System for characterizing manual welding operations on pipe and other curved structures

A system (10) for characterizing manual welding exercises and providing valuable training to welders, includes components for generating, capturing, and processing data. The data generating component further includes a fixture, workpiece, at least one calibration device having at least two point markers integral therewith, and a welding tool. The data capturing component further includes an imaging system for capturing images of the point markers and the data processing component is operative to receive information from the data capturing component and perform various position and orientation calculations. 种用于表征人工焊接练习并且给焊工提供有价值的训练的系统(10)，该系统包括用于生成、捕捉和处理数据的部件。该数据生成部件还包括固定装置、工件、具有与其整合的至少两个点标记的至少个校准装置以及焊接工具。该数据捕捉部件还包括用于捕捉这些点标记的图像的成像系统，并且该图像处理部件可操作来接收来自该图像捕捉部件的信息并且执行不同的位置和取向计算。