Difference between revisions of "VTube Rectangular Tubes"

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VTube can draw rectangular or square tubing. The dimensional controls are in the Part Setup menu of both STEP and LASER modes:

Square Tube

Set Width1 and Width2 to the same values to draw square tube.

The rectangular fillet radius controls the four corner radii.

Rectangular - Bending "Easy Way"

This profile orientation is referred to as the "easy way" bending in the tubing industry. The reason is because this orientation is easier to bend than a profile rotated 90 degrees to this.

Rectangular - Bending "Hard Way"

You can switch the values in the Width1 and Width2 to rotate the tube shape into the "hard way" bending method.

Square Tube Rotation

Rectangular Tube Rotation

VTube measures rectangular and square tube shapes with the laser or ball probes.

• FILLET EDGE DETECTION:The laser scanning feature includes edge detection in order to remove the fillet from the plane calculations. In this image, see how VTube detects edge fillets and removes them automatically from the calculation of the planes.
  
  

• TRUE CENTERLINE LOCATION: The process and logic automatically calculates the location of the centerline from the true surface data. The nominal width data is not needed to find the centerline.
  
  

• RECTANGULAR TUBE with LARGE RADIUS EDGES: VTube can also measure large rectangular tube with large radius edges using a ball probe.