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1.3.4.5.2.3.  Manage fingerprints

With Manage fingerprints, on the one hand you can check whether your catalog contains the desired fingerprints and on the other hand subsequently perform changes.

Example

Example

In the following, procedure and dialogs are explained:

  1. Mark the desired catalog or any sub-directory.

    Call up: Manage fingerprints

    Call up: Manage fingerprints

  2. By right-clicking, open the context menu and click on Manage fingerprints.

    -> The Display options for fingerprint list dialog opens.

    Display options for fingerprint list

    Display options for fingerprint list

    You now have the following options to check off:

    • Consider hidden projects

    • Only show fingerprints for selected templates

      If you do not activate the checkbox, the fingerprints for all templates will be checked.

      Otherwise only fingerprints for the activated templates. (Multiple selection possible with CTRL key) Templates that you do not use, can thus be ignored during the check.

      • Fast search

      • Fast search (size-dependent)

      • Standard search

      • Standard search (size-dependent)

      • Broad search

      • Broad search (size-dependent)

      • Search by Sketch (monochrome)

      • Sketch search (color)

      • Search for profiles

      • Search for profiles (size-dependent)

      • Duplicate search

      • Duplicate search (size-dependent)

      • Color search

    • Compute statistics for directories (Takes some time)

      If you activate the checkbox, a selection option is activated.

      For the calculation of the directory statistics, select one of the following three options:

      Project is considered complete in directory statistics...

      • ... Only if all lines are available

      • ... If minimum percentage existing

      • ... If all lines or minimum number existing

      See next point for more details.

  3. Click OK.

    -> The dialog box Existing fingerprints opens with a listing of all desired directories and projects.

    If you had activated the option Compute statistics for directories (Takes some time), then behind the project names statistics are displayed, otherwise this column remains empty. Once you select a row on the left side, on the right side the single characteristics with algorithms are displayed. The activation state of checkboxes shows, whether the respective algorithm is available.

    Now you can open single directories down to project level and check for possibly missing fingerprints/algorithms.

    Existing fingerprints: Dialog without statistics

    Existing fingerprints: Dialog without statistics

    Existing fingerprints: Dialog with statistics. In this exemplary figure all projects are identified as complete (see left), although many characteristics do not contain fingerprints (see right). This is because each project has the minimum percentage of rows with calculated fingerprints.

    Existing fingerprints: Dialog with statistics. In this exemplary figure all projects are identified as complete (see left), although many characteristics do not contain fingerprints (see right). This is because each project has the minimum percentage of rows with calculated fingerprints.

    The background colors green, yellow, red and blue give a faster overview of the completeness of the elements.

    A line is considered as complete if each algorithm exists. For the coloring of the projects and directories, it is checked, if all requirements of the previous dialog are met.

    Element complete

    The respective row (characteristic) has all algorithms, thus is considered as complete.

    When a project is considered as complete depends on which option had been chosen in the options dialog (see above).

    Element incomplete: Not all available algorithms are used for the respective row (characteristic).

    Element missing: No algorithms are available for the respective row (characteristic).

    Element deprecated: Deprecated algorithms are used for the respective row (characteristic).

    [Note] Note

    Example with 2 projects:

    1st project has 3 rows, for all 3 fingerprints are available => 100%

    2nd project has 4 rows, for 3 fingerprints are available => 75%

    The following list shows, at which selection, which projects are considered as "complete".

    • Selection: Only if all lines are available -> Result: 1. Project is considered as available, 2nd not.

    • Selection: If minimum percentage existing - 50%: -> Result: Both projects are considered as available.

    • Selection: If minimum percentage existing - 80%: -> Result: The first project is considered as available.

    • Selection: If minimum number existing - 3: -> Result: Both are considered is as available, since for both 3 are there.

    • Selection: If minimum number existing - 100: -> Result: 1st project is considered as available, since all rows are available.

    If you had activated the option Compute statistics for directories (Takes some time), in the dialog box Existing fingerprints at the very top a statistic encompassing all projects is displayed in addition.

    • Ratio of existing projects: When a project is considered complete depends on which values you selected in the option dialog. (See details above)

    • Ratio of complete lines: How man projects contain fingerprints for all rows?

    • Number of existing algorithms: How many algorithms across all projects (corresponding to the initial directory and template selection!) contain fingerprints?

  4. Add missing fingerprints

    Optionally, you can add missing fingerprints.

    Once the checkbox is activated, the respective dialog area is displayed in addition.

    Dialog box "Existing fingerprints": Dialog area "Add missing fingerprints" shown

    Dialog box "Existing fingerprints": Dialog area "Add missing fingerprints" shown

    Reasons for subsequent adding of fingerprints could be for example:

    • For special company-internal processes you want to increase the percentual number of rows with fingerprints for special projects in order to improve the result quality during the geometric search.

    • In later catalog versions new algorithms were added and you want to recreate the fingerprints again.

    Do the following:

    1. Mark the desired projects or directories in the top of the directory tree (multiple selection possible with CTRL key).

    2. Click on Add.

      -> In the Select projects dialog area, the selection is shown.

    3. Choose lines and algorithms

      Algorithms: For the desired ones, mark the checkbox.

      Percentage: For the first fingerprint creation, "10%" is usually used.

      You may now adjust this value accordingly.

      Absolute fraction: For the first fingerprint creation, "3" is usually used.

      You may now adjust this value accordingly.

  5. Click OK.

    If the option Add missing fingerprints has been deactivated, the dialog box is closed without any further actions.

    If the option Add missing fingerprints has been activated, the generation starts. The progress bar in the dialog box Index update shows the progress.

    After successful generation of the fingerprints the message Geometric search index has been updated is displayed.

    In this example the fingerprints for a project in the directory "head cap bolts" have been created.

    In this example the fingerprints for a project in the directory "head cap bolts" have been created.