Chapter 14: Bead

This chapter explains how to use the MIL Bead module to measure and verify beads.

• The Bead module
• Steps to validate beads
• Basic concepts for the MIL Bead module
• Defining, training, and modifying bead templates
• • Template type
  • Foreground
  • Template path
  • • Polyline that will be refined by a training image
    • Fixed polyline
    • Fixed circle or segment
  • Template from a graphics list
  • Template width
  • • Automatically establishing the width
    • Explicitly setting the width
  • Training box of the template
  • • Smoothness and threshold
  • General operations with a template
  • • Obtaining the closest template and vertex
  • Training status
  • • When templates are not completely trained
  • Input units
  • Saving the training image
  • Summary of the main training settings
• Verifying beads and retrieving results
• • Score and acceptance
  • Gaps
  • Search box
  • • Fail warning
  • Position and offset
  • Width
  • Angle
  • Intensity
  • Status and other results
  • • When you have a failing status
• Drawing
• • Specifying the points
  • • When drawing with a bead context
    • When drawing with a bead result
  • Specifying the drawing operation
  • Adjusting the templates and trained points with which to draw
• Bead example