VTube-LASER Spike Filter

Laser stripes from the FARO are composed of a string of points in space. This filter automatically removes outlier vertex spikes in cylindrical laser stripes. An outlier is detected when the angle between any three adjacent points exceeds a user-entered value. The default value is 15 degrees.

Laser Stripes

Each stripe of points returned from a normal tube straight contains that are ordered with a slight curve like is shown here. With this formation of points, there is a natural tendency for any three adjacent points to form a slight angle.

Cylinder Laser Spike Filter

When measuring highly reflective tube, the points returned from the part of the diameter that is closest to the laser scanner on the FARO arm can spike away from the diameter. This filter recognizes that possibility and removed any data that spikes away from the curve before it is given to the math engine. The filter option is in the navigation pane's Measure Setup --> LASER tab menu.

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