VTube-STEP

March 2010 - NOW SUPPORTS CSM BENDERS

Software Updates

March 22, 2010	VTube-Step v1.3	Support for export to CSM bender data files
March 19, 2010	VTube-Step v1.2	Projection tolerance decimal places increase to 5
March 18, 2010	VTube-Step v1.1
March 15, 2010	Original VTube-STEP released

Description

VTube-STEP extracts tube data from any STEP solid model file - from any solid model CAD package.
You can browse through an online version of VTube's help here.
VTube-STEP supports multiple languages - even East Asian. You can even translate the user interface to your own language.

VTube-STEP Videos

Introduction to VTube-STEP v1 - This YouTube video demonstrates VTube-STEP importing data from a CAD file. Extending End Points - This YouTube video demonstrates how to extend an end point to geometry with VTube-STEP.

Language Support

Multiple languages are supported through text files called VTL files. VTube Language files each contain one language. They name of the VTL file is named according to the language. For example, Chinese is given the name "chinese.vtl". Sub-groupings of the languages can be created by creating new VTL files with an extended name so that end-users can understand what the language is. For example the VTL files can be sub-divided into "chinese traditional.vtl" and "chinese simplified.vtl". The filename is the language name.
VTL files are easy-to-read text files that can easily be adjusted in a Unicode-supporting editor. They are stored in the c:\program files\VTube-STEP\config\language folder.
We use and recommend Notepad++ editor to edit your VTube-STEP language files. It is available for download from the net by searching for the name. Notepad++ allows you to show files side by side in parallel edit windows. To compare files this way, you right click on one of the tabs then press Move to Other View.
When VTube closes, it automatically generates a file called "current_language_setup.vtl" that is built from the latest user-interface elements in the English user-interface. We've included this file so that you can easily find what user interface elements have been added between VTube-STEP versions. So when upgrading VTube-STEP, you will often find new additions in this file if they were added since the last version. If you are using a non-English VTL file, then any English labels in the generated file will indicate new words added since the last version. For example, you can compare this file to the file that your VTube is set to use by default to see if there are any new untranslated user interface items. One indication that a file has changed is to compare the file size of the currently used language to the file size of the current_language_setup.vtl file.