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Connect to a FARO ScanArm, measure tube shapes, and correct benders.

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VTube-LASER uses the laser scanner and/or ball probe to:

1. Measure tube, pipe, and wire shapes
2. Qualify the shape or path of the part based on centerline tolerances
3. Correct bending machines
4. Reverse-engineer existing parts
5. Print reports
6. Quickly import and export tube data from other software
7. Remove the need for tube fixtures and gauges to qualify parts.

VTube-LASER Clients

Examples of actual clients:

Benefit 1 - Built-in Automated Process for Measuring Tubes

The benefit of using VTube-LASER for tube scanning is that VTube-LASER has built-in knowledge of measuring tube shapes. When you measure a tube with VTube, the methods for gathering the information and calculating the centerline, intersection points, and bend data are preprogrammed as a series of steps that never have to be scripted by a user into VTube-LASER. VTube knows what you should give it, and it will always request that data in order using the Tube Measuring menu.

Benefit 2 - Built in Feedback to Increase Confidence in the Data

VTube-LASER has special procedures that help anticipate the level of confidence you will have in the incoming data. There are series of crosschecks just for measuring tubing, both mathematical and on-screen, that allow users to know if the data is good.

For example, the Cylinder Fit Data window shows the accuracy of the centerline calculated from cylinder points by reporting the X and Y wobble deviations.