VTube-LASER v1.81.4

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Revision 1.81.4

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Check.jpg NEW: Graphic Point Labels in the Model

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  • The new graphic point labels display on the tube model.

  • They show the end labels and the intersection point labels in balloons that surround the part.

  • The graphics labels are now included in reports.

  • The label fonts can be controlled in the new Parametric Tube control window.

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Check.jpg NEW: Graphic Model to Clipboard in Popup Menu

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  • Right click to copy the current image to the Windows clipboard.

  • Paste the bitmap into any Windows program that can accept bitmap images.

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Check.jpg NEW: Datum Setup and Reporting

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  • Select a datum point in the datum grid with the new point selector by clicking on the Datum grid.

  • The datum is used for reporting distances from the selected datum to other points when the part is aligned to the master.

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Check.jpg NEW: Parametric Tube Control Window

  • The Parametric Tube controls are removed from the Entity window and placed in a new Parametric Tube control window.

  • New controls were added: model smoothness, point label font control, point scale

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Check.jpg NEW: Lock Grids for Multi-Cell Selection

  • This feature grid editing to be locked or unlocked.

  • Locking the grid allows you to select multiple cells for copying the data to clipboard, or pasting data into the grids from the clipboard.

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Check.jpg NEW: Use Previous Value

  • This is a small green arrow above the XYZ grids that allows you to use the previous value by clicking on the green down-arrow.

  • When there is no possible need for the previous value, the green arrow disables like this:

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Check.jpg NEW: Commands in the Grids Popup Menu Copying to and from the Windows Clipboard

  • New popup-menu controls allow you to copy grid values to the clipboard.

  • You can copy in standard tab separated data, or in HTML format.

  • Sample HTML paste from clipboard of demo part 2:
Pnt X Y Z Radius
1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
2 2.962 0.661 1.912 2.000
3 6.005 -1.394 2.783 2.000
4 10.015 -0.477 5.388 2.000
5 6.437 -3.185 11.586 2.000
6 9.776 -2.476 13.803 2.000
7 13.228 0.236 7.674 2.000
8 15.697 3.106 10.252 0.000


  • Data that is pasted into VTube should be tab-delimited (values separated by tab characters)

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Check.jpg ENHANCED: NEW Bender Setup Features for Bender Communication

  • The Bender Setup menu uses a new collapsible-style office menu on the right side for extra room for new commands.

  • Bender Setup can now send Blue Column data to the bender + FULL springback compensation for first-time setup.

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Check.jpg Other Changes

  • VTube now stores the orientation of the tube model in the viewport in the project file.

  • Supravision bender output did not include the last radius value in the Supravision file. This is repaired.

  • Multiple presses of the "Copy Master LRA" button in the Bender Setup menu no longer increases the blue column data be the adjustment data.

  • When saving output to the Winton ECNC4 format, the filename is now automatically set to the current part name.

  • When creating a PDF file, the word "VTube-" is no longer inserted at the beginning of the filename. The filename is made up of the part number alone (appended with PDF).

  • The "Custom" point setting is no longer allowed in the Point Alignment Selection window, since alignment points must be based on points along the centerline points on the tubes.



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