Version 3.2.2 Is Here

Data Quality Analysis                                                                     

• Monitor the data quality of your CT scans: Determination of the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) and the Contrast Discrimination Function (CDF) from a scan of a cylindrical rod according to the ASTM E 1695 standard. The MTF is a measure for the sharpness of the edge while the CDF is related to the spatial frequency of the noise. These functions are key determinants of the structural resolution of the CT system.

Visualization and Navigation

• Benefit from a more fluent navigation in the 3D view when handling complex scenes with a large number of objects, ROIs, analyses, and/or analysis annotations.

Coordinate Measurement/Metrology

• Use the new import and preview options in the "Fit geometry element" dialog for a more convenient creation of geometry elements, e.g., to compare measurement results between CT and other measurement methods: Simply import or copy and paste them from external sources like .csv files or Excel sheets – no fixed .csv formatting required. 
• Fitting of a large number of geometry elements is now much faster using Ctrl + right mouse button for confirmation – thus eliminating the mouse travel between the geometry element and the fitting dialog.

CAD Import with PMI

• Create more meaningful names faster: Use balloon numbers created in Creo 4.0 as a prefix for the feature name when importing PMI data.
• Import only what you really need: Limit the PMI import of dimensions and geometric tolerances to those with a balloon number attached.

Manufacturing Geometry Correction                   

• Duplicate a CAD geometry correction including all referenced objects.

All Analyses

• Save time when analyzing repetitive structures such as cylinder heads or Ball Grid Arrays in VGMETROLOGY ES: You can now quickly copy one region of interest (ROI) multiple times into a periodic pattern; all analyses within this ROI, e.g., a nominal/actual comparison, will be copied automatically. (This feature was already available in VGSTUDIO MAX and VGMETROLOGY.)
• The assessment of defects or geometric deviations in components with mirror-symmetric regions of interest (ROIs) gets much faster thanks to a new mirroring option for the “Paste pattern of ROI(s)” option: ROIs on a mirror-symmetric part (including all analyses, CM elements, etc.) can be duplicated on the opposite side; all copied analyses can then be updated by one click using the "Update all analyses" button.

CT Reconstruction

• To shorten startup times and to guarantee a higher stability, the GPU memory for OpenCL devices can now be set manually.

Automation

• In VGSTUDIO MAX, VGMETROLOGY, and VGMETROLOGY ES, the merging of multiple mesh objects into one new mesh object is now macro-recordable. This makes it easier to automatically analyze or measure objects that are represented by several separate meshes, e.g., when all of them should be displayed with a unified color plot with one nominal/actual comparison.
• Save time when generating jobs with parallel but similar branches by copying and pasting steps.

Data IO

• If a stack of .tiff images includes information about the slice position, it is now possible to import the image stack and respect the slice position during import. Image stacks with varying slice spacing are often generated by CT systems with line detectors.

Documentation

• New tutorial: "Structural Mechanics Simulation – Advanced: Stress Simulation for Components with Porosity"
• Tutorial "Segmentation – Based on Gray Values" now also available in Chinese and French
• Tutorial "Segmentation – Based on Geometrical Shapes" now also available in Chinese and French
• System Requirements now also available in Korean

*Please note: Some of the items listed above may only be applicable to specific products or add-on modules that depend on the purchased license.