Vision Tools Summary Table Related Topics Overview of ACE Sight Vision Tools Adding Vision Tools ACEUser's Guide, 3.6.x, 18316-000 Rev A Page 351 Function Tool Use/function/description See also Inspection Tool Analyzes the results of other tools based on a configuration of inspection filters. Color Matching Filters and analyzes areas of specified color, or color ranges in color images. Gripper Clear- ance Analyzes results of histograms to determine which parts can safely be picked. Calculation Tools Calculated Frame Calculates a frame based on a spe- cified calculation mode. Calculated Arc Calculates the circle that encom- passes an arc, based on a specified cal- culation mode.
Calculated Line Calculates a line based on a specified calculation mode. Calculated Point Calculates a point based on the cal- culation mode. Other Tools Custom Vision Allows user specify a program to be called when the tool is executed. From within a custom tool, other tools can be executed, and return a set of res- ults which are used as the output of the tool. Remote Vision Adds the ability to run a vision tool on a remote PC, to offload that portion of the processor load to the remote PC. This allows a single instance of ACE to manage a larger ACE application. Calibration Grid Locator Identifies a collection of dots in the field of view. It is used by the grid cal- ibration procedure.