Revision 2.7

Release Date: Not Released

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BLM bender communications are now built into VTube-LASER.

• This protocol uses communications through a standard Ethernet connection.
  
  
• The protocol modifies YBC data inside BLM data files.
  
  

Why This Feature Was Needed

The issue is that VTube can handle extremely dense point clouds internally (in memory) - but graphics cards cannot keep up with the increased load from the new Bend Profile feature. So we changed VTube to automatically limit the number of points displayed on the screen.

VTube was redesigned so that point clouds would be displayed densely enough (regardless of tube diameter), and fast enought (regardless of how many points are actually in memory).

Goals for Calculation of Point Cloud Density for Display in VTube

Goal 1: VTube needs to display points quickly on the screen.

Goal 2: VTube needs to show an appropriate number of points based on the diameter being scanned.

How it Works

In order to better anticipate how to draw dense point clouds, VTube has this new field in the System Options / Graphics Setup Tab.

This new Diameter Factor value is multiplied against the current diameter to determine how close the displayed points should be on the screen. The default diameter factor value is 0.125. So, for example on a 2 inch OD tube, the points are displayed no closer than 0.25" on the screen. However, for a 0.25" OD tube, the point separation changes so that they display no closer than 0.031" (.25 x .125).

It is Not Used in End Scans

This feature has no impact on END SCANS. End scan point clouds are always display no closer than 0.005" (.12 mm) - regardless of the diameter.

These language files were updated:

• Chinese
• German
• Japanese