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This command calculates a color map to show the deviations between two objects.
Select the two objects to inspect and launch the command.
The first selected object is the reference object.
The second selected object is the measured object that will be projected on the reference.
The Section here is the measured object for the inspection.
List of reference objects available
CAD Linear
Linear Geometry
CAD Linear and Linear Geometry will be automatically discretized into Polylines. Before launching the command, you can adjust this discretization for each object individually using Edit display discretization (refer to Object representations).
Description of the command
The dialog box asks which object should be colored.
When objects containing multiple elements are compared (such as a Set of Polylines), you can choose between two matching methods:
Closest polyline: each colored object will be associated to the element which has a vertex closest from the colored element.
Closest centroid: each colored object will be associated to the element which centroid is the closest.
Force projection direction: If you choose not to force the direction, the software will search the closest point in 3D, else you have to enter a direction for the inspection. This option is available if the measured and the reference object are coplanar and when the Point to point comparison is disabled.
Max distance: Enter the threshold distance over which the points are considered as too far away. These points will not be used for the color map. The default value can be computed with the Restore default value button.
Unsigned inspection: If the two objects are coplanar, you can make an unsigned inspection or keep the sign but invert it by checking Invert the default sign of values.
Point to point comparison: if both polylines have the same number of vertices, points will be matched with their index.
Detailed report: This option makes available a table, called Inspected points table, which can be added to the report template. Only available if the number of points is lower than 5001.
Once the color mapping is computed, a special object is created with distance and color information. You can edit the colors by clicking on Edit color. The command Edit Colors is launched.