1. Click Machine Vision»Caliper or select Caliper from the Machine Vision tab in the Processing Functions palette. Vision Assistant displays and numerically labels all points that you have located with the Edge Detector, Find Straight Edge, Find Circular Edge, Centroid, Pattern Matching, Color Pattern Matching, Color Location, Shape Matching, Particle Analysis, or Circle Detection functions.
  2. Select Area.
  3. Select three or more points on the image by clicking them.
  4. Click Measure.
  5. Click OK to add this step to the script.
Note You must have already located the position of objects in the image using one or more of the following functions: Edge Detector, Find Straight Edge, Find Circular Edge, Centroid, Pattern Matching, Color Pattern Matching, Color Location, Shape Matching, Particle Analysis, or Circle Detection.
Tip
  • You also can select points on the image by double-clicking them in the Points list. When a point is selected, Vision Assistant places a check mark to the left of the item.
  • To save the data, click the Send Data to Excel button or the Save Results button.