Patent ID: 6012022
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A measuring aid system for use with a measuring system for automatically measuring a measurement object corresponding to a measurement procedure file, comprising:measurement procedure executing means for reading a measurement procedure file including definition information and measurement procedure information and controlling a measuring apparatus according to the measurement procedure information, the definition information defining the shape of a measurement object, the measurement procedure information defining a measurement procedure;a solid modeler for generating a solid model of the measurement object in a virtual space according to the definition information of the measurement object in the measurement procedure file;movement calculating means for calculating a measuring path according to the measurement procedure information;displaying means for displaying the solid model generated by said solid modeler and a measuring path in the virtual space according to a calculated result of said movement calculating means;inputting means for inputting information necessary for changing of the measuring path obtained by said movement calculating means and displayed on said displaying means; andmeasurement procedure editing means for rewriting the measurement procedure information of the measurement procedure file corresponding to the measuring path changed by said inputting means.