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Unleashing the Power of Coordinate Metrology Off-the-Shelf Software to Reduce the Bottom Line Volume 3, Issue 2 Gerald H. Cheshier, Thanh Thao (Diana) Nguyen This article will demonstrate how one physical instrument position measures the world’s largest one-piece, compound-contour, composite aircraft nose section using Coherent Laser Radar (CLR) technology by acquiring 1,294 engineering-defined surface points... Citation: Gerald H. Cheshier, Thanh Thao (Diana) Nguyen, "Unleashing the Power of Coordinate Metrology Off-the-Shelf Software to Reduce the Bottom Line," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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3D Scanning in Truly Remote Areas Volume 3, Issue 2 Christiane Bathow, Mel Wachowiak Do you think you have a challenging environment for metrology? This article describes the Smithsonian Institution's expedition to Mongolia in the summer of 2007, with a structured light system to collect 3D scan data of stone monoliths from the Bronze Age.... Citation: Christiane Bathow, Mel Wachowiak, "3D Scanning in Truly Remote Areas," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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Roll Angle in 6DOF Tracking Volume 3, Issue 2 Stephen Kyle In a 3D polar measurement system which tracks a probing device in 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF), the probe’s roll angle can be identified as a critical parameter in some system design concepts. This paper reviews methods and proposals for roll angle... Citation: Stephen Kyle, "Roll Angle in 6DOF Tracking," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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Accentuating Buckling Deflection by Transformations and Processing of Point Cloud Data Volume 3, Issue 2 Joel Hough This article examines the transforms used to analyze the deflection of a trapezoidal box steel beam, approximately 22 ft in length, 10 ft in width of the upper plate, and 2 ft in width of the lower plate, fitted with GRP (glass reinforced polymer) panels... Citation: Joel Hough, "Accentuating Buckling Deflection by Transformations and Processing of Point Cloud Data," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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Wing Interior Structure Measurement Solution: Rotating Laser Scanner–Tracker Integration Volume 3, Issue 2 Scott Waltari, Edward Sergoyan, Scott Sandwith Validating the interior structure of a wing is a measurement challenge. Solving it cost-effectively meant integrating two precision metrology systems with a robotic controlled crawler and using software to couple them all together. A wing’s interior... Citation: Scott Waltari, Edward Sergoyan, Scott Sandwith, "Wing Interior Structure Measurement Solution: Rotating Laser Scanner–Tracker Integration," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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Autumn 2008 Entire Issue Volume 3, Issue 2 Christiane Bathow, Mel Wachowiak, Stephen Kyle, Joel Hough, Gerald H. Cheshier, Thanh Thao (Diana) Nguyen, Scott Waltari, Edward Sergoyan, Scott Sandwith 3D Scanning in Truly Remote Areas, Roll Angle in 6DOF Tracking, Accentuating Buckling Deflection by Transformations and Processing of Point Cloud Data, Unleashing the Power of Coordinate Metrology Off-the-Shelf Software to Reduce the Bottom Line, Wing Interior Structure Measurement Solution: Rotating Laser Scanner–Tracker Integration Citation: The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2008
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Scanning a 50-Year-Old Swedish Draken Fighter Volume 3, Issue 1 Mat Cappel When a large aerospace and defense contractor wanted to research the aerodynamics of a 50-year-old Swedish-built jet fighter, the Saab Draken, it turned to Exact Metrology, a digitizing and surveying firm, for its unique capabilities to speedily process... Citation: Mat Cappel, "Scanning a 50-Year-Old Swedish Draken Fighter," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2008
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Photogrammetric Survey of the JHU/APL 60-Ft Antenna System Volume 3, Issue 1 John Troll, Bob Stillwell, David Persons, Russell Morrison The Satellite Communications Facility at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), in Laurel, Maryland, traces its genesis to the early days of Russia’s Sputnik satellite. Established in 1961 to support the command requirements... Citation: John Troll, Bob Stillwell, David Persons, Russell Morrison, "Photogrammetric Survey of the JHU/APL 60-Ft Antenna System," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2008
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Spring 2008 Entire Issue Volume 3, Issue 1 John Troll, Bob Stillwell, David Persons, Russell Morrison, Nicolas Cornille, Thomas M. Hedges, Mat Cappel Photogrammetric Survey of the JHU/APL 60-Ft Antenna System, New Method for Measuring Aircraft Panels with Simplified Tooling, Scanning a 50-Year-Old Swedish Draken Fighter Citation: The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2008
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New Method for Measuring Aircraft Panels with Simplified Tooling Volume 3, Issue 1 Nicolas Cornille, Thomas M. Hedges For both ecological and economic reasons, Airbus is intending to replace the current chemical milling of aircraft panels by a mechanical milling process. As part of the overall project, a new dimensional control method for the milled panels has been... Citation: Nicolas Cornille, Thomas M. Hedges, "New Method for Measuring Aircraft Panels with Simplified Tooling," The Journal of the CMSC, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2008
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