Revision 2.9.11

Release Date: July 20, 2018
Build: 5

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NEW - YELLOW BAR MARKS SPLIT BENDS ACTIVE IN LRA DATA GRID

It's important for operators to know when Split Bend is active in VTube-STEP or VTube-LASER (for 180-degree or greater bends). VTube compresses the bender data with Split Bends active and measures the part differently.

So VTube now shows a yellow shaded row in the LRA data grids where a Split Bend is switched on.

FIX- SPLIT BENDS ACTIVE IN ABSOLUTE LRA DATA GRID

Absolute LRA data is also known as Military Spec bender data. It is still used by the USAF, and possibly other branches of the US military.

If you use the Absolute LRA data with Split Bends, then this update is important for you because we discovered a bug in the absolute (as opposed to incremental) LENGTH calculation when Split Bends were enabled.

The absolute LENGTH calculations after the split bend would be off by half the arc length of the combined split bend. This has been fixed and double-checked against current Mil Spec charts.

See VTube Reverse Calc from MIL-D-9898C Absolute Bender Data to Centerline XYZ Data for an in-depth article on this bender format.