## PC-DMIS Laser: Introduction

This documentation covers how to use PC-DMIS with your laser probe to measure features on a part or to collect data. Laser probes allow you to easily collect millions of points of data (called clouds of points). These clouds of points are then used within PC-DMIS for surface contour maps, export to reverse engineering packages and creation of constructed features and auto features. This documentation discusses how to use PC-DMIS with a non-contact laser probe to collect and interpret those clouds of points.

PC-DMIS Laser supports these hardware configurations:

- Perceptron – Digital, V4, V4i, V4ix, and V5

- CMS – 106 and 108 (for DCC) and 108 (for portable)

The main topics in this help document include:

- Attributes for Laser Measurement

- Getting Started

- Using the Probe Toolbox in PC-DMIS Laser

- Using Synchronous Execution

- Using Sound Events

- Using the Laser View

- Using the Scan Line Indicator

- Understanding the Visualization Tools

- Using Pointclouds

- Pointcloud Operators

- Pointcloud Alignments

- TCP/IP Pointcloud Server

- Auto Feature Extraction

- Creating Auto Features with a Laser Probe

- Clearing Auto Feature Scan Data

- Scanning Your Part Using a Laser Probe

- Handling Laser Probe Errors

Use this documentation in conjunction with the main PC-DMIS documentation if you come across something in the software that isn't covered here.

Help Last Updated: August 23, 2012