File – Import – Digitizer – Step Scan (When VIVID 300 is Selected)

11 Enter the desired element name, and set parameters.

Note

The element name must consist of up to 31 characters.

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12 Click the [OK] button.

Each scanned image will be subjected to registration and displayed, and the “Proceed to registration?” message dialog box will appear. The element list will also show the element name specified at step 11 plus “rotation step”. The element name is highlighted, indicating that it is currently selected.

The loaded data will be ready to be displayed in all windows. It will be displayed in the active window and the windows for which all the ele- ments are set to be displayed.

When the data is loaded for the first time after the software is started, it will be fully framed in all the windows including those that are hidden automatically.

If a rotating stage has been designated, the rotat- ing stage will rotate back to the original position before data reading starts.

If the [Save camera data] checkbox was checked

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13 Click the [OK] button.

Fine-registration of the element position will be performed and the data will be displayed again.

If a rotating stage has been selected by the Turn- table, the stage will turn to the next angle and then scan will be performed.

Select the desired rate from “1/1”, “1/4”, “1/9”, “1/16” and “No polygon” by selecting from the [Reduction Rate] pull-down menu.

If you want to generate points to fill in holes caused by missing data, set the [File Holes] setting to “On”.

The [Remove] pull-down menu lets you select which points to remove from the imported data.

You can set this to any of the following: “None”, “Boundary(B.)”, “5deg. & B.”, “10deg. & B.”, “15deg. & B.”, or “20deg. & B.”

If you want to filter the imported data, select the appropriate parameter from the [Filter] pull-down menu.

To save the raw scan data (.cam) when importing data, check the [Save camera data] checkbox.

at step 11, the [Remote-Save] dialog box will appear before the one that asks whether you want to perform fine-registration.

q Enter the desired file name. w Click the [Save] button.

Note

The file name must consist of alphanumeric characters only.

If you are not going to perform fine-registration, click the [Cancel] button instead of the [OK] but- ton.

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Fine-registration can be cancelled even if it has started, by clicking the [Cancel] button in the dialog box that appears during fine-registration.

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