for tube fabricators
to solid model data

Import from any of the leading solid modeling programs	VTube extracts tube data from any solid model that uses the universal ISO STEP format - then converts the data to CNC Bender data. See a few examples in the image to the right. These are images extracted from . Many other packages are compatible.
It's powerful - so it's really easy to learn and use	is designed to take in generic data and then allow you to find the tube shape from that data. You collect the geometry for each straight by selecting it, then press "Calculate XYZ Data", and the math engine does the rest. click on the images to enlarge
Send data to your bender directly	sends data directly to your bender using the well-known SVNET protocol. If your bender does not use that protocol, then we have other Benderlink modules that can get your data there. Here a are a few compatible benders: SMT Industries ProControl Eaton Leonard Lightspeed PINES TS-2000 Control Horn Machine Tools Techno Industrial Machinery AddisonMcKee Controls CSM (direct write of CSM DAF M3 control files - NEW as of March 2010)
Completely customized reports	Since uses HTML-based templates, you can create custom reports to display exactly as you want them to. Since the report is HTML-based, you could even put the report on the web. Click here to see a report generated by . click on the image to see an actual web page with a report

This YouTube video
shows in action

How to Extend an End Point
with to any solid model entity

The END TRIM feature allows you to extend the end point of the tube to any trim surface or point.

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The image above shows a good example of how this feature works.

• Select the surfaces for the main tube
• Select the end trim surface
• Generate the centerline
• finds the centroid of the trim surface and projects the tube centerline out to near that point

Click on the image to see a close-up of the centroid point and the generated end-point. See the demonstration video here:

YouTube video of Extending and Trimming the End Length with

You Can Even Measure 3D Centerline Data - not just solid models
with to to create a new solid model entity

Here are images of being used to generate a complete centerline from centerline segments, then build a new solid model with a wall that follows the path imported from a STEP file that contained no surfaces:

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This image shows the generated centerline in green. The yellow entities were imported from a tube shape drawn in SolidWorks 2008.

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(You may have noticed that the arc data does appear to be correct in the STEP file data displayed. That's no problem to VTube-STEP. VTube doesn't need them to calculate centerline geometry with bend radii.)