Measurement Grid View

The Measurement Grid View allows you to get a visual representation of the repartition of your measures on an extended map.

Grid View

Note: The grid view is only suited for automotive signal lighting regulation (example: for turn signals or brake lights). It is not suited for regulation that require measurement points to be close to each other (like for low beam regulation) as blocks will end up overlapping.

The measurement grid view provides you with a graphic and visual representation of your measures by combining the photometric value and its related position on the XMP map. This view is useful to visually identify and validate specific test points created on a map.

Figure 1. Measurement grid view and XMP map representation

Measurement Blocks and Color Code

Each block corresponds to one measurement area and displays the measured value, maximum and minimum values, maximum % and minimum %.

For each measurement area, only the first measurement (first line of the measures table) is taken into account, the others are ignored. Global rules are ignored too.

If data change in the Measures table (example: measurement area position, threshold value, etc.), you must close and reopen the grid view to update the displayed values.

Note: You can change the size of the window without overlapping issue. The smaller the window the smaller the blocks.
Tip: In the Virtual Photometric Lab main window, in the Legend panel, check Overlap grid to add the grid view on top of the XMP map. As the grid view window, the smaller the XMP map window, the smaller the blocks.
Figure 2. Measurement block description

The blocks follow the measures' color code to allow you to immediately detect if a measures passes or fails the regulation standards.

A block appears:
  • Green if the measurement passes the defined criteria.
  • Orange if minimum and maximum criteria are met, but the minimum or maximum specification criteria are not satisfied. The measurement is then only partially validated.
  • Red if the minimum or maximum criteria fails to be met.
  • Blue corresponds to the worst % of Max/Min:
    • The biggest % of Max
    • The smallest % of Min