Analyzing Using Highlight

You can create a highlight analysis. It illustrates the shape of surfaces and its transition quality and, in the ClassA context, is an essential visual aid to quickly assess the surface quality.

Before you begin: Open a 3D Shape.
  1. In the Analyze panel, click Activate Analysis and Highlight .
    The model is displayed with the Default highlight analysis variant.

    The Global/Local icon changes to blue indicating that you performed a global analysis on all elements that are visible in the work area.

  2. Select Projection: Cylinder and change to the front view.
    OptionDescription
    Beam Calculates the highlight lines from the light beam of a parallel light source.
    Cylinder

    Creates the highlight lines by reflecting stripes on the interior side of an imaginary cylinder around the geometry.

    The cylinder axis direction is defined by the Direction option. The VNav axes define the direction.
  3. Select the Black and White highlight variant.
    Highlight VariantDescription
    Default

    		Default using medium values.
    Highlight

    		Grayscale display of the highlight lines.
    Colored

    		Colored display of the highlight lines.
    Black and White

    		Black and white display of the highlight lines.
  4. Increase the number of highlight lines with Cycles.

    20 Cycles 200 Cycles




    The highlight lines are projected from the interior side of an imaginary cylinder.

  5. Change the Clip value to define the brightness or color transition quality.

    Clip 0 Clip 100




  6. Change the Shine value to define the highlight line width.

    Shine 0 Shine 100




  7. Click the Type: Shaded color button and select another highlight line color.
    OptionDescription
    Shaded Creates a shaded highlight result.
    Curve Creates curves as the highlight result.

    Curve can only be selected if Projection: Beam and Attached: Model are selected.


  8. Select Transparency for a transparent display.


  9. Click to reset the settings to the defaults.
  10. From the Surfacing section of the action bar, click OmniPlane .
  11. Click OK in the Omni Plane panel.
    A default OmniPlane is created.

  12. Select the OmniPlane and click Transform in the Sculpt panel.
  13. Manipulate the plane using the robot.
  14. Click Direction: Plane in the Analyze panel.

    You can also select the x-, y-, or z-axis.

    Cylinder Direction X Cylinder Direction Y Cylinder Direction Z

    The highlight lines are oriented in the OmniPlane normal direction.

  15. Select some elements and click .
    The elements are removed from the input geometry and the analysis is recomputed.

    The Global/Local icon changes to grey indicating that you performed a local analysis only on the selected elements.

  16. Click Global/Local to switch between the global and the local analysis.