Changelog

General:

• It is now possible to create views of the “Profile,” “Rotation,” “Non-planar,” and “Custom path” viewports.
• Evaluation templates now also support instruments and clipping objects.
• Added an option to store default settings for surface determination.
• The default search distance in the advanced surface determination is now specified in voxels instead of an absolute length.
• Volume components in the Scene Tree will now always be listed directly under the volume without any other Scene Tree elements in between.
• When converting an object (for example, volume to mesh), the object's original name is now available as placeholder for the name of the newly created object.
• Improved the export/copy evaluation behavior by preselecting the objects in the export dialog that are selected in the Scene Tree.
• Improved performance when loading volume objects that reference data from multiple block data files.
• Improved the visibility of some VG file icons used in the Windows Explorer in dark mode.
• Improved the tooltip for the “Slice range” option in the “Save movie/image stack” dialog.
• Users who have migrated to the new portfolio have exclusive access to all tutorials.

Coordinate Measurement: 

• Added a new “Matrix” view to the “CM overview” dialog and reporting that displays all measurements across all parts.
• It is now possible to measure and tolerance the length and area of freeform lines by creating the associated dimensioning feature.
• Regular elements from two lines/planes can now also be created to the full extent of their source elements instead of their intersection, to allow for the calculation of linear sizes with global modifiers in cases where no opposing point pairs can be found.
• Added the “Merge” and “Replace” import options for pasting CM features to an object, allowing you to control how existing CM features with the same names are handled.
• When geometry elements used in a coordinate system (for example, 3-2-1 or datum system) are added to a pattern, the coordinate system will now also be added to the pattern and the naming schemes will be applied accordingly.
• Added an option that specifies how to match the copies of an added element to a pattern.
• The option to adjust the shape or keep the original shape of freeform elements is now part of the fit method and can be changed on the “Geometry elements” tab of the “CM results” dialog.
• Whether a freeform element is refitted using “adjust shape” or “keep original shape” can now be distinguished in tables by their construction method and in the Scene Tree by their display value (“length” or “area” for “adjust shape” and “deviation” for “keep original shape”).
• You can now specify iterations and auto fit points for refitting freeform elements to optimize the result.
• Improved the performance when pasting views in evaluation templates or during PMI import.
• Improved the performance when changing the selection in the Scene Tree via “CM spotlight.”

Deformation Field:

• Changed the default naming scheme for deformation fields to “Field 1,” “Field 2,” etc.

Analyses:

• We now provide a pretrained model for pore detection in cast light metal parts that can be used as a basis for fine-tuning in deep segmentation to train robust models for your individual inspection task with less effort.
• Added the refinement function of the legacy VGEasyPore analysis to the new porosity/inclusion analysis.
• The minimap in the porosity/inclusion analysis preview panel is now scalable.
• Added the possibility to paste annotations on the “Annotations” tab of an analysis dialog when the annotations table is not yet displayed because no annotations exist.
• Introduced a pinning function for tolerances in analyses to have them displayed permanently.
• Added the model training tag to the model name in the “Select model” drop-down list of the “Deep segmentation” dialog for easier model identification.
• Added a convenient link to the “Preferences” in the “Deep segmentation” dialog if OpenCL devices are disabled.

CT Reconstruction:

• Improved the support of reconstruction parameters imported from an NSI parameter file.

NDE Capabilities:

• Added an option to the “Scanning” tab in the ribbon to show the probe position in the 3D view when probing points with the Absolute Arm.
• Changed the default offset between GelSight sensor and Absolute Arm to correspond to its new standard adapter.

Reporting and Traceability (Integrated Report Editor): 

• Added a new built-in section layout that displays four view images on a single page.
• Improved the performance of 3D report content creation.
• Improved the presentation of histograms of meshes and CAD models in reports.

Documentation:

• New video tutorial: “Performing coordinate measurement on multiple parts at a time”

VGTRAINER:

• VGTRAINER now provides a pretrained model for pore detection in cast light metal parts that can be used as basis for fine-tuning to train robust models for your individual inspection task with less effort.
• It is now possible to change the order of labels of a model. In case of overlapping labels, the order determines the assignment of a voxel to a label.

VGinLINE:

• Streamlined the communication between VGinLINE WORKER and the instance, removing the need for the Remote Control Service.
• Added a new VGinLINE job setting to enable retrying of failed cleanup tasks.

VGinLINE APPROVER:

• Removed the bright theme from the VGinLINE APPROVER backend application.

General:

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the wrong element was selected next when using the “Tab” key or mouse clicks while renaming elements in the Scene Tree.
• Fixed an issue where the “Save image(s)” dialog would not remember all of its settings correctly.
• Fixed an issue with the parallel projection camera where using “Center and focus camera” could move the camera position inside the object causing unreliable camera rotations in the “Spherical” navigation mode.
• Fixed an issue where the initial rotation center in the “Spherical” navigation mode was not set up correctly after opening a project or applying a bookmark.
• Fixed an issue where render object components in the Scene Tree were not listed directly under the volume without other Scene Tree elements in between.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes an incorrect error related to the efX helper would be issued during NSI import.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes the visibility of multi-material volume components was not correctly controlled by views.
• Fixed an issue where “Split volume” could create names with leading or succeeding spaces, causing display issues in the Scene Tree.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes text in the ribbon would be cut off even though there was enough space.
• Fixed an issue where the “Level/Window” dialog could not be opened from the ribbon tab in some scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where the title image on the floating registration form dialog would be cut off.
• Fixed an issue where in some cases volume objects could not be imported when opening a .vgi file.

Coordinate Measurement: 

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the actual value of a dimension was not displayed in the views, depending on the orientation of the dimension line.
• Fixed an issue where deleting many CM elements at once could take much longer than needed.
• Fixed an issue where the “Auto expand” function for fitting points on CAD objects didn’t work properly.
• Fixed an issue where the values in the “Dimensioning” dialog would not update immediately after an entry was chosen from a specific tolerance table.
• Fixed an issue where the “Consider surface orientation” option was not correctly applied during PMI import.
• Fixed an issue when creating freeform lines with CAD selection where sometimes the selected faces could be connected in the wrong order.

Analyses:

• Fixed an issue in the P 202 analysis where the Feret diameter was not visualized correctly in 3D.
• Fixed some issues in the ONNX information sheet.

NDE Capabilities:

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the GelSight scan info would not be displayed correctly.

Reporting and Traceability (Integrated Report Editor): 

• Fixed an issue where the default 2x2 bookmark section layout would be slightly misaligned.
• Fixed an issue where exporting a report with empty CM 3D results as PDF would cause the application to hang indefinitely.
• Fixed an issue where using the sorting option “Follow application layout” would not sort some entries correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the image settings used during report creation would not correctly show up again when reconfiguring the report.

VGinLINE:

• Fixed an issue where the VGinLINE WORKER would crash if the InLineConnector host address could not be resolved.

VGMETROLOGY:

• Fixed an incorrect product title for VGMETROLOGY when using a license from the old product portfolio.

myVGL:

• Fixed a rare issue that caused myVGL to crash when opening certain projects.