Faro Edge - Point: Best Fit; Point: from 2 Lines

FARO Edge
September 2012
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Chapter 7: Software
2 Choose an existing plane in the PLANE drop-down list or touch the MEASURE
NOW icon to measure the plane:
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least three points for a plane. Hold the RED
button to remove any unwanted points.
• Pull away from the face, and press the RED button to define probe
compensation and complete the measurement.
• Look at the plane results. Press the GREEN button to accept, or the RED
button to reject and remeasure.
3 Touch OK
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 “Point” on page 139 and “Plane” on page 138.
Point: Best Fit
From the MAIN menu, touch CONSTRUCT > FEATURES > POINT > BEST
FIT. Use this command to construct a best fit point using a minimum of three
point-reducible features.
1 Choose a minimum of three point-reducible features. Choose a selected feature
to remove it from the selection group.
2 Touch OK
3 Touch the L
ABEL field to change the feature name. Touch the NOMINALS
icon to enter nominal values. See “Nominals” on page 143.
See “Best Fit Point” on page 167.
Point: From 2 Lines
From the MAIN menu, touch CONSTRUCT > FEATURES > POINT > FROM
2 LINES. Use this command to construct a point from the intersection of two
lines.
1 Choose an existing line in the L
INE drop-down list or touch the MEASURE
NOW icon to measure the first line:
•A
CTIVE PLANE - the last measured plane feature. Touch the plane to choose
another plane or N
EW... to measure a plane. If none exist in the file, you must
measure a plane. See “Plane” on page 138.
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least two points for a line. The first two points
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