Stream

It's possible for more than one type of data to be available for a tool as input. You use the Stream drop-down in a tool to choose which type. If only one type of data is available for a tool, the Stream drop-down may not be displayed.

For example, many tools can produce processed surface data (such as the Stitched Surface output from the Surface Stitch tool, or the Corrected Surface output from the Surface Vibration Correction tool). When you have added one of these tools, the tool's data output is listed in the Stream drop-down, as well as the data that comes directly from the sensor's scanning engine. Surface data coming directly from the sensor's scan engine is always called "Surface" in the Stream drop-down. Profile data coming directly from the sensor's scan engine is always called "Profile/Merged" in the Stream drop-down. For data that comes from another tool, the convention is {Tool name}/{Data output name}:

Sections are also listed in the Stream setting.

To choose a stream:

1. Go to the Measure page by clicking on the Measure icon. The scan mode must be set to the type of measurement you need to configure. Otherwise, the wrong tools, or no tools, will be listed on the Measure page.

2. In the Tools panel, click on a tool in the tool list.

3. If it is not already selected, click the Parameter tab in the tool configuration area.

4. Select the data in the Stream drop-down list.