An imaging method for generating at least one image of a cut edge on a workpiece, having a mobile imaging device comprising a main body with a cut-edge stop, which is located or formed on the main body and configured to be placed arranged or formed on the main body, for placing the main body against the workpiece having the cut edge to be imaged, and an imaging unit, which is located in or on the main body and configured to image the cut edge, having an imaging system comprising an evaluation unit for storing the at least one image generated by the imaging device, wherein the mobile imaging device has a communication module, wherein the evaluation unit is connected to the imaging unit, and having an imaging arrangement comprising the workpiece with the cut edge to be imaged, wherein the mobile imaging device for imaging the cut edge is configured to be attached to the workpiece, the method comprising:
- arranging the mobile imaging device on the workpiece with the cut edge to be imaged by placing the cut-edge stop of the mobile imaging device against the workpiece;
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- creating the at least one image of the cut edge by triggering the imaging unit.