Profile Mask

The Profile Mask tool lets you define up to 16 regions to extract data from a profile. Each region’s size, position, and shape (circular, elliptical, and rectangular) can be individually configured, and regions can overlap. The tool can also exclude inner data of circular and elliptical regions, letting you avoid measuring noise or unwanted areas of profile data. Extracted data is output in a single profile.

The resulting profile can then be further processed or measured by other tools.

For example, given the following scan data:

Two mask regions defined on a profile (original profile, all data included)

The image below shows the extracted data. The extracted profile data can then be further processed by other tools, or measurements can be applied to the surface data.

For information on adding, managing, and removing tools, as well as detailed descriptions of settings common to most tools, see Tool Configuration.

Inputs

You configure the tool's inputs in the expandable Inputs section.

To use a measurement as an anchor, it must be enabled and properly configured in the tool providing the anchor. For more information on anchoring, see Measurement Anchoring.

Inputs
Name	Description
Enable Batching	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.
Profile Input	The data the tool applies measurements to or processes.
Anchor X or Anchor Z	The X or Z measurement of another tool that this tool uses as a positional anchor. Positional anchors are optional.
Anchor Y Angle	The Y angle measurement of another tool that this tool uses as a rotational anchor. Rotational anchors are optional.

Parameters

You configure the tool's parameters in the expandable Parameters section.

Parameters
Parameter	Description
Regions	When expanded, displays region-related settings. For details on the regions and their settings, see Flexible Regions.
External ID	The external ID of the tool that appears in GoHMI Designer. For more information, see GoHMI and GoHMI Designer.

Outputs

All tools provide measurements, geometric features, or data as outputs.

Data
Type	Description
Uniform Profile Point Cloud Profile	The profile containing the extracted region or regions.