Any model can have its facet types information.
To access it:
Short answer: all the models should have facet types:
In rare cases, some scans or imported models may have no facet types - opening the Facet Types dialog for them will not show that - instead the Auto Types will be immediately applied to the model and saved with it even if you do not click Apply.
In the Facet Types dialog:
Auto | Custom | |
From sample or manual | Basic | |
You can compare how Polish report looks better: with auto or custom marking.
What you change or select regarding facet types in the Polish Report dialog, does not change the facet types of the model itself - you only define how to build a report this time - as you close the dialog, this configuration is forgotten. If you want to change the facet types of the model itself, use the Facet Types dialog. |
Do the following:
Use the Types from section.
Is there a difference? Which one will be used for the report? | |
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For standard cuts, for allocation results, the facet types are applied immediately after plan creation. The system uses the pre-installed sample types specified for each standard cut.
Using the specific types sample for each cut makes the resulting facet types more accurate and reduces or eliminates the need for manual corrections.
The system includes over 50 cuts you can use as samples to get facet types from. Now the OctoNus Cuts Library button is added to quickly access them:
You can edit facet types manually.
It is recommended to use Auto Marking as a start point for manual editing. |
To select a facet group, you can simply right-click with your mouse on a facet belonging to this group. Alternatively, you can find the group in the list and select it manually.
To edit group properties, simply click on the property you want to change in the in the Group List in the right panel. A select box will appear with the available options:
For Cushion 0, we should set this group the following properties: Pavilion 2 Half 4 Width
Using the same method it is possible to set other facets in the correct group:
Now we have the correct facet types:
To create a new group press the New Group button under the groups list.
A new group will be created and placed at the end of the list. Select it to edit its properties.
To mark specific facets as belonging to a specific group, first select the group (in the group list or using the right-click on a facet that belongs to the desired group).
After selecting the group, click on any facet that you want to assign to the selected group.
For quick "painting" of facets, you can hold the Ctrl key, press and hold the left mouse button, and then hover the mouse cursor over the facets you want to paint. Normally, this mode of operation is not required, but it can be helpful if you want to pain (mark) many facets at once, for instance when marking the Girdle.
After you've finished editing the Marking, you can export a DMC sample file with embedded Facet Marking by pressing the Export Sample button at the bottom of the Facet Marking dialog:
To load the DMC sample file into a project, expand the Cutting & Method panel, then in Samples, click the button.
Right now there's no indication telling whether a loaded Sample contains Facet Marking information, but the files that you have previously exported as samples from the Facet Types dialog, as described above, will have the facet types data.
If you're working on a non-trivial cut that requires Custom Report with specific facet types or the stone proportions, it may be difficult for automatic facet detection algorithm to apply correct facet types. In this case, you can apply types from a previously created sample.
To do so, for the current project with the already loaded model (for this document this is a sample - Cushion0_scan.mmd) in the Facet Types dialog press From Sample...
You will be presented with a sample selection and facet types preview dialog. In the dialog, press Browse... to specify a folder containing your marking Sample.
This folder will be remembered the next time you open the dialog:
After the folder is selected, you will be presented with a list of DMC sample file names in the folder. Please note that the samples should contain the facet types data, otherwise they can not be applied.
You can select desired samples from the list and preview the sample model and its facet types as well as automatic transfer of types to the current model:
While the input focus is in the sample list, you can use Arrow Up, Arrow Down keyboard buttons to quickly scroll through the list and preview various sample types.
If you want to apply current types and proceed with types editing and Custom Report generation, press Apply.
If the model is significantly different from the sample model, the automatic facet types translation may struggle to identify all of the facets that are introduced in the scanned model, especially if it is a blocking or semi-polished model and not a final polish. In case there are any inconsistencies in facet types, the operator can fix them manually as described above.
Important Note
Sample facet types are transferred to the current model only once — when the Custom Report dialog is first invoked for the current model. Once the Facet Types dialog has been called for this particular model, the facet types for this model are preserved the way the user left it. Whatever modifications are made in the Facet Types dialog, will be preserved and stored in the OXGZ file when it is saved and subsequently loaded.
During scanning using a loaded sample cut, the facet types from this sample are automatically transferred to the created model. This provides an effective way of getting the correct facet types for your model and creating the appropriate reports.
For example:
Auto types | Types of sample and resulting types (identical) |
Resulting Polish Report (strings for Pav Main Width, Pav Main Length, and Pavilion 2 Main are highlighted with the colors from Facet Marking) | |
Resulting I3D Pavilion View | |
Among other parameters and images, the document will have two additional tables: one with Statistics data (Min, Max, Avg, Dev) for each parameter of each Facet Group. and another one with individual parameter values of every facet in every Facet Group, i.e. specific angles, azimuths, and heights of all the facets in every group:
Statistics table:
Individual values table:
In the tables above for a Cushion 0 Scan, you can see values for the Pavilion 2 Half 4 Width group that we created earlier in the Sample Marking and which was automatically translated to the Scan model.
This page describes general principles of how to work with the facet types and Custom report. As the facet types functionality is under constant improvement, some colors presented on the figures in this article may be out-of-date. You can find the release 4.7.9 coloring description in the video:
There is a demo video that illustrates the above points and works with the Custom report on the Cushion sample: