Microscan Visionscape FrontRunner, User Manual

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Chapter 2
FrontRunner™
2-10 Visionscape FrontRunner™ User’s Manual v4.1.3, April 2012
properties page from the Editor window. For more information about the
Exposure Time (us) property in the Acquire Step, see Chapter 1 of the
Visionscape
®
Tools Reference. For more information about the Editor
window, see “The Editor Window” on page 2-38.
Steps and Tools
We’ve seen that every Visionscape
®
Job starts with the same steps
(Vision System, Inspection, Snapshot, Acquire). From this point on, it’s up
to you to add the steps and tools, building the Job, that accomplishes the
task that you want to accomplish. Visionscape
®
tools fit into the following
categories:
• Analysis tools
• Image and Pre-processing tools
• Measurement tools
• Program control tools
• Script tools
For complete information about Visionscape
®
tools, see the Visionscape
®
Tools Reference.
Adding Steps and Tools
Now that we’re at the main FrontRunner™ window, it’s time to add one or
more tools. The procedure would be similar to the following:
1.
Open the Editor window.
2.
Add a tool.
3.
Adjust properties.
4.
Close or minimize the Editor window.
5.
Acquire an image
6.
Adjust the tool’s region of interest (ROI).
7.
Train the tool, if applicable.
8.
Tryout the Job.