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Training Material
Basic Course
- Align -

March, 2007
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1. Overview
1.1 What does this exercise cover?
Exercise 1
This exercise
Ref.Plane that
regions.

shows alignment
is extracted from

using
mesh

Exercise 2
You can select Ref.Geometries for alignment
but you also can directly select necessary
regions for alignment as discussed in this
exercise.

Exercise 3
If you have CAD data and want to align scan
data to CAD data, this exercise shows how to
align them.

2. Process
2.1 Exercise1
1

Import File
You can import mesh data using Insert > Import. Select the Align1.stl file.

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Hide Ref.Plane
Hide Front, Top and Right plane from the Model Tree.

Region Group Mode

To enter Region Group Mode, click the

(Region Group) on the toolbar.

Auto Segment
Click the
(Auto Segment) button on the toolbar. Set the slider of Mesh Shape
to Prismatic and click the OK button.

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Edit Region
Change the selection mode to paint brush
below;

Click the
regions.

(Split) button on the toolbar. The gray region is divided into two

Exit Region Group Mode

Click the

and paint the model like the image

button to exit region group mode.

Ref.Plane
Click the
(Ref.Plane) on the toolbar. Select
(Filter Regions) icon from the
bottom toolbar to select region on the mesh data. Select the bottom region and
method in the Add Ref.Plane dialog tree is changed to Extract.

Click the OK button.

8

Ref.Plane
In the same way above, extract Plane 2 and Plane 3.

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Interactive Setup
(Interactive Setup) on the toolbar or Tools > Align > Interactive
Click the
(Next Stage) button.
Setup. Click the

10 Select Entities
Change Filter Selection to
(Filter Ref.Geometries).
Click the Plane and select Plane1.
Click the Vector and select Plane3.
Click the Vector and select Plane2.
Click the OK button.

Final Result
The aligned mesh data will be like the image below;

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2.2 Exercise2
1 Import File
You can import mesh data using Insert > Import. Select the Align2.stl file.

2 Auto Segment
To enter Region Group Mode, click the

(Region Group) on the toolbar. Click the

(Auto Segment) button on the toolbar. Set the slider of Mesh Shape to
Prismatic and click the OK button.

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3 Edit Region
Change Selection Filter to

(Filter Regions) and select the top region. Click the

(Shrink) button 5 times to remove unnecessary boundary area. Exit Region

Group mode.

4 Interactive Setup
(Interactive Setup) on the toolbar or Tools > Align > Interactive
Click the
(Next Stage) button.
Setup. Click the
5 Select Entities
Click the Plane and select the top planner region.
Click the Vector and select the cylindrical region.
Change Target to Origin.
Click the OK button.

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6 Final Result
The mesh data is aligned to the origin coordinate.

2.3 Exercise3
1 Import File
You can import mesh data using Insert > Import. Select the Align1.stl and
Align1.igs file.

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2 Quick Alignment
(Quick Fit) button on the toolbar or Tools > Align > Quick Fit.
Select
Click the Target Body and select Imported Body1. Click the OK button.

3 Best Fit Alignment

After Quick Fit, automatically Best Fit dialog tree appears. Click the OK button.
Scan data is aligned to CAD data.

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