FARO Edge
September 2012
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Chapter 7: Software
Sphere to Sphere
From the MAIN menu, touch CONSTRUCT > LENGTHS > SPHERE TO
SPHERE. Use this command to measure a length between two spheres on your
part.
1 Choose an existing sphere in the S
PHERE drop-down list or touch the
MEASURE NOW icon to measure the first sphere:
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least four points for a sphere. Hold the RED
button to remove any unwanted points.
• Pull away from the surface, and press the RED button to define probe
compensation and complete the measurement.
• Look at the sphere results. Press the GREEN button to accept, or the RED
button to reject and remeasure.
2 Choose an existing sphere in the S
PHERE drop-down list or touch the
MEASURE NOW icon to measure the second sphere:
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least four points for a sphere. Hold the RED
button to remove any unwanted points.
• Pull away from the surface, and press the RED button to define probe
compensation and complete the measurement.
• Look at the sphere results. Press the GREEN button to accept, or the RED
button to reject and remeasure.
3 The length solves; look at the length results. Press the GREEN button to accept
the length, or press the RED button to reject and remeasure. If you reject the
length, the two features remain in the file. Delete any unwanted features using
the REVIEW FEATURES command. See “Review Features” on page 143.
4 Touch the L
ABEL field to change the feature name. Touch the NOMINALS
icon to enter nominal values. See “Nominals” on page 143.
See measuring “Sphere” on page 140.
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