What's New in VGMETROLOGY

Import and export STL files that contain meshes with color information. With the option to store color information in an STL file, either uniformly for the object or per triangle, you no longer need to use alternative file types, such as .obj or .ply.

The split ROI function is now two to ten times faster and more accurate. For example, the time to separate 230 parts in a data set drops from 39 to 12 seconds.

Save 50% or more time with adaptive measurement templates that follow the shape of distorted parts. First articles of injection-molded parts and 3D-printed parts are often not only out of tolerance but warped in such a way that a measurement plan created on the nominal CAD object cannot be applied to the scanned part. With adaptive measurement templates, a measurement plan created using the nominal CAD data or imported via PMI can be easily applied to even strongly deformed parts. The measurement points are placed at the optimal positions on the actual part and perfectly follow the distorted shape. 

You no longer need storage systems or time-consuming manual post-processing of features by highly skilled users. This new, patented technology makes it possible to apply dimensions and tolerances to distorted parts where otherwise only local coordinate systems would permit a correct analysis.

The user interface for geometry elements and combined elements has been enriched with several methods to combine the information of geometry elements, such as Chebyshev fitting methods for point, line, and torus elements, as well as possible combinations. Element type and fit method are now separate controls, which makes for more intuitive use.

Find the area of highest material accumulation in a part using sphere-based wall thickness calculation. In casting and 3D-printing processes, the main cause of warpage is uneven cooldown, which can lead to severe distortions. Finding excess material can help you identify these warpage issues.

Use an ROI as a surface boundary for your wall thickness analysis. You can now decide whether the result of a sphere-based wall thickness analysis should consider the actual material of the part to its full extent, which can lead to a large value very close to the ROI boundary, or whether the calculation should stop there, which will lead to a smaller value as a virtual surface gets introduced.

You can now lock specific areas, preventing them from changing during mesh compensation. Areas that are already close to perfect or must not change shape because of manufacturing constraints, such as a base plate in additive manufacturing, can be forced to stay unchanged. The software will then only compensate a defined ROI while keeping the surrounding volume identical.

An optimized and much faster uniform control point calculation method allows you to process a larger number of control points with improved mesh compensation performance. This means that it is possible to compensate very complex parts, such as lattice structures that need a large number of control points, and parts that need compensation with high granularity and lots of local changes.

Set up the visibility and size of columns as you review results in the analysis or coordinate measurement dialogs and reuse that customization when you create a report. With this addition to our WYSIWYG approach to reporting, you no longer need to set up tables twice.

Measure multiple parts in the same way and compare their results. This new feature allows for intuitive comparison of similar results at a single glance and eliminates the need for external tools to create comparison tables.

Use info fields for specific objects, such as serial numbers or evaluation statuses, in any sections. With this improved customization option for user-defined sections, you can, for example, list all serial numbers of evaluated parts on the title page of the report.

• Displaying tables on multiple pages: Display all relevant columns of large tables in reports. With this feature, you can create reports with tables of any size and no longer need to limit the displayed results to a subset.
• New "Minimum column width" table setting: Optimize the space taken up by individual columns in a table for more control over how table content is displayed.

You can now install the FlexNet license server for floating licenses on a computer running macOS, which gives you more flexibility when you implement floating licenses within your company.

Use the same software installation by simply exchanging the evaluation license for a commercial license. You no longer need to download and install a separate package for evaluation and commercial use of the software.

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