Announcing VIC-3D 11.4

Updates are coming fast in VIC-3D! We are excited to announce version 11.4 which provides several long-requested and soon-to-be-invaluable new features including a License-Free Viewer Mode which allows collaborators to open and inspect projects in a read-only viewer.

• Look without the risk - review results, walk a colleague through data, or check a setup with zero chance of accidentally changing or overwriting something.

• Share projects with confidence. Deliver a project to a reviewer, manager, or customer knowing they can explore every result but can't alter the analysis.

Updates to the vicpyx Extension System

• Get more from the data with three new extensions

  • Image Histogram for instant exposure and contrast insight

  • Subtract Thermal Expansion to isolate mechanical strain from thermal effects

  • Align Rotary Motion for clean analysis of rotating components.

• Run extensions on autopilot with auto-run and auto-accept, jump directly to what matters with favorites and last-used, and set up complex analyses in seconds using named argument presets which can be applied and edited from a right-click menu.

• Handle real-world analysis with new, built-in controls for area-of-interest masking, reference data, subset size, analysis start points, and project calibration — so every extension has what it needs to get the answer right.

VIC-3D 11.4 Full Release Notes

• The Advanced Extensometer Placement feature means whole arrays of extensometers can be placed simultaneously, and individual extensometers can be edited by global/pixel position, length, and direction.

  • Place many, not one at a time. Drop entire arrays of extensometers in a single action and cover your specimen in seconds instead of clicking them out one by one.

  • Precision by the numbers. Edit any extensometer by its exact global or pixel position, length, and direction — no more nudging by eye to get it right.

  • Reproducible every time. Define placements numerically so the same gauge layout can be recreated consistently across specimens and tests.

• Major Calibration upgrades include a configurable outlier-rejection threshold, with automatic and manual removal of individual outlier target points.

  • Don't let one bad dot ruin a good calibration. A finger over a target, a smudge, a glare hotspot — VIC-3D now flags the individual points driving up your error instead of forcing you to scrap the whole image.

  • A configurable rejection threshold lets you decide how strict "good enough" is, so calibration standards stay consistent across operators and jobs.

• A Project Transformations Manager can review and remove coordinate-system transformations applied to a project; applied transformations can now be undone.

  • See every transformation in one place. A dedicated manager lists all coordinate-system transformations applied to your project, so nothing is hidden or forgotten.

  • Fix mistakes without starting over. Remove a wrong or outdated transformation directly instead of rebuilding the project from scratch.

• Coordinate Origin and Virtual Strain Gauge on 2D plots — show the origin and the VSG directly on 2D contour plots, with a live VSG preview while configuring it.

• Analysis Dialog Preview Tabs — the in-progress preview now adds an Extraction tab that tracks the average of the selected variable across the sequence as analysis runs, and a Summary tab with a live per-image results table that is also saved with the project. Separate total and per-image progress bars show a time-remaining estimate.

• Extraction Plots Flexibility — researchers can now use time as the x-axis when available.

• Cylindrical Coordinate Transforms — live preview, a reuse-variables option, and the ability to set the result as the coordinate system.

• Faster, More Responsive Post-Processing — a unified live preview for the triangulation, strain, curvature, local rotation, smoothing, and apply-transformation dialogs, plus faster image and data loading.

• Thermal Strain — output thermal strain and subtract thermal expansion to obtain mechanical strain.

• Improved Automatic Target Detection

• UI/UX Improvements

  • Reorganized global preferences with dedicated pages (Data Options, VDI Targets) and page icons.

  • Player Reverse Playback and track bar

  • Larger toolbar buttons throughout.

• Touch Probe Enhancements

  • Compute and apply a coordinate system directly from touch-probe measurements, using a new alignment and fitting algorithm.

  • Add, remove, and switch between probe positions in the workspace.

  • In-workspace triangulation, 3D zoom with the mouse wheel, and a right-click menu for fitting options and marker size.

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