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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Alignment Tab Menu with New Feature called "Alignment Types"===
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VTube now allows you to choose different alignment types:
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* Best Fit - Automatic End Weight Adjustment
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* Best Fit - Manual End Weight Adjustment
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* Hard Point - 321 Plane Line Point
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  "Hard Point - 321 Plane Line Point" Alignment Type===
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[[image:vtube-laser_1.77_hardpoint321plp_cane_model.jpg|600px]]
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The new Hard Point alignment feature is available for customers that must perform a 321 PLP alignment.  This is a significant addition to VTube-LASER that uses new spinner controls to let you choose any point in any straight - or even type in a custom point to set the alignment.<br><br>
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VTube reports can also output the current 321 PLP setup:
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[[image:vtube_1.77_321PLPReportOutput.jpg|300px]]
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[[image:vtube_1.77_321PLPCloseup.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  "Best Fit - Automatic End Weight Adjustment" Alignment Style===
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[[image:vtube-laser_1.77_autoweightbestfit_cane_model.jpg|600px]]<Br>
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This new style of best fit will automatically adjust the end weights when it senses that the alignment is near the tolerance allowed.</td>
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[[image:vtube_1.77_BestFitAutomaticWeight.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  "Best Fit - Manual End Weight Adjustment" Alignment Style===
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[[image:vtube-laser_1.77_manualbestfit_cane_model.jpg|600px]]<Br>
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This was the original alignment style of best fit in VTube.  What is new is that the weighting values are moved out of the System Options and into the main interface.</td>
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[[image:vtube_1.77_BestFitManualWeight.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Special Features Calculator - POLAR Calculations===
 
===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Special Features Calculator - POLAR Calculations===
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Special Features Calculator - SUM Calculations===
 
===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Special Features Calculator - SUM Calculations===
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Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to use a calculator that lets you quickly sum coordinates on prints when you must accumulate Cartesian XYZ values.</td>
 
Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to use a calculator that lets you quickly sum coordinates on prints when you must accumulate Cartesian XYZ values.</td>
 
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Special Features Calculator - STORE Values===
 
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Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to store values for copying to other cells in VTube.  For example, you could quickly copy a value to the cells below the current cell.</td>
 
Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to store values for copying to other cells in VTube.  For example, you could quickly copy a value to the cells below the current cell.</td>
 
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Added Six New fields in Part Setup===
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Added an "Office Bar" Expandable Menu to LASER With More Options===
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This new style of menu allows VTube to hold more options in the right control menu.<br><br>
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Note these new options added:
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* Allow the Cut Plane to be displayed with a checkbox.
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* Set the tube orientation in VTube-LASER
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* Set the view port color
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[[image:vtube-laser_v1.77_officebar_controlmenu.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  New End Length Adjustment Fields===
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These new fields allow you to dynamically adjust the end lengths during calculation of the bender data LENGTH columns.<br><br>
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These values act like the TubeCalc material end length fields - and allows that data to be imported.
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[[image:vtube-step_end_length_adjustment_fields.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Redesigned View Orientation Control===
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This new design is simplified and available in both STEP and LASER modes.
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</td>
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[[image:vtube-laser_v1.77_viewport_controlmenu.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  Added Many Features to VTube-STEP Mode===
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Many new features were added to VTube-STEP (which is included with the VTube-LASER license).  For example, we added new imports and exports.  See [[VTube-STEP v1.77]] for more details.
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[[image:vtube-step_v1.77_import_export.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] NEW:  DAMPING Values for Correction Available in Reports===
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We added the DAMPING values to the report output so you can print both regular corrections and damping corrections.
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[[image:vtube_dampinginreport.jpg|300px]]
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] REPAIRED:  Insert XYZ Row Anywhere in XYZ Data (LASER and STEP)===
 
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The projection tolerance now handles a change in linear units properly.<br><br>
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=Other Pages=
 
=Other Pages=
 
*Back to [[VTube-LASER]]
 
*Back to [[VTube-LASER]]

Latest revision as of 19:57, 3 August 2012

Vtube-laser logo.jpg

Revision 1.77

Back to VTube-LASER
Back to VTube-PRO

Vtube-laser v1.77.jpg


Check.jpg NEW: Alignment Tab Menu with New Feature called "Alignment Types"

VTube now allows you to choose different alignment types:

  • Best Fit - Automatic End Weight Adjustment
  • Best Fit - Manual End Weight Adjustment
  • Hard Point - 321 Plane Line Point

Vtube 1.77 AlignmentTypes.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: "Hard Point - 321 Plane Line Point" Alignment Type

Vtube-laser 1.77 hardpoint321plp cane model.jpg

The new Hard Point alignment feature is available for customers that must perform a 321 PLP alignment. This is a significant addition to VTube-LASER that uses new spinner controls to let you choose any point in any straight - or even type in a custom point to set the alignment.

VTube reports can also output the current 321 PLP setup: Vtube 1.77 321PLPReportOutput.jpg

Vtube 1.77 321PLPCloseup.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: "Best Fit - Automatic End Weight Adjustment" Alignment Style

Vtube-laser 1.77 autoweightbestfit cane model.jpg

This new style of best fit will automatically adjust the end weights when it senses that the alignment is near the tolerance allowed.

Vtube 1.77 BestFitAutomaticWeight.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: "Best Fit - Manual End Weight Adjustment" Alignment Style

Vtube-laser 1.77 manualbestfit cane model.jpg

This was the original alignment style of best fit in VTube. What is new is that the weighting values are moved out of the System Options and into the main interface.

Vtube 1.77 BestFitManualWeight.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Special Features Calculator - POLAR Calculations

Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to use a calculator that lets you convert calculated polar coordinates on prints when you must convert from an angle/distance to horizontal/vertical Cartesian XYZ values.

Vtube 1.77 PolarPrintExample.jpg

Vtube 1.77 SpecialFeaturesCalculatorOnTopOfGrid.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Special Features Calculator - SUM Calculations

Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to use a calculator that lets you quickly sum coordinates on prints when you must accumulate Cartesian XYZ values.

Vtube 1.77 SumPrintExample.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Special Features Calculator - STORE Values

Right click on any cell in the MASTER XYZ grid, and choose Special Features Calculator to store values for copying to other cells in VTube. For example, you could quickly copy a value to the cells below the current cell.

Vtube 1.77 StoreValuesPrintExample.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Added Several New fields in Part Setup

Customers requested several new fields in the Part Setup menu - so we added them:

These new fields are available for the reports templates, and they are saved the VTP project file.

Vtube-pro 1 76.4 PartSetup.jpg


Check.jpg NEW: Added an "Office Bar" Expandable Menu to LASER With More Options

This new style of menu allows VTube to hold more options in the right control menu.

Note these new options added:

  • Allow the Cut Plane to be displayed with a checkbox.
  • Set the tube orientation in VTube-LASER
  • Set the view port color

Vtube-laser v1.77 officebar controlmenu.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: New End Length Adjustment Fields

These new fields allow you to dynamically adjust the end lengths during calculation of the bender data LENGTH columns.

These values act like the TubeCalc material end length fields - and allows that data to be imported.

Vtube-step end length adjustment fields.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Redesigned View Orientation Control

This new design is simplified and available in both STEP and LASER modes.

Vtube-laser v1.77 viewport controlmenu.jpg



Check.jpg NEW: Added Many Features to VTube-STEP Mode

Many new features were added to VTube-STEP (which is included with the VTube-LASER license). For example, we added new imports and exports. See VTube-STEP v1.77 for more details.

Vtube-step v1.77 import export.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: DAMPING Values for Correction Available in Reports

We added the DAMPING values to the report output so you can print both regular corrections and damping corrections.

Vtube dampinginreport.jpg


Check.jpg REPAIRED: Insert XYZ Row Anywhere in XYZ Data (LASER and STEP)

Now you can insert an XYZ row after the currently selected row. Right click on the grid, then choose "Insert After Selected Row."

Vtube addafterxyzrow.jpg

Check.jpg NEW: Automatic Calculation of Default Radius

The default radius is calculated and reset when extracting the centerline from a solid model tube.

Vtube default radius calculate.jpg

Check.jpg REDESIGN: REPORT Menu Redesign

These are the new features in the REPORT menu:

  • Double click on any template to display.
  • Template filenames are now hidden to make a cleaner interface.
  • New templates have been added
  • Large Display Report button moved to the top of the menu

Vtube v1.77 reportmenu.jpg


Check.jpg NEW: Report Fields

New report fields are added:

  • Arc Length fields (array values)
  • Rotation Direction fields (array values)
  • Bend Adjustment with DAMPING (array values)
  • "Customer" field
  • "Revision" field
  • "MaterialSpec" field
  • "Author" field
  • Static "DateTime" field
  • "Alignment-Type" setup field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint1-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint1-Coordinate" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint2-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint2-Coordinate" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint3-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-PlanePoint3-Coordinate" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-LinePoint1-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-LinePoint1-Coordinate" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-LinePoint2-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-LinePoint2-Coordinate" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-TranslationPoint-Setup" field
  • "Alignment-PLP-TranslationPoint-Coordinate" field


Vtube v1.77 arclen rotdir.jpg

Check.jpg ENHANCED: Report Formatting Updated

The report formatting is updated with larger and bolder tiles.

Vtube v1.77 reportformat.jpg



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