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3D polygon mesh
creating 120
3D solid/hybrid modeling 226
A
about
EvalViewer 162
actual size
displaying objects at 13
viewing at 103
adjusting
boundary of view mesh 192
cloud data point size 122
pixel size 122
Alias object-separated triangle files
definition 221
Alias pix files
definition 221
saving graphics window as 96
Alias wire files
definition 221
saving section data as 23
align tools
aligning
objects 108
analyzing
lines 25
angles
measuring 164
measuring onscreen 13
angular measurements
making onscreen 13
applying
transforms 200
approximating
curve of hull 135
curves 134
curves on lines 78
curves on selected lines 135
curves on visible lines 135
arbitrary sections
cutting 27
Arius3D ASCII scanner 218
ASCII
scanner, Arius 3D 218
XYZ files, definition 221
ATOS/GOM
Capture3D scanner 218
files, definition 221
AutoStudio
axes
setting Y as up axis 104
setting Z as up axis 104
B
B (blue)
EvalViewer color 179
back (background)
EvalViewer color 179
back view
switching to 166
backdrop image
default sky texture 117
background
grid 116
binary data
formats for point clouds 16
blocks
inserting 149
bottom view
switching to 166
boundary
of view mesh, eroding 192
boundary curve/line
defining 191
view mesh 191
bounding boxes
displaying 116
information about 149
breaking
lines 172
B-spline curves
comparing lines to 156
fitting to line data 78
representing as lines 224
B-spline surfaces
comparing clouds to 156
buttons
in EvalViewer 86
C
CAD
using EvalViewer with 213
cameras
dollying forward and back 166
zooming in and out 103
capturing
diagnostic lines for export 187
CATIA-CAI files
definition 222
centers
of objects, finding 165
centers of polygons
displaying 138
finding 165
making larger 138
checking 138
distances 155
draft angles 80
vectors for die pull 138
vectors for molds 138
checkpoints
CVs 146
in EvalViewer 29
chrome
reflection map 50
circles
fitting to section data 132
NURBS, creating sample 154
cleaning up
a dataset 39
display 129
cloud data
accessing 15
Alias tools for 211
arranging and test-fitting 79
description 6
evaluating quality 121
generic formats 16
input formats 6
limits 211
output formats 6
cloud data points
decimating 122
cloud files
definition 222
opening 89
selecting 17
cloud functions, EvalViewer
limitations 215
types of 214
cloud points
viewing coordinates 164
XYZ coordinates 29
clouds
adjusting point size 122
checking fit 121
comparing to clouds 155
comparing to lines 155
comparing to polygons 155
comparing to surfaces 156
comparison tool 4
confirming crops 75
converting to lines 119
converting to polygons 20
converting to view meshes 42
converting to voxels 120
converting XYZ sections 39
create sample 154
creating lines from 29
creating polygon mesh from 20
defining feature lines 27
deleting 102
displaying information about 119
example workflow 1 38
example workflow 2 42
FAQs 208
filtering 123
fitting sphere to data points 122
grouping 121
hot keys 204
lines, creating 29
obtaining 208
opening 15
polygon mesh, creating 20
quick rendering 119
quick-rendering 20
scan line order 30
separating hemispheres 193
shading 119
smooth shading 21
to polygons 119
tolerance 151
tracing with lines 171
using in Alias 208
workflow example 29
clouds menu, EvalViewer
cloud decimation 122
cloud info 119
cloud point size 122
cloud to lines 119
cloud to polygons 119
cloud to voxel mesh 120
compare to mesh 123
filter cloud 123
fit to picked points 122
group clouds 121
plane fit 121
quick-render cloud 119
section cuts - ordered points 120
section cuts - unordered points 121
smooth cloud 120
sphere fit 122
summary 119
surface fit 122
CMM
definition 222
description 5
color
error maps 12
tab 66
color error map
displaying 155
for comparison 158
color maps
curvature 144
color stripes
reflection maps 50
color tab, EvalViewer
B (blue) 179
back (background) 179
def (default) 179
G (green) 179
lights 179
lns (lines) 179
objects 179
pgns (polygons) 179
pts (points) 179
R (red) 179
saving colors 179
summary 179
color tab, Evalviewer
ran (random) 179
colors
assigning to objects 179
default in EvalViewer 179
resetting in EvalViewer 179
saving in EvalViewer 179
combining
sections 151
compare menu, EvalViewer
approx check to pgns (polygons) 159
clouds to clouds 155
clouds to lines 155
clouds to polygons 155
clouds to surfaces 156
color map 158
compute as needed 159
compute comparison 159
deviation factor 158
deviation vectors 158
exact check to surfs (surfaces) 158
generate report file 159
lines to curves 156
lines to lines 156
lines to polygons 157
lines to surfaces 157
polygons to polygons 157
polygons to surfaces 157
show possible types 158
summary 155
comparing
automatically 159
clouds to clouds 155
clouds to lines 155
clouds to polygons 155
clouds to surfaces 156
lines to curves 156
lines to lines 156
lines to polygons 157
lines to surfaces 157
manually 159
mesh to point cloud 123
polygons to polygons 157
polygons to surfaces 157
possible types for 158
tools for, overview 12
with approximate distances 159
with exact distances 158
comparison
report file 159
compressing
a view mesh 197
computed tomography
as source of data 42
limitations of data 217
see also CT
cones
inserting 149
confirming
crops 75
deleted lines 172
constructing
models at angles 80
continuous shading 144
control vertices
displaying 168
converting
clouds to 3D polygons 120
clouds to polygons 119
clouds to view meshes 42
clouds to XYZ sections 39
curves into lines 132
line points to CVs 131
polygons to clouds 139
units 107
coordinate measuring machines
definition 222
see also CMM
use of 208
coordinates
cloud points 164
of CVs 165
of line points 164
of object center 165
of polygon center 165
of polygon vertex 164
of view, specifying 105
copying
geometry 100
creating
boundary curve lines 191
lines 29
lines from clouds 119
planes 80
polygon meshes 144
sample NURBS circles 154
sample NURBS curves 154
sample NURBS surface 154
sample NURBS torus 154
sample objects 154
sample point cloud 154
sample polygonal block 154
sample polygonal sphere 154
sample trimmed NURBS surface 154
surface offset 146
voxels from clouds 120
cropped data
toggling 171
cropping clouds 170
cross sections 21
arbitrary 27
choosing 143
converting to spline curves 132
deleting objects with 102
parameters 21
saving 23
section cuts 21
specifying 174
crvvecs see curvature vectors
cubes
inserting 149
curvature
displaying with highlights 53
displaying with reflections 49
evaluating 49
mapping color onto 51
curvature color bar 116
curvature combs
size of 135
curvature map
a view mesh 190
adjusting color 190
selecting map 190
curvature maps
color options 144
examples 51
interactive 51
types of 144
curvature radius
decreasing 175
increasing 174
curvature vector
length 152
curvature vectors
length of 55
curve approximation 78
curve fit
types of 134
curve/line
boundary of a view mesh 191
curves
aligning 108
approximating 134
converting to lines 132
converting to point clouds 132
creating 132
creating from cross sections 132
deleting 102
displaying 115
NURBS, creating sample 154
curves menu, EvalViewer
create curve on active plane 136
create curve on polygons 136
create trace on polygons 136
curve comb size 135
curve fit methods > 134
curve fit parameters 134
curve info 134
fit all lines 135
select lines to fit 135
summary 134
curvMap see curvature map
cutting
sections 124
surfaces 175
CVs 180
editing with diagnostics 183
hot keys for editing 204
moving 181
resetting 146
restoring to saved state 146
saving 146
selecting 180
toggling 181
viewing coordinates 165
CyberOptics probes 225
Cyberware scanner 218
definition 222
cylinders
inserting 149
Cyrax PTS scanner 218
D
Dassault Systemes 222
data files
data fit
checking 121
data points
fitting plane to 121
fitting surface to 122
reducing number of 123
data sets
cleaning up 39
decimating
cloud data points 122
def (default)
EvalViewer color 179
default
colors in EvalViewer 179
units 151
default floor tile
toggling 117
default sky texture
displaying 117
toggling 117
deforming
polygon meshes 139
regions of space 139
delete menu, EvalViewer
delete all 102
delete clouds 102
delete curves 102
delete invisible 102
delete lines 102
delete polygons 102
delete surfaces 102
delete visible 102
summary 102
deleting 71
all objects 102
clouds 102
curves 102
excess lines 24
invisible objects 102
objects 102
objects with cross sections 102
points 172
polygons 102
segments 172
surfaces 102
visible objects 102
DES files
exporting data to 54
DES format
definition 222
deselecting
all 101
objects 200
tools 171
Design Exchange Specification
see also DES
definition 222
deviation
acceptable range 158
displaying trends 158
deviation vectors 12
definition 223
displaying 155
scaling 158
toggling on and off 158
diag tab see diagnostics tab
diagnostic curves
basic types 183
diagnostic lines
exporting to StudioTools 187
diagnostic sections parameters 152
diagnostics
turning off 187
diagnostics tab
EvalViewer 183
diagnostics tab, EvalViewer
curvature vectors 184
highlight line 185
lines 184
overview 55
saddle line 186
die pull
checking vectors 138
Digibotics
importing from 89
scanners, definition 223
digital filters
in EvalViewer 190
dilating
a view mesh 193
dimensional criteria
meeting 12
disk space, retrieving 70
display menu
set transparency 117
display menu, EvalViewer
always draw all 114
backdrop image 117
color bar 116
curve normals 115
CVs 115
draw mirror half 114
floor tile 117
grid 116
hulls 116
line points 114
line show through 114
lines 114
look at pivot 116
minmaxboxes 116
point clouds 114
point shading 115
polygon centers 115
polygon outlines 115
polygon vertices 115
polygons 114
reflection mapping 116
select backdrop image 117
select chrome reflection image 116
select floor tile 118
select paint reflection image 117
summary 114
surface normals 115
t&q strips 115
transparency 117
display tab, EvalViewer
backdrop 169
createline 171
CVs (control vertices) 168
grid 168
hulls 168
lines 168
outlines 168
points 168
polygons 168
reflect 168
summary 168
displaying
all lines 173
backdrop image 117
background grid 116
chrome reflection image 116
cloud information 119
curvature color bar 116
curves 115
CVs 115
hulls 116
line information 124
line points 114
lines 173
minmax boxes 116
NURBS curves 115
object information 148
online help 13
outlines of polygons 168
paint reflection image 117
point clouds 114
polygon information 137
polygon outlines 115
polygons 114
polylines 114
quadrilateral strips 115
reflection mapping 116
shaded points 115
surface information 143
surface normals 115
transparency 117
triangle strips 115
distance
measuring 164
measuring between points 165
measuring onscreen 13
distance checking
see comparing
do again 100
dollying
camera 166
in and out of a view 166
draft angles
drawing
all objects 114
duplicating
selected objects 100
DXF files
definition 223
E
edit menu, EvalViewer
copy 100
duplicate selected objs (objects) 100
number of undo steps 101
paste 100
redo 100
repeat last 100
select all objs (objects) 101
select none 101
summary 100
toggle selected objs (objects) 101
toggle visible objs (objects) 101
undo 100
visible all objs (objects) 101
visible none 101
edit tab, EvalViewer 180
overview 56
summary 180
editing
CVs 56
lines 24
surface CVs 180
surfaces using diagnostics 183
effects
glass 117
Electro-Optical Instrumentation Systems see EOIS
environments
mapping example 50
EOIS scanner 218
definition 223
erode 192
eroding
a view mesh 192
boundary of view mesh 192
error maps
from comparisons 12
European file formats
VDA-FS 226
evaluating
EvalViewer
clouds menu 119
color tab 179
compare menu 155
curves menu 134
delete menu 102
diagnostics tab 183
display menu 114
display tab 168
edit menu 100
edit tab 180
examples menu 154
file formats 209
file menu 89
help menu 162
help on using keys 162
information 153
light tab 178
line tab 172
lines menu 124
mesh menu 160
mesh tab 188
misc menu 151
polygons menu 137
query tab 164
reflect tab 176
reflection maps 49
scripts 98
starting from AutoStudio 45, 48
starting from StudioTools 83
subset tab 170
surface evaluation functions 49
surfaces menu 143
surfaces tab 174
temporary view tab 198
transform tab 199
user interface 13
uses of 4
using stand-alone 48
view menu 103
view tab 166
workflow example (vase) 29
xform menu 107
EvalViewer button box
all 87
look at 87
multi-view 87
none 87
surfaces to polygons 87
tgl 86
EvalViewer interface
mouse buttons 167
tabs 163
EvalViewer menu bar 87
EvalViewer tab bar 87
EvalViewer workflow
cleaning up cloud data 38
clouds to view meshes 42
EV-Geo
definition 223
saving visible geometry in EvalViewer 96
EV-Geo files
saving view meshes 197
EV-Script
renaming 99
running 98
EVScript
definition 223
examples
cloud clean-up workflow 38
creating to practise on 154
objects 154
vase point cloud 18
examples menu, EvalViewer 154
lines 154
NURBS circles 154
NURBS curves 154
NURBS surface 154
NURBS torus 154
point cloud 154
polygonal block 154
polygonal sphere 154
summary 154
trimmed NURBS surface 154
exit
from EvalViewer 99
expanding
a view mesh 193
exporting
compressed view mesh 36
diagnostic lines 187
sections 23
eye point
cutting sections from surfaces 175
setting 104
F
FAC files
definition 226
facet files, Unigraphics 226
feature lines
defining 27
field of view
changing 103
file formats
ASCII XYZ 221
ATOS/GOM 221
CATIA CAI 222
DES 222
DXF 223
EV-Geo 223
IGES 224
input to EvalViewer 6
Inventor 224
JPEG 224
OBJ 227
object-separated triangles 221
output from EvalViewer 6
pix 221
processed in EvalViewer 214
saving clouds 92
SGI-RGB 225
STEP 225
STL 225
UG FAC 226
UG PRT 226
VDA-FS 226
VRML and EvalViewer 226
wire 221
file management 70
file menu, EvalViewer 89
delete 102
delete files... 97
exit 99
kill net-session 98
open 89
open as > open clouds > 89
open as > open lines > 91
open as > open polygons > 91
open as > open surfaces > 92
print image 97
release net-session 98
rename EV-Script 99
run EV-Script 98
save as > 92
save as > save clouds as 92
save as > save image as > 96
save as > save lines as > 93
save as > save polygons as > 94
save as > save surfaces as > 95
save EV-Geo 96
snap JPEG 96
spawn net-session 97
summary 89
view JPEGs 97
file selector, EvalViewer 17
files
filling
holes with view mesh 193
filtering
clouds 123
filtering by
polygons 194
size of polygons 195
filters
digital, in EvalViewer 190
for polygons 193
normals 194
size of polygons 195
fitting
B-spline curves to line data 78
circles to section data 132
lines to curves 135
lines to section data 132
object to picked points 122
plane to data points 121
sphere to data points 122
surface to data points 122
flipping
all normals 144
axes 107
connectivity 144
individual normals 144
surface connectivity 144
surface normals 144
floor tile
selecting 118
front view
switching to 166
function
repeating 100
G
G (green)
EvalViewer color 179
Gaussian curvature
displaying 174
mapping 51
recomputing 56
zero 186
GE Tomo scanner
importing from 89
generic cloud formats 16
GEO files
for EvalViewer 223
geometry
copying 100
for comparison 158
hidden 101
pasting 100
visible 101
glass, simulating 117
GOM files
definition 221
graphics window
printing 13
saving 13
grid
background 116
displaying 168
grouping
clouds 121
lines by type 131
objects by layers 149
polygons and surfaces 146
visible lines 131
H
help
EvalViewer 162
help menu, EvalViewer
click for help 162
index 162
keys & shortcuts 162
overview 162
product information 162
summary 162
hiding
floor tile 117
objects 101
highlight lines 145
creating 175
example 53
in surface diagnostics 185
using 53
using from Diagnostics tab 55
highlights
spacing 152
holes
filling with view mesh 193
hot keys, EvalViewer
line data 203
summary 202
viewing 202
HTML pages
creating in EvalViewer 13
hulls
approximating 135
Hymarc scanner 218
description 223
limitation 216
workflow 38
I
icons
IGES files
definition 224
exporting data to 54
image
printing 68
saving 67
Image Guided Technologies
PixSys probes 224
images
backdrop 117
paint reflection 117
printing 97
saving 96
sharing over Internet 13
snapping 96
viewing 97
Imageware
limitations 216
index
displaying 162
information
about a curve 134
about layers 150
about lines 30
about objects 148
about polygons 137
EvalViewer 153
surface 143
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification see IGES
input
inspection data
validating 12
Integrated Image Technologies, PixSys limitations 216
interpolating
curves 134
curves on visible lines 135
interpolating curves 78
Inventor
polygons, saving 94
Inventor files
definition 224
invisible
invisible objects
deleting 102
listing 85
J
JPEG files
definition 224
saving graphics window as 96
JPEG images
images 13
screen snapshot 96
viewing 97
K
keyboard
in EvalViewer 173
selecting lines with 132
keys, EvalViewer
deleting with 173
help on using 162
selecting with 173
Kreon Industries, Inc.
description 224
Kreon scanner 218
L
laser scanners 5
layers
information about 150
left view
switching to 166
light sources
sampling 178
light tab, EvalViewer
dim 178
H & V 178
move 178
on 178
pick hilite (highlight) 178
summary 178
lights
colors of 179
default 66
dimness of surface highlight 178
moving 178
picking highlight point 178
rotating 178
sources 66
turning 178
turning on & off 178
line cut sections 27
line data
hot keys 203
line files
opening 91
saving 93
line points 114
viewing coordinates 164
Line tab, EvalViewer
using keys 173
line tab, EvalViewer
confirm 172
del line 172
del pt 172
del seg 172
multi-view (pick nothing) 172
select 172
show all 173
smooth selected 173
summary 172
undo 172
undo all 172
linear measure
conversions 107
linear measurements
making onscreen 13
lines
aligning 108
breaking 172
comparing to curves 156
comparing to lines 156
comparing to polygons 157
comparing to surfaces 157
confirming deleted 172
converting to point clouds 132
converting to spline curves 131
creating from clouds 119
creating sample 154
deleting excess 24
deleting points 172
diagnostic, exporting 187
displaying points 114
displaying reflection 168
exporting data about 54
fitting to section data 132
grouping by type 131
grouping visible 131
highlight 175
highlight, example 53
in surface diagnostics 184
making more visible 132
misconnected, cutting 124
reducing number of points 129
removing 129
segments, deleting 172
selecting with keys 132
showing 173
showing all 25
undoing deleted 172
lines menu, EvalViewer
auto process 131
circle fit 132
clean > 129
combine > 125
convert CVs to linepts 132
convert linepts to clouds 132
convert linepts to CVs 131
filter > 126
fine smooth 129
group lines by type 131
group visible lines 131
keep nonaligned data only 132
line fit 132
line width 132
reduce points on lines 129
resample > 130
sort > 130
split > 124
summary 124
lines, highlight 55
lines, saddle 186
listing
objects in EvalViewer 84
lns (lines)
EvalViewer color 179
loading
EvalViewer 83
look at 166
pivot 116
M
making
a view mesh 188
manufacturing applications
tolerances for 57
mapping
curvature of a view mesh 190
reflection 116
maps, curvature
removing 175
maximum color
curvature radius for 175
maximum curvature
displaying 174
mean curvature, displaying 174
measuring
angles 164
distance 164
distance between points 165
surface deviation 47
menu bar
in EvalViewer 87
menus
displaying tear-off 17
mesh menu, EvalViewer
autohole fill 161
bmesh all 160
create bmesh 160
glue bmesh 161
pick hole fill 161
relax triangle topology 161
remove degen/dupl tris 161
remove one of dupl tris 161
remove outer tris 161
summary 160
mesh tab, EvalViewer
boundary curve/line 191
curvature map 190
dilate 193
erode 192
make 188
m-filter 193
n-filter 194
params 195
reduce 191
reduce, parameters for 192
s-filter 195
smooth 190
summary 188
mesh, polygon
creating for clouds 20
mesh, polygons
creating over a surface 174
resetting 196
setting parameters 195
m-filter
in view mesh 193
minimum curvature
displaying 174
minmax boxes
displaying 116
minmax boxes see bounding boxes 116
mirror reflection
selecting image 116
mirror reflections 49
applying to visible surface 176
list of available 176
mirroring
objects 114
misc menu, EvalViewer
about EvalViewer 153
crvvec length 152
default units > 151
diag sections 152
hilite increment 152
object list size 152
preferences > 151
summary 151
surface display 152
UNIX shell 153
misconnected lines
cutting 124
ModelMaker scanners 218
models
constructing at angles 80
molds
checking vectors 138
Motif
object list 152
tear-off menus 17
mouse
changing view with 167
transforming objects with 72
moving
CVs 181
objects along a vector 200
objects to positive octant 108
multiple file selector
illustration 17
N
net sessions
definition 224
starting, remote 97
net-session
ending 98
releasing 98
network connection
from local to slave computer 97
releasing slave process 98
network slave sessions 69
n-filter
in view mesh 194
non-proportional
horizontal scaling 106
normals
displaying 74
flipping 144
surface 115
nothing, picking 171
numerical control
offsets for 139
NURBS
converting surfaces to 147
O
OBJ files
definition 227
object
fitting to picked points 122
object center
finding 165
object list
in EvalViewer 84
objects
applying transformations 200
deleting 102
deleting all 102
deselecting 200
drawing 114
grouping by layers 149
information about 148
looking at 166
making all visible 101
making invisible 165
mirroring 114
modifying color 66
Motif list size 152
moving along a vector 200
moving and translating 72
moving to positive octant 108
reinitializing 25
resetting transformations 200
re-sizing 199
restoring transformations 200
rotating about axis 107
saving transformations 200
selected, listing 149
size of list 152
translating 199
transparent, listing 149
visibility of 85
visualizing 80
objects menu, EvalViewer
bounding box info 149
group objs by layers 149
layer Info 150
object Info 148
rename object 149
selected first 149
solid primitives > 149
sort by name 149
sort by size 149
sort by volume 149
visible last 149
offset surfaces
producing 139
online documentation
displaying index 162
displaying overview 162
online help
displaying 13
onscreen
angular measurements 13
linear measurements 13
opening
cloud files 89
clouds 15
file 15
line files 91
polygon files 91
surface files 92
UNIX shell 153
operations
undoing 75
optical measurement sensors
definition 5
optical measurement systems, researching 219
orthographic view
hot keys 203
orthographic window
cutting sections from surfaces in 175
outlines of polygons
overview
displaying 162
P
paint reflection image 117
parameters
diagnostic sections 152
view mesh 195
parting lines 138
pasting
geometry 100
pattern files, Unigraphics 226
performance
drawing polygons 144
effect of swap space 212
speeding up with approximations 159
perspective view
hot keys for 203
perspective window
cutting sections from surfaces in 175
pgns (polygons)
EvalViewer color 179
pick nothing 172
pivot point
pivots
look at 116
pix files
definition 221
pixels
adjusting size 122
PixSys
limitations 216
touch probe, definition 224
planes
fitting to data points 121
point cloud data
binary formats 16
point clouds
aligning 108
creating from lines 132
displaying 114
point, eye, cutting sections from surfaces 175
point, pivot
points
deleting 172
displaying 168
fitting to picked 122
measuring distance between 165
selecting on a cloud 170
shaded, displaying 115
points on lines
viewing 30
Polhemus scanners
definition 225
polygon
definition in EvalViewer 225
reduction 36
polygon files
opening 91
polygon mesh
creating for clouds 20
creating from clouds 119
reordering 144
polygon meshes
comparing to point cloud 123
deforming 139
saving to files 197
polygonal
block, creating sample 154
sphere, creating sample 154
polygons
aligning 108
checking for solidity 138
combining duplicate vertices 138
comparing to polygons 157
comparing to surfaces 157
converting 139
creating mesh 174
creating mesh from surfaces 174
deleting 102
displaying outlines 74, 115, 168
finding vertices 164
grouping 146
information about 137
mesh 174
quadrilateral 188
reducing number 191
reducing number in view mesh 191
removing parallel to line of sigh 194
saving 94
selecting on a surface 170
size, setting 151
sub-sampling 139
polygons menu, EvalViewer
bump 141
check polygons as solid 138
check tri self-interfere 142
convert polygons to clouds 139
draft-angle/parting-line 138
plane menu > 139
polygon center size 138
polygon deform 139
polygon info 137
polygon offset 139
reduce tris by 3D-Tol 141
reduce tris by percent 142
select lines to skin 137
smooth 141
square 137
summary 137
triangle collector 142
trimesh all lines 142
trimesh n lines 142
polygons menu, Evalviewer
combine/weld vertices 138
polylines
definition 224