Profile tool – Rockwell Automation 5370-CVIM2 Module User Manual

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Chapter

Chapter 7

Inspection Tools

7–147

This section discusses the profile tool and the inspection functions
(“operations”) that it can perform.

The profile tool is an area tool that can be used to find edge locations and
measure distances between edges on images whose edges are otherwise too
indistinct for reliable gage tool operation. The profile tool creates a gray
scale profile of an inspected object, and then identifies one or more features
on the profile. These features are the basis for edge location, distance
measurement, and object counting operations.

Once you have selected a profile tool as outlined in the Overview:
Inspection Tool Selection Process section (page 7–1), you can configure it
for an inspection application by picking the

Profile

field in the toolset edit

panel. When you do, the profile tool edit panel appears, as shown by the
example in Figure 7.119.

Figure 7.119

Example: Selecting the Profile Tool Edit Panel

Profile tool

(default position)

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When a profile tool is first selected, it appears in the upper–left corner of the
image field, as shown in Figure 7.119.

Profile Tool