(Read the details of the benefits of MDB in the VTube knowledgebase. Custom bend tools and tool sets can also be created using the Tool Editor and stored by part number. Bend Tools are automatically rendered by the software. And a screen capture button allows copy and paste functions into Windows programs including Outlook and Word, etc.
Tube bending software software#
I haven' experimented yet with this extensively but it seems like a dwire can be non-planar. VTube creator software is the tool that lets tube fabricators take advantage of using MBD from generic solid model data. The Tube can also be animated to show the bending orientation. If I stay planar the sketch polyline with arc works well with sweep but doesn't address non-planar conditions. The simulation software is valuable in almost all tube bending applications, but can be particularly helpful for fabricators quoting on jobs and planning production, in reducing design-to-manufacturing times to help speed product delivery, and on any application involving tubes manufactured from expensive alloys. I was thinking that it might be fun to mimic my pipe bending tool to model a bent tube. I briefly chatting with normandc on the irc about this and it sounds like there there isn't a specific utility for pipe bending in non-planar situations In this project I had I've been experimenting with physically bending hydraulic brake line tubing as well which got me thinking. I been playing around with designing a set of 3d printable recirculating bearings for my next printer and I had the need to create some bent tubes that do not lay in a flat 2d plan.