What's New in VGSTUDIO

Custom image generation settings, such as for resolution and opacity mapping, are now also available for the new integrated reporting function and can be specified for individual objects or for the entire report. This way, image creation is consistent even in automation scenarios and reporting the same content using different settings is easily possible.

The new zoom function in the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor lets you easily fit relevant content to your screen while viewing or editing a report. It automatically scales the report pages to fit the available space or allows you to set a manual zoom level depending on the level of detail you want to see. 

A new save image option allows you to save either the currently selected workspace window or a manually defined combination of workspace windows. Depending on your manual inspection workflow, one or the other might be more convenient for you—the new option in the dialog allows for both while keeping the shortcut and automatic storage of other image settings unchanged.

Completely new integrated reporting now lets you edit and view reports in Volume Graphics applications exactly as they will appear in the PDF, customize them, automate their creation, and store them directly in your .vgl project. The new integrated reporting function is a fast way to create presentable .pdf reports without having to switch to external software like Microsoft Excel and is available throughout our products, even in our free viewer applications myVGL and VGMETROLOGY VIEWER. And because report creation and export are macro-recordable, the new reporting is also available for automation and VGinLINE.

You can now load volume data from Hitachi Industrial CT systems. The HiXCT file format, which is typical for Hitachi Industrial CT systems, optionally supports the import of volumes coming from a multi-circle scan.

Change transparency and colors of volumes, CAD objects, and meshes faster by accessing the most frequently used visualization options in one compact icon bar.

You can now factor in the real angular position of each projection for a high-quality reconstruction. If your CT system is equipped with an angular encoder that provides the actual angular position of each projection, you can now use this information to increase the spatial resolution of your scan—or if some projections went missing during your CT scan, you can now skip these projections and still get a high-quality reconstruction without artifacts from missing or incomplete projections and without having to perform re-scans. 

You can now save time by using the new, automatically adjusting opacity curve. Based on a rectangle drawn in a 2D view of one object, the contrast for the selected region will automatically be optimized. With one click, the contrast can be converted to an opacity curve that provides the optimal contrast for the selected region. You can also apply this to several objects in the scene to compare the selected region between two or more scans. 

This is helpful for the visual inspection of an area of interest or the same area of interest for two or more objects.

The new, more intuitive Tool Dock reduces the mouse travel needed to navigate to the next tool. It now has fewer—but more intuitive—icons. Tools can be expanded and collapsed or pinned; by only expanding the currently used tool and automatically collapsing the others, you will eliminate the need for vertical scrolling. Tools that you want to have permanently visible (e.g., the Scene Tree) can be pinned. For the best visibility, expanded tools will always use all the available vertical screen space. 

In the latest version of Volume Graphics software, the graphical user interface of all applications appears crisp and sharp, even on 4K displays. It also respects the customized scaling factor of the operating system.

When running other applications parallel to Volume Graphics software, you will now receive a notification when calculations or other processes in the Volume Graphics applications are finished. This allows you to work simultaneously on other tasks without missing important developments in Volume Graphics applications.

You can now monitor the state of your CT system over time by calculating the Contrast Detail Diagram (CDD), which combines structural and contrast resolution in one measurement according to ASTM E 1441. This parameter estimates the minimum contrast that a feature of a given size must have in order to be detectable. The new measure is supported in addition to the MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) and CDF (Contrast Discrimination Function).

• Faster creation and replacement of bookmarks, resulting in performance that is nearly 10x faster in complex projects that have, for example, a large number of coordinate measurement objects. 
• Preference options for changing the appearance of the indicator in all views, allowing you to adjust size and shape (e.g., circle) of the indicator and thereby ensuring that the indicator itself is not covering what you actually want to show.
• Import and export of an application layout to store an existing icon bar and tool dock configuration for re-use on a different computer or sharing with colleagues. This allows for easier standardization of application layouts for different workflows, across computers and company sites.

• Apply a default column layout in tables directly from the context menu: Most tables in the application now allow you to store and apply a certain column layout, making it easy to unify the order and layout of the table columns across different projects. (New in 3.4.3)

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