Profile Filter

When Enable Batching is checked, the tool takes an array as input and processes each profile in the array individually. There is no limit to the size of the array, other than processing limitations of the sensor.

For more information on arrays, batching, and aggregating, see Arrays, Batching, and Aggregation.

The data the tool applies measurements to or processes.

When enabled, displays Region parameters (see below). When disabled, the tool uses all data.

Lets you set the number of regions, and for each region, the position and dimension.

For more information on regions, see Regions.

The type of filter. For more information on the available filters, see Filters.

The units the filter uses for the window or windows: points or distance (mm). Not available with all filters. This parameter is only displayed after enabling Filter in X or Filter in Y.

When enabled, filters along X and Y, respectively, and displays X Window Size or Y Window Size parameters you use to set the window size, using the unit set in Units. (The gap filling and Gaussian filters only let you filter along the X axis.)

Fills in missing data caused by occlusions using information from the nearest neighbors. Gap filling also fills gaps where no data is detected, which can be due to the surface reflectivity, for example dark or specular surface areas, or to actual gaps in the surface. The value in X Window Size represents the maximum gap width that the sensor will fill. Gaps wider than the maximum width will not be filled.

Gap filling works by filling in missing data points using either the lowest values from the nearest neighbors or linear interpolation between neighboring values (depending on the Z difference between neighboring values), in the specified window.

Substitutes the value of a data point with the median calculated within the window or windows set in X Window Size or Y Window Size around the data point. If the number of valid (non-null) data points in the window is even, the median value is simply the value in the center of the sorted list of values. If the number of valid points is odd, the average of the two values in the center is used instead.

Missing data points will not be filled with the median value calculated from data points in the neighbourhood.

With an odd window size, the output is at the center of the window. With an even window size, the output is 0.5 pixels to the right of the center (that is, using window / 2-1 values from the left, and window / 2 from the right.

Substitutes a data point value with the mean value of that data point and its nearest neighbors within the window or windows set in X Window Size or Y Window Size.  X smoothing works by calculating a moving average across samples within the same profile. Y smoothing works by calculating a moving average in the direction of travel at each X location.

If both X and Y smoothing are enabled, the data is smoothed along X axis first, then along the Y axis.

Missing data points will not be filled with the mean value calculated from data points in the neighbourhood.

Decimation reduces the number of data points along the X or Y axis by choosing data points at the end of a specified window around the data point. For example, by setting X Window Size to 0.2, only points every 0.2 millimeters will be used. The filter generates points starting from the leftmost edge of the scan data, stepping in equal steps away from that side.