Gordon Engineering Corporation
COVIS Gallery - Example #3
Please keep in mind that images formatted for website display aren't nearly the same quality or clarity as actual COVIS views.
In this simple example, the COVIS point-and-click measurement technique is used to determine the primary and secondary clearance angles on a drill. To use this method, the operator just selects the measurement type to be performed, then uses mouse clicks at the appropriate locations on the image. In this case, the first angle was measured by clicking at point A, and then at point B. The second angle was measured by clicking at points B and C.
The total time required to complete both of these measurements was approximately 15 seconds. At the magnification used for this example, image resolution (the smallest increment the operator can select for mouse-clicks) was .000169", or 0.00430mm.
The COVIS automatic log function displays and stores all data about each function performed. At left is the log entry created by COVIS for the second angle measurement. It begins, always, with a date and time stamp, which uniquely identifies the particular function. A description of the function is included. In this case, it's a simple point-to-point distance, measured in inches. The X and Y coordinate locations of each individual mouse click are next, followed by the calculated results for this measurement.
Log entries are stored automatically, and can be accumulated to include thousands of functions, and any period of days, or years. This information becomes a long term history of the job. When images are stored along with log entries, the history is complete, and exhaustively detailed.
08-26-2005 10:51:31
Measure (in)
Point To Point Distance
X 0.017814 Y -0.048264
X 0.039129 Y -0.131394
X Displacement: 0.021315
Y Displacement: -0.083130
Distance: 0.085819
Absolute Angle: -75.619°