SECTION SIMULATOR FOR SIMULATING A SECTION OF AN OBJECT AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING CALIBRATION OF A PROFILER

摘要

A section simulator for simulating a section of an object comprising a supporting frame, a displacement mechanism mounted to the supporting frame and displaceable in at least two dimensions, a reference element mounted to the displacement mechanism and actuating means for actuating the displacement mechanism in the at least two dimensions The section simulator also comprises a control unit coupled to the actuating means for controlling an actuation of the displacement mechanism so as to enable a movement of the reference element according to a predetermined path representative of the section of the object to simulate and acquisition means for acquiring measurement data representative of a plurality of positions of the reference element to thereby simulate the section of the object. A method for assisting calibration of a profiler used for imaging sections of an object is also disclosed.