Overview
ISO 16610-62:2023 - "Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Filtration - Part 62: Linear areal filters: spline filters" specifies the characteristics of a linear areal spline filter designed to separate long‑ and short‑wave components of surface topography while providing global shape retainment. It defines the cubic spline low‑pass areal filter for both planar and cylindrical surfaces, gives filter formulas for uniformly sampled and distorted grids, and describes parameters that control smoothing and transfer behavior.
Keywords: ISO 16610-62:2023, spline filters, linear areal filters, GPS filtration, cubic spline areal filter, shape retainment.
Key topics
Applications and users
- Practical use: separation of roughness and waviness in surface metrology, processing CMM or areal topography data, and preparing measurement data for specification and verification.
- Typical users:
- Metrologists and quality engineers in precision manufacturing (automotive, aerospace, medical devices).
- Measurement software developers and instrument vendors implementing GPS‑compliant filtration.
- Standards bodies and researchers working on surface texture characterization.
Related standards
For implementation details, formulae and numerical parameter relations (regularization/tension), refer to the full ISO 16610-62:2023 document.