Measurement Tutorials from Digital Metrology provide metrology training in surface roughness measurement, 3D surface texture measurement and other aspects of shop metrology

 

The Basics of Gaussian Filters

Do you (really) know the difference between roughness and waviness?

If we want to understand and describe surface texture, we need to understand how to separate roughness from waviness.  We often do this by applying a Gaussian filter. In this short video we show you how that process works. We’ll also show you the importance of the “filter cutoff wavelength,” where we choose to separate roughness from waviness. This cutoff has a huge impact on the values of our surface roughness parameters!

If we want to understand and describe surface texture, we need to understand how to separate roughness from waviness.  We often do this by applying a Gaussian filter. In this short video we show you how that process works. We'll also show you the importance of the filter cutoff wavelength, where we separate roughness from waviness. This cutoff has a huge impact on the values of our surface roughness parameters

View the “Basics of Gaussian Filters” video here.