How to Create Color Maps
The color map can be used for characteristics like profile, flatness, parallelism, roundness & cylindricity.
- Select one characteristic that has already been measured.
- Go to the menu CAD - Evaluation.
- Click the Display checkbox.
- Make some adjustments to the display settings.
- Set magnification (exaggerates form deviation for emphasis)
- Show points larger
- Show the color gradient (rainbow scale)
- Show min/max points
A few recommended things to change are:
- Turn off the CAD surfaces to see all the colored points better.
- Also make sure this setting is turned off: CAD - Settings - Strategy - Display strategy when selecting a feature.
The range of the color gradient is determined by the tolerance of each characteristic.
If you select multiple characteristics, they will be displayed simultaneously in the CAD view.
To add a color map snapshot to the report,
- Orient the view and get all the settings the way you want. It is usually best to turn off the CAD surfaces.
- Click the Manage views button in the CAD Evaluation window. Or go to the menu CAD - Manage Views.
- Enter a name for the view, and click CAD presentation.
- In the Multiple Report window, add a new line for PlotProtocol. This will include the color map as a separate page in the PiWeb report.
If you only need a single snapshot that will not be in the report, use the Windows snipping tool, or go to the menu CAD - View - Save CAD view to file.
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