proVISION Explorer Manual
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1. in the No calibration folder Create a new calibration folder and import calibration images images into an existing calibration folder Enter or select the Calibration folder name below The imported images be associated to a calibration folder 1 No Calibration the images are imported in the Calib subfolder of the session Neither calibration settings nor images are associated to the images Create a new calibration folder and import calibration images the calibration folder name must be entered The calibration images and the settings optional will be imported The import of the images and settings is described in the next topic Import from an existing calibration the images can be imported into a subfolder of a predefined calibration If the selected session does not contain any calibration folder the option is disabled 20 5 3 4 Step 4 Calibration Images Import Wizard Calibration Images Load the calibration image s if your calibration requires more than one image enter the Z positions Cam A Cam Clear List Camera A Camera B cal_aD tif cal_bOtif cal_al tif cal_b1 tif cal_b2tif cal_a3tif cal_b3tif cal_a4tif cal_b4tif If the option Create a new calibration folder is selected in the Calibration Folder Step the user must import the calibration images 2D images if single camera images are imported option 12. IDT j proVI SI ON II Explorer User Manual PIV Data Management Copyright 2000 2006 Integrated Design Tools Inc Software Release 2 02 Document Revision August 2006 Products Information http www idtvision com North America 2074 Centre Pointe Blvd TALLAHASSE FL 32308 USA P 1 850 222 5939 F 1 850 222 4591 llourenco idtpiv com Europe via Pennella 94 l 38056 Pergine Valsugana TN ITALY P 39 0461 53 21 12 F 39 0461 53 21 04 pgallorosso idtvision com Copyright Integrated Design Tools Inc The information in this manual is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice Integrated Design Tools Inc makes no warranty of any kind with regards to the information contained in this manual including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Integrated Design Tools Inc shall not be liable for errors contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages from the furnishing of this information No part of this manual may be copied reproduced recorded transmitted or translated without the express written permission of Integrated Design Tools Inc Table of Contents 1 BEFORE YOU 4 1 1 WSING THIS 4 2 SYSTEM OV ERVE V 5 2 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS cccccccccesec
3. Import Data This button enables the Import data dialog box The user can load images from other applications and import them in the current proVISION database For further information see the topic Import Data in a proVISION Database in the How To section Export Data This button enables the Export data dialog box The user can export the experiments result as well as the images or the calibration settings in a Word document or a text file For further information see the topic Export Data from a proVISION database in the How To section x Delete Object Simply select a session tree node on the left tree view and press this button to delete it For further information see the topic Delete an object from a proVISION Database in the How To section Refresh Press this button to refresh the display of the proVISION database contents Views Allows the user to change the way the objects are displayed on the upper right view pane of the main window There are four different viewing modes Large icons small icons List details 4 Help This button displays the on line help documentation this document 3 3 The Explorer Address Bar The address bar is located below the main toolbar and It contains a list of the sessions of the current proVISION database 3 4 The Explorer Menu 3 4 1 File Menu New The selection of this item opens the Create new database di
4. to import the images or Back to review or change any setting 22 5 4 Export data from a proVISION database By pressing the Export button on the main toolbar a dialog box appears Export Data Export Session SharpVISION 2D Camera Selection Camera 20 v File Path Name C Program Files IDT pro VISIONSDBSharp ISION 2 Templates Blank Text Document Blank Word Document ck The database records can be exported in two different formats Word Document or simple Text File There are four different kinds of records that can be exported Session the session and all its calibrations acquisitions and analysis are exported Calibration the calibration and all its acquisitions and analysis are exported Acquisition the acquisition and all its analysis are exported Analysis the analysis is exported To export a database record 1 2 Select the object by clicking on the corresponding tree node in the Explorer left tree view From the menu toolbar select Tools and then Export or from the Buttons toolbar press the Export button A dialog box appears The upper grayed edit box shows the name and the type of object you will export If the exported object is a session and contains images 2D and 3D the camera selection allows selecting the type of images to export A B or 3D Refer to the proVISION Database for further information The Fil
5. will start The wizard is divided into three or four sections depending on the type of imported images 5 3 1 Step 1 Images Import Wizard Images Welcome to the import wizard want to import images for camera want to import images for camera want to import 3D images Images list Camera Camera B AD tif BO tif B1 tif Imgs Clear List Delta T us 5 Pixel Depth To continue press Next Cancel Help The check boxes at the top of the dialog box allow the user to select what kind of images he wants to import The I want to import images for Camera A and I want to import images for Camera B options allow importing single view images 2D which will be renamed to ImgAxxx yyy if the option A is selected or ImgBxxx yyy if the option B is selected Then the user must press the first button below the Images list to browse the computer and load the single camera images to import The I want to import 3D images option allows the simultaneous import of images from camera A and B and tiling them to create 3D images In this configuration both the Cam A Imgs and Cam B Imgs buttons are enabled and the user must press both of them in order to load the images to import Delta T the value is the time between two laser pulses and it is used by proVISION to compute the particles velocity 18 Pixel Depth if the i
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7. alog box The user may browse the existing directories in the hard disk and in the LAN or create a new directory If the OK button is pressed the root database files are copied in the new directory and the user can start new proVISION sessions Open The Selection of this item enables the proVISION Explorer Open dialog box The user can browse the directories in the hard disk or in the LAN for the directory where the database is located The Explorer recognizes as valid database locations the directories where the file proVISION mdb is found Changes to the currently selected database are reflected on the proVISION settings Delete This option deletes the tree node selected in the left tree view of the main window and the corresponding directory in the proVISION Database The menu item is grayed if the current item cannot be deleted The items that can be deleted are Sessions Calibrations except the _No_Calib folder acquisitions except Acquisition 000 Analysis except Analysis 000 If an Acquisition or Analysis folder is deleted the application renames the remaining folders Exit Select this item to exit the proVISION Explorer application 3 4 2 Tools Menu Import The Import option is a very powerful tool that allows the user to import external images and configuration files into the proVISION database For further information refer to the Import data in a proVISION Database in the How To section Exp
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9. d Edit Delete 2 The list of all the stored users is displayed You can e Add User press the Add button and insert the user s name and a comment Edit User press the Edit button and edit the user s name and comment e Delete User press the Delete button and answer yes to the question that follows 25 5 7 Edit the Explorer General Options You can choose what kind of records to display in your database From the menu toolbar select Tools then Options A dialog box appears Explorer Options Show Camera Records Show Camera Records Show 3D Cameras Records e Show camera A records if this check box is unchecked the Explorer does not display the entire camera A acquisition images and settings e Show camera B records if this check box is unchecked the Explorer does not display the entire camera acquisition images and settings e Show 3D cameras records if this check box is unchecked the Explorer does not display the entire 3D acquisition images and settings e Display motors settings if this check box is unchecked the Explorer does not display the motor settings dialog box 26 6 Appendix 6 1 Image Formats The image formats supported by proVISION Explorer are the following TIFF files Windows Bitmap Files PCX Files Multi page TIFF Files MPT Multi page PCX Files DCX Multi page RAW Files MRF
10. e path Name edit displays the full path of the file to export Press the Browse button to change the directory and the name of the file The templates list shows you the available file Select one and then press The record will be exported and a message box will ask you to display the file 23 5 5 Delete an object from a proVISION database The current item of the tree view can be deleted by pressing the Delete button in the main toolbar The corresponding directory in the proVISION Database will be deleted The menu item is grayed if the current item cannot be deleted The items that can be deleted are Session each session can be deleted Calibrations each calibration created by the user except the _No_Calib one can be deleted Acquisition each acquisition except Acquisition 000 can be deleted After any deletion the program renames the remaining folders because the Analysis each analysis except Analysis 000 can be deleted After any deletion the program renames the remaining folders Warning The deletion of a folder requires Administrator privileges 24 5 6 Edit the Explorer Users List One of the parameters that must be configured when opening a new session in the proVISION application is the user The list of all the users is stored in the database and can be edited 1 From the menu toolbar select Tools then Users A dialog box appears Users List User Name Generic User Ad
11. gs Stores the specific parameters used during the analysis such as Correlation Mesh Filters Vectors Histogram and Output PIV Results Contains the plot files generated for each calculation Tecplot Layout files contains the lay files used to display the result data 13 4 6 Structure of the Tree View The Explorer tree view on the left side of the main window reflects the organization of the proVISION Database and visualizes the data in an easy way The root of the tree view is the Database node which contains the Session nodes Each session is structured as in the figure below Cam A 2D Cam B 2D Cam A B 3D _No Calibration Calibration Settings Acquisition 000 Acquisition 001 gt Laser Settings Images Settings Images _Img3D mpt_ Correlation gt Filters vectors gt Fistograph PIV Results The main nodes levels of the tree are 14 4 6 1 Session Level Each session has its own configuration parameters Session name User name date time camera model and laser model 4 6 2 Camera Selection level This level is not present in the directory structure of the Database It has been added to separate the settings and the images acquired with the first camera Camera A the second camera Camera and both the cameras 30 images with Camera A B 4 6 3 Calibration Level The third level contains the _No_Calib node images acquired without calibration and the
12. his point the user also has the opportunity to generate a calibration file from the stored images Different files are saved for camera A camera B and 3D calibrations Additional settings that relate to the calibration are saved in the same folder Motor Settings the positions of the focusing system motors 12 4 4 Acquisition A new acquisition folder is created any time a set of acquired images is saved The folder Acquisition000 is reserved for on line processing and does not contain stored images Additional settings that relate to the Acquisition are saved in the same folder Laser Settings the timing values displayed the proVISION Timing Laser dialog box in laser frequency Q switch delays laser pulse separation etc Camera Settings all the settings of the camera used for the acquisition exposure contrast brightness binning polarities etc Color Mapping a color map look up table can be configured for the acquired images Mask Image masking is operated using a binary image overlapped to the acquired images The image is black and white White pixels are transparent while black ones hide the corresponding points of the acquired image 4 5 Analysis The Analysis level is the lowest level in the tree hierarchy The analysis folders contain the results of the PIV calculations Any folder has a progressive index and its own different configuration file for Camera A camera B and 3D images PIV Settin
13. iew and displays the sub items of the tree node currently selected on the left pane If a tree node has no sub items the view displays the tree items on the same level of the selected one The user can change the way the items are displayed by pressing the Views Button on the main toolbar Right Lower Pane The right lower pane is a dialog view and displays the settings of the tree node currently selected on the left pane or the settings of the item selected in the upper right list view pane 3 2 The Explorer Toolbar The proVISION Explorer Buttons Bar is displayed across the top of the main window under the Menu Bar The user can display the Buttons Bar for quick access on a regular basis or hide it to increase the size of the display window When the Buttons Bar is displayed a check mark appears next to the Toolbar item in the View menu The table below shows all the buttons available on the Toolbar with a short description New Database Press this button to open the Create new database dialog box The user may browse the existing directories in the hard disk or create a new one If the OK button is pressed the root database files are copied in the new directory Open Database Pressing this button enables the proVISION Explorer Open dialog box The user can browse the directories in the hard disk or in the LAN for the database Directories that contain the file proVISION mdb are the only ones recognized as a valid 5
14. mages have 10 or 12 bit pixel depth the user may edit it otherwise the control is grayed out NOTE if the user just wants to import calibration images the user may select one of the top options and press next without loading any image 5 3 2 Step 2 Session Import Wizard Session Please select one of the options below want to create New Session want to import images into an existing session Enter or select the Session Name below session Enter a comment below optional Session s comment Select the camera model below Other Camera To continue press Next The second step of the wizard helps to identify which session will contain the imported images The user may create a new session folder or select a session from the database 1 New Session if you the New Session option is selected some values should be entered Session Name the name of the session folder Comment a brief description of the Session optional Camera select the camera used in the image acquisition from the list If none of the models correspond to the camera used to acquire the images the option Other camera must be selected 2 Import into an existing session the images may be stored in one of the Session folders in the provision database 19 5 3 3 Step 3 Calibration Folder Import Wizard Calibration Folder Please select one of the options below
15. nodes of any performed calibration It contains also the motor settings this nodes is displayed only if the Display Motors Settings option is checked Each calibration node contains its acquisitions nodes 4 6 4 Acquisition Level The Acquisition nodes contain three different kinds of sub nodes the Settings folder which includes the Laser Settings the Camera Settings and the Images Settings Color Map and Mask Image the Images folder which contains the acquired images the Analysis folders 4 6 5 Analysis Level Each Analysis node contains the Settings folder Correlation Mesh Filters Vectors Histogram and Output and the Results folder plt files 15 5 How to 5 1 Create a new proVISION Database The user can browse the directories in the hard disk or in the LAN and set the directory where his database will be located 1 From the menu toolbar select File then New DB or from the Buttons toolbar press the New DB The Windows Explorer Open dialog box appears Create new proVISION Database Save in NewDB En Cancel 2 Use the Open dialog box to browse the resources of your computer or the Local Area Network 3 If the directory you select for the new database does not exist create it by clicking the Create New folder button at the top right side of the dialog box 4 Double click on the directory you just created and press OK 16 5 2 Open Di
16. o three panes one on the left side of the window the others on the right proVISION II Explorer File Tools View Help 8 6 xili 2 Help NewDB OpenDB Import Export Delete Refresh Views 4 Acquisition 000 Settings 12 2 2000 0 22 32 Acquisition with Kodak Megaplus ES 4 0 3D Images Guest 6 20 2000 0 00 00 2D Israel Images Acquisition Analysis 000 Guest 1 25 2000 1 30 23 2D Images SharpVISION 20 Guest 5 10 2000 3 09 36 3D Jet Images Acquisition By Cam 20 Guest 11 17 2000 1 30 23 20 Low Speed Jet Images Acquisition 91 No Calibration Bp Motors Acquisition 000 Settings 0 Nd YAG Laser Camera Images Images ImgA mpt 20 Current proVISION I General Settings Current proVISION Database Path C Program Files IDT proVISION DB Camera Type sharpVISION 1300 83 Analysis 000 Settings Motor Type Motor Type 3 BA correlation Mesh am iis Histograph Laser Type Nd YAG Laser output 8 Results Maximum Laser Frequency Hz Supersonic Jet Cam A 20 3 91 No Calibration Wa Motors Minimum Pulse Separation ps 10 Left Pane The left pane is a tree view and displays the tree structure of the proVISION database The tree view structure reflects how the proVISION database is organized Right Upper Pane The right upper pane is a list v
17. or 2 in the first wizard step a single calibration image must be imported The user may press the Cam A Imgs button and import a single camera calibration image 3D images the procedure is similar to the one of the step 1 Both camera A and camera B images must be imported Two scenarios are available Standard calibration if the user wants to perform a standard calibration a single 3D image is required The user must import a single image for each camera Distorted calibration if the user wants to perform a distorted calibration at least five 3D images are required This means that at least 5 images from camera A and 5 from camera B are required Also for each image pair the Z position is required To enter the Z position select the image from the Camera A column and enter the value in the edit box below The first image position is 0 and cannot be edited 21 5 3 5 Step 5 Summary Import Wizard Finish The wizard has finished configuring the images import you want to review or change any setting click back If you are satisfied with the settings click Finish to import C Program Files IDT proVISION XCalib3d Number of Images 2 Time between images 23 500 Calibration Source Directory C Program Files IDT proVISION X Calib3d Number of Calibration Images 5 2 summary of the selected settings is shown at the end of the import procedure The user may press Finish
18. ort The proVISION database data can be exported to word or text documents The user selects a tree view item in the left tree pane of the main window and presses the Export menu item A dialog box appears the user can choose the format of the export file and press OK The Explorer automatically creates a file with the exported data For further information refer to the Export Data from a proVISION Database in the How To section Users The selection of this item opens the Users dialog box A list of all the users names stored in the database is displayed It is possible to Add Edit or remove Users from the list and update the changes in the database For further information refer to the Edit the Explorer Users List in the How To section Options The selection of this item opens the General Options dialog box A set of check box allows the user to filters to the display of the database records For further information refer to the Edit the Explorer General Options in the How To section 3 4 3 View Menu Standard Toolbar The Explorer Buttons Bar can be displayed for quick access on a regular basis or hidden to increase the size of the display window When the Buttons Bar is displayed a check mark appears next to the Standard Toolbar item in the Toolbars submenu of the View menu Address Bar The Address Bar can be displayed or hidden to increase the size of the display wind
19. ow When the Address Bar is displayed a check mark appears next to the Address Bar item in the Toolbars submenu of the View menu Status Bar The Explorer Buttons Bar can be displayed or hidden by selecting this menu item When the Status Bar is displayed a check mark appears next to the Status Bar item in the View menu Image Pad The Image pad is a dialog box which can be activated when a sequence of images is displayed in the Explorer s right lower pane Large Icons Small Icons List Details The items in the Explorer s right upper pane may be displayed in four different ways large icons small icons list and details Click on one of these menu items to select the preferred one Refresh Select this item to refresh the display of the proVISION database contents 3 4 4 Help Menu Contents This item displays the on line help documentation this document About This item opens the About dialog box It shows the provision information the version and the copyright notice 10 4 The proVISION Database 4 1 Overview The images the system configuration files and the results are automatically organized in a specific directory structure There are four different levels in the directory structure e Session e Calibration e Acquisition Analysis Each level has a different meaning and shares its settings with all the child sub levels 11 4 2 Session The session is the first level in the directory hiera
20. rchy When the camera acquisition is initiated a new session directory can be created or an existing session directory can be opened In the session directory a configuration file saves the following session information Session Name Date and time of directory creation The name of the User who created the session A brief description of the session comment The camera selected when the session was created 5 3 5 The laser type selected when the session was created Each session folder may contain more calibration subfolders NOTE the proVISION application can acquire images from three different sources in a 3D system one camera camera A the other one camera B or both 3D Images The images acquired from the three different sources are stored in the database with different names ImgA xxx imgB yyy Img3D zzz The Explorer displays the images in separated tree nodes by adding a further tree level below the session 4 3 Calibration When new session is created or an existing one is opened a subfolder is automatically created in the session directory This folder will contain the entire images folder that will be processed without calibration If one or more calibration images are acquired and saved the program prompts the user for a name The calibration images are automatically saved and the name is used to create a new directory under the session in which the calibration images will be stored At t
21. splay a proVISION database The user can browse the directories in the hard disk or in the LAN and set the directory where his database is located 1 From the menu toolbar select File then Open DB or from the Buttons toolbar press the Open The Windows Explorer Open dialog box appears Open proVISION Database Look in DB gt 7 30 polito_27mag trapwing1 Gaisrael 20 277802 2 Japan 20 Setup trapwings Jet 30 20 B ProVISION mdb Speed Jet Supersonic Jet trapwing Filename _ proVISION mdb Files of type proVISION Databases Cancel 2 Use the Open dialog box to browse the resources of your computer or the Local Area Network 3 Select a valid provision mdb file and press the OK button NOTE the Explorer recognizes as valid database locations only directories that contain the proVISION mdb file If the currently selected database location changes this change is automatically reflected in the proVISION settings 17 5 3 Import data in a proVISION database VERY IMPORTANT NOTE Before reading this topic you should read the proVISION Database topic in order to understand the tree structure of the database From the menu toolbar select Tools then Import or from the Buttons toolbar press the Import button The Import Wizard
22. view This section contains general information about the computer system requirements and the installation of the software The Explorer GUI This section describes the components of the proVISION Explorer Graphical User Interface the menu items and their functionality the toolbar buttons and the panes of the explorer main window The proVISION Database This section describes the general proVISION database format and its main components How To This section provides detailed step by step instructions on the following tasks e Create a new proVISION database e Open Display a proVISION database Import Data to a proVISION database e Export Data from a proVISION database e Delete an object from a proVISION database e the proVISION Explorer Users List e the proVISION Explorer General Options Appendix This section contains some additional information 2 System Overview 2 1 System requirements The minimum system requirements to work with the proVISION software are PENTIUM processor or above e Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Operating Systems 256 RAM 500 free Hard Disk space for full installation 2 2 Software Installation Please refer to the Software Installation topic on the proVISION User Manual 3 The Explorer GUI 3 1 The Explorer Panes The proVISION Explorer main window is divided int
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