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* Press the number of previous measures to average, then press BUILD to create a new Measured Tube that represents the averaged part.<br><br>
 
* Press the number of previous measures to average, then press BUILD to create a new Measured Tube that represents the averaged part.<br><br>
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* The new measured tube in VTube-LASER is immediately the averaged tube.  Use this tube shape for alignment to the MASTER data.<br><br>
 
* ANY NUMBER of measures can be averaged together.<br><br>
 
* ANY NUMBER of measures can be averaged together.<br><br>
 
* MTA uses the Tube Data Storage feature in VTube-LASER to store every measure that will be used in the measured averaged part. This means you can review every step MTA took to build the averaged tube.<br><br>
 
* MTA uses the Tube Data Storage feature in VTube-LASER to store every measure that will be used in the measured averaged part. This means you can review every step MTA took to build the averaged tube.<br><br>

Revision as of 17:22, 26 January 2018

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WHAT DOES IT DO?

The MTA feature allows operators measure the tube, rotate it, measure it again, rotate it, etc. - as many times as they want to. It's super easy to do, and it has a significant impact on the returning reliable tube shape data for large-diameter tubes.



Check.jpgWHY WAS IT DEVELOPED?

This feature was requested by MEC, Inc. after they performed several weeks of tests measuring large diameter tubes.

MEC Inc. (Mayville Engineering), one of our customer-reference companies, performed several tests on large-diameter tubes to confirm that measuring both sides of the tube has a positive impact on the measurement of tube shapes.

They requested that we make creating averaged (hybrid) tubes easier for their operators. We agreed that this is a great idea, so we developed the MTA feature to answer the need.

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Check.jpgUSER INTERFACE FEATURES ADDED AND HOW IT WORKS

The new MTA window was added (see right).

  • Press the number of previous measures to average, then press BUILD to create a new Measured Tube that represents the averaged part.

  • The new measured tube in VTube-LASER is immediately the averaged tube. Use this tube shape for alignment to the MASTER data.

  • ANY NUMBER of measures can be averaged together.

  • MTA uses the Tube Data Storage feature in VTube-LASER to store every measure that will be used in the measured averaged part. This means you can review every step MTA took to build the averaged tube.

New buttons were added to the Tube Measure Control window to make using this feature very easy (see below).

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