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==Revision 2.9.3==
 
==Revision 2.9.3==
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Release Date: January 10, 2017<br>
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Release Date: February 4, 2018<br>
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Build: 78
  
 
* Back to [[VTube-LASER]]
 
* Back to [[VTube-LASER]]
 
* Back to [[VTube Software Updates|VTube-LASER Updates]]
 
* Back to [[VTube Software Updates|VTube-LASER Updates]]
 
* See also [[VTube-STEP Updates]]
 
* See also [[VTube-STEP Updates]]
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* Download in updates the [https://www.advancedtubular.com/customers/vtube/ VTube-LASER Support Page]
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* Download updates the [https://www.advancedtubularsupport.com Support Page]
  
  
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - Support for MicroScribe Arms from Revware==
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - MTA (MEASURED TUBE AVERAGING) - SUPER ACCURATE MEASURES MADE EASY==
  
 
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VTube-LASER now supports the MicroScribe arms with the ball probes. These arms measure smaller parts and are therefore less expensive than larger arm solutions.
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<font size=3>'''This feature was requested by MEC, Inc. after several weeks of tests on tube measuring large diameter tubes.<br><br>
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So we added the super-easy-to-use MTA feature as of this version.'''<br><br>
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*See Video 76 in [[VTube-LASER Videos]] to see MTA in action.<br><br>
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*Read details about the feature here: [[VTube-LASER MTA (Measured Tube Averaging)]]<br><br>
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</font>
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MEC Inc. (Mayville Engineering), one of our customer-reference companies, performed several tests on large-diameter tubes to confirm that measuring both sides of the tube has a positive impact on the measurement of tube shapes. '''They requested that we make creating averaged (hybrid) tubes easier for their operators. We agreed that this is a great idea, so we developed the MTA feature to answer the need.'''<br><br>
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The MTA feature allows operators measure the tube, rotate it, measure it again, rotate it, etc. - as many times as they want to. And it's super easy to do.<br><br>
 +
 
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Also, new buttons were added to the Tube Measure Control window to make using this feature very easy (see below).<br><br>
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[[image:vtl_2.9.3_TubeMeasureControl.png|250px]]<br><br>
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[[image:vtl screen with microscribe arm.png|600px]]<br><br>
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[[image:MTA Banner.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:MECbanner.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:MTAWindow.png|500px]]<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - DENGLER Bender Corrections Support==
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - SEND ASSEMBLIES TO SOLIDWORKS==
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<table cellpadding=10 width=800>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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VTube-LASER can now send entire tube assemblies to SOLIDWORKS with one button press.<br><br>
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[[image:vtube_sw_assembly_or_drawing.png|300px]]
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<font size=3>*See Video 77 in [[VTube-LASER Videos]] to see assembly build to SOLIDWORKS in action.<br><br>
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[[image:assemblies2solidworks.png|500px]]<br><br>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - WAFIOS CORRECTIONS ADDED==
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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[[image:wafios svnet banner.png|250px]]<br><br>
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VTube-LASER can now communicate with WAFIOS benders using the WAFIOS SVNET protocol.
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</td>
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[[image:wafios bender setup.png|700px]]
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</td>
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</tr>
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<br><br>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - NUMALLIANCE CORRECTIONS ADDED==
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<table cellpadding=10 width=800>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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VTube-LASER now has an export option for NUMALLIANCE CSV files that is used to '''correct''' the NUMALLIANCE benders.<br><br>
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Note: NUMALLIANCE benders only require the ''measured'' data for corrections.<br><br>
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Measure the tube in VTube-LASER, then send the MEASURED tube data to the bender control, and it will then perform the correction.
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</td>
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[[image:Numalliance Splash.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:VTube-LASER Correcting a NUMALLIANCE Bender.png|500px]]
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</td>
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</table>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - REDESIGNED TUBE EXPORT MENU for QUICK EXPORT with NUMALLIANCE EXPORT ADDED==
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<table cellpadding=10 width=800>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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We redesigned the FILE menu for the MASTER, MEASURED, and MEASURED ALIGNED menus.  Now it is referred to as EXPORT.<br><br>
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The new menu has a drop-down box that allows for easier access to export choices.<br><br>
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</td>
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<td>
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[[image:vtube-laser_v2.9.3_exportmenu2.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:vtube-laser_v2.9.3_exportmenu.png|500px]]<br><br>
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</td>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - Diameter Cut Plane - Maximum Cloud Radius ZERO Warning==
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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VTube-LASER will take in only one point per laser stripe if the Maximum Cloud Radius value is accidentally zero to ZERO and the DCP is set to ACTIVE.<br><br>
 +
Therefore, a new warning displays when you start a new measure and the value is set to ZERO with DCP active.<br><br>
 +
VTube-LASER also opens the Cut Plane Setup Control window so that you can adjust the value.<br><br>
 +
The only way to measure with the DCP Maximum Cloud Radius value set to zero is to set the DCP to INACTIVE.
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[[image:DCP Max Cloud Radius Zero Warning.png|500px]]<br><br>
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</table>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - DENGLER Bender Corrections Support Added==
  
 
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[[image:dengler.png|500px]]<br><br>
 
[[image:dengler.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:dengler in bender setup.png|500px]]<br><br>
 
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]FIXED and IMPROVED - END TRIM - (Build 108)==
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - SUPPORT FOR MICROSCRIBE ARMS FROM REVWARE==
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<table cellpadding=10 width=900>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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VTube-LASER now supports the MicroScribe arms using ball probes.<br><br>
 +
These arms are smaller and have fewer axes than regular laser scanning arms from HEXAGON or FARO, and are therefore less expensive. A VTube-LASER + MicroScribe Arm system costs only $21000 ($26000 with on-site training).
 +
<br><br>
 +
The arm that we developed the link with is a MicroScribe i arm (shown on the right). You can view a PDF brochure here:
 +
[https://www.advancedtubular.com/vtube-laser/MicroScribe-i-Product-Sheet-Rev-D.pdf MicroScribe i Brochure]
 +
<br><br>
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This arm has a two-foot reach (four-foot total volume) with an accuracy of +/- 0.005" (127 microns).
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<br><br>
 +
Revware has arms that are accurate to +/-0.002" (51 microns).  They also sell a slightly longer arm with higher accuracy than the "i" arm shown here.
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</td>
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[[image:vtl screen with microscribe arm.png|400px]]<br><br>
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<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - CHIYODA EX CHS File IMPORT ADDED==
  
 
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A customer discovered a rare end trim condition that we were able to reproduce and fix.  The issue occurred when end trim stripes were captured both near the end and near the first or last bend. This confused the end trim logic. The logic has been completely redesigned to not only overcome this issue - but to find the end-trim even faster than before.<br><br>
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[[image:ChiyodaEXbender.png|300px]]<br><br>
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Our tests also showed that, with this new logic, the end-scan technique is not as important as it was in previous versions. The key is to be sure that the END WALL is the furthest point out in an end scan.<br><br>
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VTube-STEP (which is part of VTube-LASER) can now import Chiyoda EX CHS files. The data imported is:<br><br>
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See the image on the right for an example.  Using this kind of scan - with lots of points along the diameter, we were able to consistently find the end of this tube within a few thousandths every time.
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#Part Number<br><br>
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#Diameter<br><br>
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#Wall Thickness<br><br>
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#Cut Length<br><br>
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#FPB bender data<br><br>
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#Centerline Radii
 
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[[image:vtl_2.9.2_endtrim_from_scans_furthest.png|500px]]<br><br>
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[[image:vtl_2.9.3_chiyodaEX_import.png|500px]]<br><br>
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==[[image:Check.jpg|25px]]NEW - GUIDE WINDOWS IN BENDER SETUP ADDED==
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<table cellpadding=10 width=800>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td width=300>
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We've put Guide Windows in the Bender Setup menu. They can stay open for as long you as you want - or close them anytime. They are less obtrusive than the dialogs that required the operator to press "OK" to continue.
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[[image:vtl_2.9.3_bender setup guide windows.png|500px]]<br><br>
 
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* A new Advanced Tubular Support site is now available at [https://www.advancedtubularsupport.com advancedtubularsupport.com]<br><br>
 +
* Windows paint and stay-on-top issues were addressed for the VTube-LASER window.  For example, it was not possible to bring other windows with focus on top of VTube-LASER. This has been resolved.<br><br>
 +
* The CHIYODA EX EXPORT feature now exports the DIAMETER and WALL thickness.<br><br>
 +
* If the Separation Timer was set to 0 milliseconds, it could require so many resources from the CPU that VTube would either become sluggish or even freeze. This has been resolved by enforcing a minimum timer interval of 10 milliseconds.<br><br>
 +
* In the process of fixing the Separation Timer, we were also able to make VTube-LASER more efficient - especially for operations like alignment that follow the use of the Separation Timer.
  
 
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* A bug was discovered for saving the Default Project file where some of values recently changed would not be stored in the default setup. '''This is fixed.'''<br><br>
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* (Build 109) - The Bender Data Setup window bender number was always reset to 1 whenever the measured tube was created. This has been fixed so that the previously selected bender is remembered and displayed.
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Latest revision as of 04:45, 5 February 2018

Vtube-laser logo 1.96.png


Revision 2.9.3

Release Date: February 4, 2018
Build: 78


Vtube-laser v2.7 screenshot.png

Contents


Check.jpgNEW - MTA (MEASURED TUBE AVERAGING) - SUPER ACCURATE MEASURES MADE EASY

This feature was requested by MEC, Inc. after several weeks of tests on tube measuring large diameter tubes.

 So we added the super-easy-to-use MTA feature as of this version.

MEC Inc. (Mayville Engineering), one of our customer-reference companies, performed several tests on large-diameter tubes to confirm that measuring both sides of the tube has a positive impact on the measurement of tube shapes. They requested that we make creating averaged (hybrid) tubes easier for their operators. We agreed that this is a great idea, so we developed the MTA feature to answer the need.

The MTA feature allows operators measure the tube, rotate it, measure it again, rotate it, etc. - as many times as they want to. And it's super easy to do.

Also, new buttons were added to the Tube Measure Control window to make using this feature very easy (see below).

Vtl 2.9.3 TubeMeasureControl.png

MTA Banner.png

MECbanner.png

MTAWindow.png



Check.jpgNEW - SEND ASSEMBLIES TO SOLIDWORKS

VTube-LASER can now send entire tube assemblies to SOLIDWORKS with one button press.

Vtube sw assembly or drawing.png

*See Video 77 in VTube-LASER Videos to see assembly build to SOLIDWORKS in action.

Assemblies2solidworks.png



Check.jpgNEW - WAFIOS CORRECTIONS ADDED

Wafios svnet banner.png

VTube-LASER can now communicate with WAFIOS benders using the WAFIOS SVNET protocol.

Wafios bender setup.png





Check.jpgNEW - NUMALLIANCE CORRECTIONS ADDED

VTube-LASER now has an export option for NUMALLIANCE CSV files that is used to correct the NUMALLIANCE benders.

Note: NUMALLIANCE benders only require the measured data for corrections.

Measure the tube in VTube-LASER, then send the MEASURED tube data to the bender control, and it will then perform the correction.

Numalliance Splash.png

VTube-LASER Correcting a NUMALLIANCE Bender.png



Check.jpgNEW - REDESIGNED TUBE EXPORT MENU for QUICK EXPORT with NUMALLIANCE EXPORT ADDED

We redesigned the FILE menu for the MASTER, MEASURED, and MEASURED ALIGNED menus. Now it is referred to as EXPORT.

The new menu has a drop-down box that allows for easier access to export choices.

Vtube-laser v2.9.3 exportmenu2.png

Vtube-laser v2.9.3 exportmenu.png



Check.jpgNEW - Diameter Cut Plane - Maximum Cloud Radius ZERO Warning

VTube-LASER will take in only one point per laser stripe if the Maximum Cloud Radius value is accidentally zero to ZERO and the DCP is set to ACTIVE.

Therefore, a new warning displays when you start a new measure and the value is set to ZERO with DCP active.

VTube-LASER also opens the Cut Plane Setup Control window so that you can adjust the value.

The only way to measure with the DCP Maximum Cloud Radius value set to zero is to set the DCP to INACTIVE.

DCP Max Cloud Radius Zero Warning.png



Check.jpgNEW - DENGLER Bender Corrections Support Added

Dengler benders are known for bending long brake and fuel lines.

This new communications protocol quickly adjusts the DENGLER MES bender files directly that can then be loaded into the DENGLER controls.

Dengler.png

Dengler in bender setup.png



Check.jpgNEW - SUPPORT FOR MICROSCRIBE ARMS FROM REVWARE

VTube-LASER now supports the MicroScribe arms using ball probes.

These arms are smaller and have fewer axes than regular laser scanning arms from HEXAGON or FARO, and are therefore less expensive. A VTube-LASER + MicroScribe Arm system costs only $21000 ($26000 with on-site training).

The arm that we developed the link with is a MicroScribe i arm (shown on the right). You can view a PDF brochure here: MicroScribe i Brochure

This arm has a two-foot reach (four-foot total volume) with an accuracy of +/- 0.005" (127 microns).

Revware has arms that are accurate to +/-0.002" (51 microns). They also sell a slightly longer arm with higher accuracy than the "i" arm shown here.

Vtl screen with microscribe arm.png



Check.jpgNEW - CHIYODA EX CHS File IMPORT ADDED

ChiyodaEXbender.png

VTube-STEP (which is part of VTube-LASER) can now import Chiyoda EX CHS files. The data imported is:

  1. Part Number

  2. Diameter

  3. Wall Thickness

  4. Cut Length

  5. FPB bender data

  6. Centerline Radii

Vtl 2.9.3 chiyodaEX import.png



Check.jpgNEW - GUIDE WINDOWS IN BENDER SETUP ADDED

We've put Guide Windows in the Bender Setup menu. They can stay open for as long you as you want - or close them anytime. They are less obtrusive than the dialogs that required the operator to press "OK" to continue.

Vtl 2.9.3 bender setup guide windows.png



Check.jpgOther

  • A new Advanced Tubular Support site is now available at advancedtubularsupport.com

  • Windows paint and stay-on-top issues were addressed for the VTube-LASER window. For example, it was not possible to bring other windows with focus on top of VTube-LASER. This has been resolved.

  • The CHIYODA EX EXPORT feature now exports the DIAMETER and WALL thickness.

  • If the Separation Timer was set to 0 milliseconds, it could require so many resources from the CPU that VTube would either become sluggish or even freeze. This has been resolved by enforcing a minimum timer interval of 10 milliseconds.

  • In the process of fixing the Separation Timer, we were also able to make VTube-LASER more efficient - especially for operations like alignment that follow the use of the Separation Timer.



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