Revision 2.9

Original Release Date: November 1, 2017
Latest Build: 75

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The end-scan engine is completely redesigned in version 2.9

• It is much faster and more reliable than previous versions.
  
  
• It can now find the furthest point or the nearest point - or even the centroid of the end-scan cloud in the scan.
  
  
• It draws linear dimensions showing the endpoint offsets - including the ball probe compensation offset.
  
  
• The obsolete End Scan Tolerance restriction is removed.
  
  
• A new END measure was added to MEASURE SETUP to control the new settings.

This change alone is worth the upgrade.

VTube now allows you to include multiple tubes in a single project.

• Add new tubes to existing tubes.
• Measure all the tubes together or separately.
• Align all the tubes at the same time or separately.

Customers that have many benders prefer to have the bender number saved in the project file because it is normal to associate the project with a bender.

So now VTube saves the Bender Setup bender number to the project file.

Customers never choose any other option than to keep the current cut plane, so we removed this dialog to save time.

VTube now automatically draws a linear dimension in the viewport between the scanned point and the final offset point to confirm that the distance is correct.

VTube-STEP (included in VTube-LASER) can now import Laservision PRT files:

• It can import single PRT files.
• It can import multiple PRT files into a single assembly.
• It can batch-convert multiple PRT file into a folder of VTube project files (VTP).

VTube-STEP (included in VTube-LASER) can now import multiple Supravision files.

• It can import single Supravision files.
• It can import multiple Supravision files into a single assembly.
• It can batch-convert multiple Supravision files into a folder of VTube project files (VTP).

Import multiple SOLID EDGE files at one time into an ASSEMBLY.

There are now many more skins to choose from in System Options.

The solid modeling engine was updated.

To confirm this update, the trihedron is now a 3D solid model rather than the older stick figure.

VTube would refuse measurements that were too far from the end of the actual diameter surface of the tube. This does nothing but frustrate end users. Sometimes it is necessary to scan points that are far from the diameter. So we removed this limitation.

The version 6 driver for FARO would sometimes not reconnect after having left the scanner control window, so VTube now automatically disconnects and reconnects when you exit that window.

The new SV No Wait feature allows you to communicate with benders using the Supravision Network protocol with USB flash drives. When VTube-LASER performs a RECALL, it no longer waits for an immediate answer. This means that it will never time-out in this mode. It assumes that the answer will come an undetermined future time.

To use this feature follow these steps:

1. Insert the USB flash drive into the VTube-LASER computer.
2. Press RECALL.
3. Eject the USB flash drive.
4. Plug the USB flash drive into the bender.
5. The bender will respond to the command and place the answer on the USB flash drive.
6. Plug the USB flash drive into the VTube-LASER computer again.
7. Press RECALL again. VTube-LASER will find the response file on the flash drive and ask if you want to recall it.

• The PREVIOUS feature that steps back in the measurement step during measurement had some serious bugs. They are fixed. (NOTE: Do not use the "Previous" command in earlier versions.)