## Portable Laser Probe Scanning

PC-DMIS allows you to manually scan the surface of your part into Pointclouds. From Pointclouds, you can then extract Auto Features for addition to your part program. Portable laser probe scanning can be accomplished with a Perceptron, Metris, or CMS laser probe, or you can use a Leica T-Probe scanner.

- For information on setting up and using Perceptron, Metris, or CMS Laser probes, see the "PC-DMIS Laser" documentation.

- For information on setting up and using Leica T-Probe Scanners, see "Using a Leica Laser Tracker" in this documentation.

Creating a Manual Scan

To begin scanning in Learn Mode, you should do the following:

1. [optional] Add a COP command to your part program to which the scanned data will be added. You can do this be selecting the Insert | Pointcloud Feature menu item or the Pointcloud button from the Pointcloud toolbar.

Note: If you begin scanning without first creating a COP command, PC-DMIS will automatically create a COP for the scanned data.

2. Scan the surface in which the needed feature(s) reside. This can be accomplished by one or more passes. Scan stripes will be visualized in the Graphics Display window as you scan. If you are using an existing COP, you will be prompted to empty the COP.

3. Select Auto Features that reside within the Pointcloud as described in the "Auto Feature Extraction" topic in the Laser documentation. When an Auto Feature is created, the Pointcloud from which the feature is extracted is displayed on the "Laser Probe Toolbox: Laser Scan Properties tab".