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Using WaveMatrix™
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DIC Replay requires Bluehill
®
software. It is not available for testing systems that use the
Instron Video Extensometer Application to communicate with the AVE2.
You need to enable image capture in Bluehill
®
so that images of the specimen will be
saved during the test.
1. Select in the console to open the video extensometer dialog.
2. Go to the Image Capture tab and check Enable image capture.
3. Use the slider control to set the image capture rate.
4. Go to the AVE tab and select the appropriate Extensometer mode.
If you choose Mark finding, the test runs as normal and DIC images are saved.
However, specimen preparation for this mode is more challenging - you need to
make sure that there is an area around the dots on the specimen that is free of
speckle so that the software can identify the marks.
If you choose Speckle only, you cannot use the AVE2 as a strain device in the
normal way during testing with Bluehill
®
. You are only using the AVE2 to capture
images for DIC Replay. In this case, specimen preparation is easier as you only
require the speckle pattern and you do not need to apply any dots.
If you choose Speckle only, note the following:
• Do not create a measurement based on AVE2.
• Do not set the AVE2 as the strain source for the test method.
• Do not enable auto-balance on the AVE2.
To use DIC Replay software to analyze images
1. Select in the console to open the video extensometer dialog.
2. Go to the Image Capture tab and select Open Digital Image Correlation software....
Using WaveMatrix™
Set up and run your test in WaveMatrix™ in the usual way. For more details, refer to
“Setting up a WaveMatrix Test Method with the AVE2 Video Extensometer” in the
WaveMatrix online help.
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