TAC7
Appearance Capture System
User Guide
TAC7 Appearance Capture System
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interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
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Warranty Information
X-Rite warrants this Product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve
(12)months from the date of shipment from X-Rite’s facility, unless mandatory law provides for
longer periods. During such time, X-Rite will either replace or repair at its discretion defective
parts free of charge.
te’s warranties herein do not cover failure of warranted goods resulting from: (i) damage
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after shipment, accident, abuse, misuse, neglect, alteration or any other use not in accordance
with X-Rite’s recommendations, accompanying documentation, published specifications, and
standard industry practice; (ii) using the device in an operating environment outside the
recommended specifications or failure to follow the maintenance procedures in X-Rite’
ccompanying documentation or published specifications; (iii) repair or service by anyone other
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than X-Rite or its authorized representatives; (iv) the failure of the warranted goods caused by
use of any parts or consumables not manufactured, distributed, or approved by X-Rite; (v) any
attachments or modifications to the warranted goods that are not manufactured, distributed or
approved by X-Rite. Consumable parts and Product cleaning are also not covered by the
warranty.
ite’s sole and exclusive obligation for breach of the above warranties shall be the repair or
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replacement of any part, without charge, which within the warranty period is proven to X-Rite’s
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an otherwise expired warranty, nor shall the same extend the duration of a warranty.
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ustomer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service
center designated by X-Rite. X-Rite shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the
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products returned to any other locations. Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or
receipted invoice which is evidence that the unit is within the Warranty period must be presented
to obtain warranty service. Do not try to dismantle the Product. Unauthorized dismantling of the
equipment will void all warranty claims. Contact the X-Rite Support or the nearest X-Rite Service
Center, if you believe that the unit does not work anymore or does not work correctly.
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR APPLICATION,
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OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. IN ANY EVENT OF
LIABILITY, X-RITE’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY HEREUNDER WILL NOT EXCEED THE PRICE OF THE
GOODS OR SERVICES FURNISHED BY X-RITE GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
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Table of Contents
Overview and Installation 5
Packaging Information 5
Instrument Installation Guidelines 6
System Requirements 6
Software Installation 6
Starting PANTORA 6
Operation 7
Powering the Instrument 7
Front Panel 7
Sample Specifications 8
Sample Preparation Process 8
Condition 8
Size 9
Thickness 9
Depth of Field 9
Material Variety Limitations 9
Taking a Measurement 10
Calibration 13
Calibration Procedure 13
Appendices 16
Service Information 16
Troubleshooting 17
Cleaning the Instrument 18
Handling and Care of the White Tile and ColorCheck Target 18
Replacing the Fuse 18
Technical Specifications 19
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• TAC7 Instrument
• AC power cord
• White calibration card
• Sample cassette
• Color calibration card
• USB dongle
• Ethernet cable
• Black sample backer
Leveling glides
Front status panel
Sample drawer
Sample lift handle
OVERVIEW AND INSTALLATION
The TAC7 device is a completely new instrument based on X-Rite’s Total Appearance Capture
technology. The TAC7 instrument uses 30 light sources and 4 cameras for sampling the material.
Thanks to X-Rite’s highly efficient material description algorithms and high resolution cameras, it
delivers precise material descriptions for many material types (e.g., leather, plastic, textiles,
metals, etc.).
Materials to be measured are placed in the sample drawer that can hold samples up to a size of
210 mm x 297 mm (8.27” x 11.69”) and a maximum weight of 5.45 kg (12 lbs). Refer to the
Sample Specification section later in this manual for additional information.
Packaging Information
Your instrument packaging should contain all the items listed below. If any of these items are
missing or damaged, contact X-Rite or your Authorized Representative.
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Instrument Installation Guidelines
X-Rite TAC7 is designed for precision sample measurements. It is important that certain
precautions be taken to ensure the best environment for its use.
• Install on a flat, level surface capable of bearing the load of the instrument.
• When choosing an installation location, make sure not to block the cooling fan.
• Use the leveling glides to account for imperfections in the floor surface.
• Do not place any items on top of the instrument.
Connect the AC cord to an easily accessible outlet.
Discontinue use if AC cord is damaged.
System Requirements
The raw data size of a scan varies between 20 GB and almost 200 GB depending on the
characteristics of your sample. The final AxF files are smaller (5 MB to 150 MB). Copying data
between a measurement PC and a post processing PC can typically become a bottle neck. It is
recommended using either HDD docking stations or hot-swappable tray-less data cages. It is also
recommend using direct SATA hard drive connection and not USB3 as an interface for the disks.
Minimum requirements
Measurement system
• Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 10 64 bit
• 2 network cards (for TAC7 integration)
• 2 hard drives (recommended: 4 hard drives) to transfer data between the
measurement system and the post processing system
Post processing system
• Intel Xeon or Core i7 4th generation or higher recommended (AMD CPUs not tested
by X-Rite)
• 8 virtual cores (e.g. 4 physical and 2x hyper threading (recommended: 10,000 CPU
Marks)
• 16 GB RAM
• 1 TB of free hard drive space
• Nvidia Quadro or GeForce GPU (newer than 2012) with 1 GB RAM (recommended:
5,000 G3D Marks)
Editing and viewing system
• 8 GB of RAM
• Nvidia Quadro or GeForce GPU (newer than 2012) with 1 GB RAM (recommended:
5,000 G3D Marks)
Software Installation
NOTE: Your software may already be installed on your system as part of the system installation.
Follow the steps below if installation of the software is required.
IMPORTANT: You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators
group in order to install the software on a Windows 7 or Windows 10 system.
1. Insert the dongle into the USB port and browse to the application.
2. Follow the on screen prompts to install the software.
Starting PANTORA
1. Start PANTORA by double-clicking the desktop icon.
2. Refer to the on-line help for information on using the application.
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