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

### Scanning with Reflectors

Reflector definitions together with the surface offsets are automatically received from the emScon server and are all available from the Settings toolbar. There is no need to define any new probes once the standard reflectors are being used.

Once a reflector has been detected by the Tracker system, the Select Probe File dialog box appears, allowing you to select the appropriate reflector.

Probe compensation and offset direction

Quick Scanning

To scan a surface or feature using a reflector, you need to be in scan mode. To do this, select the Operation | Start/Stop Continuous Mode menu item to start continuous mode.

Continuous Mode allows incremental points to be taken for the reflector location. Scanning is executed by pressing Ctrl-I when using a reflector. Pressing Ctrl-I again will stop continuous scanning.

The Scanning Minimum Time Delta and Scanning Minimum Distance Delta can be set from the Part/Machine tab of the SetUp Options dialog box, accessed from the Edit | Preferences | Setup menu item. The default value for point distance separation is 2mm.

Advanced Scanning

There are many advanced scans possible like sections, multi-sections, etc. Available scans are created from the Insert | Scan menu. See "Performing Advanced Scans" in the "Scanning Your Part" section from the core PC-DMIS help file.