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405-00026-00iNspect Express User’s Manual

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b. The Spring Tool draws four yellow overlapping

rectangles inside, across the top and bottom from

side to side (“tip area”), and across each side

from top to bottom (“end cap”) shown separately

in the two illustrations.

c. When the Spring button is still selected, you can

drag any of the small solid boxes (grab handles)

that appear on the outside rectangle, or the inside

rectangles. The two handles on the base line

(first and second click) control angle and length

of the rectangle (in this illustration, horizontal

size). The single handle on the opposite side con-

trols width (or height) of the rectangle (in this il-

lustration, vertical size).

d. Adjust the “tip area” rectangles to enclose the

tips of the wave object (tips of threads or top and

bottom of coils). Each area has its own resize

handle. Allow for variation in the product size when adjusting the top and bottom rectan-

gles. Small pink dots indicate the tips (tip points). A line is drawn on each side connecting

the pink dots. A larger tip area can increase the time to find the tips, and may also introduce

noise or irrelevant objects. A smaller tip area can miss normal variations or defects in the

product, and may make the spring tool fail to calculate measurements.

e. Adjust the “end cap” rectangles to enclose the ends of the object, where the period (distance

between tips) may not be constant (near the end of a spring). Each end cap has its own adjust-

ment handle. The end cap area will not be included in the period and amplitude measure-

ments. The following figure is a screen capture of the wave tool drawn in an image. Both

“tip lines” are displayed. The Center line and end points are not displayed in this example.

f. If you hover your cursor over the outer rectangle, the rectangle turns red, and a message

should appear telling you to ”right–click to edit.”

g. Right-click on the highlighted outer rectangle. A Spring Properties edit box opens. In the

box you can rename the measurement, and use the tabs to enable other measurements.