Area Roughness

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Area Roughness

To enable, click on the 2D Area Roughness button in the Analysis section. This opens the Area Roughness side panel, which contains the controls for this function.

 

First, set the Area of interest for 3D parameter calculation. There are two options: Entire image or Restricted area. When Restricted area is selected, a yellow box on the Top View indicates the area currently being analyzed. This box can be moved by clicking inside the box and dragging it, or resized by clicking and dragging on one of the edges or corners.

 

Once an area has been defined, the software displays the values for several different parameters which are listed below. For more details on each parameter, including equations used to determine the values, see the Areal Parameters section.

 

For best results when measuring roughness, level the surface using the Level tool, apply a Filter, then apply the surface analysis.

 

Select which parameters are shown by clicking the Settings cog Icon - Settings Cog in the side panel. In the Areal Parameter Settings dialog box click the checkbox to enable or disable the desired parameters. To disable or enable an entire section of parameters, click the checkbox next to All Parameters for that section.

 

General Values

3D Areal - Average

Average height in the designated area

3D Areal - Maximum

Highest height in the designated area

3D Areal - Minimum

Lowest depth in the designated area

3D Areal - Range

Total range between the highest and lowest point in the designated area

 

Parameter

ISO 25178 Height

EUR1578N Amplitude

ASME B46.1 3D

3D Areal - Sp

Maximum peak height

Maximum peak height

Peak height

3D Areal - Sv

Maximum valley depth

Maximum pit height

Valley depth

3D Areal - Sz

Maximum height

Maximum height

Maximum peak to valley height

3D Areal - Sa

Arithmetic mean height

Arithmetic mean height

Arithmetic mean height

3D Areal - Sq

Root mean square height

Root mean square height

Root mean square height

3D Areal - Ssk

Skewness

Skewness

Skewness

3D Areal - Sku

Kurtosis

Kurtosis

Kurtosis

3D Areal - ISO - Sal

Autocorrelation length