{"id":2675,"date":"2022-07-08T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/how-to\/how-to-generate-3d-measuring-points\/"},"modified":"2022-07-12T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T12:04:57","slug":"how-to-generate-3d-measuring-points","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/how-to\/how-to-generate-3d-measuring-points\/","title":{"rendered":"How to generate 3D measuring points"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>3D measuring points are based on a 3D surface model in STL file format.<br>The measuring points are generated to form an offset surface to the STL file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Click on the Meas. points tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/83.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/83.png 935w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/83-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/83-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Click on the OPEN button to open an STL-file. Both ASCII and Binary STL-files are supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/84.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/84.png 563w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/84-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The STL-file view can be rotated, zoomed and panned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/85.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/85.png 935w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/85-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/85-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Click on the STL alignment button. <br>Make sure the 3D model (STL-file) is aligned with the physical object on the scanner table by using the STL-alignment feature described in detail on page 103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Set up the scanning area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2923\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Click on the Generate MP3D button to generate the measuring points.<br>Generation may take some time if the 3D model is complex. A blue bar will show the progress.<br>Generation can be stopped by clicking again on the same button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/87.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/87.png 935w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/87-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/87-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D measuring points are based on a 3D surface model in STL file format.The measuring points are generated to form an offset surface to the STL file. 1. Click on the Meas. points tab. 2. Click on the OPEN button to open an STL-file. Both ASCII and Binary STL-files are supported. 3. The STL-file view&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/emc-scanner\/scn-500\/how-to\/how-to-generate-3d-measuring-points\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to generate 3D measuring points<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2519,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2675","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2925,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2675\/revisions\/2925"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.pendulum-instruments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}