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Cut planes allow VTube-LASER to define a plane of a table or other surface in order to cut LASER points from being used in measurements to VTube-LASER. (As of VTube-LASER Version 2.7, all Tactile measurements ignore cut planes.)<br><br>
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About Cut Planes

Cut planes allow VTube-LASER to define a plane of a table or other surface in order to cut LASER* points from being used in measurements to VTube-LASER.

  • Note: As of VTube-LASER Version 2.7, all Tactile measurements ignore cut planes.

Without the Cut Plane Offset set properly, scanning data from a cylinder on a table would appear like this to VTube-LASER.

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We can use orbit to tilt the view slightly. You can see how the table points are included in this scan of an outer diameter.

Vtube-laser v2.2 tiltview tableoutliers.png

Increase the Cut Plane offset and you will remove all outliers from the table surface.

Vtube-laser v2.2 tiltview nooutliers.png

How to Create a Cut Plane

Cut planes are created with four measurements using the ball probe.

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STEP 1

In VTube-LASER click on Measure Process, then click on Measure Cut Plane. The Laser scanner will turn off automatically.

Follow the instructions in the yellow guide box.

Touch the table with the ball probe and press and release the green button.

Vtube-laser cutplane step1.png

STEP 2

Move the probe to another place on table. The further away from the first point, the better for the math engine.

Press and release the green button.

Vtube-laser cutplane step2.png


STEP 3

Move the probe to another place on table in a way that forms an approximate equilateral triangle. (It is best to not make the triangle a thin sliver triangle.

Press and release the green button.

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STEP 4

Move the probe upward above the table. This forms the up direction of the plane (also called the "normal" to the plane)

Press and release the green button.

Vtube-laser cutplane step4.png

STEP 5

The Cut Plane Offset menu will display.

Enter the cut plane offset in this window. There must be an offset or table points will eventually be included in the scan.

Granite Surface Plates

0.039" offset is acceptable

Office Tables

0.125" offset is usually acceptable (Tables are much less flat than surface plates - so the offset needs to be greater than on surface plates.)

Offset Distance Rule

  1. VTube can work with offsets that are up to about half the diameter of a tube.

  2. This would mean that small diameter tubes that are less than 0.25" diameter might not scan well on a regular office table.

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Diagnosing Problems

It has been our experience that there are two conditions where the Cut Plane is likely to fail to work properly:

  • If the wrong ball probe is selected in the FARO probe compensation menu, then the cut plane may fail.


  • If the ball probe was never calibrated using the FARO Compensation window, or is not calibrated properly, then the cut plane has a VERY HIGH chance of failing. We have seen Cut Plane issues that are tied back to this problem.

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