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==Applications for Calculating Tube Elongation Percentage==
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==STEP 1: Measure the Part in VTube-LASER==
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Without moving the assembly, measure the first pipe, then use the File tab in Measure Tube Data to send the measured part to SOLIDWORKS.
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===Application 1: For Reuse on New Parts===
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You could setup and bend the part and measure the cut length before and the length of elongation on the end of the tube after bending for every part. Or you could store this information in VTube's springback compensation library and use it to predict the lengths of future parts with similar materials and setups. (VTube stores the tube elongation % for a setup inside the springback table.)
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===Application 2: To Unbend Parts with Components in VTube===
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VTube can unbend tubes in real-time. Unbent parts with holes and components unbent are more useful if they take into account proper tube elongation. For example, you may need to unbend a tube with holes in order to drill the holes before bending. Accounting for elongation becomes critical in this situation.
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Revision as of 18:51, 2 June 2016

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VTube-LASER can reverse engineer tube and then build that tube in SOLIDWORKS as a fully-constrained 3D parametric model. This page describes the basic steps to create an assembly from a part using VTube-LASER and SOLIDWORKS.


STEP 1: Measure the Part in VTube-LASER

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Without moving the assembly, measure the first pipe, then use the File tab in Measure Tube Data to send the measured part to SOLIDWORKS.

Read More About Tube Elongation



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