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CAM2 Measure 10.4 is FAROs all-in-one metrology software, the first choice measurement
software for portable 3D Measurement systems.
In this version, CAM2 Measure has taken yet another big step forward in providing capable
software to be used with FAROs scanning devices such as the FaroArm and the Faro Amp.
This document brings you a detailed description of each of the new capabilities of this new
version, enabling you to quickly learn about its new features and get you started on learning
how to use them.
In addition to the Scanning capabilities, tactile measurement users will also find some good
capabilities in this version. The new CAD handling features will allow you to better organize
your CAD data in ways to simplify the measurement process when you have large CAD parts.
And, in response to the continuous need for automation of the measurement process, we
continued to improve on the QuickTools capabilities in order to simplify manual processes that
can be handled within CAM2 Measure.
The document closes with 3 exercises that you can follow to help you learn how to use all the
new features included in CAM2 Measure 10.4.
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Table of Contents
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1.1
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1.2
Support multi-selection
1.2.1
Feature Extraction Workflow change
1.2.2
Support for multi-selection in Feature Extraction
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1.3
Selection of a Projection Plane for Extracted 2D features
1.3.1
Presetting the Projection plane for Extracted features
1.3.2
Editing the Projection Plane in the Feature Properties
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1.4
Allow for additional extraction options
1.4.1
Standard projection
1.4.2
Thin Material
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1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3.1
Extend capabilities on Dimension extraction
3.1.1
New Extraction workflow
3.1.2
Display Dimension in Feature Tree
3.1.3
Display Dimension in Report
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3.2
Dimension editing
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Capture improvements
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4.2
Memory optimizations
4.3
4.4
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
POINT CLOUD
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6.2
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ALIGNMENTS
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7.1
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7.2
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7.3
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DEVICES
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8.1
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8.3
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9.1
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9.2
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QUICKTOOLS
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10.1 Consolidate and extend export options for Export Measurement Data and View Report
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The user can define a QuickTool step that only sets or computes a Device Position
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10.3
QuickTools: The user can import header information from a predefined txt file
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OTHERS:
11.1
Document Header: Add automatic header field for Active Device name
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11.2 Feature Visibility: The user can select one or more features and show only those via a
single command.
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11.3
File: File Open should open at last folder used within session
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11.4
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11.5
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11.6 Reporting: Form of Point Cloud should not appear in report when it is unchecked in the
Feature Information Panel
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1.2.1
The workflow of the Feature Extraction capabilities has now changed. In the previous version,
you would first select the type of feature that you wish to fit and would then select an area of
the Point Cloud that would be used to extract the feature. In 10.4, the workflow has changed
as follows:
1. Select the area of the Point Cloud containing the feature you want to extract
2. Choose the type of extraction you wish to perform. Options explained below
3. Press the type of feature you wish to extract from the Selection
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Select the area of the Point
Cloud containing the feature
you want to extract
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Press the type of feature you
wish to extract from the
Selection
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Choose the Extraction Method
you want to use
Multi-selection is now also supported in the Feature Extraction mode and uses the same
technique for Point Cloud Editing:
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Every selection operation starts a new selection. When complete, any existing selection
will be cleared and the new selected points will stay selected:
Selecting with the SHIFT key pressed will add to the current selection. When complete,
the resulting selection will include points from the existing selection and the new
selection. This mode can be noticed with a small + sign next to the selection cursor
Selecting with the CTRL key pressed will remove from the current selection. When
complete, the resulting selection will remove the points that were newly selected from
the existing selection. This mode can be noticed with a small - sign next to the
selection cursor
1.3.1
The projection plane for Feature Extraction can be preset by using the Projection Plane
selection box that can be accessed from the Quick Access bar at the top of the CAD View.
Changing the settings in this box will control the choice of Projection Planes:
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1.3.2
Auto: This is the default setting. When this option is selected, CAM2 Measure 10.4 will
look for the best existing projection plane for this new feature. If no good projection
plane exists, CAM2 Measure will extract the plane from the Point Cloud data.
None: When selected, a projection plane will be extracted from the data and the 2D
feature will then be extracted using this Projection Plane
Any other plane: If you choose a projection plane from the list, it will be used as the
projection plane for the feature you are extracting. This allows you to control very
specifically what projection plane should be used for the extraction.
As with any measured 2D feature, you can edit the properties of the extracted feature and
modify the projection plane from there. The options provided in the previous section will apply
in this case as well.
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1.4.1
Standard projection
In this method, CAM2 Measure ignores all the points that are on the plane and takes all
remaining points to be on the feature (circle or 2D line) that we will extract. These remaining
points are projected to the projection plane and are used to calculate the feature. Note that
the projection plane can either be preset or can be extracted from the selection. Refer to
Section 1.3 for the Projection Plane options.
Two more options are provided to allow more control over how points are taken to calculate
the feature:
1.4.1.1 Depth sampling
The Depth sampling option controls how to take the points that will be projected to the plane
for fitting the feature. This option is particularly important to exclude data that is close to the
edge of the holes. The two parameters are:
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Offset: This controls at what distance from the Projection Plane the points should be
taken for the calculation of the feature. All points that are less than this distance from
the projection plane will be excluded.
Thickness: This parameter controls how thick is the band that will be used to extract the
points for fitting the feature
Projection Plane
Depth
Material
Thickness
Offset: This controls the distance from the perimeter of the measured feature that points
should be taken for the calculation of the projection lane. All points that are less than
this distance from the outline of the feature will be excluded.
Threshold: This parameter controls how thick is the band that will be used to extract the
points for fitting the projection Plane
In the case of a circle, the zone will represent a disc around the fitted feature that will used to
take points to calculate the projection plane. This option is important for features that have a
narrow flat area around them.
Threshold
Material
Offset
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1.4.2
Thin Material
The Thin Material is the second option for feature Extraction. It should be used when scanning
a thin sheet material where it is not possible to take data inside the material of the part. When
using this calculation, the data that is not on the plane is excluded from the calculation. The
software will calculate the largest circle that can fit inside the gap from the hole.
The two buttons to the right of the Probing Mode will allow you to remove the last point or all
the picked points.
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CAD Parts: Shows the list of all CAD Parts where you can show/hide the bodies at the
CAD level
Dimensions: All extracted dimensions will appear within this folder
Saved Views: Saved views will appear in this folder
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There has been a slight change in the workflow for extracting features from Cross Section which
now makes it also consistent with the Feature Extraction from Point Clouds. Whereas in CAM2
Measure 10.3 you would first select the type of dimension to extract and then you would
perform one or two selections to calculate that dimension, in version 10.4 you will first perform
the selection and then press the corresponding dimension button to extract the dimension
from the selected Cross Section points. Adding and removing points from an existing selection
is done via the SHIFT and CTRL buttons as is also the case in the Feature Extraction commands.
3.1.2
3.1.3
The dimensions will also appear now appear in the Report. A new section has been added
below the statistics, listing the dimensions that were created and appropriate nominal and
tolerance values as specified.
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Height: This dimension can be repositioned by placing the cursor on the line
connecting the two portions of the dimension. The line will move in a direction
perpendicular to the line.
Angle: This dimension can be repositioned by placing the cursor on the curved line
joining the two angle lines. The curve can be extended or brought closer to the apex
of the angle, moving both the curve and the dimension value text
Radius: This dimension can be moved by clicking the text and dragging it towards or
away from the center of the radius arc. The line will extend to where the text will be
positioned.
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Point Size: The default is now set to 1. Smaller point size improves the performance and
as the point clouds become larger and more dense, it is helpful to have smaller points;
Point visual representation: The default is now Squares. The square representation
means that the point is represented as a square using an exact number of pixels (ex
1x1 or 2x2). The Circles option would draw each point as a small circle which may look
better at the cost of performance;
Anti-aliasing enabled: The default is now off: this option makes lines look smoother and
less pixelated. Graphically this makes them look very good however requires additional
performance from the graphics subsystem.
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The selection of CAD surfaces now takes into account that the Surface vector is correct and
therefore we will not allow projection to the back side of surfaces. This also provides a
significant improvement with the Point Cloud alignments since we no longer allow the
projection of points thought the material of the part. Overall, the result will be more consistent
and better performing projections to CAD.
Attention: It will be very important to correct the normal vectors on the CAD files. Not doing so
will result in incorrect compensation of Surface Points.
6 Point Cloud
This section contains a set of new capabilities that improve on general aspects of Point Cloud
management.
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Note: This can be a very lengthy operation, especially as the number of the Point Clouds
increases.
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7 Alignments
7.1 Animate the CAD view while solving Point Cloud alignments
The CAD View will now show an animation of the Point Cloud and features as the alignments
are being calculated. This provides an important visual feedback on how well the alignment
process is coming along.
7.3 Improve speed of the Best-fit alignment when using Point Clouds
In addition to the accuracy improvements, the speed of the alignment algorithms has been
increased significantly.
8 Devices
8.1 Recognize Edge LLP when it is connected while software is running.
Hot plugging of the LLP is now supported in CAM Measure 10.4. Once the LLP is connected,
CAM2 Measure will automatically enable the Measurement command for Point Clouds.
8.2 Improve results from TrackArm when devices are connected wirelessly
The TrackArm device position calculation was being affected when either devices was running
wirelessly. This problem was due to the fact that there was occasional data loss from the
devices as a result of wireless interference. In Version 10.4, the new TrackArm device position
calculation is taking this situation into account and will result in much more accurate positons,
even under such circumstances.
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8.3 The user should confirm when deleting features used to calculate a Device
Position
CAM2 Measure 10.4 will now ask to confirm when deleting features that are used to calculate
the Device Positions. Removing such features may be critical to a measurement job as the
positions will not be resolvable in some scenarios.
9.2 Labels: New screen label layout options: Refine Label Position
There is also a new Feature-based label positioning option. When you select this option, the
labels will be positioned close to the source feature. This layout option is available by selecting
the Feature entry from the drop-down.
10 QuickTools
10.1 Consolidate and extend export options for Export Measurement Data and
View Report steps
Both the View Report and the Export Measurement Data commands support the capability to
export data files yet the options to specify how the file is saved and what level of user
interaction was required were different for both commands. With this enhancement we have
consolidated and now support the same experience for both QuickTools steps. The options for
file export in both commands now include:
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Ask user to save file: for either command, the user is shown a File Save dialog to save
out the file. The user will control the file name saved.
Save directly to file: In this option, a predetermined file name is selected and the file
will be overwritten without user interaction.
Save file directly to folder: The file will be exported to a folder. Depending on the
command, different file naming options are provided
File format: the user can select the file extension of the file to be exported. This will vary
depending on the command.
10.2 The user can define a QuickTool step that only sets or computes a Device
Position
For very specific jobs, it is required that the calculation of the device position be enforced in
the Workflow. For such cases, it is necessary to provide QuickTools steps that only set a given
device position and consequently a step that will only Solve a given device position.
This now enables a QuickTools program to set the device position and then instruct the user to
measure the Device Position points and then automate the calculation when the Device
Position points have been calculated.
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10.3 QuickTools: The user can import header information from a predefined txt
file
This is yet another improvement intended to support Automation. With this new capability, the
users can have an external system define a txt file containing the header information for a
given measurement that is then imported at the beginning of the QuickTool. The format of the
txt file is simple and can be easily created by hand or by any automated system:
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In order to enable the loading of the fixed file at the start of the QuickTool,
select the QuickTool and select the newly added Import Session Data option
in the Session Data selector. When you choose this option, you can now select
a specified file from where the Session Data for this QuickTool execution will be
loaded.
In addition to the import and as a way to make this automation easier, the
Document Properties dialog now has a new button that allows the user to
export the header strings to a txt file. Here you will be able to see the IDs that
CAM2 Measure uses internally to represent the default header strings. From
there you can control whether those strings are checked by changing the
True/False value accordingly.
11 Others:
This section will describe some miscellaneous additions that have been primarily driven by
customer requests.
11.1 Document Header: Add automatic header field for Active Device name
The name of the active device is now also available as a reportable Document Header string.
This provides traceability back to the measurement device which is often required for ISO
certification purposes.
11.2 Feature Visibility: The user can select one or more features and show only
those via a single command.
A new command has been added to allow you a very quick access to showing only a
selected set of features. This new command is available via the drop down that can be
accessed through the new View split button. When you run this command, only the selected
features will be visible and all other features will be hidden. Note that this command also
supports Folders as well where the folder will be set Visible however it will not change the
visibility of the features inside and only those that are set to be visible will be shown.
11.3 File: File Open should open at last folder used within session
While a session is open, the File Open and File Save dialogs will open at the same folder where
they were opened last time. This allows a faster workflow for users that are working from a
specific folder during a given session where they do not have to navigate from the default
folder to the folder they used last. Note that when the Applications is restarted, the default
folders will be used the first time again.
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11.6 Reporting: Form of Point Cloud should not appear in report when it is
unchecked in the Feature Information Panel
Unchecking the Form property for the Point Cloud would not control the visibility of this property
in the Report. This is now possible in this new version of CAM2 Measure 10.4.
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