aN WD FAST, EASY, OPEN TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT FOR NDT oe Fp e ECLIPSE 7 ae Caaf i I i i t cm I I i i i Ld i i I i ICOPYRIGHT INFORMATION BeamTool 7 User Manual Edition 2015 (Owner: Eclipse Scientific Products Ine. Copyright by Eclipse Scientific Products Inc, 2015, This book and the information it describes are protected by the Copyright Act of Canada and international laws, You are permitted to use these materials only for your personal study and research. Use of the ‘materials for any other purposes including reproducing or distributing, in whole or in part, whether for sale or not, without express permission of the copyright owner, will infringe copyright. The copyright ‘owners may take action against you for infringement. Published by: Eclipse Scientific Products Inc. Eclipse Scientific, 97 Randall Drive, Unit 2 Waterloo, Ontario, N2V 1C5 Canada Toll free (800) 490-1072 Phone: +1 (619) 886-6717 Fax: +1 (619) 886-1102 www eclipsescientific.com File Name: BeamTool 7 User Manual.pdf Version: 1Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter (1): Welcome to BeamTool 7 6 ‘Chapter (2): New In BeamTool 7 9 Chapter (3): Getting Started.. a aD 3.1 Creating a Typical Technique a 20 a 2 2 Chapter (4): Menus, Tootbars & Layout. 4.1.1 Menus, Toolbars & Layout. 42. Main Menu 421 File Menu rinses 2B 422. EditMenu 7 : 3 423 Drawings 26 424 Tools Menu. 28 425 Help Menu 35 43° Main Toolbar... i 36 Chapter (5): Piece . 7 5.1 Plate Piece Configuration. 40 5:1 Piece Configuration 40 52 42 53 TPiece Configuration Es | 531 T Piece Configuration i z sevens 54 Axial Piece Configuration 46 54.1 Piece Configuration. 46 542 Other Tools Available 55 Circumferential Piece Configuration. 551 Piece Configuration. 5.52 Other Tools Available 5.6 Custom Pieve Configuration 5.61 Piece Configuration. Chapter (6: Weld Configuration 6.1.1 Weld Configuration Toolbar. 62 Weld Regions 621 Region Editing 622 Region Attributes 63° Weld Zones. ae 631 Zone Generation Panel Toolbar 632 Zone Generation Panel Tabs. Chapter (7): Calibration Block. S 7.1. Calibration Block Designer Toolbar and Options. Chapter (8): Probes... 8.1 Adding Probes. 82 Probe Groups: . 821 Probe Configuration 8.22 Probe Tools. 84 Probe Configuration VANNIIRSASSIUReREseeSe85 86 87 Chapter (10): Conventional UT Chapter (11): Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOFD), Chapter (12): CAD Surface. omen Chapter (13): CAD Toolbar. 131 132 133 134 135 136 Chapter (14): Geometries 141 142 143 44 145 146 Chapter (15): 3D View. 181 152 (Chapter (16): Command Prompt 161 B41 Other Tools Available 842 Phased Array Probe Configuration 84.3. Time-Of Flight Diffraction Probe Configuration 84.4 Conventional UT Probe Configuration Probe Positioning Probe Identifier Probe Options 87.1 All Probe Groups. 87.2 Phased Array Group Only 873 TOFDGroup Only 874 Conventional UT Group Only. 875 Other Tools Available Phased Array. Phased Array Beamsots 9.1 Adding PA Beamsets 9.12 Phased Array Beamset Tabs. 9.13 Configuration of Phased Array (PA) Beamscts 9.1.4 Zonal Beamset... CAD Tools 131.1 Tools Group. 131.2 CAD Layers Viewports aa 13.21 Viewport Manager Options 13.22 Working with Viewports Fait Add Geometry Style: Construction Aids 136.1 166 13.6.2 Using Construction Aids. Piece Geometries 14.1.1 Adding Pioce Geometries. Annotative Geometries. 14.2.1 Adding Annotative Geometries. Selecting Geometries. Legend Geometry Inspector. Geometry Navigator. 3D View Navigation, 8D View Toolbar. Execute Commands. Table of Contents Baa 167 171 171 172 173 174 176 179 180 181 182 183 185 185Table of Contents 162 Speelfy Command Options 185, 162.1. Relative & Absolute 186 162.2 Piece Geometries & Annotative Geometries -_— 186 162.3 Command Prompt Help. 186, 163 Commands 187 1631 Construct Commands... 187 163.2 Modify Commands... Chapter (17): Indication Table... 17.1 Indication Table Options. 17.2 Indication Properties 17.3 How To Add & Remove Indications 17.3.1 Indication Properties. Chapter (18): Referenc 181 Reference . 182. Print Drawings. 201 198 198 182.1 Print Drawings Main Toolbar. : 201 1822 Print Drawings Panel Toolbar 202 1823 Print Drawings Footer 203 183 Managing Workspaces 204 184 Importing Drawings 205 185 Instrument Info . vs nn 06 18.6 Document Info sxsinsinsnnannsi . sn 208 Chapter (19): XMLoealize uo . Fear ere 191 XMLocalize Views, Layout, Menus & Toolbar 210 19.1.1 Tree View. 210 19.1.2 Table View. 210 19.2. XMLocalize File Menu. ” zs 7 212 19.3. XMLocalize Tool Menu 214 19.4 XMLocalize Toolbar. 215, 19.5 How to Translate in Table View 217 19.6 How to Translate in Tree View sn 219 Chapter (20): Extracting Data. 20.1 Exporting Drawings. 20.2 Reporting, 203 Report Template Editor 2031 Editing a Report Template. Chapter (21): Third Party Integration... i 21.1 TD Focus-Scan é& TD Handy-Scan 226 21.2. Zetec UltraVision. 226 21.3. UltraVision Library 7 21.3.1 Installation, 7 21.3.2 Import BeamTool! Workspace into UltraVision. 27 Chapter (22): Add-on Modules. | 221 Add-on Manager Options 231 22.2 Current Modules 232 22.3 How to Activate an Add-on Module 233 224 BeamTool ZONAL 235 226 Simulation Add-on, 238Table of Contents 227 BeamTool A-Sean 239 271 AScan Options 240 227.2 AScan Lesson sera 250 227.3 Sound Field Animation. 255 22.8 BeamTool HighTemp. ssc 259 2281 High Temperature Wedge Toolbar. ee 260 2282 High Temperature Wedge Options 266 2283. High Temperature Lesson 267 22.10 ZONAL CalBlock Designer. 276 2.10.1 ZONAL CalBlock Designer Toolbar —_ 278 22.102 ZONAL CalBlock Sidebar Menus s 284 22.103 Add View & Edit Manual Targets in Table View. 291 22.11 293 Chapter (23): Lesson: 23.1 Lesson 1 Going Started nnn ce A 23.2 Lesson 2 Images 305, 23.3. Lesson 3 Deactivate and Transfer License 314 234 Lesson 4 ZONAL Add-on. ciao B16 23.5. Lesson Advanced 3D Workspaces 320 23.6 Lesson 6 High Temp Add-on. Ee 1325 237, Lesson7 A-Scan 334 238° Training Videos 338 Chapter (24): Support nennnnn ccexsninCHAPTER (1): WELCOME TO BEAMTOOL 7 aa A Ada eC Paes irae ‘The original BeamTool was created to provide a quick and easy way to do simple ray tracing by allowing the usor to specify a piece with a weld and add wedge(s) and transducer(s) to display a bear path, BeamTool is now in its seventh generation, and offers users many features: + CAD Layers: used to control a group of graphies. Layer visibility can be turned on or off. Control igraphies by locking and unlocking layers sa they are not accidentally modified. © CAD tools: interactive rotate and move tools, rotate geometries commands (¥0 and 180 degrees), new rotate geometry construction aid, remove duplicate geometries command.Welcome Piece and Annotative Geometries: circle geometry, rotatable rectangle geometry, rotatable bitmap geometry, Restructured CAD Toolbar: display settings and snap settings pop-ups, new add geometry popup. Contact and immersion support for conventional and phased array probes. ‘TOFD probe elevation offsetting, This allows the use of a pair of TOFD probes on a pisce with. different thicknesses. ID/OD pinning for TOED probes [Improved near field calculations based on equations by Udo Schlengermann and KFactor Polynomials Material properties for polygons can now be configured via the geometry context menu. Beam refraction through geometries with dissimilar materials. Single beam beamset, This new beamset is useful when developing zonal techniques. Improved probe visualization: wedge damping visualization to phased array wedges, transducer orientation visualization on phased array, transducer visualization on top view, beamset element usage visualization on reports, Equipment management for instrument configuration and validation. Calibration Block Designer - Design custom calibration blocks and generate reports that include all aspects of a calibration block to support machining. Built to comply with ASME code stipulations using target measuring tools Wedge Drawings - new auto wedge drawing generation features makes it easy to automatically generate fully dimensioned wedge drawings with all of the important dimensions clearly labeled. Everything you need to have a custom wedge manufactured to properties entered into an instrument or application is presented in black and white Backing Bar -a backing bar can now be added and configured in a plate piece configuration ‘Show Snell's Law - Displays a visualization of Snell's Law where the beam refracts into the piece. This option is available for Single Beamsets, Reference Beamsets, and UT Probe Configuration, Recents - As you use BeamTool, the software will remember which transducers, wedges and equipment you commonly use, The recently used probes and wedges will be available for quick access from a drop-down menu, without having to import from a file or our extensive catalog Crop Mode - beams can now be cropped in distance and time as well asthe traditional skips Side Probe Bar provides the full readout ofthe probe menu but is pinned to the left hand side of BeamTool robe Identifier - allows the user to quickly identify the configuration options forthe selected probe in a multi-probe workspace. Geometry Navigator allows you to visualize, highlight and select all ofthe geometries in a drawing ‘Materials - users can now define create a custom library of materials that they commonly use, Seamless integration makes i easy to implement any material you need ‘Drawings a powerful st of tools that allow users to create and manage additional drawings ‘within a single BeamTool workspace, Drawings can be used for wedge drawings, HighTemp Management, additional piece drawings or any other kind of drawing that helps support a technique.Welcome Info Tips - provides additional information in a flash. Just hover over the light bulb icon on a probe box and the Info Tips pops up with relevant information about the probe, its beams, transducer properties, ete. This information would normally be available in a BeamTool report, but now you ean geta live update to aid in your technique design Application Tips - mini lessons designed to help you get the most out of BeamTool. Application Tips can be displayed automatically when BeamTool starts and are available anytime from the Help menu. Geometry Alignment aligns objects horizontally or vertically relative to each other. Objects are positioned relative to the first object selected. Full Matrix Captuze Beamset -a specific data-acquisition processing using ultrasonic phased- array probes. For an array of N elements, each element is successively used as a transmitter, while all other elements are used to receive. Zoom Selected - zooms to fit the selected geometry. Trim Tool - the new interactive trim tool allows users to easily trim intersecting lines to precise lengths Improved InspectionBank Integration: NEW IN BEAMTOOL 7 Export Focal Laws (Focal Law Calculator) - Exports a law file based on your beamset configuration. Law files can be imported into an instrument by technicians to greatly decrease setup time. E Woo GarangNew In BeamTool 7 ‘Simulation Module (A-scan & Sound Field Animation) - The A-Sean Add-on Module has been revamped in BeamTool 7. The module has been renamed to Simulation Add-on Module and now also includes the Sound Field Animation features. Sound Field Animation shows how elements firing in a phased array probe constructively form a wave front and how that wave front propagates into the piece. Correct Focal Laws for High Temp 10New In BeamTool 7 ‘TPiese Configuration -improved and simplified way to configure L and Tshape welded components from ‘easy to use configurable ment. foamy i & oe 3 a a : J uNew In BeamTool 7 9 Sound Pressure Visualization - a powerful educational tool for rendering sound pressure at any point in the field represented by a geometric or bitmap wavefront. Using real field physics the wavefront can be focused, and even steered, by adding a time delay to change the refracted angle. This option is available 7 for Single Beam Beamsets and Conventional UT Probes.New In BeamTool 7 Wavelet Visualization - displays the wavelets for each individual element at a selected time in micro seconds (Single Beamset only) Le - the Show Elements option for Single Beamsets will now live reflect the focal delays as beam parameters are modified. INew In BeamTool 7 - users now have the option to erop beams at Distance from Interface and Time wy revere cor CEASTEeee? Dat | . va "1" $$ $< sate fm oomNew In BeamTool 7 n ‘Make Indication from Geometry - indications can now be added to the indication table from selected geometries in the workspace. LT TLL TT ETT TS ar Sr) J e FFF SaasGe Ge cu « 2 chp ob & New In BeamTool 7 Add Drawing Set for Indications - Indication drawing sets can now be added to the workspace. 16New In BeamiTool 7 Interactive Scale - allows users to easily scale images and geometries to precise measurements, Gin au ase eae ae eae SES ben Se WT Daa aa S| VvNew In BeamTool 7 1 Rendering of Circumferential Pioce - circumferential pieces are now properly represented in 3D View. Sra ~ a bane FS TERA AS esuaens co a8 |2 oS eo a New In BeamTool 7 - the High Temp catalog has been populated with several new Eclipse Scientific High Temp probes.CHAPTER (3): GETTING STARTED | aero ese i ye guy dene ped pen rine wie ty pron nique devopnant sine wer nts area toa be potcive uetl le al 4 2 3 4 5. 6 ] after installation without spending a lot of time learning how to use it. Hovering the mouse over a button or menu option will pop up a "Super Tooltip’. Super Tooltips provide readily available explanations for all buttons and visual picklists allow for a preview before the command is executed, CREATING A TYPICAL TECHNIQUE Creating a typical technique ean be quickly and easly achieved Start withthe defauk Simple Plt or slect an 1D/0D Piece a tse race Casati to define your own Configure your 2M Pics and Weld using a= piate, Ley, rial CD circumferential or OS Sustom Piel “erndd and BContiguie Probes “dd and congue Beams Ada P crometries. Create Reports In addition, custom roports can be ereated and graphics can be easily exported to other applications. 20CHAPTER (4): MENUS, TOOLBARS & LAYOUT 44d MENUS, TOOLBARS & LAYOUT ‘The BeamTool layout is divided into seven major sections: ‘Tho Main Menu - Accoss to workspace management and other tools ‘The Main Toolbar - Quick and easy access to workspace management and other tools ‘The Probe Groups - Access to Probe configuration, The CAD Surface - Visualization and manipulation of piece, probes, and geometries ‘The Command Prompt - The Command Prompt isa precision drawing tool used to quickly draw and edit geometries with specific dimensions ‘The CAD Toolbar - Access to CAD configuration and manipulation tools 7. The Status Bar - Provides status updates on CAD tool usage, surface navigation, workspace management, ete. Co = Tea DOU 9 6 Whee ae Yor ae yee SERS Peer TT SETA Sl aacoaae inten aS] joi aca aces [pee aH acum] [Eevee] 2Menus, Toolbars & Layout 42 MAIN MENU BeamToo!'s Main Menu provides access to workspace management and other various tools. The three sub-menus accessible from the main menu are: + Bile- Access to workspace and document management options and tools * Edit Access to various editing tools. + Drawings - Access to tools for creating and managing drawing sets. * Tools - Access to various information and operational tools, The BeamToo! Options dialog is also ‘accessed from the Tools menu. * Help Access to documentation and BeamTool product options,Menus, Toolbars & Layout 421 FILE MENU ‘There are a number of options located under the File menu, {New Workspace Creates a new workspace displaying default values for piece and probe. (Open Workspace Allows the user to opena previously saved workspace. A workspace preview pane is availablein the Open ‘Workspace window providing a thumbnail view of the workspace currently selected. Recent Files Displays a ist of the most recently opened workspaces, A workspace can be opened by selecting from this list. ldSave Workspace Allows the user to save the current workspace. If the workspace has not been previously saved the Save Workspace dialog, will appear allowing the user to specify the workspace filename. If the workspace has been previously saved the workspace will be re-saved (overwrite) to the existing workspace filename. Save Workspace As Allows the user to save the current workspace, Displays the Save Workspace dialog every time, allowing, the user to specify a new workspace filename or overwrite the existing workspace filename, Page Setup Allows the user to setup the page properties when printing a workspace. Sprint Allows the usor to print the available drawing sets in the workspace. See Print Drawings for more information, “Import Allows the user to import graphics from an external file. Click here for help on using Import. Export 2Menus, Toolbars & Layout Allows the user to export the graphics displayed in the drawing. Click here for help on using Export. IReport Allows the user to create reports from the data specified. Click here for help on using the Report option. Svocument info Can be used to store notes related to a workspace. This information can also be added to report templates. Gest Exits BeamTool eyMenus, Toolbars & Layout 422 EDIT MENU There are a number of options located under the Edit menu. 7 Undo [Erases the last modification done to the workspace [Redo Jprings hack he last removed modification tothe workspace [Snapshot (Copies an image ofthe workspace fo the clipboa fs 7 ge ofthe workspace to the clipboard FI snapshor Acetate, Copies a metafile ofthe workspace to the clipboard 3