Upload Silhouettes

A Silhouette is the image of a object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.

1. Select Programs > Management.
2. Select a Product.
3. Click the Upload Silhouette icon.
4. In the Upload Silhouette dialog box, select the unit of measure from the Unit Of Measure dropdown list.

   
   
   

5. Navigate to the respective files that you want to upload for XY Silhouette, XZ Silhouette, and YZ Silhouette and then click Upload.
   Note: A Silhouette file is a TXT file with three columns without any header and comprising values separated by a comma “,”.

   • When you upload a XY Silhouette file (used in Top View), only the first two columns are considered and the third column is ignored.

     Example

     0,-1600,0

     11500,-1600,0

     11500,1600,0

     0,1600,0

     0,-1600,0

     This example describes a rectangle with base (X) between 0 and +11500, and height (Y) between -1600 and +1600.

     
     
     

   • When you upload a XZ Silhouette file (used in Lateral View), the first two columns are considered, and the third column is ignored.

     Example

     0,0,0

     11500,0,0

     11500,4500,0

     0,4500,0

     0,0,0

     This example describes a rectangle with base (X) between 0 and +11500, and height (Z) between 0 and +4500.

     
     
     

   • When you upload a YZ Silhouette file (used in Front View), only the second and third columns are considered and the first column is ignored.

     Example

     0,-1600,0

     11500,-1600,4500

     11500,1600,4500

     0,1600,0

     0,-1600,0

     This example describes a rectangle with base (Y) between -1600 and +1600, and height (Z) between 0 and +4500.

     
     
     

   Optionally click the icon to clear the selected Silhouette points.
6. Click Close.
   Note: When you upload a Silhouette, you can see that the Silhouette is applied to the respective charts.