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Additive Manufacturing Meets Medical Implants
2/25/2022
Additive Manufacturing 
Meets Medical Implants

Conventional, off-the-shelf implants have made it easier for medical professionals to treat the most common patient needs quickly and efficiently. However, modern imaging—combined with additive manufacturing technology—has made it possible to design patient-specific implants to better fit individual needs in more complex cases. Join us as we use VGSTUDIO MAX to examine these customized implants!

Additive Manufacturing
Porosity/Inclusion Analysis
Healthcare
Wall Thickness Analysis
Hanging by a Thread: Bolts and Screws
2/18/2022
Hanging by a Thread: 
Bolts and Screws

A couple of weeks ago, we had a story that reconstructed the thread of a beloved fountain pen. That got us thinking: let's go into threads in depth—but this time, from the other side! Join us as we use VGSTUDIO MAX to inspect a threaded insert and make sure everything is up to par!

Tips & Tricks
Metrology
Let the Ink Flow: Reconstructing a Fountain Pen
2/4/2022
Let the Ink Flow: 
Reconstructing a Fountain Pen

Gifts often hold great sentimental value—so great, in fact, that it is hard to believe such a small chip can make such a huge dent in function. At least, that was the case when a customer had a beloved fountain pen that no longer wrote. Check out this story of how they used VGSTUDIO MAX to segment, measure, and reconstruct parts of the pen!

Segmentation
Visualization & Rendering
Reverse Engineering
A Change in Perspective: Non-Planar and Rotation View
1/21/2022
A Change in Perspective: 
Non-Planar and Rotation View

Sometimes, to get to the core of a problem, all we need is a new set of eyes—and the possibility of perspective. Join us as we use the rotation and non-planar views of VGSTUDIO MAX to explore every nook and cranny of different objects!

Visualization & Rendering
Tips & Tricks
A Change in Perspective (pt. 2): Custom Path and Profile Window
1/21/2022
A Change in Perspective (pt. 2): Custom Path and Profile Window

Last week, we did a deep dive into the non-planar and rotation view of VGSTUDIO MAX. This week, we'll be exploring two more views: custom path and profile window. Join us as we use VGSTUDIO MAX to gain even more perspective on… well, perspective!

Visualization & Rendering
Tips & Tricks
The Joy of Bookmarks
11/24/2021
The Joy of Bookmarks

Bookmarks in VGSTUDIO MAX—as in real life—work wonders as placeholders. They save our spots in the project while we shift and rotate objects and work on other analyses. As such, we often drop them somewhere and come back to them later, which easily makes them one of the most overlooked, underused features in the software.

Check out how you can use these hidden gems of visualization to showcase your project!

Tips & Tricks
Visualization & Rendering
Past, Present, and Future: Recreating History in Lunéville
11/19/2021
Past, Present, and Future: Recreating History in Lunéville

In the early 18th century, sculptor Barthélemey Giubal brought five figures to life for the palace gardens in Lunéville: the singer Arion and his four accompanying putti. In 1766, Prince Elector Charles Theodore had these sculptures brought to Schwetzingen. Now, centuries later, they will be journeying home—as 3D scans. Join Benjamin Moreno and Vincent Lacombe as they scan the sculptures in Schwetzingen Palace!

Segmentation
Interview
Visualization & Rendering
Art & History
Carving a VG Jack-o'-Lantern
10/26/2021
Carving a VG Jack-o'-Lantern

It's Halloween time at Volume Graphics! A time of candy, freshly carved jack-o'-lanterns, and costume-themed shenanigans. No matter how you celebrate, we wish you a fun and safe Halloween. Speaking of safe, let's use our tools on VGSTUDIO MAX to digitally carve (and explode) a jack-o'-lantern! 

Visualization & Rendering
Animation
One Rule to Rule Them All: The Power of Annotations
10/14/2021
One Rule to Rule Them All: 
The Power of Annotations

Sometimes, analyses leave you with thousands of results—a dream for the project, but a reader's nightmare! Check out how you can use rule-based annotations on VGSTUDIO MAX to leave your reports looking crisp and clean.

Tips & Tricks
Porosity/Inclusion Analysis
Nominal/Actual Comparison
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