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Using the Pro/E Wildfire Interface in XOV

By Michael Mock • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOV

XOV, the world’s leading inspection package, is capable of importing many neutral CAD formats. In addition, CAD interfaces can be added to XOV to improve the fidelity of inspecting physical objects to your original CAD parts.
One such interface is for Pro/E Wildfire. With the Pro/E interface, you can open the PRT files from Pro/E directly. [...]



How to extract real scaled section profile from the CAD data and scan data

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOV

In the Application, you can obtain several inspection results such as deviation map, section profiles, result image etc during the inspection process. However the results will be recorded as captured images. In case if you want to print sections out in its original scale, you can export sections as *.dxf file format.
Method
First of all, you [...]



How To Extract True Scale Section Profiles from CAD and Scan Data

By Rob Liebert • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, Success Blog, Tech Tips, XOV

In XOV, you can obtain several types of inspection results, such as deviation maps, section profiles, etc. during the inspection process. However, the results will be recorded as captured images. If, instead, you want to print out sections at their true scale, you can export them via the *.dxf file format.
Method:
First of all, you can [...]



How to Trim a Mesh using a Curve or Ref. Plane

By Mike Tsang • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, Product News, Tech Tips, XOR, XOS, XOV

When you import scan data, the data will be loading in the software, and a new Mesh Feature will be added in the Feature Tree. Sometimes, you can have additional items created after the Mesh Feature, but you will not be able to immediately be able to trim the mesh using these items. This is [...]



XOR Tutorial: CCTV Camera Housing

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, XOR, XOV

In this module, we create a CAD model of a plastic security camera housing from 3D scan data using XOR. The redesign techniques used assume we’re going to liveTransfer the model to SolidWorks. Incorporating various solid modeling techniques in XOR, we can RE the part in about 2.5 hours. This is a good exercise for practicing parametric modeling methods. This is a highly recommend tutorial for intermediate users.



PC Requirements

By Som Valliyappan • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: XOR, XOS, XOV

The following are the recommended specifications to run Rapidform softwares on a Windows based PC
Operating System: Windows 2003, Windows XP Windows Vista (32/64 bit version)
Processor: Intel Pentium M/Intel Centrino Dual Core or higher
CPU Clock Speed: 2.0Ghz or higher
RAM: Atleast 2GB (atleast 4GB if you are running Windows Vista)
Hard Disc: Atleast 10GB of free space in [...]



How To Download Rapidform Software

By Som Valliyappan • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Application Stories, XOR, XOS, XOV

Follow these instructions to download Rapidform Software(s)
Step 1: Click on the following link
Download Rapidform Software
Step 2: In the home page as shown below, login with the User Name and Password provided to you

If you do not have one then click here to contact our local Rapidform Reseller in order to receive the required login information. [...]



Replacing manual thickness measurement with 3D scanning

By Tom Charron • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOV

Problem
Measuring the thickness of an object like a propeller has generally been a tedious process that is difficult to repeat consistently.
The traditional thickness measurement process goes something like this:

Mark each blade to define cylindrical (or conic) cross sections

Using a flexible ruler, measure several points along each cross section (top and bottom), marking each one

Using [...]