Automatic settings for UPR and cutoff wavelength
I absolutely love the automatic scanning parameters based on size/position/form in PC-DMIS. It's a set it, forget it thing for me. However, when it comes to the gaussian filter settings, things can get complicated. The general rule is that you need at least 7 points per undulation/wavelength. A lot of the literature talks about a given UPR/wavelength, and then changing the number of points scanned accordingly. However, the point density is automatically determined based on size/position/form, and you have little influence on the scanning path. The number of points therefore is set, and you need to change the filter settings accordingly. I use a little Excel sheet where I can enter the point density per millimeter that PC-DMIS has cooked up for me (you also need to enter the diameter for round features). The sheet will spit out the filter settings based on 8 points per undulation/wavelength (1 more than the minimum). This has worked very well for me, but it's a lot of work to set up for each feature. It's also easy to forget. Especially when scanning large diameters this can cause problems. Filtering a 500mm diameter with a point density of 6 with only 15 UPR is not ideal...
In summary: I'd love to see some kind of optional setting where you can change the filter strength based on the points per undulation/wavelength, rather than some absolute value that doesn't tell you anything without knowing the scanning density and diameter of the feature. 7 would be the minimum setting, to help prevent novices from filtering wrong. People like myself could set it to 8 and make it default. If you need a more aggressive filter, just increase the points per undulations/wavelength. Or just enter the UPR or wavelength manually, if that's your jam.
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A practical example. I'm measuring a 34 F8 (= 34 +0.064/+0.025) hole as a cilinder. There's a 0.039 diametric size tolerance. I interpret that as 0.0195 form tolerance:
Next I find out what PC-DMIS has cooked up for the scanning parameters:
Using this Point Density and the given fact I want 8 points per undulations, my UPR should be: pi × 34 × 5.525 / 8 = 74.
Ideally I'd be able to select 'Gaussian (auto)' as my filter option, and it would just do this math for me. The 8 points per undulation/wavelength variable could be a system parameter, or something you can set under setup. I really have no preference, but if you switch filter strength often it might be nice to have easy acces to it.