Current Help System: PC-DMIS Laser (View Core Help)

#### To Create a Linear Open Scan

1. Ensure that you have a Laser probe enabled.

2. Place PC-DMIS into DCC mode.

3. Select the
   Insert | Scan | Linear Open menu item. The Scan dialog box appears with Linear Open Scan already selected in the Scan Type list.

4. If your scan traverses multiple surfaces, consider selecting surfaces as discussed in “CAD Controls”.

5. If you are going to use the boundary points to help define the scan path, add the 1 point (starting point), the D point (direction to scan), and the 2 point (ending point), to the scan by following an appropriate procedure as discussed in the "Boundary Points” topic.

6. Make any needed changes to the vectors in the Vectors list. Do this by double-clicking on the vector, and making any changes to the Edit Scan Item dialog box, and then clicking OK to return to the Scan dialog box.

7. Type the name of the scan in the ID box.

8. Select the Measure check box if needed.

9. Set the distance between generated theoretical points in the Increment box.

10. Select the method for defining the scan path from the Read File, Manual Hits, Generate, and Spline Points options.

11. If needed, you can delete individual points by selecting them one at a time from the Theoretical Path area and pressing the DELETE key.

12. If needed, make additional modification to your scan.

13. Enter the ID of the cloud of points object that will receive the surface data in the Point Cloud Reference Feature edit box.

14. Click the Create button. PC-DMIS inserts the scan into the Edit window.