4D Module Analyses Surface Evolution

Metrological analysis of the evolution of a 3D surface in a 4th dimension is now possible using the new 4D software module in Mountains Technology v5 from Digital Surf. Changes in height on the z axis are now not only a function of the x, y position but also a 4th dimension t, which is most often time, but can equally well be temperature, pressure, magnetic field or any other physical constraint applied to an object or surface for the purpose of studying its reaction. TSimulated flights over 3D surfaces can be output to a video file for animated presentations. Powerful analysis tools manipulate and quantify 4D surfaces z=f(x ,y, t), for example, to follow the evolution of a point or a zone over time or to correlate the evolution of a surface texture parameter with the evolution of another physical unit.