Revision 2.8

Release Date: Not Released Yet

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This feature is an important breakthrough for predicting the repeatability of the cylinder measurements on-the-fly using a LASER scanner.

When using the LASER scanner, the UNISCAN DCF feature divides the cylinder surface data into two groups, then calculates the cylinder data and intersection points TWICE to verify repeatability. (This feature is not used tactile measurements.)

The Point Repeatability value is reported in the Cylinder Fit window. If this value is too high, then VTube-LASER will warn you. This allows you to remeasure the straight to guarantee that the measure repeats before moving to the next straight.

This window reports cylinder fit values that help you know if the cylinder measurement is good. There are several new features and values in this release:

1 - The window was redesigned to highlight a single Maximum Wobble value that predicts how precise the surface data fits the cylinder.

2 - The window shows the new DCF (Dual Cylinder Fit) value (described above) for when scanning with a LASER. It also includes a comparison for vector angle repeatability and gives an example deviation offset at 2 inches or 50 millimeters for visualization. If these values get too high, then VTube-LASER will warn you.

3 - The new OD Surface to Centerline value reports the low and high points on the measured diameter relative to the centerline. If these values get too high, then VTube-LASER will warn you. This is active for both LASER and ball probe.

4 - The Intersection Pass Distance shows how near each intersecting 3D centerline comes to each other in 3D space. If the Nearest Pass value is more than the Intersection Error Tolerance, then VTube-LASER will warn you. This is active for both LASER and ball probe.

We always train customers to view the end scan on the screen before moving to the step. In previous versions, this required that you manually orbit the viewport so that you can see the end scans.

This version of VTube will allow you to choose to report software errors directly to our account at MantisHub.

This service will allow us to track bug issues with VTube-STEP and VTube-LASER.

The Default Tolerance Ends value is in the Inspection Data menu.

It allows you to set the end length default values separately from the tangent point / midpoint tolerance values.

Two new array values are available for reports: AVERAGE deviation and MAXIMUM deviation.

The new commands are

• array_dev_tmt_average
  
• array_dev_tmt_maximum

See the example result in the report on the right, and the report template source to create this table shown below.

The process for corrections to Winton WMC files were clarified with dialogs that make it very clear what VTube-LASER Bender Setup is doing during the Winton WMC correction process.

1 - NEW HELP DIALOGS

Steps 2 and 5 are new. They carefully explain what is happening during the correction process.

2 - NEW BACKUP CREATED

Step 5 also explains that a BACKUP file is created during the process. This allows operators to always recover to the previous data if something goes wrong in the correction process. (The creation of a backup file is new in this version.)

Immediately after the user presses the Auto Correction button, this dialog appears (see step 2 below):

Immediately after the user presses the Exit and Save setup data button, this dialog appears (see step 4 below):

New Process Flow for Winton WMC Correction

This image shows the overall process for correction of Winton WMC files.

The Japanese translation of the UI was updated from version 2.6.

The new Cut Plane control (with the Diameter Cut Plane features) and the new Shortcut Key window is now translated into Japanese.