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User’s Manual Locate Tool Setup
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Smooth Filter
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Smoothing Example
In the following image, the Smooth filter is set to None , so the Locate tool finds the first narrow line.
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In the following image, the Smooth filter is set to 3. The Smooth filter averages a segment of pixels along the ROI, which
smoothes the sharp spikes of the dark lines. After the lines are smoothed, the Locate tool ignores them because they are below
the threshold.
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More About the Filter
The smooth filter calculates a rolling average of the edge profile; the rolling average width increases with the smooth number.
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Smooth Filter (default: None, range: None to 5)
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Runs a rolling average along the ROI length.
- Filters out small sharp changes in the edge profile.
- A high filter number may miss the edge of a narrow line.