VTube-LASER Precision Weight Control Alignment

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This feature was added in VTube-LASER v2.8.

PRECISION WEIGHT CONTROL Alignment

PRECISION WEIGHT CONTROL alignment allows you to completely turn off certain sections of the tube for alignment or give emphasis to any section just by setting weights from 0 to 1000. A weight of "0" tells VTube to ignore the point completely in alignment. A weight of 1 means "give it 1 times the normal weight." A weight of 2 means "give it double weight." This shows emphasis given to end A. Note that some of the alignment weights are ZERO - which means that those points are ignored in the alignment.

This shows emphasis given to end B.

This shows emphasis given to the middle straight.

Values

The T1 and T2 TRANSLATE values control the influence that tangent 1 or tangent 2 have in each straight. This is a translation influence - which means it controls the influence along the X, Y, and Z axes without rotation. The STRAIGHT VECTOR values allows the plane of each bend to have more or less influence. This is transformational influence - which means it controls the rotation (angular) orientation of the alignment. Set these values to change the alignment. Then press recalculate alignment.

Popup Menu

As of 2.9.17, VTube also includes a popup menu to make changing the values easier.

Other Pages

• Back to VTube-LASER
• Back to VTube Software Updates (for LASER Mode)
• See also VTube-STEP
• See also VTube-STEP Revisions
• See VTube-LASER Customer Support Page to download the latest version.
• See the tutorial on DCF - Dual Cylinder Fit
• See the tutorial on DCP - Diameter Cut Planes
• See VTube-LASER Cut Planes
• See How to Measure Tubes Attached to an Evaporator with the DCP Feature