not all of the Measurement Type buttons are relevant to all of the Measurement Functions so the table below has been compiled to show compatibility I hf Edge Centre Line Mouse Smart Edge Detection Detection Points g gt 8 1 CIRCLES LINES OR ARCS auto select 3 This function allows the measurement of circles lines or arcs which will be determined automatically by the software The user is therefore able to measure all three types of shape in sequence without the requirement to select a different Measurement Function button when changing from one type of measurement to another 8 1 1 Measuring using Edge Detection a Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected 8 1 2 Measuring Lines auto selected To measure a Line on the image click on the edge at one end of where you require the measurements to be taken A line will now become attached to the image at the position selected Now click on the edge at it other extreme which will fix the other end of the line Now as you move the mouse away from the line a selection box will be created as shown below are maja aoa a Laia se oot a E i eet a a e ea re che eee it Ca i Erina a a oe a i Lens i
24. point of a circle arc or point and the diameter of circle or arc For a line the I j k values give the direction vector for the line and L is its length For a curve feature L is the length of the measured curve and D is the length divided by Pi ie for an approximately circular shape this will equate to its diameter Note that the C and P buttons can be used to display either Cartesian or Polar co ordinates for a circle arc or point centre position Smiley Face denotes whether the last measured point fits the best fit feature to within the tolerances set in Machine Set Up see chapter 29 1 Note that there are two levels of warning to warn against bad form with the open mouth being the first level and the unhappy face denoting the second level of warning Datum this pull down menu allows features to be set a datum from AtoZ Graphic Window shows representation of measured points as red circles and the best fit feature through the points is shown in blue The Geometric Tolerance for the form of the feature is shown in the box underneath the graphic window and a slider bar allows the user to change the scale used for depicting the error of the measured points Right clicking on the graphic window will bring up the following menu 13 Circle Came ee E Sean a a as EEJ Pianeta ea a E pose Fareiaton 0 000 a N z pam Satana O park Mapam Step Si 0 adi foe C goss Fik
25. right mouse clicking on the dimension to bring up the dimension detail window Lee Hmtason Deis Compe Meanie line 3 Betesa 1110 Siaticiics Pia mum E mg Ser Dinini WO aH fs i Minimum BEE kimi iki Emir Hitaan Cide anid Gitk Mean 4n EE Poca rral D in eniai bi Haw fdean E wji Dimi Ei iiti Kean do BEE Geomeing Tolerence eT j Sigma nh imi Takin car Lareytt Tastiei ph Gemein Lirrat CP Linper Doph Livy ea Fi Eh ga Errar M Mean She lumi Dahri Fat aniy Raye inclines reais f fe Add Gear Bapo oa Tolerance Se Bars Absghle Relates Lppsr Lineal Th nim M anng Lraar Lindl ED MER m berx O Epshi a 5D H Canter T Mi T klir 1 fay Vg Tigre gon gee Weer ba Usa in Optindsation Pmi Type in the correct value for the nominal dimension if necessary and then tick the box labelled Use in Optimisation Click on OK to return to the main screen When you have selected all the dimensions that you wish to use in the optimisation click on the Grid Shift button When aligning to horizontal and vertical dimensions it is possible to select either Nominal or Tolerance Nominal will align the inspection to get all of the selected dimensions as 38 close as possible to their nominal value Tolerance will align the inspection to try and get all of the selected dimensions as close as possible to their tolerance bands Then click on Start The softwa
26. saved Notes 80 34 0 DISPLAY LAYERS z The main screen can occasionally become too cluttered to display information clearly For this purpose the features and dimensions can be placed in up to 10 display layers which may then be switched on and off to make the feature or dimension either visible or invisible so that the information may be displayed more clearly By default all features Circle Arcs Points etc are placed into display layer 1 and all the dimensions are placed into layer 2 To change the layer of a feature click on the Measurement Window as shown below The layer selected will become the default layer for any further features measured To change the layer of a dimension right click on the dimension to bring up the Dimension Details window Circle Measure a jagi il j gt Section Mofa Points Taken Circle Centre a8 ae MOV F951 Woe 202 273 460 e 0 005 B a r N Eet Ref Retake Clear Delete Plane Circle Template Centre l FEEF xo 76 806 Plane No caL Y E 20 206 Penetration 0 000 f fo O00 Startangle 0 Pre travel 0 156 Over travel 0 156 Plunge ect Points Dia 2 285 Endangle 360 Click here to select display eee 10 000 layer for a feature x aa ee Feed TIX cay ciz tx C2 Plunge R 479 128 88 313 3 480 5000 Camera R 179 128 58 313 3480 500 0 176 108 97 396 3480 177 908 884 Rise R 479428 88313 3480 5000
27. spreadsheet is then Available Ea Hiosa l Piet Hens GE Ge Gd e eet Forat Took Date Winder Bap a o arini TH E FE ESAN tyn A RR e ORFs Aee a E E O As ABERUNK LID EFAA A E E H z Fo T H i 1 oe EE ee a eating Me ABERLINK LTD AE i Daiwa Ho Madar Ho Dare ESTA 4 Title Sariai Ma icg ecTor 5 Diki Marcial Hotes T 7 H OJ EIH Sheet la Note that it is also possible to print out SPC details into an Excel spreadsheet directly from the Dimension Details window 452 29 0 MACHINE SET UP Bo Many of the parameters used by the software may be configured by the user to suit their particular requirements In order to change any of these parameters click on the Set Up button which will open the following window s Set up Details Units ft fWetric f English Angles Degminsec Decimal Round Nominal To n 1 uu 0 01 O00 Default Tolerance 0 100 0 01000 Smile Threshold 0 010 0 00100 Frown Threshold 0 020 0 00200 Default Geo Tal 10 050 0 00200 DXF Hole Found Tol 1 000 0 10000 Display D F 3 Display Resolution 0 001 foooo01 ISO 2768 1 CF om Cf c fy ff Not Used Clicking on the heading tabs will bring up each of the lists of user definable parameters To change any of the parameters simply type in the new value over the existing This new value will be used until the software is shut down at which point it will return to the original default value
28. the errors are displayed in the graphical representation Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Circle Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Circle Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Circle Measure window will be closed and a representation of the arc will be drawn within the Main screen Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will cause the centre of the circle to be set to X 0 and Y 0 It is possible to recall the measured points shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels function see chapter 12 It is also possible to make the points appear on the image prior to firing the measurement tool and then adjust the Edge Detection tools prior to taking the measurement by using the Edge Detection Controls see chapter 9 For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 1 5 Measuring using Centre Line Detection i This measurement type is used when measuring thin features where it may be difficult to create a selection box that measures only one side of the feature such as a thin line on a graticule Therefore when using this feature create the measurement selection box so that it covers both sides of the feature that
29. to be put back is defined by how big the selection boxes are the edge will still need to fall within the selection box so make them as big as possible without cutting into other edges Having auto set the work offset as described above the following window will appear ee oi r leh ics ame Ee ed es es Ee OS Ph eae p i Fit e is 3 we Uo i Lo l ty ot X 37 512mm Y 1 186mm oo EP TT 1A b n KH Merd Fa Meema jys iisen pije iini LES ET a B o m The features measured in the program are listed in the tree on the left hand side of the window Note that the first 2 features in the list are in bold type as these have been used as reference features More information regarding all of the features can be seen by clicking on the crosses adjacent to the features The Hide Vision Form option will be selected by default Click Run Program The Camera Image window will be minimised and the Main Screen will be shown as follows Please note it may be necessary to move the CNC program window and the feature measurement window in order to see the measured features within the Main Screen So es AF ay a pez z samy Lr 7 s a x F L Pm ee ee ee ee eee ee H T ikki QO um Fai DPE oi lin L Paa a a E A a Pe eee EY a i ee man at d F A 37 275mm Y 1 903mm Pate f i TT a e Pees Binge del h ea p iejo ses es p a Ue The features measured wi
30. using the automatic measuring tools which are situated within the Camera Image window For all measured features a graphical representation of the feature is then created in the view area of the Main Screen Dimensions of size form distance between features and geometric tolerances can all be called up within this view These functions are covered in chapter 17 Bringing Up Dimensions on the Screen Typically for all systems with one monitor the Camera Image window will be used over the top of the Main Screen The Camera Image window can be used maximised or to access the Main Screen it can either be minimised or when floating it can be adjusted to any convenient size grab and drag the bottom right hand corner of the window as follows Click and drag on blue bar to re position Camera Image window lam ba h mi ip ol lt 4 n C 4k ES i z Click and drag this corner to j re size Camera Image window window X 255 851mm Y 105 156mm am ee a se ie The Camera Image window can also be closed as with normal Windows functionality To open the Camera Image window simply click on the Camera Icon Switch Camera On Off SECTION 2 TAKING MEASUREMENTS USING THE CAMERA IMAGE 4 0 LIGHTING Project X is supplied complete with 2 controllable light sources Firstly there is a ring light around the User Camera This consists of 16 white LEDs which can be lit in any contiguous pattern with t
31. you are measuring 28 Now when you fire the measurement tool both edges will be measured and the centre line between the edges automatically created Momentarily the measured points will be displayed as crosses on the image And then a Measurement window will open exactly as before Centre Line measurements for Arcs and Circles may be done in exactly the same way 8 2 CIRCLES e 8 2 1 Measuring Circles using Edge Detection E Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected When the Circle Measure function is selected the software will allow the measurement of circles by clicking on the image in 3 positions and then defining a measurement selection box exactly as when using the auto select function described in section 8 1 1 3 above However when using this function the user can only measure circles and the software will always require the image to be selected in three positions and a circular selection box created Arcs and Lines cannot be measured using this function 8 2 2 Measuring Circles using Centre Line Detection The centre line between the inside diameter and outside diameter of a circle can be measured automatically using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above 8 2 3 Measuring Circles using Mouse Points T The Mouse Point function can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed automatic edge
32. 00 0 100 Lower Limit 14 600 0 100 Center f twin Max vk p Now the nominal dimension and tolerances either absolute or relative can be set by simply typing over the default values that the software has selected Note that the default value for the nominal is simply taken as the first measured value rounded to a specific value The rounding value for the nominal and the default tolerance can be set in the Machine Set Up see chapter 29 1 Note that the Dim Error is calculated as the difference between the measured value and the nominal value lf the measured dimension falls within the tolerance band set then the background of the measured dimension value will be green and when you OK this window and return to the main screen the dimension leader lines will also appear green on the graphical representation If however the measured dimension falls outside of the tolerance band set then the background of the measured dimension value will become red and when you OK the window and return to the main screen the dimension leader lines will appear red on the graphical representation 407 The software also assigns an identifier or description for the dimension Again this can also be changed by simply typing over the top of the default identifier P Dimension Details Current Measurement Unit 41 Betweend amp 5 Wleasured Dimension Identifier Overall Width Mominal Dimension 14 700 Dim Error
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34. 50 i Bore emo i Bose Fikh taiii tiii THe ii tie sei TH Ge See oe Po Ti Ted ro TW a ee a Shit HEE ii fhe IEE Te E Again click OK to accept the measurement Note that if the discontinuity was within the original area scanned then the software would take into account the fit of the measurement points within that area and apply it to the whole scan Hence if you noticed the discontinuity before you started then clicking near to it would allow the whole circle to measured with just one scan Repeat the process for the second arc and therefore using the One Edge Feature the image shown above can be measured with just four mouse clicks T E ee T Damnit igraca eT Ea e e EH m ee ay Fa iy E H ra T M Lr m i d i i K iE i S a i M Fe bo eiu w fa jm i Tee bt Soa i X 4229 462mm Y 129 467mm Tirko ei e mm rima bi brm imi ma m e Belle ee If the One Edge Feature does not recognise the correct shape Should the software not recognise the correct shape when using the One Edge feature then try changing the size of the initial area scanned by adjusting the Select Size slider within the Detection Tools window For Example if the initial scanned area is small then it will be possible to confuse a large arc with a straight line The general principle is to use the largest possible selection area that will grab only the edge required 8 8 2 Measuring with the On
35. CL See ani Eps jiem a ee eee ae 3C eae X 212 676mm Y 100 82imm EAE ane agg EE E mn 64 8 11 THE SCREEN RULER FUNCTION Pl The Screen Ruler function is a quick tool for measuring the distance between two clicks made on the Camera Image Measurements can only be made between two points within the field of view of the camera For example if the user wanted to do a quick measurement across the diagonals of the square shown in the image below they must simply click on the image accordingly s 2 al FS AH I ie nj z Distance required from here re an e ga This will bring up the measurement results as follows 65 The measurements reported are the X distance the Y distance and the distance in 2 dimensions XY These reults cannot be printed out in the form of an inspection report they are a quick check only 66 9 0 EDGE DETECTION CONTROLS T The Edge Detection Controls allow the user to modify the values used for automatically detecting edges This can be done in real time prior to accepting a measurement the user can see the effect of changing the tool values has on the measurement points before accepting the points Clicking on the detection controls button will open the following window Colours Edge Point Gat Tool Cross Hatr This graph Detection shows the detection profile for the camera as you move the averaging eee step size
36. Centre LD FEF Pre travel Frobe Head A AXIS lo 0157 x 226 741 o CAL Axis fg Over travel 0 187 i B Axis 0 Se mera 108 009 Penetration 0 000 ae am z 0 000 Startangle 205 Dia 1 069 End angle 331 of Bore Boss Pitch 0 000 Rack Plunge Vect Points 227 272 107 338 227 272 107 338 500 0 226 276 407 794 4771 226 833 40 227 272 107 338 500 0 Note that arcs are simply sections of a circle and will be represented on a Circle Measure window The number of points taken is shown in the top left hand corner The X Y and Z values relate to the centre point of the circle arc and D is its diameter 24 The graphical picture of the circle shows the measured points represented as small red circles The larger blue circle is the best fit circle through these points The roundness value for the arc is shown underneath the graphic view together with a slider bar for changing the scale at which the errors are displayed in the graphical representation Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Circle Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Circle Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Circle Measure window will be closed and a representation of the arc will be drawn within the Main Screen Note that if
37. OJECT X Project X is a 2D manual vision machine The measuring area for Project X is 400mm in the X axis and 300mm in the Y axis It also has a Z axis which has 125mm of motorised travel for focus that is controllable within the software On installation of Project X the transit bar which holds the camera assembly to the main housing must be carefully removed from inside the machine and the cable s for the monitor must be routed through the notch in the back cover On applying power to the socket at the rear left hand side of the machine the internal air supply for camera motion will be automatically switched on and the hand wheels for X and Y adjustment of the camera should allow smooth motion Y Axis Adjust Wheel Machine Controller On Off switch There is a USB port situated just above the power socket at the rear left hand side of the machine This port can be used to support a USB printer Additionally this port can be used for downloading and backing up of programs and other data from the controller using a USB storage device DO NOT LOAD ANY FILES ON TO THE CONTROLLER USING THE USB PORT If in any doubt please contact your local agent The machine controller is switched on via the button at the front of the machine and the Aberlink 2D vision software will automatically be started 2 0 INITIAL MACHINE ZEROING Project X is a 2D manual vision machine However the Z axis has 125mm of motorised travel for fo
38. PROJECT X 2 Dimensional Manual Vision System USER MANUAL INDE A scene ates aes su ean res vpree cae e acu aa tns vaneare series eu du ceeun ea taueetauanaunsenneaeeis SEC LION 1 INTRODUC HON besesccssetsavsttnseevnienianteiassetenesvintnxcenvesinsnne anions 1 1 0 AN INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT X ccceccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 1 2 0 INITIAL MACHINE ZEROING cccceccecceeeeeceeeeeseeseneeneeneeneeneeeeseess 3 3 0 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE cccceeeeeeeeeceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 SECTION 2 TAKING MEASUREMENTS USING THE CAMERA IMAGE 6 BO EUG UIN GS ose besesecuanncieecdustieveantencatcunesusedusdtenciuschassoadesescdaeadesntesetessbesntescee 6 5 0 THE CAMERA IMAGE WINDOW ccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeneeneeneeneeeeeeeees 11 6 0 BASIC FUNCTIONS MOVING FOCUSSING ZOOMING 13 6 1 Moving in X and Yair ened cece teen ecegeteeecacgna seca tedcanatsceaadacscewcstencanenepseousienekteecversteesele 13 6 2 Moving in Z FOCUS ececieeseessccessvataceceserenwessnieesinnsvnistevirideesuspetenanienatnnteneienia eens 13 LATO OCU a A EEEE A AEN E ene ee ee ee 14 6 3 Looming IN and OU aaa ce cieeatact se saan cea on staneeseee Meeened saaana kia 14 ie ecco cro er tin eT ror re ee cr 15 E a a ae 7 0 THE MEASUREMENT TYPE BUTTONS HEME P 16 7 1 Edge Detection j See Oeste EE E E E E A eenaewec dents 16 7 2 Centre Line Detection i EErEE RE EEEE EE 16 7 3 Mouse Points k tesa A AE E A E A ecg
39. Position relative to specified datum s If the true position that you are measuring is relative to some other point on the component other than that which has been set as 0 0 0 then it is possible to show it relative to other specified datums For instance if you have chosen a large hole as the reference because it is an easy feature to measure automatically but need to show the true position of a hole relative to a smaller hole specified as datum B then this can also be done in the dimension details window Note to display the true position of a circle or a point from features other than the origin you must to allocate datum letters to those features Ej Dimension Details i ira Fd Current Measurement Unt 5 Between B s6 Measured Dimension Identifier ern Circle True Position Mominal Dimension 6 000 Select the Dim Error 0 027 catum s by Geometric Tolerance EJ Pa clio Tolerance Length Geometric Limit 0 05 E Display Layer gt F Show Error After you have Datums select the new BLR datum the a oul nominal will Hornina change to show Xo p ee mM the position r oa from the new O hC E datum Select datum B and click on the Add button Also make sure that the nominal position of the hole is now relative to this datum When you now return to the main screen the true position will now be displayed relative to datum B 498 X 11 970 Y0 068 20 000 10 149 B Fig 40 0 8 True position of circle
40. Resolution should be 0 001 5 91 displayed to 3 dp and a resolution of 0 001 will be reported as 5 791 454 5 91 displayed to 3 dp and a resolution of 0 01 will be reported as 5 790 5 91 displayed to 3 dp and a resolution of 0 1 will be reported as 5 800 ISO 2768 1 Instead of the Default Tolerance defined in the box above it is possible to use ISO 2768 1 to produce the default tolerance used when calling up a dimension in the Main Screen The option available relate to fine medium coarse and very course 29 2 Display s Set up Details Selection Box Size Point size when drawing 0 008 Display Font 1024 g 3 Display Averaging Max Font Size Number of Standard Deviations Falar Co ordinates Start at 3 o clock Positive is ACW Selection Box Size The slider bar can be used to adjust the size of the selection box that appears in the graphical areas of the Main Screen Point Size when drawing When measuring or constructing points they appear in the Main Screen as blue dots Adjusting the value in this box will alter the size of these points Display Font The font style and size of the results can be selected by clicking on the grey box This will bring up the following window 455 Font Font style 5 arial Regular es ral h Cancel Arial Black 11 O Arial Marrow Bold 12 Book Antiqua Bold Italic Bookman Old Style F Browallia New FP Browallia UPE Sa
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42. Ta Ugi k Light To Dark Eireann fI Shing Sde k 13 aryngre T Thama fiO Sie fame j j Tum Amari 10 Edge Percent io Sele Size 1 Edge Percent 10 Ml ae e e fan aniran AE Hiasi OF Dear ext i Caka E E A on cm E 4 Tool oa i ites S Hai in I F 4 inga he Food E Flori pea E M Orat Firs imag M Sirongaat F meri oa PS tra reed et ee Fangs a FY Dak Ta Ugi be Light To Dork Direction fI Shn ade _ 13 bign FE T Thama fO Siep fire j Tum Amr 10 Edge Perce i_ F aD Be Sze ss Thread Flank f H Edge Percent 100 ome y Min Londra et tie PA ta Sie OF 42 LF Camuera Huaman malama eal Detection Dakine Edga Poli Ea ail Y Tad Eyi a Cmsg Har Exi j Feus A Y imap za w Ferd E P Benge al F np ene i a A lilac T Fami 0 35 hbi a cana ares Lae Pian pe fi zl F Dark ee Light To Dark H fearmgngSde 15 sii or bemin ii EA iga Slip Elza ti Tum Arredi PI Egem 48 adii Giza Thad Flank Fain CaniTasi 31 Meane Ok Edge Percent 50 Baii tat 9 4 Select Size The Select Size will define the area selected either when using the Smart Edge measurement type or the One Edge measurement function The bigger the number selected the bigger the search area will be Se
43. Units prints the details of the each feature in a tabulated format similar to the information in the measure window of that feature Tabulated Dimensions prints the details of all dimensions that are added to report from the current or previous inspections again in a tabulated format Point Unit Details prints the co ordinates of points and the co ordinates and size of circles Feature Profile prints the actual measurement points together with the best fit feature through the points in order to show the form of the feature 445 Multiple Components lists measurement results for a batch of components in one report You select the type of report that you require by clicking on the relevant option button Printouts can be in either black and white or colour Again to select which you simply click on the relevant option button The graphical view to be shown should also be selected Note that only the XY view is relevant for Project X Before committing to printing a report a preview of the output can be seen by clicking on the print button for the first time 28 1 Graphic Details The Graphic Details report will print the graphical representation within the Main Screen The extent of the area that is printed is based on the current view of the Main screen If all necessary dimensions are not on the print preview then re zoom the view in the Main Screen Note that the re draw button will automatically size all measured feat
44. a dashed blue gauge circle as defined Clicking Set Ref before OK will set the centre of the gauge circle to 0 0 Note that when constructing a gauge circle between two circles multiple results are available Once again to define which gauge circle is constructed the software looks at the position at where the user clicks on the second feature selected 35 22 0 SHIFTING ROTATING AND CANCELLING REFERENCES 22 1 Applying Rotations or Shifts It may be necessary during an inspection to apply a rotation or shift to the inspected features This can be achieved by using the Grid Shift button S Clicking on this button will bring up the following window Ciotimise f Nominal C Tolerance DXF otatt Anply OK Now it is possible to apply a rotation or a translation to the measured features by typing the required angle s or distance s into the relevant box es For instance consider a component that consists of a plate with holes in its diagonal corners which define a datum at 45 degrees The best method for inspecting the plate is to measure the position of the 2 holes construct a line between them and then set this line as a reference 36 a Now click on the grid shift button and type in 45 in the rotation about Z box Click on Apply followed by OK The component will now be aligned at 45 degrees to the line between the 2 holes It is worth noting that when applying a rotation to
45. aga Pack i ae R Dia fieran i ep Sane A i G Boa Bose Pih z De par S su Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue PCD circle through the selected features Clicking Set Ref before OK will set the centre of the PCD to 0 0 33 Dimensions can then be called up to the constructed line as for any feature we 7 n F ai o w F ia F a aa J rn Ly ki EJ 4 a i f Y j j i y Fi 1 ET i f Se Eri j i em a fi T ea i i j Ne 5 Fa ie 3 Ps 21 3 2 Constructing a circle of defined diameter between two lines or two circles To construct a circle of a defined diameter between two lines or two circles follow the procedure as described in section 21 3 1 above When you select the second line or circle the following window will appear Please choose one for the following construction options PCD Gauge circle of fixed diameter OK Select Gauge Circle of fixed diameter and then click OK The window will close and the following window will then open allowing the user to enter the diameter of Gauge circle required 434 x Constructing a circle of fixed diameter Enter Circle Diameter Cancel OK Enter the diameter required and then click OK The window will close and the Circle Measure window will then open showing the details of the constructed circle Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing
46. age as the mouse buttons now 44 perform the zoom and pan functions Therefore the button must be pressed again to turn this function off before any measurements can be performed 6 4 Panning Another function of this button is to allow panning around the image The field of view of the camera is approximately 16mm across diagonal corners If you are zoomed in so that only part of the field of view is visible in the image window it is possible to pan around the full field of view by left clicking and dragging the image This function allows you to quickly view the full field of view without the need to move the X and Y adjustment wheels Please note that the Zoom and Pan button is latching Whilst pressed no measurements can be performed on the image as the mouse buttons now perform the zoom and pan functions Therefore the button must be pressed again to turn this function off before any measurements can be performed 7 0 THE MEASUREMENT TYPE BUTTONS Dee Before starting to perform measurements select the Measurement Type required by clicking the appropriate button as follows 7 1 Edge Detection a When this button is selected the software will determine a single edge between different colours or shades of colour on the image within the area that user defines by their measurement selection box This is the usual format used when measuring the edge of features on a component 7 2 Centre Line Detection This bu
47. ally underneath the angle in the graphic window 40 2 7 Perpendicular Squareness The condition of a surface or axis at a right angle to a datum L plane or axis Perpendicularity tolerance specifies one of the following a zone defined by two planes perpendicular to a datum plane or axis or a zone defined by two parallel planes perpendicular to the datum axis If the angle is between 96 84 and geometric tolerance button is switch on the perpendicular squareness between two lines or planes will be displayed automatically underneath the angle in the graphic window 90 07 05 110 048 494 40 2 Concentricity The axes of all cross sectional elements of a surface of revolution are common to the axis of the datum feature Concentricity tolerance specifies a cylindrical tolerance zone whose axis coincides with the datum axis To display the concentricty of two circles click on the first and then click on the convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen 40 2 8 Total Runout Provides composite control of all surface elements The tolerance applied simultaneously to circular and longitudinal elements as the part is rotated 360 degrees Total runout controls cumulative variation of circularity cylindricity straightness coaxiality angularity taper and profile when it is applied to su
48. also flash pink and then the following window will appear Aberlink 3D Software Construction 9 Please choose one for the following construction options Center line through points Tangent Line OK Select Centre line through points and then click OK The window will close and return to the Main Screen Continue selecting any other features that you wish the line to be constructed through and then when finished bring back the Line Measure window by clicking on the right hand side of the shrunken box The Point Measure window will then open showing the details of the constructed line 423 EAE sen End i a Sar Eih Fiane Ho ji Bimi EEN Paretston fae CI won imi i mh C Let e ia Pee E E E l Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue best fit line through the selected features Clicking Set Ref before OK will align the inspection to this line Dimensions can then be called up to the constructed line as for any feature 424 HADT 21 2 2 Constructing the Centre Line between two lines To construct a centre or mid line between two lines follow the procedure as described in section 21 2 1 above When you select the second line the following window will appear Aberlink 3D Software Construction Please choose one for the following construction options hid Line Gauge Line of fixed length Select Mid Line and then click OK
49. attaching the dimension to the first line selected and extending it either perpendicularly for an aligned dimension or horizontally or vertically for horizontal and vertical dimensions until it reaches the mid point of the second one If the lines are not parallel different dimensions will be achieved depending on which line or plane is selected first Also the geometric tolerance for run out is calculated by projecting perpendicular construction lines from the first selected line to meet the ends of the second line The run out or perpendicularity will be the difference between these two values A Selecting the long line first B Selecting the short line first The first line selected in effect becomes the reference line for the measurement If you are measuring the distance between a long line and a short line it will be better to select the long line first unless the short line is specifically defined as a datum Note that if the Geometric Tolerance button is switched on then the geometric tolerance for parallelism will also be displayed by default 17 6 Displaying the Straightness of a Line In order to display the straightness of a line the Geometric Tolerance button must be switched on 94 The straightness of a line may be brought up on the screen as follows select the line as previously described If correctly selected the line will turn pink Now select the same line again The outline of a single d
50. ayed by clicking on the small icon in the bottom left hand corner of the Dimension Details window ES Heas n Defense Leesi Moasiremred ints Beres 64 19 Sdatistion Mam hur Dimensio ahin i Minimum kicavi fear itn Dimension SF Miran 30 Phiri fea Omenan i7 mii Ha ae Fearn Dimi Emi EEE ra ean Jo Gemelin Token Fi vat i signa in Takiranca Lareyih Tumis 7 ph Geameins Limi DO JEJ CPH Upper Display Lajer Bhi cw Ermar r l Mian Sh Danima i f a Add Gear Tolerance Ahile Aelatres Lipper Limi FEDI aim L ir Lindl TEN TED Yerkes bur e A T r Mn 0 Wir The measured value for all the components in the batch is listed in the white column To the right of this column is listed the following batch information Maximum Minimum Mean 30 where the number of o is configurable by the user Mean value for the batch Mean 30 where the number of o is configurable by the user 3 Sigma 30 CpK value CpK Upper Mean shift difference between the mean and nominal values Below are shown two graphs of the measured data Clicking either of these will expand it to fill the whole window 09 ES Dire zion Deiak l f il es j all t i al W n iy i Click on it again to return to the full Dimension Details window 10 The green band represents the 10 band yellow the 20 orange the 30 and red greater than 30 If you un tick the Auto Range box the g
51. bed in chapter 17 5 When selecting two points or circles to dimension between or a line and a point or circle the software will automatically default to producing an aligned dimension A horizontal or vertical dimension must be defined as follows select the features between which you wish to dimension as for aligned dimensions in section 17 1 above The features will turn pink and the outline of some aligned dimension leader lines will appear Now before positioning the dimension right click on the graphic window This will bring up the following menu 90 Lenkr Airan Ta Fature rere Ta Feature 13m0 Select the type of dimension required and the software will return to the main screen with the outline of the dimension leader lines now showing that type of dimension These leader lines can be positioned at any length on either side of the features as for aligned dimensions by moving the cursor on the screen When they are at a convenient position click the mouse for a third time and the dimension will now appear on the screen 17 3 Angular Dimensions Angular dimensions may be created between two lines which may be dimensioned irrespective of the alignment of the component Ot select the features between which you wish to dimension as for aligned dimensions in section 17 1 above The features will again turn pink if correctly selected The outline of an angular dimension will now appear on the screen The lead
52. ce concentricity can still be called up by right clicking before positioning the dimension and selecting Leader from the drop down menu 17 8 Dimensioning to the outside of a circle or arc By default when dimensioning to a circle or arc the dimension will be to the centre point of the circle or arc However if you wish to show the dimension to the outside of the circle or arc right click on the dimension line to bring up the dimension details window 96 Now selecting min will change the dimension to the minimum distance to the edge of the circle s or arc s and selecting max will change the dimension to the maximum distance to the edge of the circle s or arc s 26 260 This may be applied to either the distance between two circles or arcs or between a line and a circle or arc 17 9 Displaying Datums In order to display a datum on the Main Screen the Geometric Tolerance button must be switched on lf a feature has been set as a datum see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows then this may be displayed in the graphic window as follows Select the feature twice and then right click to bring up the following menu OF La Daken F Select the datum option and then position the datum symbol on the graphic window and click for a third time to display it Note the if the feature has not been set as a datum then the datum option will be greyed out 17 10 Displaying the
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54. chapter 29 1 The X and Y values can be individually switched off by un ticking them in the dimension details window Note that the true position will by default be taken as relative to the reference point set in the inspection However it can alternatively be called up relative to up to three datums Select the datums required from the drop down menu and click Add Ee Dimension Details Current Measurement Unit 3 Between amp 7 Measured Dimension Identifier 2 9mm Circle True Position Mominal Dimension 2 900 Dim Error 0 029 Geometric Tolerance mfe Tolerance Length Geometric Limit 0 200 Display Layer wh Show Error E LEA Add Clear Tolerance Nominal Actual A 13 500 13 494 a ve fonon 0 034 m E Genter fe min e Max 00 This will change the reported value as follows we 19 404 0 034 HMHH Note that this has changed the True Position displayed now to be relative to the datums selected rather than the reference position Remember to set the Nominal position values accordingly 17 11 Maximum Material Condition When calling up the True Position of a circle arc or point as described in 17 9 above it is also possible to allow for Maximum Material Condition Right click on the dimension line to bring up the dimension details window Now tick the MMC box as follows P Dimension Details i zjx Current Measurement Unt 3 Between 27 Measured Dimension Identifier
55. cient PPM fo Results Folder eiPrograrn Files O Browse Probe Over Ride Temperature deg C 457 The accuracy specification for Project X is defined at 20 C However it is possible to compensate for temperature should measurements be performed at temperatures other than 20 C Should compensation for temperature be required enter the ambient temperature in this box When temperature compensation is being applied the X and Y readouts in the Main Screen will be prefixed with the letter C Material When using temperature compensation the user must also enter the material of the component being measured There are a number of materials stored in the software complete with the coefficient of thermal expansion which can be selected from the pull down menu available when clicking on the black arrow If the material being measured is not in the list then the user must select Other and then also enter the coefficient of thermal expansion for the material in the box below in parts per million PPM Thermal Expansion Coefficient PPM Only needs to be entered when Other is selected from the drop down menu under Material as described above Results Folder The path shown in this box will be the default path called up by the software when saving results using the Save File and Save File As buttons This path can of course be changed each time an inspection is saved but if inspection re
56. completed the Curve Measure Window will automatically appear Curve Measure J l zjx Fret k i Section Moj 12 Points Taken Curve Point Position Retake Clear Delete Elane Construct Set Fef Curve Template Start End End OF x pooo _fo ooo fo o00 y ooo mooo foomo z oo pooo foo Step Size fo 000 Left Right Probe Head A Axis B Axis Star Rack joa 3eo 4104080 2930 109379 103984 29230 ioasol 104072 29 The number of points taken is shown in the top left hand corner The L value shows the length between the first and last scanned points and D is the length divided by 3 141 ie would be the diameter for a circular trace 45 The graphical picture of the Curve shows the measured points represented as small green circles Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Curve Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Curve Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Curve Measure window will be closed and a representation of the curve will be drawn within the Main screen represented as a series of points Dimensions can be taken directly between the points by simply clicking on them Circles and lines can also be constructed through these points Also DXF Files can be imported and the measured points be
57. creen 85 16 0 MANIPULATING THE GRAPHICS This chapter explains how to manipulate the graphics windows in the main screen These techniques can be used to adjust the size and position of the graphical representation on the screen at any time during an inspection 16 1 Zoom Out D This button will make the graphic window zoom out by a fixed percentage 16 2 Zoom Last This button will make the graphic window zoom back to the previous view used fa 16 3 Zoom Full This button will make the graphic window zoom out to make the entire measurement volume of the machine fill the screen The edge of the measurement volume will be represented by a red rectangle 16 4 Zoom In There is no button for zooming in Zooming in is done by dragging the cursor with the left mouse button depressed to create a box around the desired area When you take your finger off the mouse button the screen will zoom to the size of the box drawn T mil Pia n Tw ee lH Tee Ue aH E bpi i E I e a EAA a bd 2 Drag this box with the left mouse PE pu X 273 959mm Y 0 829mm 86 Dragging the box as shown above will cause the graphic view to zoom as follows p nae E l y meaai H ree Pe aH Ea i ji p X 274 040mm Y 0 883mm s 16 5 Erase To erase a feature or a dimension from a graphics window simply click on the erase button to highlight it and then click on the feature that you want to
58. cus that is controllable within the software When switching on the machine the Z axis must find its home position by triggering its lower limit switch When the software is started up for the first time the following screen will appear So eee aa CaCO pee eg aoe Sel a eel ma Ye a ji HE OE mabao al Ls l Y 083 777mm ii ies bT a n A 181 000mm eer rae ere ae e Now click on the OK button in the Initial Machine Zeroing window The camera will automatically travel downwards until the lower limit switch is triggered It will then back off until the switch is no longer pressed Note that this will leave the camera close to the bottom of its travel focussed near the glass plate 3 0 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE The Aberlink 2D Vision Software has been written to be extremely intuitive based around a graphical interface operating under a Windows operating platform In normal use there are 2 primary windows Firstly there is the Aberlink Main screen which looks like this E Sete Coes LHi io he pera ae oe Ei a E roig pij i L C rr T E i x 262 TIMM Y 076 834mm hFE DE uu ee eg ee ae a ea ae oe and then there will be the Camera Image window which may initially be black if no lighting is switched on see section 3 0 fmt mar a aran miaj ba ha ed Fs ao f Sot a ke ie eel anemic FLAS PSS ak Oa i O e Measurements are performed by
59. d secondary datum B 6 The shape and tolerance determine the limits of production variability Fig 39 0 0 There are seven shapes called geometric elements used to define a part and its features The shapes are point line plane circle cylinder cone and sphere There are also certain geometric characteristics that determine the condition of parts and the relationship of features 88 Where relevant the geometric tolerance applicable to each measurement unit eg Roundness of circles straightness of lines will be displayed underneath the graphical representation of that unit Circle Measure F x aaike section Nal 2 Points Taken Circle Centre xX 0 000 Y 0 000 Z 0 000 D 11 992 Retake Delete Fig 39 0 1 Graphical representation of a circle in the Circle Measure window Additionally the True Position and Maximum Material Condition for circles may be obtained from the Dimension Details Window PA Dimension Details Current Measurement Unit 22 Between 23 amp 23 Measured Dimension Identifier Joram Point True Position Mominal Dimension Dim Error Geometric Tolerance Tolerance Length Geometric Limit Display Layer Show Error Datums Hh E Add Clear Tolerance Morminal Actual amp 30 000 37 992 Ta 19 000 18 991 A IA E 0 000 0 000 Ta a Center tlin e Max IF El Fig 39 0 2 A Circle Measure window showing additional informati
60. d ercis oin EEKE ERA aE a aaia 165 30 3 Running the program without the Hide Vision Form option selected 167 30 4 Collecting SPC Batch Information saasssassnnsssnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 168 31 0 REFERENCE MACHINE a NEE EEEE 169 dxf 32 0 DXF FICES CER iin EETA 170 32 1 Exporting Data as a DXF sasnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnmnnn 170 32 2 Import Hole PositionS aannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnn nennen 171 32 3 Import Program Template cccccccseeseeeeeeeeseeeeneeseseeeeeeeeeneeeneeseaeeseaseeanesanenees 171 32 4 Import As Measured eizaciiszsensasccsnesiiwateesacvericsnnasan taestsacsateuenesennesaieniesstanrneeaneraees 171 32 5 Import As Curve Profile nannannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnn nennen 171 32 6 Export As Curve PIOlhl iisisersecpectersiacsnvesicverscsaneasantaetiarisnietaresennssaueanesatae reer 178 33 0 INSPECTION NOTES A ANE AA A AE 179 FAGNI WOKE oe T E E E 179 30 2 PACING AIM AOS sesse ee E E ETs 180 34 0 DISPLAY LAYERS E oe se emeceeseeeseseeseeneeeeseececseceeces 181 35 0 36 0 37 0 oo 38 0 RING ARRAY EE E E 187 39 0 GEOMTERIC TOLERANCE p eee EPEE E A E E E 188 39 1 Interdiction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing 0eseeeees 188 40 0 GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC SYMBOLS annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 192 40 2 1
61. dge This function is exactly as has been described when measuring circles in section 8 2 4 above 8 4 ARCS i 8 4 1 Measuring Arcs using Edge Detection i Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected When the Arc Measure function is selected the software will allow the measurement of arcs by clicking on the image in 3 positions and then defining a measurement selection box exactly as when using the auto select function described in section 8 1 1 2 above However when using this function the user can only measure arcs and the software will always require the image to be selected in three positions and a arc shaped selection box created Circles and Lines cannot be measured using this function 8 4 2 Measuring Arcs using Centre Line Detection The centre line between the inside diameter and outside diameter of a section of a circle can be measured automatically using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above 8 4 3 Measuring Arcs using Mouse Points lie The Mouse Point function can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed automatic edge detection is no longer used The user must click on the image at exactly the position that they wish to take a point in exactly the same way as described when measuring a circle in section 8 2 3 above 8 4 4 Measuring Arcs using the Smart Edge function my The Smart Edge functi
62. dividual Colours Gain Exposure C Adjust Gain C Adjust Exposure Adjust Gaint Exposure 6 Exposure Slider With this slider you can manually adjust the exposure Gain Slider With this slider you can manually adjust the camera gain 8 Lock Colours Individual Colours A colour camera see three images a blue one a red one and green one by combining these together you get a colour image as seen in the camera window There two alternative in how the camera processes this colour information Lock Colours if you click this option all three images are process together giving good colour representation in the camera window Individual Colours if you click this option the images are process individually this can help you measurement the part but can give you false colours in the camera window if you had a lot of red light shining on the part stopping you measuring it you could filter out the red light and only use the blue and green light to measure the part 9 Auto Gain Exposure settings You can choose how the auto function works by click on these buttons Adjust Gain If you select this option you can manually adjust the exposure and the software will automatically adjust gain Adjust Exposure If you select this option you can manually adjust the gain and the software will automatically adjust exposure Adjust Gain Exposure f you select this option the software will automatically adjust both gain and exposur
63. e Note Adjust Gain Exposure is the default setting for the camera 10 Auto Focus Exposure mSec This sets the exposure when auto focussing Turn Around When the software auto focuses it will travel a set distant in one direction before reversing direction The set distant is entered in this box 80 11 0 TOGGLE VIDEO FEED When using the Camera Image window to take measurements as soon as the image is clicked on the software grabs that image in order to perform the edge detection functions To the user this may not be obvious as the grabbed image will be the same as the live image and in exactly the same position When the measurement is completed the software automatically reverts to the live image If the user wishes to revert to the last grabbed image at any point they can do so using the Toggle Video Feed button When the grabbed image is shown you will not be able to see the image change when moving the machine in X Y or Z To revert back to the live image simply click on the Toggle Video Feed button again 84t 12 0 SHOW EDGE PIXELS EA It is possible to review the last measurement points taken by using the Show Edge Pixels button Clicking on this button will bring back the last grabbed image and show the measurement points taken as crosses on the image To revert back to the live image simply click on the Show Edge Pixels button again 82 13 0 CAMERA RESOLUTION The new USB camera always work
64. e irs l f0 poe C Bose Fikh OE Dim ro EF on 1 a i itt a Sti Tas es be beri ot Do Once more click OK to accept the measurement It is possible that a piece of dirt or a discontinuity in the shape will bring the scan of the shape to a premature end For example if the hole is now selected as follows Here you can see that the whole circle was not scanned as it was disrupted by the uneven surface When the Measurement window pops up it will look like this Ge ee Fey 1 5 i Seas Mol Puasa Taiki ie Comin X T 430 074 9 000 2 150 Points Fit Tna TE oum Gc E erm 12 AAN fj E JS oem aie F A Cinde Ter p kate Probe Head pEmir cenre OFER amio fo Pre travel pam TET Fiane ha caL he Caer traval pom ETTA Page D foe Y pwn Parsiston 0 000 Shar ft Plunga a ct Porta rd han teat aireg ka a Fark iT oo Dis f2 1 80 aman 80 ee Ig Bore Bue Fikh E oo Ss es SET E EEL Gjciciemeare E Now to fill in the missing part of the scan simply leave the Measurement Window open and click on the image again in the area that has been missed out Any new points scanned will now be added to the previous points and the Measurement Window will now look like this SS ka a Section Ne ee Teripete m zi Ji Pe 304 Plane Ho caL hais Farkasin Dw I bim Satar 0 Dia Rim Sten sim
65. e Edge Feature using Centre Line Detection The One Edge feature can be used to detect the centre line between edges in exactly the same way as described in section 8 8 1 above The Mouse Point and Smart Edge functions are not applicable when measuring using the One Edge function p 8 9 THE ALL EDGE POINTS FUNCTION lt a As with the Curve function described in section 8 7 above the All Edge Points feature will trace around edges within the field of view However rather than having to define a start direction and end on one specific edge this function will grab all edges within the field of view with just a single mouse click The All Edge Points feature works particularly well when the edges being measured are clearly defined The density of points taken can be defined by adjusting the Step Size in the Edge Detection Tools The number selected relates to pixels per point 8 9 1 Measuring All Edge Points using Edge Detection Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected Position the camera so that the edges required are within the field of view Note that when using this function all edges within the field of view will be measured even if the camera image window is zoomed in so that the whole field of view is not visible on the monitor ERETT CEDI ak et te tae Now click once anywhere on the image The Curve Measure tool will then be automatically fired and the points on the edge wil
66. e a Peak Point on the image click twice on the image to define a line perpendicular to where the peak point is to be measured Now move the cursor so that it creates a box encompassing the Peak Point to be measured Now click again This will automatically fire the Peak Point Tool and the highest point on the edge perpendicular to the selection box will be measured Momentarily the measured point will be displayed as a cross on the image 44 A Point Measure window will then appear showing the measured point in exactly the same way as for an ordinary point as described in section 8 5 1 above 8 6 2 Measuring Peak Points using Centre Line Detection The centre Peak Point between two edges can be measured automatically using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above The Mouse Point and Smart Edge functions cannot be used for automatically determining a Peak Point 42 8 7 THE CURVE MEASURE FUNCTION aad This function allows the user to automatically trace around an edge taking a series of points on the edge of the feature This function allows complex shapes to be measured If the edge being measured is larger than the field of view of the camera the user will be guided to move the camera around to the required position hence large shapes can be measured The density of points taken can be defined by adjusting the Step Size in the Edge Detection Tools The number selected relates t
67. e positions C cem impot program Template C wl C impot As Measured Inches C Import As Curve Profile f Export As Curve Protile Options Circles as Holes Default Profile Tolerance Dio Arcs as Holes M Draw DXF File OK Clear DXF i Note that DXF files contain no dimensional information and therefore it is necessary to specify the units being used Also DXF files are essentially 2D and therefore the Plane must also be specified For Project X this will always be XY 32 1 Exporting Data as a DXF This option will allow the measured data to be exported as a DMF file The geometry of the measured features can then be imported into a CAD package for example for reverse engineering purposes Select the Export Data as DXF option and then use the Browse button to save the DXF file where desired Note that this will export the measured features only The dimensions which may have been called up are not compatible with a DXF file format 79 32 2 Import Hole Positions The Point Unit Details report will compile a tabulated report of the nominal and actual measured XY centres of all circles arcs and points in an inspection The nominal values for the centres can either be entered by typing in the values within the template area for each unit or alternatively by importing the hole positions using a DXF File Select the Import Hole Positions option and browse to the relevant DXF File The software wil
68. e screen X 135 614mm Y 10 372mm reefs ie ioe eee wi ADR eee es i as 417 Now click on the first line for which you wish to construct the intersection It will temporarily flash pink to show that it has been selected Then click on the second line It will also flash pink and then the Point Measure window will automatically open showing the details of the constructed point Oe E earn BERT sentil pubs Taraa EET fom 2 han aA tae 5 T eee TTT TE SHEE BH Fd SAAT BA Ta re ar E aaa _ a Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a representation of the point as a blue dot Clicking Set Ref before OK will set the co ordinates of the point to 0 0 a a Note that the size of the blue dot can be configured to suit the user in Machine set Up under the Display tab 18 Dimensions can then be called up to the constructed point as for any feature i Mak hooo 21 1 2 Constructing a point at the intersection of a line with a circle or an arc To construct a point between a line and a circle or an arc follow the procedure as described in section 21 1 1 above If the line is approximately tangential to the circle or arc as in the slot shown above then it is possible that the features do not intersect at all In this situation the following prompt will appear 4berlink 3D Software Help x 7 i 1 These Features do not For an intersecti
69. e values to the dimensions e e r Hizi mp ie fies Gee ibra 1 fice ea pie a ee ok Be ee LL EP es aaa aaa Sr eat PH i HEC SS Rt t pina A Gee gat eee Oe aaa eee l X 39 234mm Y 0 055mm Note that the first two features of the program should be Set Ref This will typically be a circle arc or point to set its centre as X 0 Y 0 and a line to define alignment However it is possible to use 2 nominally perpendicular lines as references in which case the intersection of the lines will define X 0 Y 0 and the 2 line will define alignment 60 Now put the 2 component of the batch onto the machine Make sure that the Camera Image window is open but NOT maximised To run the program click on the Play icon Note that if the Camera Image is maximised the Play button cannot be seen The following message will appear 4berlink 3D Software Click Yes This will set the Reference point X 0 Y 0 for the component program to the same machine position as when the program was initially created ie it assumes that the part has been put down in the same position as when previously measured 30 1 Running the program if the component is in the same position as when originally measured If the part has been placed on the machine in the same position as when originally measured for instance by using simple fixturing then the program is immediately ready to run in automatic mode How close it needs
70. e window will automatically appear CER Serian Mol Peira Taie Line Pasion i 0 164 Amr 0 587 150 VET esr mi fams Fit f 0007 bamo Ge E X EDAM VAM 2 OO 0 ont Ses aae clear ma Fae aal sake Cay E T FPF io e Daime paa g herasa fie1523 aneto caL e m lea a 724285 790599 Parraton 00n Star ff luni eet Porta zt hom fimo Pack mo pim Sah Let ia pon te Fe T THiS Ta Siri 1E H oe 75 11 re hed Tii Seo t a i a iHi 2h Ri i If happy with the results click OK to accept the Line measurement Now click once on the arc at the top of the image Once again two green and two yellow crosses will be displayed showing the area over which the edge is scanned adjacent to the initial mouse click The software will recognise the shape to be an arc and continue its scan to the left until the arc blends with the straight line previously measured and to the right and it blends into the next radius Again when it finishes its scan the Measurement window will automatically open DOO E Pointa Taki E Ciiik r ee 1 13 eooo ooo D 3912 eeraa vasa 2 eo OM ee 0n i pe Be he teh hy a lin be Bhi my Rate Clear Dame Stone construct Set rer a x Cinde Teri piate E Pinbe Head p Probe Cen FRE atio p Fra revel fon x mai Plane Ha caL ie irral pom pea Hne HESSE S078 Ferneision io Eta i Piin vai Pana I hom iut argk a ae I ond j Die F072 Sten sin
71. easured then the features used as references will need to be measured manually so that the program knows the position and orientation of the component before it is able to continue automatically This is why the reference features measured should be at the beginning of the program In this situation after you have clicked on the Play button and autoset the work offset as above to bring up the CNC Program window tick the Manually Measure Ref option 65 E ENE Program EEE Tezi Run c i Program i a 1 Circle Feed Rate 100 H en J Line I I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 H 3 Circle i Line Next hove mmm fe si eae Cine fzi2so4 51383 ono af 6 Circle T Single Block Step H 7 Line Options B Bicong Line C Run Current Component Only ff 9 Circle f Run All Components SPC All Components _ Clear Diy Rae W Manually Measure Ref Print Qut Each Offset W Hide Vision Form C ermm measurements Play 1 Auto Save Browse PEED HOLD Run Program Cancel Now when you click on Run Program the Main Screen will show the first feature to be measured highlighted in green This time however there will be no target square to guide the user to the feature Again it may be necessary to move the CNC program window and the feature measurement window and also the Camera Image window in order to see the measured features within the Main Screen If the Camera Image window is mi
72. ected This will allow faster measurement as the user only has to select approximately where the point is to be taken It does however still require a reasonably good visible edge for the software to detect The area over which the tool searches for the edge point can be defined in the Detection Tools window 7 5 Cross Hair Points p It is possible to perform measurements without using the software s automatic edge detection tools If the cross hair button is pressed the measurements performed will use points selected by the user To do this align the cross hairs over the feature you wish to measure to record the position of the point under the cross hairs simply click the left hand mouse button This may be useful if the component being measured cannot be lit in such a way as to produce well defined edges 5 1 Using the cross hairs as a protractor to measure angles ol 4 Clie aa ed La eee a am Clicking on the edge Read the angle of with the R H mouse the cross hairs button aligns the cross hairs to the DERE ta ee AEN y Clicking in the centre A with the R H mouse button re sets the cross hairs to 90 Deg Oe ee ee It is also possible to use the cross hairs as a protractor to measure angles To do this click on the screen with the right hand mouse button and the cross hair will turn to align them selves with the point you just clicked the angle
73. ected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window A short cut to printing feature profiles is to right click in the graphic area in the measurement window for the required feature and select Print 59 28 6 Multiple Components If a batch of components have been measured and the SPC data collected see chapter 30 4 then the measurement results for the whole batch may be printed out on a single report as follows Click the Print button to get a Print Preview on the screen Drawing Ke 2455 Description tp a e E a a E E E E E E f e ade fi iP Printer Pomi Canai Note that only the measured value may be reported in this format Any measurements that were out of limits will be shown in red If you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be selected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window 454 ag 28 7 Outputting Tabulated reports into an Excel spreadsheet lf Excel has been loaded on to the Project X controller not standard then any of the tabulated format reports can be downloaded into an Excel spreadsheet by simply clicking on the Excel button within the print window Excel will automatically be opened and all the functionality of the Excel
74. ed in chapter 32 DXF Files ih This button can be used for selecting required dimension types as follows 17 13 The Dimension Type button Select the features between which you wish to dimension as for aligned dimensions in section 17 1 above The features will turn pink and the outline 03 of some aligned dimension leader lines will appear Now before positioning the dimension click on the Dimension Type button This will bring up the following menu w Measurement Options Select the type of dimension required and then click OK Note that this function can also be performed by right clicking on the background of the Main Screen to bring up a similar menu as previously described 404 18 0 USING THE FEATURE SELECT BUTTONS In some instances it will be difficult to select a feature by clicking on it directly If you have difficulty in selecting a feature the Feature Select buttons will provide the solution blo The red number initially zero refers to the feature number in the order that it was measured For instance if you measured a line first followed by a circle and then another line the first line would be feature number 1 the circle number 2 and the second line number 3 Now you can use the right and left arrows to increment and decrement the feature number to highlight the feature desired As the feature number is selected the graphical representation of that feature will become red Now clic
75. eless It is possible to save the inspection giving ita new name using the Save File As button When using a password be careful to remember the exact word which will be case sensitive 44 28 0 PRINT The print button is used to create an inspection report from the results displayed in the Main Screen Clicking on the Print button will bring up the following window Frnt Cetade m raphe Delals O Tabulabed rats O Tabusted Oimensone D Peart rw Damals bart C Pasture Profle O Mpe Componeni Tay eborrer Crear bla aero EE Dente OP Wd F Homma Mert ica 7 Artia F Ener I Limi F PmnfFg I tran Tol ly Geometic Tolerance Limi 7 Game Tote Penal Cal All inspection reports will be printed with a border around them which can contain information about the part being inspected This information can be entered in the white boxes within the border details frame It is not essential to enter this information and if not entered the border will remain blank except for the date which is entered by default The headings are also customisable simply type in whichever heading you prefer This will then remain as the default heading Your company name and address as entered in the Software Set Up see chapter 29 4 will also be printed on each page There are six different formats that you can select for the printing of reports Graphic Details prints results in the same form as the graphic display Tabulated
76. er that any changes that have been made to the inspection since it was last saved will now overwrite the previously saved inspection which will be lost If you wish to keep both the changes and the previously saved inspection then you will have to save the changes under a new file name by using the Save File As button If you click on the Save File button and the inspection has not been previously saved then you will be prompted to enter a file name as for the Save File As button 442 26 0 SAVE FILE AS Gel The Save File As button should be used when you wish to save the inspection allocating it a new file name This could be simply because you are saving the inspection for the first time When clicking on the Save As button it will open a window that will allow you to name and save the file The Save In box will default to the file path specified in the Results Folder in the software set up see Chapter 24 Software Set Up 143 Boo 27 0 NAME AND SAVE FILE Ls This button allows the password protection of files When you click on this button the following window will appear x Program Options Save Password OK If you type in a password the inspection cannot be overwritten at any time in the future unless the password is again entered Note that it is possible to modify the inspection or add features to it etc however these changes cannot be saved using the same name Neverth
77. er lines can be positioned at any length in any quadrant of the angle by moving the cursor on the screen When they are at a convenient position click for a third time and the dimension will now appear on the screen ri Erm Note that if the lines are almost parallel then software may default to an aligned linear dimension In this case simply right click before positioning the dimension on the screen and select it as an angular dimension 2D and 3D will be the same similar to selecting horizontal and vertical dimensions as described in section 17 2 above Similarly when lines are almost perpendicular the geometric tolerance reported will change from angularity to squareness Note that if the Geometric Tolerance button is switched on then the geometric tolerance for angularity will also be displayed by default Note that for an angle only the dimension will be placed at the position of the final click 17 4 Diameter and Radius Dimensions The diameter of a circle or radius of an arc if less than 180 may be brought up on the screen as follows Select the circle or arc as previously described If correctly selected the feature will turn pink Now select the same feature again The outline of a single dimension leader line will appear on the screen and this can be positioned anywhere on the screen by 92 moving the cursor When it is at a convenient position left click the mouse for a third time and the diameter or radi
78. f the desired size enclosing the entire edge but only the edge being measured click again This will automatically fire the Circle Tool and any edge within the selection box will be measured Momentarily the measured points will be displayed as crosses on the image 26 A Circle Measure window will then appear showing the measured points together with the best fit circle through the points Circle Measure Circle Ce ntre X y oiei Z oo D 1082 Points Taken E EE Probe Head Frobe Centre Bess st Pre travel 0 170 a 256 522 ee CAL o Cver travel 0170 104530 Penetration 0 000 Star M p Plunge ect Paints 0 000 Start angle 0 Raek i i ooo Dia 1 082 Endangle 360 SS 10 000 Bore Boss Pitch 0 000 Dia o 000 k f 1 000 x o ay Z Feed C1x CY cr2 ere eee 256 088 104 277 gt 256 068 104 277 256 068 1404 277 R D R 500 a 500 ol 256 185 4104806 4852 257010 10 ZF The number of points taken is shown in the top left hand corner The X Y and Z values relate to the centre point of the circle and D is its diameter The graphical picture of the circle shows the measured points represented as small red circles The larger blue circle is the best fit circle through these points The roundness value for the circle is shown underneath the graphic view together with a slider bar for changing the scale at which
79. from datum B It is possible to select up to 3 datums relative to a true position X 10 332 Y6 045 70 000 10 149 CAB I Fig 20 0 9 True position of circle from datum C A amp B The software will not automatically know the correct position for the circle and will just have rounded the measured values to achieve a guess at its position You must therefore check that the correct position values have been entered Right click on the green dimension line attached to the position information to bring up the dimension details window 99 Ei Dimension Details Fl x Current Measurement Unit 5 Between 5 amp 6 Measured Dimension Identifier Emm Circle True Position Morminal Dimension 6 000 Dim Error 002r Geometric Tolerance aE o Tolerance Length Geometric Limit 0 050 Display Layer 3 3 Show Error l ELCO do a Nominal Actual 72100 fizosos M w oooo Foose a z ooon foao Mo e D E enter e miin e Wear OK E Fig 40 0 10 True position of circle from datum B The position of the circle is at the bottom of the details section If you change these nominal values the true position value will change accordingly Note that these values are relative to the datum position on the component being measured 40 2 9 2 Maximum Material Condition The maximum material condition for a hole can also be displayed if required Again in the dimension details window tick the mmc box This will make
80. green on the Main Screen and its appropriate measurement window opened If the 2 feature to be measured is already within the field of view ie the crosshairs already in the target square the Camera Image window will automatically open again and the measurement points automatically taken on the second feature If however the camera needs to be moved to measure the pno feature the Camera Image window will remain minimised and the required move will be shown on the Main Screen 463 Se eS a e i aiii a fa ee ber cee an oe Bee 7A Spe oe de i ier Pesos I T i ee a iim k BEHI L T rh ti iA Fate s von agi azer iu H T bpe EF m j 7 Ter eed aro a Ei X 14 323mm Y 0 328mm Again the target for the second feature will be shown as a pink square and the XY readouts will show the required distance to move Move the camera using the hand wheels so that the centre of the cross hairs is within the pink target box and again the Camera Image window will open and the feature will be automatically measured Whenever the features to be measured are within the Field of View of the camera they will be automatically measured Whenever the camera needs to be moved the Camera Image window will minimise and the required move will be shown on the Main Screen In this way the program can be followed through in exactly the same order as originally measured When a feature uses a different lighting arrangement thi
81. h pm aes Expand Redraw Zoom Full Zoom out Show Error Erase Erase All in View Print Refit to DXF DXF Profile Tol Circle Temp kate Cerra FPE will change the graphic window to fill the whole screen right click again and choose shrink to return to the original measurement window will refresh the window will zoom to fit the whole of the graphic representation to the full size of the window will zoom out by a fixed percentage right clicking on a specific point and selecting Show Error will bring up the error of that point from the best fit feature right clicking on a specific point and selecting Erase will delete that measurement point allows a box to be dragged to cover multiple points all of which will be deleted allows the graphic window to be printed in the form of a Feature Profile report see chapter 28 5 is used when fitting a curve measure feature to a DXF File see chapter 32 5 is used when fitting a curve measure feature to a DXF File see chapter 32 5 414 20 9 20 10 20 11 20 12 20 13 20 14 20 15 20 16 20 17 20 18 This box allows the Feature to be drawn in any one of ten drawing layers which may then be made visible or invisible see chapter 34 Display Layers This can be useful if very complex inspection cannot be seen clearly on the Main Screen They can then be displayed and printed in m
82. h at the top of the Thread Form window represents the pitch of the threads measured The top value is the largest measured value the bottom value is the smallest measured value and the middle value represents the mean value for all the threads measured The lead trail and total angle of the thread are also reported As of version 30 10 51 these measurements cannot be printed out in the form of an inspection report however when you click OK on the Thread Form window a Line Measurement window will automatically open depicting the pitch line for the thread jas SS ed ery 7 m o as i Sein bio i Fiii Tale Line Position 1 000 3 j ote 2 kw Points Fit B iei 2 Ble E H perge YAMS Toe a ZE ed te Lire Temata Probe Head r Probe End FAF n mo Fre trewel fam ead EEEREN Plane bd I fase fe l coe ta fan hmas 00593 Pararaton 0 000 Shar Plunga a ae Ponta z hom oto Fack DER ooo l pom ig O Let Mit i Ea DSF E m r z ssl oma oo Tee TT as 63 Clicking OK will accept these measurements and a representation of the line will be drawn in the graphics area of the Main Screen Hence by repeating the measurement on the other side of the thread will allow the effective diameter of the thread to be measured sie flee aia m W erre eer L r i CeO be Oe E E
83. heir intensity controlled up to 100 power This will typically be used for lighting the top surface of a component being measured By lighting from one side or another the clarity of any 3D edges on a component can be optimised secondly there is a backlight beneath the glass stage This is of a fixed size but again the intensity is fully controllable up to 100 power This will typically be used for silhouetting a component when measuring around the outside or any holes or transparent features within the component Note that any light settings used during the inspection of a component will automatically be recalled if using the Play function to measure further components of the same type see the Play Function in chapter 17 The 2 light sources may be switched on by clicking on the Light Control icon This brings up the following window Lighting ae arene eens which can be conveniently sized and positioned on the screen for example as follows is ij lE Crone crear Pace X 200 225mm Y 102 411mm E e mee ETET ATEL oD jiu e tra _ i Fead G oera y eer Fima Bens a EA To turn the ring light on right click on the ring light icon at the top of the window The pattern of LEDs lit will be represented by light grey dots Unlit LEDs will be shown as dark grey The number in the top left hand corner of the window denotes the percentage power being applied to the LED s which is propo
84. ic window 40 2 4 Cylindricity All the points of a surface of revolution are equidistant from a common axis A cylindricity tolerance specifies a tolerance zone bounded by two concentric cylinders within which the surface must lie If the geometric tolerance button is switch on the cylindricity of a cylinder will be displayed automatically underneath the diameter in the graphic window 019 275 30 004 40 2 5 Parallelism The condition of a surface or axis equidistant at all points from a datum plane or axis Parallelism tolerance specifies one of the following a zone defined by two planes or lines parallel to a datum plane or axis or a cylindrical tolerance zone whose axis is parallel to a datum axis If the geometric tolerance button is switch on the parallelism of between two lines or planes will be displayed automatically underneath the dimension in oe a ie ae a T7 N Fa a L 33 a mys a d A ii E 33 995 H Ji gn F i a s e N 1 F Taga es i 0 043 Na ge Ps i ie E ae i fs m Pe the graphic window 40 2 6 Angularity The condition of a surface or axis at a specified angle other than 30 01 55 0 021 90 from a datum plane or axis The tolerance zone is defined by two parallel planes at the specified basic angle from a datum plane or axis If the geometric tolerance button is switch on the angularity of between two lines or planes will be displayed automatic
85. imension leader line will appear on the screen and this can be positioned anywhere on the screen by moving the cursor When it is at a convenient position left click the mouse for a third time and the straightness value for the line will now appear on the screen The straightness value of a line is defined as the largest error of any measured point in a positive direction from the best fit line plus the largest error of any measured point in a negative direction 17 7 Displaying the Concentricity between two Circles In order to display the concentricity between two circles the Geometric Tolerance button must be switched on The concentricity between circles may be brought up on the screen as follows Select the first circle as previously described If correctly selected the circle will turn pink Now select the second circle If the circles are approximately concentric then the outline of a single dimension leader line will appear on the screen attached to the larger circle and this can be positioned anywhere on the screen by moving the cursor When it is at a convenient position left click the mouse for a third time and the concentricity value for the line will now appear on the screen 95 The concentricity value between the circles is defined as the twice the distance between their centres If the circles are not very concentric so that when clicking on them the software defaults to reporting the centre to centre distan
86. in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above 8 5 3 Measuring Points using Mouse Points lie When this button is pressed automatic edge detection is no longer used The user must click on the image at exactly the position that they wish to take a point in exactly the same way as described when measuring a circle in section 8 2 3 above 8 5 4 Measuring Points using the Smart Edge function a The Smart Edge function can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed Points can be measured by clicking directly on the image similar to Mouse Points described above However when using this function the operator does not have to select the points exactly Simply click approximately in the area where you would like a point to be taken The software will then scan the adjacent area to find an edge and then take a point on that edge 40 This function is exactly as has been described when measuring circles in section 8 2 4 above 8 6 PEAK POINTS This function allows the user to define a box on the image and the software will automatically determine the nearest or furthest point on any edge within the box perpendicular to the orientation of the box This may be useful for instance for determining the highest point on a gear tooth 8 6 1 Measuring Peak Points using Edge Detection a Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected To measur
87. int would be the This point would be the first peak in the graph second peak in the graph 46 First this is the first peak in the graph Second this is the second peak in the graph Third this is the third peak in the graph Last this is the last peak in the graph Default this is the default setting for point detection Strongest this option use s the strongest camera signal for point detection Sharpest this option use s the sharpest part of the image for point detection 77 i p 10 0 CAMERA CONTROLS The brightness and contrast of the Camera Image can be controlled using the tools in the Camera Control window 10 1 Basic Camera Controls M DevaCamStulf Contrast Used Advanced 1 Brightness Slider The brightness can be adjusted using this slider to achieve the optimum image on the screen The Auto function must be switched off for the slider to work 2 Contrast Slider The brightness can be adjusted using this slider to achieve the optimum image on the screen The Auto function must be switched off for the slider to work 92 of Image from camera By setting the Used to 92 this rouge pixel is i filtered out of the image This could be a bright stop on the part a 100 of Image from camera E 3 Used This slider allows you to filter out pixels from the very ends of the camera histogram 18 A setting of a 100 best for a shadowg
88. it the measurement points taken This button is a latching type which when on will become highlighted It will also automatically bring on the Store Points function see chapter 40 which will also become highlighted To switch the Feature Predict function off again you must click on the button for a second time and the button will return to its normal grey colour Note that the Store Points function will also have to be turned off separately With the Feature Predict function switched on if the stored points fit either a circle an arc or a line the software will automatically open this window displaying the measured points However this has little practical use for a vision machine such as Project X where the usual mode of measuring is using automatic edge detection tools 204 42 0 Measured details or template details M OR LT When a program is first made the software will create a template for each feature that will be used for each subsequent measurement Usually this information will be taken from each feature on the first time that is was measured however it is also possible to download a program template from a DXF file This information can be seen in the template area of each measurement window When the button shows M the Main Screen will show measured features drawn in blue If you click on the M the button will change to T and the template for the inspection will now be shown in grey Click on
89. jo 043 Geometric Tolerance i ih Tolerance Length a _ Geometric Limit 0 200 Display Layer A Show Error Li TETE Add Clear Tolerance Absolute Relative Upper Limit 4700 o 000 Lower Limit 14 600 Fo 100 i enter E min e Wax And if a geometric tolerance eg Roundness Parallelism etc applies to the the dimension called up then the value for this will be shown in the Geometric Tolerance box If the Geometric Tolerance is being applied over a specific length then the measured length over which this tolerance is being applied will be shown in the Tolerance Length box For example in the window shown above the parallelism of the front to back edges of the component being measured is 0 007mm over a length of 63 955mm The limit for the Geometric Tolerance value is shown in the Geometric Limit box By default this will be equal to the value set in the Machine Set Up chapter 29 1 but again this can be changed by simply typing over the value in the box If relevant for instance when calling up True Positions the Geometric Tolerance can be made to be relative to up to three previously set datums by selecting each datum from the drop down menu and clicking Add 08 19 1 Showing SPC Batch Information If a batch of components have been measured using the Play function and the SPC data has been collected using the SPC all Components option then the batch information for each dimension can be displ
90. king anywhere within the graphical view will select the desired feature 05 The Feature Select button will only work to select a feature once If you need to select the same feature twice for instance to display the diameter of a circle simply click on the red number again to re highlight that feature This removes the necessity to use the right and left arrows to move off and return to the desired feature Now click in the graphical view again to re select the feature The feature number for each feature is shown in the top right hand corner of its measurement window It is possible to highlight the number within the Feature Select button and type in the desired feature number Clicking on the number will then highlight that feature This may be useful if you have a large number of measured features 06 19 0 THE DIMENSION DETAILS WINDOW Having called up a dimension on the Main Screen it is possible to set the nominal value for that dimension and its tolerance by right clicking on the dimension line to bring up the Dimension Details window P Dimension Details e 2 Current Measurement Unt 2 BetweensS 214 Measured Dimension Identifier fi 4 7mm Between Line and Line Nominal Dimension i 4 700 Dim Error 0 043 Fi Geometric Tolerance AA Tolerance Length a Geometric Limit 0 200 Display Layer an Show Error i Datums BEEE Add Clear Tolerance Absolute Relative i Limit 14 9
91. l now match each measured hole to its corresponding position in the DXF file so long as it is within the tolerance set under the DXF Hole Found Tolerance setting under the Units tab in the Machine Set Up window The holes within this tolerance will temporarily change colour on the screen and their nominal XY centre positions will automatically be updated Note that the reference point 0 0 position and alignment for the measurement must match that of the DXF file 32 3 Import Program Template This function can be used to import a DXF file which can then be run as a program using the Play function The features to be measured will appear as light grey on the Main Screen When the program is run the feature to be measured will turn green and its measurement window will automatically open The advantage of this is minimal on a manual machine such as Project X 32 4 Import As Measured This function exactly the same as above A DXF file can be imported and run as a program However the only difference with this option is that the features to be measured will appear as dark blue measured features rather than light grey template 32 5 Import As Curve Profile If the component shape has been measured as a Curve profile it is possible to import the DXF file for the shape and perform a best fit optimisation to get the measured points to fit the DXF file Firstly measure the component as a Curve This will appear as a serie
92. l temporarily appear as the edge is traced around A Curve Measurement window will then open as follows Curve Measure R E Bea x ag i Section Mafa Points Taken Curve Point Position X yo 2 8 L 768 084 D 244 489 Points Fit rr le Retake Clear Delete Plane Construct Set Ref o gt bi Curve Template Probe Head Probe Start End End CIP A Brie m Pre travel o o00 x o 000 0 000 0 000 Cinch erie fo 000 000 E Axis fo VEY Tfhave 5 Y 0 000 0 000 o 000 Otay ir Sinnaa stereo naps Z o o00 o oo fo 000 Rack i i 0 000 E Step Size fo 000 ane IE o o00 ae C Right Dia 0 000 k 1 000 Fue a Sie CIX n C2 x 195 687 122 902 500 0 195 667 122 902 500 0 195 687 122 902 6 101 15 657 12 0 000 0 000 500 0 lf you then wish to add more edge grabs into the same unit simply move the image to the next position required and click once on the image again Ce hl gt E seini Euri Pant Prititinii Pa a j5 En oe 2 hie imo fom Smax po EERTE LET biG j i Tas Bet TEI cae 44 75 BET 175 Tet io mge aides es MIb it E l mr bl iH hii Sib 145 14a aab Aia hid Sip iii ET TA Arib 1 Bi Sin TRETI 0 SHB fas AES Be tet Sine Tamplate x S Probe Head pare _ Ered Era ita 4 rk 1 i ee aa ee eat oo Y fom aonn bom ek tel Sten Sime po Let C mhi Tenn AE a Te dC BE uime ALA
93. layers for both the features and dimensions are shown in bold type You cannot switch these layers off If you try to do this the following warning will appear Aberlink 3D To change the default layer right click on the desired layer to bring up the following menu Having changed the default layer you will now be able to switch the original layer off 83 35 0 WORK PIECE CO ORDINATE oS The work piece co ordinate WPC is the X Y reference position 0 0 of a component in machine co ordinates In other words it defines whereabouts a component is positioned on the table of the machine This button can be used for setting the work piece co ordinate when running a program using the Play function However this has little practical value for a manual machine such as Project X because when running a program the software will either automatically calculate the WPC for a program if the part is in the same position on the table as when previously measured or alternatively the Manually Measure Ref Function can be used to determine the position of the component if it has been moved see chapter 30 0 The Play Function 484 36 0 SPC an There is basic SPC batch information that can be stored and reported within the Aberlink software as standard see Chapter 19 1 Showing SPC Batch Information However it is also possible to output the measured data to certain external SPC programs using the SPC button shown above T
94. lect Size 20 43 Select Size 130 When using the Smart Edge measurement type this defines how close the user has to click to an edge on the image in order for the software to automatically take a point The Select Size is quite an important tool when using the One Edge measurement function Using this function the software analyses the edge being measured within the selected area and therefore it is possible if the area is too small to mistake a large arc for a straight line Increasing the size of the Selection Area will help the software determine which type of feature is being measured 9 5 Thread Flank This setting is relevant when using the Thread Measure tool The Thread Flank percentage defines the straight part of the thread that is used to determine the flank angle 74 9 6 Min Contrast The Min Contrast setting is only relevant when using the Play Function to measure repeat components in semi automatic format see chapter 30 When doing repeat measurements on components the contrast required for the software to detect an edge will be this percentage of the contrast achieved when the program was originally created 9 7 Colours Edge Points and Measurement Tools The colour of both the measurement points and the measurement tools can be chosen to suit the user and component being measured Clicking on the appropriate Set button will bring up a colour palette allowing the user to select their de
95. lue for the circle will be blank You can add as many points as you like to the circle by clicking on the image but as soon as there are more than three points the roundness value of the circle will be shown underneath the graphic view Cinde Terin kate FPmhe Head Probe Cena FRP Fra rave TE Sit acts UL ae Le brit n Bo 47148 58 Plane hg tab E tbir poi pas trea aii Y Bins Paneiestion Cmt Bhar lt P wa r PE ch Pan Tye tbat fey el E Fack Zz oo Wa P3 Sten Sing 250 MEE Boe C Bos Fih pmi Dia poo ooo an aw The slider bar adjacent to the roundness value is used for changing the scale at which the errors are displayed in the graphical representation Clicking Retake will erase the last measured point Clicking Clear will erase all the measured points but leave the Circle Measure window open Clicking Delete will erase all the measured points and close the Circle Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Circle Measure window will be closed and a representation of the arc will be drawn within the Main screen Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will cause the centre of the circle to be set to X 0 and Y 0 Having clicked OK it is possible to recall the measured points shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels function see chapter 12 8 2 4 Measuring Circles using the Smart Edge function Eee The Smart Edge functio
96. mple AaB i yz Script Western This i an OpenType font This same font will be used on bath your printer and your screen The font style and size of the printed results may now be selected from the selection available within Windows Display Averaging Will take this many readings from the scale before displaying the average This helps to stabilise the readouts and prevent them from flickering between two readings Max Font Size This relates to the maximum font size for words appearing within all of the forms within the software This does not usually need to be set by the user unless for instance when changing the language file Number of Standard Deviations can be used to configure the results reported when compiling SPC data see chapter 19 The Dimension Details window Display Font The font style and size of the results can be selected by clicking on the grey box This will bring up the following window Polar Co ordinates Allows the user to set the zero angle position according to a clock face and also the positive negative directions 29 3 Feature Points Not relevant to Project X 56 29 4 Company s Set up Details Name ABERLINK LTL Address The Quarry Vatch Lane Glas GL6 DY UK The Name and Address entered in this window will appear on all inspection reports printed 29 5 General Set up Details Temperature deg C 20 ij laterial Other Thermal Expansion Coeffi
97. n can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed the feature selected will be measured by using discreet points selected by the user similar to Mouse Points described above However when using this function the operator does not have to select the points exactly Simply click approximately in the area where you would like a point to be taken The software will then scan the adjacent area to find an edge and then take a point on that edge Momentarily five crosses will flash on the screen as follows The two yellow and two green crosses define the area searched for an edge The cross in the middle of these represents the point taken on the edge The size of the area scanned within the crosses can be set in the Detection Tools Window see chapter 9 4 Select Size When using the Circle Measure function a Circle Measure window will automatically open exactly as when using the Mouse Points function Do not OK the Circle Measure window until a minimum of three points have been taken as above 8 3 LINES d 8 3 1 Measuring Lines using Edge Detection a Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected When the Line Measure function is selected the software will allow the measurement of lines by clicking on the image in 2 positions and then defining a measurement selection box exactly as when using the auto select function described in section 8 1 1 1 ab
98. n colour the target square will disappear and the readouts will change to say STOP and ARRESTO The Camera Image window will then automatically reappear and the next part of the Curve will be measured Continue in this manner until the Curve gets back to the end point previously defined at which point the Curve Measure Window will automatically appear as described above 48 Curve Measure 1 Section No Cu re Poi nt P osition Points Taken L Frobe Curve Template Stat End End o LP X foo _ foooo o oo z ooo ooo fono a Step Size 0 000 Giet C Right 96 444 104896 sez1 96 740 105 073 3621 96 552 104655 3 631 8 7 3 Measuring a Curve using Centre Line Detection i The Curve Measure function can be used to scan around the centre line between two edges by using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above The Mouse Point and Smart Edge functions cannot be used for measuring a Curve 49 8 8 THE ONE EDGE FEATURE Ld The One Edge Feature can be used to measure a circle line or arc as a single feature using just one click on the image The software will scan the edge within an area adjacent to the mouse click in order to determine what shape is being measured and then extend the scan in both directions either until it reaches the edge of the field of view of the camera or blends in to another shape
99. nal kd A EAEE sh CE LAL Dwe HE ES Di b F ha ieee Heere j ie iza aa Eo When you have created the box to the desired size enclosing the entire edge but only the edge being measured click again This will automatically fire the Line Tool and any edge within the selection box will be measured Momentarily the measured points will be displayed as crosses on the image 20 A Line Measure window will then appear showing the measured points together with the best fit line through the points Line A cee Line Tangda End Em3 had Tie fas Plane hg aL faa ie 3 Fararsim ii 2 hom ome Rot O Let foe TCI Fiia o O E triis T ml mon Taiz Muris aa The number of points taken is shown in the top left hand corner The i j and k values relate to the direction vector for the line and L is its length The length is shown in grey because it simply shows distance between the two points selected on the image It does not relate to any specific size on the component The graphical picture of the line shows the measured points represented as red circles The blue line is the best fit line through these points The straightness value for the line is shown underneath the graphic view together with a slider bar for changing the scale at which the errors are displayed in the graphical representation BELE ee Lies Position I tms j
100. ndow will bring up the following menu Shrink Redraw Zoom Full zoom Cue Show Error Erase Erase All In view Print ReFit To DXF DXF Problestiolehance Shrink will return to the full Curve Measure window Redraw will refresh the image 475 Zoom Full will zoom to fit the whole of the Curve to fit the window Zoom Out will Zoom out by a fixed percentage Show Error will bring up a box showing the error of any point right clicked on Erase will erase any point right clicked on Erase All In View will allow a box to be dragged over multiple points to be erased Print will allow this representation to be printed as a Feature Profile report ReFit to DXF will allow the best fit routine to be repeated DXF Profile Tolerance will allow the default tolerance that was imported with the DXF file to be changed for any feature within the DXF file Right click on that feature and select this option If the DXF file happens to contain gaps for any reason this can produce errors because the error for the measured data within the gap s will be reported to the closest point on the DXF file as follows Measured data in this area snaps to nearest point on the available DXF file oe E Fei In this situation simply tick the Ignore Points Off Profile box which will now produce a representation as follows 476 5 p EEZ p a an T i eee l re U eee cr ee 477 32 6
101. nimised bring it back Now move to the first reference feature and measure it in the normal way Note that this may also require adjustment of the Z axis although the lighting originally used will be recalled automatically If the feature has been measured in more than one section the software will wait until the same number of point grabs have been made as originally taken When the measurement has been completed the relevant measurement window will close and the measurement window for the second feature will open Now move the camera above the second feature and measure again Continue in this way until both reference features have been measured of course this is why the reference features should be the first 2 features When the reference features have been measured the Camera Image window will minimise and the program will continue automatically as described previously 466 30 3 Running the program without the Hide Vision Form option selected When the Hide Vision Form option is not selected the Play function will work in exactly the same way except that if the Camera Image window is minimised it will remain minimised throughout the running of the program This means that the operator will not see the measurement points being taken in the Camera Image window el PT ae a TT atl i et wa H Ba F _ al F IE F M eat a aji d ae d ra mi r a i p a r ar F Requi
102. ns from more than one inspection to a Tabulated Dimensions report using the Clear Report and Add to Report buttons which appear on the Print window when selecting this report type Bankr Firini Disi e Tih Bae O pc h Drawing a fiae r Taia re Saral iiD Par lUlUtUt t lt lt i Ci SOSCSCS S S F Tabdaad Dimensions necie Ge Point Unit Dalak kirlerini porn Patani Profile M Motipky Campinense Cl RR em lE iheir Daie ki agde Soa F Homia Bies F ria P Ene F Colour ee ea A TBM YI Fo F Limits P PossFal The Clear Report button will erase any dimensions previously added into the Tabulated Dimension report H Gao To H Gaometic Tolerance Lim Fe cament demane Paea BG Chaar Ropret Ad to Report Every time you click on the Add to Report button the dimensions that are displayed on the main screen will be added to the report Click the Print button to get a Print Preview on the screen pemen af m sons kanan H e O 448 If you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be selected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window 28 4 Point Unit Details This report will list in a tabulated format the X Y nominal position actual measured position and error for all circles arcs and points
103. nsion in the graphic window In Aberlink 3D the symmetry result is calculated from three features the centre line feature A and the mid point B between two other features the difference between the mid point and the centre line feature is displayed as symmetry under both dimension in the graphic window 10 000 202 40 2 11 Profile A Tolerancing method of controlling irregular surfaces lines arcs or normal planes Profiles can be applied to individual line elements or the entire surface of a part The profile tolerance specifies a uniform boundary along the true profile within which the elements of the surface must lie If you best fit a DXF file to a measured curve it is possible to display the profile tolerance by L H click twice on the curve If you than R H click you will see a drop down menu pick Profile option and the outline of a leader line will appear Move the cursor to a convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and L H click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen s t i ptt ts Fy Ba a F a a E 10 270 s a 0 013 a m z a b d a H res E La i oT i n T 203 41 0 FEATURE PREDICT K The Feature Predict function is a time saving function aimed at cutting down the amount that the user has to interface with the PC In this mode the software will predict the feature required to f
104. o find out for which SPC packages an interface is available please contact Aberlink directly 85 37 0 STOP The Stop button can be used to halt a program being run using the Play function at any time This will bring up the following window Then follow the prompts to exit the program 86 mo 38 0 RING ARRAY This function allows a measured feature to be copied either in a circular or a grid pattern in order to make a program to measure multiple features of the same type However this has little practical value for a manual machine such as Project X because a program is automatically created anyway when the features are measured 487 39 0 GEOMTERIC TOLERANCE Ka 39 1 Interdiction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing GD amp T is a universal language of symbols much like the international system of road signs that advise drivers how to navigate the roads GD amp T symbols allow a Design Engineer to precisely and logically describe part features in a way they can be accurately manufactured and inspected GD amp T is expressed in the feature control frame Figure 17 0 0 The feature control frame is like a basic sentence that can be read from left to right For example the feature control frame illustrated would read The 5 mm square shape 1 is controlled with an all around 2 profile tolerance 3 of 0 05 mm 4 in relationship to primary datum A 5 an
105. o pixels per point 8 7 1 Measuring a Curve using Edge Detection a Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected To measure a Curve around an edge click on the image at the position where you want to start the scan A line will now become attached to the image at the position selected that will extend in both directions away from the point as the cursor is moved Move the cursor so that the line cuts the edge of the image at the position required Ideally the line should be at approximately 90 to the edge and its length should cut one edge only When you have created the line of the required size and position click again This will define the start position for the Curve Now click on the image to one side of the start position This click will define the direction that the software will trace around the edge 43 Click here to define scanning clockwise around the shape Alternatively clicking to the left of the start point would define scanning anti clockwise around Finally click again on the image at the position at which you wish to finish the scan Click here to define the end of the scan the Curve will now trace around the entire outside of the shape in a clockwise direction from the start position until it The Curve Measure tool will then be automatically fired and the points on the edge will temporarily appear as the edge is traced around 44 When the Curve Measure is
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107. oftware will now take a few seconds to calculate the rotation and translations required to fit the measured data to the DXF file When it is finished the measured points will snap to the DXF file Click OK and the software will return to the Main Screen Deuenech c eenen Beat BS fine lee C X 223 21 7mm c Y 70 939mm ee i rere AS eh eed ot Lt as ee aa aae cir ra Le a Ta At a glance the areas outside of the tolerance can be seen as they are shown in red 73 Right clicking on the representation of the curve or using the Feature Select buttons will re open the Curve Measure window Curve Measure ajx vix Curve Template Brobe Head Broke xo 223 010 222 962 0 220 ce cil Y masz 114602 Foza a T zZ 160 z160 oooo O cos Pm E Dia R 223265 114341 2 460 500 0 ei R 223265 114341 2460 500 0 223 244 114644 2 460 223 280 1 R 223 265 114341 2460 500 0 Right click in the graphic area and choose expand to make the graphical representation fill the whole screen 474 The measurement point shown in blue denotes the biggest error This value will be shown as the Profile of a Surface value in the bottom left hand corner of the window The scale can be modified by using the slider bar which is located next to the Profile of a Surface box A scale indicator line is shown above the slider bar Right clicking in the wi
108. omatically fired and the points on the edge will temporarily appear as the edge is traced until it reaches the edge of the field of view eee eee malaia YY ee rhe LZA EMER hl ki on on n Ss ee n a se Sn al Ep bt J eas ie art tae TE cm es cm ae a pa E EPan dEi S Mim Pe ag E TE At which point the Camera Image window will be minimised and the Main Screen will be shown as follows 47 nmin lL Wy a bpp gg Lies ieie mig r m e ie re E a J r Peay pa E i rae Ce eke Ob cee ae oe Beal wire X 1 427mm arai ad Y 8 992mm ee Er io wl Boe fi T lah Lai me Beer Vt i IE at aii E a Ta aur The Field of View for the camera is shown as a pink box with pink crosshairs showing its centre A pink square represents the target to where the camera must be moved in order for it to measure the first feature The XY display also shows how far the camera must be moved in each direction to get to the centre of the target Note that the zoom functions may have to be used in order to see the Field of View and Target boxes as shown above Move the camera using the hand wheels so that the centre of the crosshairs is within the pink target box When the crosshairs are within the target area the rectangle representing the Field of View and the crosshairs and the XY readouts will temporarily turn green If the operator pauses the camera within the target area they will then change to red i
109. on None of these geometric tolerance values will by default be displayed on the graphical representation of the component that is built up during the inspection 89 then 30 Stee a alos Fig 20 0 3 Dimensions displayed without Geometric Tolerances ie Pial j oe ia Ta To display on the screen all geometric tolerance values relevant to the inspection simply click on the Geometric Tolerance button Fig 39 0 4 The Geometric Tolerance button The geometric tolerance values that are relevant to the measurements on the screen will now be displayed 90 serie n e ovd evel oly etl ae f Apher tocar a oad eal dion Poa panal tee Warne TEE Ama rAriT See EH Mae goes eed ae as eee eee ZA a oj 5 b a r an i 5 a l a Tiem E t at E i oe T ON mi S 1 ee TE v Fig 39 0 5 Dimensions displayed with Geometric Tolerances ac Now to display the geometric tolerances that are relevant to any particular feature for instance flatness of a plane straightness of a line click twice on that feature and the outline of a leader line will appear Move the cursor to a convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen ees eee miar ry een Ss p 4 s Te z 7 Se y Aa L n 2 it E m ra a l E rai j a Tae S r i T Er a Carini ics ii ta cae lt te me o
110. on The closest points will be produced When you click OK a point will be constructed on the second feature selected where it is closest to the first feature 19 21 1 3 Constructing a point at the intersection between two circles or arcs To construct a point between a line and a circle or an arc follow the procedure as described in section 21 1 1 above The only difference is that in this situation there can be 2 points of intersection as shown below Note that the same can apply to the intersection between a line and a circle or arc To determine which of the 2 intersection points is constructed the software looks at the position at where the user clicks on the second feature selected It doesn t matter where you Click on the first feature selected however ifthe second ss feature is selected above the dotted line r then Point 1 will be constructed or click below the below the line to select Point 2 ie it will construct the closest intersection 21 1 4 Constructing a point at a User Defined position To construct a point at a defined position click on the Point Measure button from the main screen to bring up the Point Measure window Click on the 420 Construct button and the Point Measure window will shrink to a small box at the bottom of the screen as previously described Now click on the white background area of the Main Screen The following box will appear Click yes and ano
111. on can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed the feature selected will be measured by using discreet points selected by the user similar to Mouse Points described above However when using this function the operator does not have to select the points exactly Simply click approximately in the area where you would like a point to be taken The software will then scan the adjacent area to find an edge and then take a point on that edge This function is exactly as has been described when measuring circles in section 8 2 4 above 8 5 POINTS This function allows the user to define a line on the image and the software will take a measurement point at the position where this line crosses an edge on the image 8 5 1 Measuring Points using Edge Detection i Make sure the Edge Detection measurement type button is selected To measure a specific Point on the image click on the image at the position where you require the measurements to be taken A line will now become attached to the image at the position selected that will extend in both directions away from the point as the cursor is moved Move the cursor so that the line cuts the edge of the image at the position that the Point is to be measured Ideally the line should be at approximately 90 to the edge and its length should cut one edge only When you have created the line of the required size and position cu
112. operator warning for the form of a measurement means that the Smiley Face will remain smiling providing that the error of the last measurement point does not exceed the threshold value set in this box Frown Threshold As with the Smile Threshold above the Smiley Face operator warning will start to frown if the error of the last measurement point exceeds the Smile Threshold value set above but is less than the Frown Threshold set in this box If the last measurement point error exceeds the Frown Threshold then the Smiley Face warning will become unhappy Default Geo Tol This box defines the default limit for any Geometric Tolerance applicable when a dimension is called up on the Main Screen DXF Hole Found Tol It is possible to import hole positions for a component in a DXF file format When doing this the software will intelligently pair the measured results to the positions defined in the DXF file In this case the software will use the tolerance set in this box to determine whether a measured hole is paired with inputted values Display D P Defines the number of decimal places displayed Display Resolution This box defines the rounding value for all measured values displayed Therefore it is important that if you want all the decimal places defined in the box above to be significant then the rounding value used in this box should be appropriate For example if the results are displayed to three decimal places then the Display
113. or Image edge Feed percent slides you Range E will see the changes in real time f Default C First Image C Strongest C Second Feed 0 25 C Sharpest Third l Last Range fi i Dark To Light Light To Dark Direction fi 13 J Traverse fio 18 Turn Around fio Averaging side Averaging F B step Size Edge Percent rita Select Size 20 Thread Flank _ BO Mlin Contrast 30 Measure Ok Whilst this window is open you can continue to take measurements in the normal way however the measurement points will remain flashing on the screen and the detection graph in the top left of the set up window will shown were on the detection profile the point has been taken 64 EE n me man mra EEeeeee JEEE a MSE SN tlt ih Bm a a po es is ease Sl ena eas It is then possible to adjust the Detection Tools and see on the screen what effect this has on the measurement points as follows When you are happy with the measurement points shown on the screen simply click on the Measure button to fire whichever measurement type tool is selected 9 1 Averaging Side and Averaging F B ca a I alias E Ee eer HIE as Were Edge Point Tadd Cimes Ha Focus Image Feed E Range f 7 Osta E First riag T inen 4 Second 23 ca MoS Oo Third ie Bt pio o F ark Ta Lott LightToGa Direc
114. ore than one view Retake Retake will erase the last measured point or alternatively the point selected from the drop down menu as described in section 20 4 above Clear Clear will erase all the measured points Delete Delete will erase all the measured points and close the measurement window Note that this is a permanent function and cannot be undone Plane not relevant for 2D software Reet DRTE fon fe zal Construct allows the construction of a feature relative to previously measured features This is discussed fully in chapter 21 aK Clicking OK will accept the measurements The Measurement window will be closed and a representation of the feature will be drawn within the Main Screen cet Ref Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will have the following effect For a line feature the representation of the line drawn in the Main Screen will be aligned to the closest axis either X or Y and define X or Y 0 For a circle arc or point feature the centre point will be set to X 0 and Y 0 This area defines the template for the feature These boxes define any moves required to measure this feature again if the program is run again see the Play Function in chapter 30 15 21 0 CONSTRUCTING FEATURES Sometimes the dimensions required cannot be measured directly and further features must be constructed through previously measured features in order to get to the desired res
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116. ove However when using this function the user can only measure lines and the software will always require the image to be selected in two positions and a rectangular selection box created Circles and Arcs cannot be measured using this function 8 3 2 Measuring Lines using Centre Line Detection The centre line between the left and right hand edges of a line can be measured automatically using this function in exactly the same way as described in section 8 1 2 above 8 3 3 Measuring Lines using Mouse Points lie The Mouse Point function can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed automatic edge detection is no longer used The user must click on the image at exactly the position that they wish to take a point in exactly the same way as described when measuring a circle in section 8 2 3 above 8 3 4 Measuring Lines using the Smart Edge function The Smart Edge function can only be used when using the Circle Line Arc or Point Measure functions When this button is pressed the feature selected will be measured by using discreet points selected by the user similar to Mouse Points described above However when using this function the operator does not have to select the points exactly Simply click approximately in the area where you would like a point to be taken The software will then scan the adjacent area to find an edge and then take a point on that e
117. pe i Y 002 521 k Sat g z gt E ea E ot A ee i m Bet a r f ia at S oe 00 4 i 51 l Pee rr a ae TE s a Fig 39 6 Geometric Tolerances displayed for specific features 494 40 0 GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC SYMBOLS 40 2 1 Straightness A condition where all points are in a straight line the tolerance specified by a zone formed by two parallel lines To display the straightness of a line click twice on the line and the outline of a leader line will appear Move the cursor to a convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen 0 007 40 2 2 Flatness All the points on a surface are in one plane the tolerance specified by a zone formed by two parallel planes To display the flatness of a plane click twice on the plane and the outline of a leader line will appear Move the cursor to a convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen 40 2 3 Roundness or Circularity All the points on a surface are in a circle The tolerance is specified by a zone bounded by two concentric circles 92 If the geometric tolerance button is switch on the roundness of a circle will be displayed automatically underneath the diameter in the graph
118. pection to this line Fie 21 2 4 Constructing a Line tangentially between two circles or arcs To construct a line tangentially between two circles or arcs follow the procedure as described in section 21 2 1 above Be aware that there are four tangential lines that can be constructed between two circles as follows 427 i N S S To determine which of the 4 tangent lines is constructed the software looks at the position at where the user clicks on the second feature selected For Example if you select this circle first es then selecting the circle B around here will produce the construction of li eee aaan or here would Fa produce construction of lt 3 5 AN i ee or here would we produce construction of p Aa ee or here would n produce construction of Having selected the second feature the following window will appear a fio d J I 28 Aberlink 3D Software Construction 9 x Please choose one for the following construction options Center line through points Tangent Line OK Select Tangent Line and then click OK The window will close and the Line Measure window will then open showing the details of the constructed line Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue Tangent line as defined Clicking Set Ref before OK will align the inspection to this line 21 2 5 Constructing a Gauge Line between two line
119. raph type application were the image is very much black or white A setting between 100 _ 90 is best for a video camera type application were you have a lot of different shades in the image 4 Auto Button The contrast and brightness can be adjusted automatically to fined the optimum setting by clicking on the Auto button This is done iteratively and so will take a few seconds Due to the iterative nature of this automatic setting the software will not search over the full range available It is therefore necessary to either have the contrast and brightness set approximarely correctly prior to using it alternatively you may have to click Auto more than once Note If auto button is swicth off when the camera window is open it is posible there will be no image in the window This is because some of the setting are incorrect readjust the setting or click on the auto button 5 Advanced Button Clicking this button displays the advanced camera functions 10 2 Advanced Camera Controls When measuring difficult parts under tricky light condition it may be necessary to use the advanced camera controls allow you to micro manage the camera to get the best image in the camera window m DevaCamStulf E x Image Brightness Contrast vo Used Advanced rAdvyanced Exposure a 19 msec sain 7 a7 Auto Options S S S Brightness Contrast f Lock Colours a C In
120. raphs may be customised as follows To include the nominal value Change the step size or number of bars in the bar graph Average through adjacent points select number of points in the scatter graph Change the bar graph to vertical bars with a normal distribution curve shown Specify the Mean and Standard deviation for the batch rather than use the calculated values The Delete button can be used to remove specified points from the batch Select the measurement value from the list before clicking Delete The Print button will print a summary of the batch information lf Excel has been loaded on to the Project X controller not standard then the batch information can be downloaded into an Excel spreadsheet by simply clicking on the Excel button within the window Clicking on the icon in the bottom right hand corner again will once again hide the SPC information 14 20 0 THE MEASUREMENT WINDOWS The measurement window for each feature appears immediately following every measurement made and requires the operator to OK it thereby accepting the measurement and drawing a representation of the feature in the Main Screen The Measurement window for each feature may also be recalled from the Main Screen by right clicking on the representation of that feature This chapter describes the information given in the window and the functions available within the window X 179 382 Y 2802 Z 0 000
121. re will take a few seconds to calculate the best alignment and when it has finished click on OK Note that the minimum number of dimensions should be selected that best define the rotation required for the component ie Typically this will be one dimension for X one for Y This will help to minimise the calculation time required although this is primarily dependant on the number of features that have been measured 22 3 2 Optimising to a DXF File lf the component shape has been measured as a Curve profile it is possible to import the DXF file for the shape and perform a best fit optimisation to get the measured points to fit the DXF file The software will report the error of each measured point from the corresponding closest point on the DXF file This is discussed fully in chapter 32 5 Import DXF as Curve Profile 39 23 0 NEW INSPECTION L If you need to start a new inspection at any time click on the New Inspection button If the last inspection has not been saved you will be prompted to save it 440 24 0 OPEN FILE ri If you wish to open an inspection that has previously been saved click on the Open File button This will open a window that will allow you to browse to where the inspection has previously been saved 444 25 0 SAVE FILE The Save File button should be used when the inspection has been previously saved and you are happy with the file name allocated to the inspection Note howev
122. red distance to move in X and Y is shown here If the Camera Image window is open it will remain open throughout the running of the program The means that the user will have to minimise this window if they want to use the Main Screen to guide them around the program or alternatively the distance to move will be shown at the bottom of the Camera Image window When the target position has been reached the X and Y distance will be replaced by the word STOP which will then disappear while the measurement is made When another move is required the X and Y moves required will reappear at the bottom of the window 467 30 4 Collecting SPC Batch Information The only other useful option for Project X when using the Play function is the SPC All Components option The Aberlink 3D software will collect batch information as well as calculate some simple SPC information and plot both a histogram and a scatter graph for any given dimension In order to collect this information when running a batch of components you need to tick the SPC All Components box on the CNC Program Window Now when you click on Run Program you will get the following message box SPC Analysis If you wish to add the previous inspection to the batch information click on Yes otherwise click No The batch information can be displayed within the Dimension Details window for each dimension this is detailed in chapter 19 1 Sho
123. rfaces constructed around a datum axis When it is applied to surfaces constructed at right angles to a datum axis it controls cumulative variations of perpendicularity and flatness In Aberlink 3D its possible to display the Total Runout between two cylinders lines or between an cylinder line and a plane perpendicular to the cylinder 95 The cylinders surface must lie within the specified runout tolerance zone 0 001 full indicator movement when the part is rotated 360 about the datum axis anywhere along the cylinders length The top of the cylinders must lie within the specified runout tolerance zone 0 001 full indicator movement when the part is rotated 360 about the datum axis anywhere along the top of the cylinder 40 2 9 True Position A positional tolerance defines a zone in which the center axis or center plane is permitted to vary from true theoretically exact position Basic dimensions establish the true position from datum features and between interrelated features A positional tolerance is the total permissible variation in location of a feature about its exact location For cylindrical features such as holes and outside diameters the positional tolerance is generally
124. rting a measurement where the first feature has been selected in error The software will default to aligned dimensions between features however if you require some other dimension type eg horizontal vertical then you simply have to define which type of dimension you want In most cases the order in which you select the features will make no difference The exception to this is when dimensioning between two lines which is explained in section 17 5 later in this chapter 17 2 Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions A horizontal or vertical dimension can be described either between two points or circles or between a line and a point or circle in which case the dimension will be attached to the mid point of the line Instead of being aligned between the features these measurements will be perpendicular to the alignment of the component which is defined by setting a line as a reference If no reference has been set then the axes of the machine will be used Note If the alignment of the component has not been defined and the horizontal and vertical dimensions are perpendicular to the axes of the machine these measurements will have little or no significance A horizontal or vertical dimension can also be described between two lines but in this case the dimension will attach to the mid point of the first line selected only and give their separation in the direction perpendicular to this line Dimensioning between two lines is descri
125. rtional to their intensity brightness To increase the intensity of the LEDs use the slider bar at the bottom of the window O Moving the slider bar to the right increases the intensity of the lit LEDs and as the intensity of the LEDs increases so the colour of the lit LEDs will become lighter At 100 intensity they will appear white To increase the number of lit LEDs use the slider bar on the right hand side of the window Q oi Moving the slider bar upwards increases the number of LEDs lit and moving it downwards decreases the number lit To change the position of the lit LEDs click on the icon and drag around the light ring to a new position To turn the Light Ring off right click again on the light ring icon To turn the backlight on right click on the backlight icon at the bottom left hand corner of the window The number in the top left hand corner of the backlight icon denotes the percentage power being applied to the backlight which is proportional to its intensity brightness To increase the intensity of the backlight use the slider bar at the bottom of the window J Moving the slider bar to the right increases the intensity of the backlight and as the intensity of the backlight increases so the colour of the square at the middle of the icon will become lighter At 100 intensity it will appear white To turn the backlight off right click again on the backlight icon The third par
126. s To construct a gauge line of defined length between two lines and perpendicular to the centre line follow the procedure as described in section 21 2 1 above When selecting the second line the following window will appear E Aberlink 3D Software Construction q Please choose one for the following construction options hid Line Gauge Line of fixed length Select Gauge Line of fixed length and then click OK The window will close and the following window will then open allowing the user to enter the length of Gauge Line required 29 Aberlink 3D Software Construction E e x Vision Option On Cancel Enter the length required and then click OK The window will close and the Line Measure window will then open showing the details of the constructed line Clicking OK will then return to the Main Screen drawing a dashed blue gauge line as defined Clicking Set Ref before OK will align the inspection to this line Gauge Line will be of length defined and will be perpendicular to the Centre Line of the two lines selected 30 21 3 Constructing Circles 21 3 1 Constructing a circle through three or more points circles or arcs To construct a circle through three or more points circles or arcs Pitch Circle Diameter PCD click on the Circle Measure button from the main screen This will bring up the Circle Measure window Circle Measure 2
127. s at a high resolution Because of this the camera resolution button is now redundant and is not used anymore 83 14 0 SAVE IMAGE The camera image may be saved as either a bitmap file omf or as a Tif file by clicking on the Save Image file This will bring up the following window My Recent Documents Desktop by Documents rr pr My Computer I Fenne Ff a Save as Ipe Windows Bitmap bmp hi Eme Places j Allowing the user to name and save the image file 84 SECTION 3 USING THE ABERLINK 2D MAIN SCREEN 15 0 THE MAIN SCREEN Having measured the features required on a component a graphical representation of those features will have been created in the Main Screen z alt Se dep Ges Come les Stone rose oy fee es ewe ee Be oft aie el She tees A 1h l erat ait A zii z bal pi m I ak d i Te a oc FEE LEJE ask WiTH g arr ITF a aes bd zam ITE I A E IH X 273 959mm Y 0 829mm a M IEF HI ae FEE A ee APACS Sey Hare SS j sa Mes tp eet ree Bw ab se It is now possible to use these features to align the component as required call up dimensions relating to the features and their position relative to each other construct other features relative to the measured ones and create and print a variety of inspection reports However before explaining how to perform these functions it is wise to learn how to zoom in and out within the Main S
128. s of blue dots in the Main Screen 474 Select Import As Curve Profile in the DXF window Also type in the default profile tolerance required and then browse to the DXF file When you OK the DXF window the DXF file will be drawn in the Main Screen but will not necessarily be in the same position as measured component so it may be necessary to zoom out in order to see it Ph PA barre nie Lid Bake Et Sah atl A A i a pe n ee am ei T Erag kit ee Lites i es ee Pui ey ih a i E e E j 4 F P a a LAY C X 178 881mm C Y 107 095mm Te LE iL HE TEE kjg oe a The nominal DXF file is shown as a red line with the default tolerance shown as grey lines on either side Now open the Grid Shift window as follows i x Rotations Translations xo o o000 x A7238 v pom feos z ooo 2 foooo Optimise f Nominal C Tolerance DXF 72 Whilst this window is open the measured data points can be dragged using the right mouse button so that they are approximately over the top of the imported DXF file i eer ere ts ters a i 1 P in ae bas i a kani a F i i eo j ai z i i 1 i Biia f TA F i Ma p ae 3 You will see that where the points are within the specified tolerance band they are shown in green and where they are outside they are shown in red Now to perform a best fit tick the DXF box under the Optimise option and then click start The s
129. s will be recalled automatically When a feature uses a different Z axis height focus the machine will move to the required Z position automatically As the features are re measured the relevant dimensions will be called back automatically and they will use the same nominal values and tolerances as set in the original program Any features constructed in the program will be constructed again automatically At the end of the program after the last feature has been measured a report summary will appear on the screen as follows 464 File Edit Font Paragraph olor clelalala lele e fa f sla Inspection Report summary E Inspection Results f E i E oj x 18 January 2006 17 15 24 Component 1 Dimension Emm Between Circle and Circle 10 500 to 10 600 is 10 404 Dimension 6 3mm Between Circle and Line 6 200 to 6 500 is 6 320 If all dimensions called up in the program are in tolerance the Report Summary will simply say PASS lf any dimensions called up in the program are out of tolerance those dimensions will be listed in the report as shown above Clicking anywhere outside of this window will cause it to shrink to the task bar revealing the Main Screen showing the final inspection results for this component 30 2 Running the program if the component is in a different position than when originally measured lf the part has been placed on the machine in a different position than when originally m
130. sired colour Having made adjustments to the Edge Detection tools when you are happy with the measurement points shown on the screen simply click on the Measure button to fire whichever measurement type tool is selected The OK button will close the Set Up window 9 8 Focus Boxes The focus section of the camera set up window is used to set up and adjust the auto focus function Image Box 1 is used to set the course feed amp range Image Box 2 is used to set the fine feed amp range Direction Traverse this is how far the camera moves when auto focus Turn Around if the camera reaches this point without focusing it reverse direction to focus in the opposite direction 13 9 9 Detection Graph Dette tq ARH A f Default C First C Strongest C Second C Sharpest Third oS i Dark To Light M Light To Dark Under the detection graph there is are a number of options which change the way the camera detects an edge you can bias it toward the strongest pixel or the sharpest pixel in the image You also have the options of picking the first second third or last edge shown in the image Example lf you were measuring a circle with a chamfer the first peak in the graph is where the chamfer meets the top face the second peak in the graph is where the chamfer meets the bore to measure the bore diameter you need to select the second option This po
131. st fitted to the DXF file with the error of each point shown graphically see chapter 32 DXF Files Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK has no relevance for a Curve Measure It is possible to recall the measured points shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels function see chapter 12 It is also possible to make the points appear on the image prior to firing the measurement tool and then adjust the Edge Detection tools prior to taking the measurement by using the Edge Detection controls see chapter 9 Note that Curves do not have to be around a complete shape they will simply trace between the start and end defined by the user For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 7 2 Measuring a Curve that is larger than the Field of View of the Camera If the edge being measured is larger than the field of view of the camera the user will be automatically guided to move the camera around the shape as required Define the Start Direction and End Point for the curve as described above 46 AA L a a fe mal OH CH i ij A 3 Click here to define end of scan 1 Create line cutting the edge to define the start ZZ EMER he 2 Click here to define direction to z ee tel 2 Be FE s i is ae eT PPLE marn es i The Curve Measure tool will then be aut
132. sults are generally saved to a specific results folder then this results folder path should be entered here In the example above the Save File and Save File As buttons would by default bring up the directory C Program Files Probe Over Ride Not relevant to Project X 29 6 Ref Ball Not relevant to Project X 29 7 Offsets Not relevant to Project X 29 8 CNC Not relevant to Project X 58 29 9 Vision Not relevant to Project X 59 30 0 THE PLAY FUNCTION gt The Play function is used when one component has been inspected and subsequent components of the same type need to be measured in a semi automatic manner When using the Play function measurements will be taken automatically recalling both the focus Z axis position and lighting features used originally Any constructed features will automatically be reconstructed and all dimension will be automatically called back using the same nominal value and tolerances as originally set so that whether dimensions are in or out of tolerance can be seen at a glance as they will appear either red or green The operator will be guided to move the camera to the correct position when required This will be their only function Inspection of the first component automatically creates a program to measure subsequent parts of the same type Construct any features required and call up dimensions on the graphical representation within the Main Screen and add nominal and toleranc
133. t of the Light Control window is designed to control a through the lens light source which is not fitted to Project X O Q If you click the OK button the Light Control window will close keeping the light settings previously set If you choose the cross in the top right hand corner of the window to close it both light sources will be turned off 5 0 THE CAMERA IMAGE WINDOW The camera image window can be brought up by clicking on the camera icon The Camera Image window can be maximised to run full size over the top of the Aberlink 2D software minimised when wanting to use the functionality of the Aberlink Main Screen or made any size in between and positioned conveniently by dragging the corner of the window so that the camera image and Aberlink Main Screen can be used at the same time All the measurement tools are available from the Camera Image window and it is therefore worthwhile taking a few minutes to become familiar with the buttons available 18 Bo 22 pa Be Bal a 17 iko e 23 es 27 e B4 Bbi m esr be fed bad a E E a 1 Line Circle or Arc Measurements 5 Point Measurements 2 Circle Measurements only 6 Peak Point Measurements 3 Line Measurements only 7 Curve Measurement 4 Arc Measurements only 9 All Edge Points 10 Thread Measurement 11 Screen Ruler 12 Manual Focus not used 8 One Edge Feature 22 Light Control 23 Camera Resolution high low 24
134. the T again to change it back to M This function has Ittle significance on a manual machine such as Project X 205 43 0 CAMERA BUTTON The Camera button will open and close the Camera Image window The Camera Image window is discussed fully in chapter 5 0 THE CAMERA IMAGE WINDOW 206 44 0 CHANGE HISTORY Date of Description of Change version Changed Change by 12 12 07 Chapter 10 Camera controls updated 30 20 85 CJH 12 12 07 Chapter 39 Geometric Tolerance added 30 20 85 CJH 12 12 07 Hypertext Index added 30 20 85 CJH Added window with detection graph o 207
135. the diameter of the tolerance zone in which the axis of the feature must lie For features that are not round such as slots and tabs the positional tolerance is the total width of the tolerance zone in which the center plane of the feature must lie To display the True Position of a point or circle L H click twice on that point or circle then R H click you will see a drop down menu pick Cartesian Polar Position option and the outline of a leader line will appear Move the cursor to a convenient position on the screen where you would like to site the dimension and L H click for a third time The geometric tolerance will now appear on the screen It is possible to allocate datum letters to the features after you have measure them this is useful if wish to match the datum letters marked on the draw to the feature you have measured 96 Fig 400 7 Datum Letter displayed for specific features 497 To allocate a datum letter to a feature right click on that feature with the mouse this will open the Measurement Window you can now use the drop menu next to the word Datum to select the letter you wish to assign to that feature It is possible to display the datum letters in the graphic windows by left hand click on a feature twice then right hand click the mouse you will get a drop down menu select the datum option from the menu then left hand click on the screen to display the datum letter 40 2 9 1 True
136. ther form will appear allowing you to enter either the X Y co ordinates of the point or the R and A polar values for the point where R is the distance from the reference position and A is the polar angle in the XY plane You can ignore the Z and B boxes these are not relevant for Project X Point Co ordinates a fl xi R i Fixed to reference A Fixed to component E Having entered your desired co ordinates click OK and the Point Measure window will automatically reappear When you OK the Point Measure window the software will then return to the Main Screen drawing a representation of the point as a blue dot 424 21 2 Constructing Lines 21 2 1 Constructing a line through two or more points circles or arcs To construct a line between two or more points circles or arcs click on the Line Measure button from the main screen This will bring up the Line Measure window Line Template End End FP P rs fiom amo Plane ha fom ono Pererestion imn 2 a iw ni feo is Now click on the Construct button The Point Measure window will now shrink to a small box at the bottom of the screen 422 afi int a a ee OU H LL R TE X 194397mm Y 61 643mm Now click on the feature through which you wish to construct the line It will temporarily flash pink to show that it has been selected Then click on the second feature It will
137. there are various courses of action 1 You can use the feature select button to assist selection of the feature See chapter 18 Using the Feature Select Buttons 2 You can zoom in more closely onto the feature to make it easier to select See section 16 4 Zoom In 3 You can change the size of the selection box in the software set up See chapter 29 2 Machine Set Up Display 88 Now select the second feature to which you wish to dimension Again if correctly selected the second feature will also turn pink and the outline of some aligned dimension leader lines will appear These leader lines can be positioned at any length on either side of the features by moving the cursor on the screen When they are at a convenient position click for a third time The aligned dimension will now appear An aligned dimension can be described as either the shortest distance between two points in space or as the perpendicular distance between a line and a point When selecting two points or circles to dimension between or a line and a point or circle the software will automatically default to producing an aligned dimension 89 Note If when trying to select the second feature you click on blank screen by mistake ie the second feature is not selected correctly the measurement will be aborted and the first feature that was selected will return to it s normal dark blue colour This can be a useful technique for abo
138. thin the program are now shown in grey The dimensions have now all disappeared as they no longer apply to the new component The Field of View for the camera is shown as a pink box with pink crosshairs showing its centre The first feature to be measured is highlighted in green and the appropriate measurement window in this case a Circle is automatically opened A pink square represents the target to where the camera must be moved in order for it to measure the first feature The XY display also shows how far the camera must be moved in each direction to get to the centre of the target 62 Move the camera using the hand wheels so that the centre of the crosshairs is within the pink target box When the crosshairs are within the target area the rectangle representing the Field of View and the crosshairs and the XY readouts will temporarily turn green If the operator pauses the camera within the target area they will then change to red in colour and the target square will disappear indicating that the image has been grabbed in order to measure the first feature The readouts will change to say STOP and ARRESTO The Camera Image will then reappear for a couple of seconds so that the operator can see the measurement points being automatically taken on the feature Se tan eet oe After a couple of seconds the Camera Image window will minimise and the second feature to be measured will be highlighted in
139. tion fi Fermgng3de 1 w 7 emna f i ih oH T Tum rid 10 Slip Elza 18 Litt Sci red Edge Percent E J Select Giza a Thread Flank EI Min Cantrast m l am 3 r _ Mamm Ck Detection profile with no averaging side or averaging F B 68 When automatically detecting an edge the software investigates the intensity of light at each pixel within the range selected A typical graph may look as follows Foston piels By averaging the intensity of adjacent pixels this graph could be smoothed as follows E E am HE os rit s Lr Drast mF Ca Cimet C Second Cakmet e OF Oark Ta Light FF Light To Dak emng mango i e Step Bira ja Tum arura 10 EaePet o oa Sawi Giza m eS ee 0 eer Detection profile with averaging side applied 69 ASE il FIE a Le TT 0 a O05 a TER i y E l Wy per x 7 Detection Cokie Edga Pairi Bi L Detit T Fret nme O Second T Sharpest TH OF Da Ta Dont fe Light To Oark fi Aang Se eee A AT Try fio mng Fs F x Step Elza T m Arrei na Edge FPerceni H Adii im Theat Flank E rain Cantnast Ho Hagan Detection profile with averaging F B applied In cases where the edge of an image is not clearly defined increasing the averaging effect may improve the ability to determine the position of the edge In general if
140. to the image at the position selected Now click on the edge somewhere in the middle of the arc that you are measuring The line will attach itself to this point and if you move the mouse away in a direction perpendicular to the line a rectangular selection box will be created in exactly the same way as though a line were being measured 22 However if you now move the mouse in a direction around the arc the software will automatically realise that an arc is being measured and the line will now snap to the form of an arc allowing the user to click on the image a third time at the end of where they want the arc to be measured Now as you move the mouse away from the arc drawn an arc shaped selection box will be created When you have created the selection box of the desired size enclosing the entire edge but only the edge being measured click again This will automatically fire the Arc Tool and any edge within the selection box will be measured Momentarily the measured points will be displayed as crosses on the image 23 A Circle Measure window will then appear showing the measured points together with the best fit circle through the points Circle Measure A 3 x Section Naf 2 Points Taken Circle Centre X 226 741 A Y 108 009 1 3 Z 0 000 D 1 069 Fr Points Fit 2 0 010 Datum fo e Retake Delete Construct Set Ref y Circle Template Probe
141. tructing a circle of defined diameter between two lines or two circles 134 22 0 SHIFTING ROTATING AND CANCELLING REFERENCES 136 22 1 Applying Rotations OF Shifts iacdssseseccexiawmeivisewenennetrwewstusanteneawerantersewsraeenieanewon 136 22 2 Machine Grid Cancelling References ccccccssseeeseecseseeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeenessnenees 137 22 3 Optimising PANIC NG pcs otis ce cite cies in ests ee stunner ase ain snewieile Cun nae sercienieeheenieeeievesiseaaen 138 22 3 1 Optimising to Horizontal and Vertical DIMENSIONS ccccccsececseeseeeseeneesanees 138 22 3 2 ODTMISING 10 2 DXF FNC erisia EE S eaea 139 23 0 NEW INSPECTION nsssnssssnnsnssnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnennnnnnnne 140 y Lar 24 0 OPEN FILE MM ce cia ise esse a aa a 141 25 0 SAVE FILE i E E AE AN OEE AN E A E 142 26 0 SAVE FILE AS l E oe gene suse ae se seee gees eee ee eee seteceseeesecaeeee ss 143 CJ ales 27 0 NAME AND SAVE FILE Wo ctsssseeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 144 28 0 PRINT E E aie eee ee ee coeeenceteedeeweteeseceeueegescecet 145 28 1 Graphic CCAS picicrrrec ccs cansannecaccusneyicsavwuenecanacsdbcavenceteanees a vancenesoueecsaneuteactcenvenaieests 146 26 2 Ta pu ulated UNS craen ua Area EEE Aiii 147 28 3 Tabulated DIMENSIONS cccccseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeneeeneseeessaaneeeeeeeeesaseeanesanenees 147 20 4 Point Unit Detalls snese u E EErEE 149 28 9 Feat re Profle esis sire nese cat rcnieseedeieictne cantons EA AEN EAEE EREEREER 150
142. tting the edge at the position desired click again This will automatically fire the Point Tool and the point where the line cuts the edge will be measured Momentarily the measured point will be displayed as a cross on the image A Point Measure window will then appear showing the measured point PEELE Section tel gt Faina Takei Palit Poari 2 T ELCECEE Poimerit mne Glo F Clicking Retake or Clear will erase the measured point Clicking Delete will erase the measured point and close the Point Measure window This is irreversible Clicking OK will accept the measurement The Point Measure window will be closed and a representation of the point will be drawn as a blue dot on the Main Screen Clicking Set Ref before selecting OK will cause the Point to be set as X 0 Y 0 It is possible to recall the measured point shown on the grabbed image by using the Show Edge Pixels function see chapter 12 It is also possible to make the point appear on the image and adjust the Edge Detection tools prior to taking the measurement by using the Edge Detection Controls see chapter 9 For more information about the Measurement windows and what functionality is available within the windows see chapter 20 The Measurement Windows 8 5 2 Measuring Points using Centre Line Detection The centre point between two edges can be measured automatically using this function
143. tton is used for automatically determining the centre line between two edges on the image that are within the area defined by the user in the measurement selection box A typical use for this function would be when measuring very thin features for example the lines on a graticule It may be very difficult for the user to select one side of the line or the other simply because it is very thin Therefore using this tool they can drag the measurement selection box to cover both sides of the line and the software will automatically produce the centre line between the two edges 7 3 Mouse Points lib It is possible to perform measurements without using the software s automatic edge detection tools If the Mouse Points button is pressed the measurements performed will use points selected by the user by clicking with the mouse on the image This may be useful if the component being measured cannot be lit in such a way as to produce well defined edges 7 4 Smart Edge iia This function allows for a combination of automatic edge detection but only at specific positions as defined by the user Similar to the Mouse Points function above when using this function the measurements performed will only use points defined by the user when clicking on the image However rather than carefully having to click on the exact position where they want the point taken this function fires a tool to detect an edge point in the area around where the image was sel
144. two further boxes appear In the top box type the minimum allowable diameter for the hole The lower box will then be automatically filled in with the bonus tolerance due to the mmc 200 a Dimension Details Current Measurement Unit Between 9 amp 9 Measured Dimension Identifier Bram Circle i 7 Enter the bottom limit for the l diameter here Mominal Dimension G Dim Error 0 023 Geometric Tolerance V Tolerance Length Geometric Lirit oo mmc bonus tolerance is show 3 here the closer to bottom limit the diameter is the bigger the Display Layer ohow Error E positional tolerance is Datums Telate e A ce EE es Nominal Actpal Linn i pe Click to get the two mmc A 110 392 BSR h 6 00 boxes to appear 6 000 6 0 w 0 07 7 0 000 o 000F M WME M C Center o kin E Wax OK E Fig 40 0 11 True position of circle from datum B with MMC When you return to the main screen the mmc symbol will be present and the X 10 332 Y6 045 40 000 0 149 Jelc AB true position value will be adjusted by the bonus tolerance 204 40 2 10 Symmetry The condition where the median points of all opposed elements of two or more feature surfaces are congruent with the axis or centre plane of a datum feature If the geometric tolerance button is switch on the symmetry between two features and a centre line will be displayed automatically underneath each dime
145. ult For example when measuring a PCD the holes on the PCD can be measured directly but then in order to find out what diameter these holes lie on a further circle must be constructed through the centre of the measured holes The following constructions are available within the Aberlink 2D software Points a A point at the intersection between two lines b A point at the intersection of a line with a circle or an arc c A point at the intersection between two circles or arcs d A point at a user defined Cartesian or Polar position Lines a Through two or more points circles or arcs b The Centre Line between two lines c From a point circle or arc to a user defined Cartesian or Polar position d Tangentially between two circles or arcs e A gauge line of defined length between two lines and perpendicular to the CL Circles a Through three or more points circles or arcs PCD b Of a defined diameter between two lines or two circles 21 1 Constructing Points 21 1 1 Constructing a point at the intersection between two lines To construct a point between two lines click on the Point Measure button from the main screen This will bring up the Point Measure window 16 Prk e U Pa ALE T fn Fow ta Om i j i z ae s ri Paw pom a EE Pee nr 2 hon Etar SSS a eee eee Now click on the Construct button The Point Measure window will now shrink to a small box at the bottom of th
146. ures and dimensions to fit the window Click the Print button to get a Print Preview on the screen 446 If you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be selected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window 28 2 Tabulated Units This routine will print the properties of the units that have been inspected e g for a circle unit its centre co ordinates and diameter will be printed or for a line unit the start and end co ordinates will be printed as well as its directional vector Click the Print button to get a Print Preview on the screen DE i ite ai TE araia BERLINE Lid am Lee TT aw nk bid et EE ae 1 gt SS rT Lie I Pah ne a oo a n g F a nj F T If you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be selected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window 28 3 Tabulated Dimensions The dimensions that have been added to a part inspection can be printed in tabulated form When printing Tabulated Dimension reports it is possible to select what information is printed in the report using the check boxes in the Print window 447 It is possible to add the dimensio
147. us will now appear on the screen E Pal Note that by default the diameter or radius displayed will be the best fit diameter through all of the measured points If the Geometric Tolerance button is switched on then the geometric tolerance for roundness will also be displayed by default 17 4 1 Inscribed and Circumscribed Diameter Dimensions By default the diameter or radius displayed will be the best fit diameter or radius through all of the measured data points However if you wish to display the inscribed diameter or radius largest diameter or radius that fits entirely within the data points or circumscribed diameter or radius smallest diameter or radius that fits around the outside of all of the data points then simply right click on the diameter or radius dimension line This will bring up the dimension details window as follows EIES Cine Ma AcUredii Unt 1 Ban TAT hiessursd Ommam kienitiar z amm Cirle Morure Cimeneion 3m Dim Ermo paz Gemei Tohr Fo pa Tolerance Largih Giinmaid Urii 300 Denby Layer shew Ema I Diaby res ee ar Tolerance a tio MoT Raina Lapar Wierd Hood 0 100 Loess Orreri nan Lii Canter T Hn C bhr mi la 93 Now select min to change the diameter or radius to inscribed and max to change it to circumscribed 17 5 Dimensioning between two almost parallel Lines A linear dimension may be produced between two lines by
148. wing SPC Batch Information 68 31 0 REFERENCE MACHINE gt Although Project X is a 2D manual vision machine the Z axis has 125mm of motorised travel for focus that is controllable within the software When switching on the machine the Z axis must find its position by triggering its lower limit switch When the software is started up for the first time the following screen will appear Initial Machine Zeroing To reference click the OK button Cancel Now click on the OK button in the Initial Machine Zeroing window version all ieee The camera will automatically travel downwards until the lower limit switch is triggered It will then back off until the switch is no longer pressed Note that this will leave the camera at the bottom of its travel focussed close to the glass plate The Initial Machine Zeroing window will automatically appear every time the software is started However the Reference Machine button can be used to bring up this window at any time 69 32 0 DXF FILES said The Aberlink 2D software allows the importing and exporting of DXF files Clicking on the DXF button will open the following window DXF Options This DXF file import is for importing component features to facilitate part programming Do not attempt to import drawing boarders multiple vWews dimension lines etc as these are not features you can measure Options r Units C Export data as OF mm C Import Hol
149. within the current inspection Click the Print button to get a Print Preview on the screen ABERLINK Ltd Orewing Be izis doro o t aa Tie Backa Suris o ar peor GER Customer a ee OE ee oa a ee aen koirat f iiaiai a ep ee be taes i jragen Printer Pom ie The nominal XY values for the circles arcs or lines can be entered either in the template area of their measurement window or alternatively by downloading the DXF file using the Import Hole Positions option see chapter 32 DXF Files lf you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be selected The Printer button will allow you to select which printer to send it to and the Cancel button will return to the Print window 449 28 5 Feature Profile As a feature is inspected the fit of the measurement points to the theoretical shape is shown in the graphic area within the measurement window This graphic gives a representation of the form of the feature and can be printed out using the Feature Profile option When you click on Print button the following prompt will appear Aberlink 3D Software Printers A Please click on the feature to be printed Click OK and then click on the desired feature in the Main Screen This will produce a report as follows If you are happy with the report click Print again to print it The number of copies to print can also be sel
150. you have a good quality edge or are trying to measure a tight radius then the averaging should be kept low For poor quality edges or if the edge is quite straight then higher averaging may help The software provides 2 slider bars to adjust the averaging effect Averaging Side will adjust it in a side to side direction left to right across the screen and Averaging F B will adjust it in a forwards and backwards direction up and down the screen 4Q 9 2 Step Size The Step Size will affect the number of points taken for a measurement The number shown relates to the number of camera pixels between each point hence the smaller the number the more measurement points will be taken One measurement point taken every 6 pixels One measurement point taken every 39 pixels 74 9 3 Edge Percent In the Intensity v Pixel Position graphs shown above you can see that especially when averaging is applied that the step between dark and light is represented by a sloping line The Edge Percentage function determines at what percentage along this line that the measurement point is actually taken For Example 50 would mean that the point is taken exactly half way along the line As you adjust the Edge Percentage tool you will see the points move on the screen Dear eat Cours ppn EA cmt 4 Too Cal Titan Hai Emi F ist its k lii n Food B Flori psi 20 C Daat E Firat imam eet oie a l Lii Rane z H Dak

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