Tomoview Lite Weld

North American Sales Meeting Training

Houston, Texas
Date: November 2009
By: Travis Sweetser

Transferring files from Compact Flash Card to Computer

Transferring Files

Open My Computer

Double click on the drive

that contains the flash card

Open User Folder

Transferring Files

Double click on the

Data Folder

Highlight the file you

want and right click
and copy.

Navigate to where you

want the file on your
PC right click and
paste.

Converting .opd to .rtd

Converting .opd File to .rtd File

Insert hasp Key into USB

Port

To open Tomoview either

double click your desktop
Icon or access through the
Start menu

Converting .opd File to .rtd File

Open Tomoview Lite Weld by Clicking on the Icon

Converting .opd File to .rtd File

Select OmniScan File

Converter on tool bar

Select the file and click

Open

Converting .opd File to .rtd File

Save the file

somewhere on your
PC

The file will

automatically open
once saved

Opening Converted File

To open file directly

(already converted .rtd)
Select File, scroll down
and click Open

Find the file on your PC

and select Open

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Select A-S-C layout

(A-Scan/S-Scan/C-Scan)

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Creating an Overlay
Click Part &Overlay on Main
Toolbar and select Weld
Definition
Check Automatic Flip
Click on Type 5 Double V

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Enter Parameters
Click in the box and type in correct
parameters
Click OK in the Weld
Parameters box
Click OK in the Predefined
Weld box

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View With Overlay

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Selecting an Indication
Double Click on a flaw within the
C-scan
The S-scan and A-Scan will link up
to cursor

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Highest Amplitude
Click and drag cursor on SScan to find the highest
amplitude
On keyboard F7 and F8 will
also move this cursor

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Skip Overlays
Right click on the top
bar of S-scan and
select Show Skip
Overlays

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Showing Gates
Right click on the
top bar of S-scan
and select Show
Gates

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Zoom on an indication
Select Tools, scroll down and
click Zoom
Choose a spot to start by
clicking and holding the left
mouse button, drag the arrow
diagonally to opposite corner
When done release
Box will be green when the
zoom is allowed

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Unzoom or adjust
Zoom
double click the zoom bars
on both sides (bottom & left
side) of view

To adjust, grab an end and

drag

To move through the view

grab the middle of the bar
and move

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Zone Box
Select Tools and click Zone
On C-Scan start in left top corner
and draw as if you were zooming

Move by grabbing side

Adjust by grabbing corner

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Zone Box
Adjust the edges of the Zone Cursors around the
indication

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Open Defect Table

Click the Indication Table
on the Main Tool bar
The Defect Table will open

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Add Defect
Click the
on left
side of Indication
Table

The C-Scan will be

marked with the defect
number

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Changing Groups
On the Tomoview Manager bar
under group click and select
Gr:2

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Adding 2nd Indication

Double click on another indication on the C-Scan
Draw Zone Box around indication
(see slide 22 for instructions on drawing the zone box)

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Adding Comment
Click Additional Info Tab

Type in LOF (Lack Of Fusion) in

Comments box

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Adding 2nd defect

Click the
on left side
of Indication Table

The 2nd indication will be

marked with a number 2

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Adding General Information

to Report
Click General Info
In the Report header field type
Sales Training
Click the

to add a User Field

Click inside the Field box on the

left and type in Part Number
Click inside the Value box on
the right and type in 3452-01
Click OK when finished

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Viewing the Report

Click Preview within the Indication Table to review the
report
The report will open in .html format

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Viewing the Report

Reports are generated in
the same format as an
OmniScan Report.

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Viewing the Report

(contd)

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Saving a Report
Select File from menu
bar and click Save As...

Name the report and

navigate to where want
to save

Click Save when

finished

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Printing a report
Click Print on the Indication table

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Automatic Volumetric Merge

On Main Tool Bar Click
Processing and select
Automatic Volumetric Merge

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Changing Layouts
Select Layout PA x 6 TOFD
Phased Array Panes/Merged C-Scan/TOFD pane)

(6

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Deleting Views
Click TOFD Group 1 view
On Tool bar click
Delete rest of views besides
C-Scan, Gr:1 top S-Scan,
and Gr:2 top S-Scan

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Adjusting Size of Views

Place mouse between the views
you want to adjust
Left Click and hold down and
drag to desired size

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Change Layout for B-Scan

Select A-S-B-C** (PA)
(A-Scan/S-Scan/B-Scan/Merged C-Scan)

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Smoothing
Right click on the top bar of Merge All Top (C) And
select Set Smoothing Display Mode
Repeat above steps for smoothing B-Scan

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Changing mm/inches
Select

on tool bar to change from mm to inches

Metric

Inches

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Changing from True

Depth/Half Path
Right click on the top bar of Ascan and select Change
USound True Depth/Half Path

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Adding Info Group

Select Merged C-Scan
Click
on tool bar to add reading from group 1
There are up to 4 groups that can be added

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Adding Readings to Info

Groups
Double click on the info
group and edit
Click OK when finished

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Editing Color Palette

Right click on the top bar of
Merged C-scan and select
Edit Color Palette

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Gate Selectors
Right click on the top bar of
Merged -Scan and select
Show Gate Selectors
To move click and hold on
the bar and move back and
forth

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Gate Selectors Single

Slice/Projection
Right click on the top bar of
Merged C-scan and select
Set Single Slice
(Projection) to change

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Soft Gain
Select Merged C-Scan
Click on Gain Information on tool bar
Click in the box of Soft Gain
Use the up arrow on keyboard to add 3dB
To restore initial gain click in the soft gain
box again

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Saving Screen
Select File and click Save
Screen as Bitmap
Select Capture and Click
Screen
Select File and click
Save To save screen as
Bitmap
Can also save a Window
or Rectangle

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Full Screen View

To view a pane in full screen, double click on the title bar of that
pane - double click title bar again to go back to original view

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Saving a Weld Overlay

On main tool bar click Part &
Overlay and select Save
As(*.rsp)
Navigate to where you want to
save the file on your PC
Name the file and click Save

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Loading a Weld Overlay

On main tool bar click Part &
Overlay and select Load
(*.rsp)
Find the file on your PC and
click Open

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Adding Callout
Click

on tool bar

Click and hold on Callout

to position where you want
Click on corners to adjust
size
Double click inside and type
in note
To delete select callout and
press delete on keyboard

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Closing Tomoview
To keep the file with no changes you have made during
the session click No

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