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The end scan workflow
Measures one end face and treats the log as a straight prism of an entered length. No taper or sweep is measured.
End scanning — main menu › End Scanning
Measuring the face
The same four views as a full-log end face: photo, colour, fingerprint and boundary. There is no large-end / small-end selector because only one face is captured.
Photo view, with the estimated yield table beneath
Measurement
Element
Example
Description
Cross-Section
304.4 cm²
Area enclosed by the traced boundary.
Ellipse Fit long
17.4 cm
Major axis of the fitted ellipse.
Ellipse Fit Short
17.2 cm
Minor axis.
Circularity
98 %
Minor over major axis.
Rerun
button
Re-runs detection on the captured face.
Auto
button
Returns to the automatically detected boundary.
Reset Measurement
button
Discards a manual boundary.
Estimated yield
Board feet the face would yield at each candidate length, computed under the selected log scale rule. Choosing a length sets the length the prism is extruded to.
Estimated yield
Element
Example
Description
Rule
International ¼"
The log scale rule selected in Settings. The table is computed under it.
Length
6′ … 28′
Candidate lengths for the log.
BF
26.1 BF
Scale board feet the end face yields at that length.
Selection
16′
The chosen length. This is the length the prism is extruded to when the scan is optimized.
Bound — the traced boundary, editable
Optimizing
The prism is solved like a log, but with constant cross-section along its length.
The solved prism
Solution
Element
Example
Description
Length chip
L 16′
The entered length. Tap to change it and re-solve.
Bark chip
Bark 0.25" (default)
Bark deducted from the traced face.
View End Scan
button
Returns to the measurement view.
Solution Details
button
Log data, recovery and value for the prism.
Save Solution
button
Files the solution beside the scan.
Optimize
button
Re-solves with the current length and bark.
Solution Details — log data, recovery and value
Because the prism has no taper, minimum and maximum diameter are equal and sweep is not reported. Recovery figures are therefore optimistic relative to a real log of the same end size.