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Software
Version
Release Date
VMS 7
7.2.1.50
VMS 8
8.0.1.88
VMS 9
9.0.54
VMS 10
10.0.80
6/13/24
VMS 11
1/29/25
Elements 3
3.4.3.8
Elements 4
4.0.85.0
Elements 5
5.1.54
Why update?
VMS 7 to 8
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Integration
• Add Ability to Create 2D Heatmap / Rainbow images
• Line Defects Detection
• Added Ability to Display a Blob Set
• Identify Single Blob Capability
• Blob Heat Map Refinement
• Context sensitive help
• Manual Stage support
• Added Gray level Threshold Methods to Edge Finders
• Image Masking Capability
• Auto Adjust light Option for Closest Target Lighting
• Added Minimum and Maximum Edge Finder Brightness Filters
• Added 1D Edge Point Finder Function
• Ability to move X, Y and Z simultaneously
• Added Fitting Alignment to VMS
• Use Zero Length Scan on Laser Autofocus
• support for Motorized Substage LED hardware
• Method to extract an AOI from 3D Image
• Added ability to stitch two images together
• Added function to extract points from an image to general curve
• Added calc_points_height() function
• Added calc_points_volume() function
• Compute Residual Error in best_fit_positions
• Added improved masking function to VMS
• Added Blob Combination Capability
• Added Ability to change Image Resolution
• Change Sharpness to Filter Length
• calc_height Could Calculate Centroid and Volume
• Integrate Pattern Recognition
• Bar code reader integration
• Ability to Copy a New Blob Structure
• Warm start capability to not zero the stage on startup
• Dual Drives (Dual Motors) on one Axis in VMS
VMS 8 to 9
• Zoom Accuentric support
• Joystick light knob support
• Image Acquisition Step
• Define Area of Interest dialog
• Advanced Call Dialog
• Integrated the Itaca USB temperature module
• Expanded space for finder dialog
• Use variables and expressions in finder parameters
• display_image( ) with a Z-height image shows the converted gray image in the video window
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Integration (via library)
• 2D Heatmap for thresholds
• Line Defects Detection
• Display a Blob Set
• Added a function to identify a blob in an array that meets criteria according to area, size, and/or position
• Context sensitive help
• Added Minimum and Maximum Edge Finder Brightness Filters
• Method to extract an AOI from 3D Image
• Added function to extract points from an image to general curve
• Added improved masking function to VMS
• Added Ability to change Image Resolution
• Integrated Pattern Recognition (via library)
VMS 9 to 10
• Windows 10 support
• Digital Zoom
• Extended Depth of Focus image
• Non-linear FOV corrections
• Blob Boundary Filtering
• 32 bit integer program variable support
• Comments in program colored green
• Global Edge Parameters
• Tangent Line Constructions
• Sphere Calculations
• Image stitching improved. 3X larger stitched images.
• General curve filter and smooth data
• Support for Microline 1000/2000/3000 microscope and Snap 100 Tru-light systems.
• Enhanced blob improvements