File – Import – Digitizer – Step Scan (When VIVID 900/910 is Selected)

nPerforming Scan Operations Automatically

If the bench top frame set is used and calibration chart data exists, a series of scan operations can be processed automatically.

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For details of how to save the calibration chart data, refer to page 87,88.

Operating Procedure

Chapter 2

File

Menu

1 From the [File] menu, select [Import], [Digitizer] and then [Step Scan].

The [File-Import-Digitizer-Step Scan] dialog box will appear.

2 Select the desired installation direction of the VIVID digitizer.

From the [Hardware] tab, check the [Bench Top Frame set] checkbox, and select the VIVID digitizer installation direction by clicking the corresponding [Mounted] radio button.

Check the [Auto Scan] checkbox under the [Hardware] tab.

Select [Vertical] if the VIVID digitizer is mounted vertically, or select [Horizontal] if it is mounted horizontally.

The monochrome monitor image currently cap- tured by the VIVID 910 or VIVID 900 will ap- pear in the image area of the dialog box.

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If the VIVID digitizer is mounted horizontally, the preview image will be in portrait form.

After the image is converted to 3D, it will be displayed according to the coordinate system of the VIVID.

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3 Place the object on the rotating stage.

Note

If the VIVID digitizer is mounted on the frame set hori- zontally, the object will be affected by repeated reflection on the rotating stage surface, preventing correct scan operation. To prevent this, place an appropriate item of the following thickness under the object to raise it.

Measurement

Thickness of Item

Distance

 

600 mm

Approx. 30 mm

 

 

1000 mm

Approx. 20 mm

 

 

4 To display the object in the middle of the image area, change the position of the object or move the rotating stage back and forth to change the view angle.

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If necessary, replace the lens attached to the VIVID digitizer.

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