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GOM Inspect is one of the world's leading 3D programs for testing and evaluating optical 3D measurements. In graphical reports, labels or 'flags' are used to display results. When evaluating and creating reports in connection with this, one is repeatedly confronted with the problem that the available formats for flags do not correspond to the required or desired display. Here we show how you can easily change the layout of flags in GOM Inspect.
Combination flags are flags that test several properties of an element. In our example, these are flags of circles that want to check both the deviation of the position in axis X and that in Z.
Fig 01 Properties: Edit template of a flag
The workflow is as follows.
1. Adjust the template of the dimensions
Mark circles in Explorer, under 'belongs to' 'select dimensions (scalar)' of the 'Inspection' group, open the properties on the right with TAB, open the 'Flag', 'Template' menu.
The current template of the scalar dimensions should be changed, so click on the (yellow marked) icon.
Fig 02 Flag template editor
2. Flag templates are tables. If you want to change them, you have to change the contents of the rows and columns, or add / delete rows and / or columns. With the combined flag templates, you always start with the scalar dimensions. It must later have the same name as that of the basic element and have the same format.
Fig 03 Insert column in a flag template
3. In the current example we add a column as the penultimate column. We only mark the bottom two lines because the header remains the same. Select Insert RMB and table / column before: two fields, labeled with 'Text', are inserted in the table as a new column.
We repeat this process again. We delete the 'Text' from the top two new fields.
Fig 04 Insert keyword in a text field
4. We mark the lower left new text field. With the icon Fx we now open the selection of possible keywords.
Among the many keywords we find the 'upper tolerance limit' under 'results / dimension /'. We check 'Numbers / With sign' below.
We do the same with the lower right text field for the 'lower tolerance limit'.
Fig 04a Combination flag, scalarly adjusted for dimensions
The new combination flag, initially only scalarly adjusted for the dimensions, now looks like this:
Fig 05 Save flag template (scalar dimensions)
5. Next we click on 'Save as template' in the properties menu of the flags, and assign a new meaningful name for the template. We will also use this name later for all basic geometric elements so that a combination flag can be created.
Fig 06 Adjust template of the basic element
6. The previously combined flag now temporarily disintegrates into individual flags until the basic element has also been changed and has been given the same name that was also assigned scalarly for the dimensions.
For the basic element - after inserting the two columns - change the texts (here: to 'OT' and 'UT') and proceed accordingly. The combined flag template appears again immediately.
To save flag templates in a skin (style), it is sufficient to set the checkmark in the menu 'Save as template' at the bottom left and to overwrite or export the skin. This means that other projects can also benefit from the new flag template.
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