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| − | STEP 2: Choose "Show Overbend Calculator" in the context menu (the popup menu). | + | '''STEP 2:''' Choose "Show Overbend Calculator" in the context menu (the popup menu). |
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| − | STEP 3: Make a part with two test bends. Typically they are 20 and 120 degrees. The bender is set to bend these angles and a test tube is bent. | + | '''STEP 3:''' Make a part with two test bends. Typically they are 20 and 120 degrees. The bender is set to bend these angles and a test tube is bent. |
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| − | STEP 4: The actual resulting bend angles are measured and entered into the overbend calculator. | + | '''STEP 4:''' The actual resulting bend angles are measured and entered into the overbend calculator. |
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| − | STEP 5: Formula constant values are calculated and used in a springback formula to predict overbend to overcome springback at any angle. | + | '''STEP 5:''' Formula constant values are calculated and used in a springback formula to predict overbend to overcome springback at any angle. |
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| − | STEP 6: Press the "Save to Part Setup" button. The values will now be displayed at the bottom of the Part Setup menu. | + | '''STEP 6:''' Press the "Save to Part Setup" button. The values will now be displayed at the bottom of the Part Setup menu. |
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Revision as of 15:49, 29 December 2015
Built-in Overbend Calculator
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The Overbend Calculator is a built-in feature VTube-STEP and VTube-LASER that can calculate the fixed and proportional springback values to be included in the Part Setup menu. |
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Steps to Calculate Overbend
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STEP 1: Right click anywhere in the white column in the Part Setup menu. |
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STEP 2: Choose "Show Overbend Calculator" in the context menu (the popup menu). |
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STEP 3: Make a part with two test bends. Typically they are 20 and 120 degrees. The bender is set to bend these angles and a test tube is bent. |
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STEP 4: The actual resulting bend angles are measured and entered into the overbend calculator. |
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STEP 5: Formula constant values are calculated and used in a springback formula to predict overbend to overcome springback at any angle. |
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STEP 6: Press the "Save to Part Setup" button. The values will now be displayed at the bottom of the Part Setup menu. |
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These two calculated values will be used to calculate overbend to overcome springback when sending data to the bender. This image shows a button inside the Bender Setup menu in VTube-LASER. |
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Other Pages
- Back to VTube-STEP
- Back to VTube-LASER
