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Displays information on visible lines on the prompt line, for example:
3 Visible PolyLines with 15 Points on 1 Visible Objects
Makes a single pass through the visible section lines and cuts out any misconnected lines. The new criteria consider inappropriate angles as well as lengths.
Use this tool to disconnect misconnected lines in a set of data taken by a touch probe or laser probe.
You are prompted to give a name to the group of split lines. This name appears in the object list in the left-hand side of the EvalViewer window.
Takes a single pass of the visible joined section lines to cut any misconnected lines. This single pass may be enough and should be tried before the Multiple Pass Split. If you reselect this option, it splits the visible data again.
Takes multiple passes of the visible, joined section lines to cut any misconnected lines, and keeps cutting them (to a maximum of 12 passes). Use this option only with badly joined lines.
Takes a single pass of the visible joined section lines to cut the longest misconnection on each line. This single pass may be enough and should be tried before the Multiple Pass Split. If you reselect this option, it splits the visible data again.
Takes multiple passes of the visible joined section lines to cut the longest misconnections on lines, and keeps breaking the lines until there are no abnormally long lines (to a maximum of 12 passes). Use this option only with badly joined lines.
Combines any two lines (that have their ends close together) into one line. The distance between the lines' ends must be less than Combine Tolerance (see Misc > Preferences > Line Tolerances).
Combines pairs of lines (that have their ends close together) into single lines. The distance between the lines' ends must be less than Combine Tolerance (see Misc > Preferences > Line Tolerances).
Snaps the end points of any 2 lines (that have their ends close together) to one point, but does not combine the two lines into one entity. The distance between the lines' ends must be less than Combine Tolerance (see Misc > Preferences >Line Tolerances).
An alternative to Combine all lines. Reconnects lines (that have their ends close together) into one line. The distance between the lines' ends must be less than Combine Tolerance (see Misc > Preferences > Line Tolerances). You should use this option for sections created by XYZ section cuts through voxel meshes.
Smooths all visible lines by replacing each point on each line with the weighted average of it and its two neighboring points. The weight applied to any point is twice that applied to each of its two neighboring points (that is, 25%, 50%, 25%). This gives an overall minimum change.
Smooths all visible lines by replacing each point on each line with the weighted average of it and its two neighboring points. The weight applied to any point is equal to that applied to each of its two neighboring points (that is, 33.3%, 33.3%, 33.3%). This gives more change than the [1,2,1] filter, but less than the [1,0,1] filter.
Smooths all visible lines by replacing each point on each line with the weighted average of it and its two neighboring points. The weight applied to any point is zero; equal weight is applied to each of its two neighboring points (that is, 50%, 0%, 50%). This gives an overall maximum change.
| Note: This filter has a large smoothing effect and can hurt the dimensional integrity of your section data. Use it only on data that is very noisy. |
Smooths all visible lines by removing points, where any one point is moved to line up with its 2 neighbors if the angle between them is less than 15 degrees. Tends to preserve the shape of lines.
Smooths all visible lines by moving points, where any one point is moved to the median of itself and its 2 neighbors. Tends to preserve the shape of lines while eliminating spikes in the data. It can also eliminate sharp corners.
Smooths all visible lines by moving points, where any one point is moved to the average position of itself and its 2 neighbors. This tool is intended for really noisy data. It is like a median filter, but it replaces a point with the average of the Min and the Max in the 3x1 neighborhood of the point.
Smooths all visible lines by moving only the points that are spikes, and smoothing them towards the curve. Preserves an otherwise clean line exactly.
Smooths all visible lines by moving only the points that are spikes, and smoothing them towards the median of itself and its 2 neighbors. Preserves an otherwise clean line exactly.
Reorders the points in all visible section lines to shorten the length of the lines between the points. It has no effect on good lines.
While the Filter > Smooth options provide a quick way to smooth a rough line, there may be times when you want to finely smooth a line to maintain its dimensional integrity, particularly if fillets and radii depend on the line. Use this tool for this kind of fine-tuning.
For noisy data, you will have to invoke this tool many times. (For accelerated smoothing in this situation, the Filter > Smooth options are more appropriate.)
Hides short lines so you can determine if they are unnecessary.
Hides lines with only a few points so you can determine if they are unnecessary.
Deletes bad lines. Bad lines are ones that are either single points or long lines and have been compressed into a small space.
Deletes all hidden (blanked) lines.
Reduces the number of points on the visible lines, by deleting those points that do not significantly change the shape of the line.
| Note: Don't forget to apply Chordal Deviation Reduction before sending your sections to your surfacing system. |
Resamples all visible lines to give a standard distance between points. The process attempts to maintain sharp corners, but does not guarantee it.
Resamples all visible lines to give each line a specified number of points. This process attempts to maintain sharp corners, but does not guarantee it.
You will want to use this option before using any of the skin options from the Polygon menu.
For XYZ section cuts, this tool sorts all short section lines in a given plane and combines them into a single line.
You will find that the line joins across a section. To clean it, you should use the Split tools described above. Because this cleaning process has already been done on most cloud section data, typically you should not need to use this tool.
Automatically does the following (in the following order) on all visible sections:
Groups all visible line objects to make them a single object, and prompts you to provide a new name for the object.
Groups lines together into sets of naturally associated lines. This helps in picking out X-sections or other features in unorganized raw line data files.
When invoked, this tool will group all visible lines on visible selected objects, after prompting you to enter a base name that will be included as part of the name given to each of the line type groups.
Visible lines are separated into the following types: X-sections, Y-sections, Z-sections, planar curves (P), feature/space curves (S), and straight lines (L). These sets will appear as independent objects in the object list located at the left-hand side of the EvalViewer window, using the name you specified appended with the suffixes X, Y, Z, P, S, or L.
Converts the selected lines into spline curves by converting their points to CVs. This is a quick method for smoothing out sections. For better ways of fitting a curve to a line, see Curve Fit Methods on this page.
Converts the selected curves into lines by converting their CVs to line points.This is the reverse operation of LinePts to CVs above.
Sub-samples lines and reformats the set of points as a point cloud.
Fits circles to section data that is sufficiently circular. The result is a new object with circles in a NURBS format suitable for export to a modeling system such as Studio.
Fits lines to section data that is sufficiently straight. The result is a new object with lines in a NURBS format suitable for export to a modeling system such as Studio.
Lets you adjust the width of lines in pixels to make them easier to see (for example, when you are looking at a cluttered model or standing far from the screen).
Lets you keep data on sections that are not aligned with a given vector.
You can select lines by using the keyboard:
If you are concerned that sections are missing, select the tab Lines > Show All or the End key to resume normal section viewing.
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