Video Inspection Software User’s Guide
Probing Features All features supported by the M3 system can be probed with any of the M3 probes except for the blob, which will be discussed separately in the next few pages. The process of probing a feature with a given probe is identical for all features. Since the use of probes has been discussed thoroughly in Section 3: Probes and in the beginning of this section, a procedure for probing features with each probe type is provided here and should be sufficient for a complete understanding of probing features.
NOTE Please refer to Points Required for Single Point Probing contained in Section 3: Probes for the minimum number of points required when probing features with crosshairs and touch probes.
Probing Features with the Crosshair Probes To probe features with the crosshair probes: 1 Select the crosshair from the probe menu. Measure toolbar > Probe button > Crosshair 2 Press any Measure Feature button in the Measure toolbar. Measure toolbar > Desired Measure Feature button 3 Position the center of the crosshair probe on an edge within the live video window. 4 Press Enter or in the measure prompt window button to fire the probe and capture the point. Measure toolbar > Enter button 5 Continue probing until the required number of points has been probed and then press the Done button to complete the measurement. The feature will be shown in the Part View window and added to the Feature List. Measure toolbar > Done button Probing Features with a Touch Probe Straight down and star probes are used in the same way except for application specific probe tip and probing direction. To probe features with a touch: 1 Select the desired touch probe from the Probe menu. Measure toolbar > Probe menu > Touch probe 2 Move the stage to make probe contact at the desired feature location. A point will be entered upon contact. 3 Probe the required number of points and then press the Done button to complete a feature measurement. Measure toolbar > Done button Probing Features with the Simple Active Crosshair probe The simple active crosshair probe is a special application of the active crosshair. To probe features with this probe: 1 Select the simple active crosshair probe from the probe menu. Measure toolbar > Probe button > Simple Active crosshair probe 2 Press any Measure Feature button in the Measure toolbar. Measure toolbar > Desired Measure Feature button 3 Press an edge of the feature to be measured within the live video window. The probe will momentarily move to the edge and acquire a point. 4 Continue probing until the required number of points has been probed and then press the Done button to complete the measurement. The feature will be shown in the Part View window and added to the Feature List. Measure toolbar > Done button
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