VTube-LASER v2.5
Revision 2.5
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MAJOR NEW FEATURE: Bend Profile Out-of-round % Measurement
This feature is unique to FARO systems using VTube-LASER.VTube-LASER can now measure bend profile regions in order to calculate the out-of-round percentage in multiple slice regions of any bend. This feature is only possible because the FARO ScanArm uses a surface scanner to collect surface points. (Other measuring methods that do not scan surface points cannot perform this kind of measurement.) |
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Bend Profile Measure ControlThe Bend Profile measure control can be used in the middle of the Uniscan measure.During a Uniscan tube measurement, you choose if you want to measure a bend's profile region. To save time, VTube-LASER allows you to skip measuring the profile of non-critical bends. |
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About the Bend Profile "Slice" MetaphorThe metaphor "slice" is used to visualize the regions like slices of cake in the bend sections. |
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Bend Profile Out-of-round GridSLICE COLUMN |
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Example High OOR% = 10.5In the image on the right, you can see slices 5 through 10 in our mandrel bent Horn Demo tube. |
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VTube-LASER Demo Tube 3 OOR% = 17 to 20This is a closeup image of the bend in demo tube 3 that the FARO account managers carry with them. |
MAJOR NEW FEATURE: Bend Profile Real Radius Calculation
The Bend Profile measure feature also automatically calculates the centerline arc from the cloud data scanned around the bend. |
IMPROVED: Best Fit - Automatic End Weight Version 2 - Tighter and Faster Alignments
We're always happy to give you a feature that does more - and does more FASTER than before. This is one of those features. The alignments shown on the right are the results of the two different kinds of alignments now available in version 2.5. We used the same master/measured data. When qualifications are on the edge of the tolerance, then the new version 2 of Best Fit has a better chance of qualifying a tube.
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IMPROVED: The MEASUREMENT COMPLETE Window is Redesigned for Simplicity
The Measurement Complete window is the window that displays when you finish measurements. It has been redesigned to make it even easier to use. |
NEW: Project File Save Notification Proves the Project Was Saved
Previous versions of VTube were quiet when you saved a project file. That made some of our customers understandably nervous. |
NEW: HOT Keys Control-L (Load) and Control-S (Save) for VTube Project Files
These new hotkeys are a simple thing- but they'll make your life much easier if you're a hotkey user. (The new project save notification window described above will display every time you press CTRL-S.) |
NEW: CALCULATE TUBE ELONGATION PERCENTAGE FEATURE
Now VTube-LASER can calculate Tube Elongation Percentage by subtracting the current CUT LENGTH from the MEASURED LENGTH - then calculate the percentage by comparing that change to the total ARC LENGTHS in the measured tube. |
ENHANCEMENT and FIX: The PROBE RADIUS COMPENSATION Feature
If you measure the ends of tubes with the ball probe, and the probe radius compensation directions at either end are ever different, then this update is critical for you. CHANGED CAPTIONS IN SETUP |
FIX: Transfluid XYZ Output (BKT File) Repairs
This feature allows you to output new XYZ data to the bender from inside VTube-STEP (which is part of VTube-LASER). |
NEW: Communications with AIM Wire Benders
AIM can now communicate using the Supravision Network protocol. |
OTHER CHANGES
- When decreasing the point count in VTube-LASER without clearing the project, the reports would continue to show the previous expanded point count for the Tangent Points and Midpoints list. This has been fixed.
- The Overbend Calculator incorrectly swapped the Proportional and Fixed values in the springback formula for the springback grid inside the calculator. This has been fixed.
- The Springback compensation, when enabled, was not calculated correctly in outgoing Supravision files. This has been fixed.
- The End B Length Adjustment feature would not draw the tube diameter correctly when set to more than or less than 0. This has been fixed.
- The default straight tolerance value is now used to automatically fill in tolerance fields in the grids with tolerances. (Previous versions would always use 0.039" or 1 mm for the tolerances in inspection grids.)
Other Pages
- Back to VTube-STEP
- Back to VTube Software Updates (for LASER Mode)
- Back to VTube-LASER
- See VTube Language Editor