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Polygon Editing Tool
Instruction Manual
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n Safety Symbols The following symbols are used in this manual to prevent accidents which may occur as result of incorrect use of the instrument. Denotes a sentence regarding safety warning or note. Read the sentence carefully to ensure safe and correct use. Denotes a prohibited operation. The operation must never been performed. Denotes an instruction. The instruction must be strictly adhered to. Denotes a sentence regarding safety precaution for laser. Read the sentence carefully to ensure sa
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Instruction manual for each model in VIVID digitizers offers rapid, high-precision 3D scanning ideal for imaging of in - the VIVID series of non-contact 3D dustrial p r o d u c t s i n a w i d e r a n g e o f s h a p e s a n d c o n fi g u r a t i o n s . T h i s m a n u a l d e s c r i b e s t h e digitizer’s features and operating procedures, and calls attention to relevant precautions. digitizers Photogrammetry System Explains the PSC-1 system, a high-precision
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Contents Safety Precautions ..............................................................................................................................................1 Software Restrictions ..........................................................................................................................................1 Notes On Use ......................................................................................................................................................1 N
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• View Menu View Orbit Rotating or moving the Camera Position 148 Zoom Enlarging/Reducing the Displayed Item 149 Full Frame All Displaying Data Fully in all Windows 150 Chapter 1 Full Frame Displaying Data Fully in Active Window 150 Preparations Area Orbit Rotating the Camera and Setting the Rotation Center 151 Area Zoom Enlarging/Reducing Item Enclosed by Specified Rectangle 152 Regarding Move Plane Setting Display Depth 153 the software Move Light Moving the Light 154 Unin
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• Build Menu Build Registration Initial Manual Performing Initial Registration of Elements Manually 182 Auto Performing Initial Registration of Elements Automatically 184 Fine Elements Performing Fine Registration of Elements 185 Points Performing Fine Registration of Selected Points 186 Move Points Moving the Selected Points 187 Elements Moving Element (s) 189 To Origin Moving the Element (s) to the Origin 191 To X-Y-Z Converting the Coordinate System of Element
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• Pop-up Menus in Element view window View Mode Front/Right/Left/Back/Top/Bottom/Isometric/Perspective Changing View Mode 244 Rendering Mode Wireframe/Shading/Texture Mapping/Wireframe + Shading/Wireframe + Texture Mapping Chapter 1 Changing Rendering Mode 244 Preparations Show Vertex/Hide Vertex Showing or Hiding Vertices 244 Show Normal/Hide Normal Showing or Hiding Normal Vectors 245 Regarding Show Axis/Hide Axis Showing or Hiding Axes 245 the software Smooth Sha
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Conventions for Command Reference (Chapter 2) Chapter 2 “Command Reference” (from page 21) gives an explanation of the function and operating procedure of each command in the menu order. The shortcut key and the icon (displayed on the tool bar) are also shown in the command title. We recommend that you make extensive use of shortcut keys when running this software. Note that while software keys indicated in the command reference are effective by default, you are free to add new
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Chapter 1 Preparations Regarding the software Uninstalling Chapter 1 Forward Chapter 1 explains the preparations for using Polygon EditingTool. The method for uninstalling the software from the computer is also explained. Preparations 1) Introduction of Operating Conditions ....................................8 2) Attaching the protect key to the computer ............................9 3) Installing the ASPI driver software on the computer ...........10 4) Installing Polygon Editing Tool on the
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Preparations Chapter 1 Preparations 1) Introduction of Operating Conditions The following hardware environment is required to run this software. Hardware PC/AT compatible CPU Piuentm 4 or higher recommended (only Intel) Main memory 1024 MB or more (2048 MB or more recommended) HDD 15 MB free space is required to install this software. Windows XP Professional SP2 (32 bit) Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 (64 bit) Windows Vista Business Edition SP2 (32 bit) Applicable OS Windows Vista Bu
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2) Connecting the protect key to the computer When using Polygon Editing Tool, it is necessary to attach the protect key and install the protect key (HASP) driver to the computer before installing Polygon Editing Tool. Attach the protect key to the computer correctly according to the following procedure. Chapter 1 Preparations Memo The installation procedure is also given in the “READ - ME_E.txt” file in the “Polygon Editing Tool” directory of the software’s CD-ROM. n Installing the protec
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3) Installing the ASPI driver software to the computer The software uses SCSI as the interface connecting the VIVID and the computer. For the computer to recognize VIVID correctly, it is necessary to install the ASPI driver software on the computer. Even if the VIVID will not be connected to the computer, it is still necessary to install the ASPI driver. Chapter 1 * Preparations Note When Windows Vista or Windows 7 is used, it is necessary to install the driver software of the RATOC Syste
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4) Installing Polygon Editing Tool on the computer When installing the software, make sure to install it correctly according to the following procedure. Memo It is necessary to connect the protect key to the computer correctly before installing the software. Chapter 1 If the protect key has not yet been connected, connect the Preparations protect key to the computer according to the procedure on page 9. Operating Procedure Start Windows and insert the software 1 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
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Click the [NEXT] button and click the 5 [Install] button. Chapter 1 Preparations Follow the instructions displayed on the 6 screen to complete installation. The Polygon Editing Tool will be installed. When installation is completed successfully, the following files will be created in the direc- KONICA MINOLTA tory where the software has been installed. Polygon Editing Tool Ver. *. ** Bin PET.exe • • • Plugin AddTexture.dll Memo The files that will be created
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5) Connecting the VIVID digitizer to the computer When the VIVID digitizer will be controlled from Polygon Editing Tool, connect the VIVID digitizer to the computer first, and then start up Polygon Editing Tool. The first time the VIVID digitizer is connected to the computer, it is necessary for the computer to recognize the VIVID digitizer as an external device. Chapter 1 Preparations Perform operations according to the following procedure. n Connecting the VIVID digitizer to the computer
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n Recognition of the VIVID digitizer by the computer The first time the VIVID digitizer is connected to the computer, cause the computer to recognize the VIVID digi - tizer as an external device by following the procedure below. Note It is not necessary to install the device driver of the VIVID digitizer on the computer; however, Polygon Editing Tool cannot control the digitizer until recognition has been completed. Chapter 1 Preparations Operating Procedure After connecting the digitizer
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When a dialog for specifying the de- 4 sired driver search method appears, check the “Search for the best driver in these locations.” radio button, clear any other checkbox for specifying the loca- Chapter 1 Preparations tion, and then click “Next”. If a dialog with the message “Cannot 5 Install this Hardware” appears, check the “Don’t prompt me again to install this software.” checkbox and then click “Finish”. Start the device manager to confirm 6 whether or not the VIVID digitizer
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Regarding the software Chapter 1 1) Starting and Quitting the Software Regarding the software n Starting the Software Operating Procedure From the [Start] menu, select [Program] 1 –[KONICA MINOLTA], and then click [Polygon Editing Tool Ver.*.**]. The Polygon Editing Tool will start. • If a scene file with the name “startup.scn” current- ly exists in the directory named “Polygon Editing Tool Ver.*.**” Model”, the p rogram will auto matically load this file as it starts up. Note
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2) Main Window 1. Title bar 2. Menu bar 3. Tool bar Chapter 1 4. Element list Regarding the software 5. Window tile 6. Element view window 7. Status bar 1. Title bar .......................... Displays the file name of the currently displayed image data. 2. Menu bar ....................... Used to select various functions of this softw are. 3. Tool bar ......................... Displays the icons of the frequently used commands. Clicking an icon will ex - ecute the correspondin
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n Toolbar Icons Icon Command Description Reference Page Chapter 1 Open an element file or scene file. 24 File – Open Regarding Saves element data. 26 File – Save – Elements the software 33, 50, 74, Reads in the data from a 1-shot scan by the digitizer. File – Import – Digitizer – One Scan 103, 118 Reads in the data from a step-shot scan by the digi - 41, 58, 79, File – Import – Digitizer – Step Scan tizer. 106, 121 Performing Precision Registration of Scan Data 136 File – Import – Digitiz
