spot comparison

Spot comparison check configurations.

GUI Default Settings

tolerance
Distance between two spot welds less/equal to this tolerance are considered matching. Distance more than this tolerance is reported as positional difference.
Figure 1.


Default/Allowed: 1.0 to 10.0
slide-number
The start number displayed on the top right corner of the PowerPoint slide.
Default/Allowed: 1 to 10000
input-1
Spot weld file 1.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
input-2
Spot weld file 2 (same file cannot be selected).
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
report
Initial directory for report out path.
Default/Allowed: C:/temp
action
User action type to be executed.
Check
Only intersection check will be executed, no reports.
Report
Only Reports will be generated from the previous check.
Both
Check and Report generation will be executed in a sequence.
Default/Allowed: Check, Report or Both
extract-spot-cad-option
CAD lines, points or solids are converted to spot weld file. A copy of the spot weld file is stored in the input folder.
Figure 2.


Default/Allowed: lines, points or solids
extract-spot-method
Logic to convert CAD to spot file.
compname
CAD names are used to recognize CAD spot data. These names are recognized via configuration file, name, connection and spot inputs.
bbox
Based on the location and surrounding parts, CAD is converted to spot weld file.
Default/Allowed: compname or bbox
position
Position (Coordinates) difference between spot weld 1 and spot weld 2 will be reported if ON. Allowable positional difference is less than tolerance value.
Figure 3.


Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
part-id
Part ID differences between spot weld 1 and spot weld 2 will be reported if ON.
Figure 4.


Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
layer
#Layer, #Stack or #Link Components differences between spot weld 1 and spot weld 2 will be reported if ON.
Figure 5.


Default/Allowed: ON or OFF