With spring in full swing, we’re excited to announce Wall Thickness Analysis in Voyager – now available to all users with the Integrity Analysis Module – making it easy to measure internal and external structures across a wide range of parts. We’ve also added enhancements to the Probe Tool, streamlined recipe downloads file organization, improved animation rendering, and launched detailed Release Notes to help you stay up to speed.
Wall Thickness Analysis is Now Available
Whether you’re working with plastic consumer and product packaging, thin-walled medical components, additively manufactured parts, or castings, this tool gives you a powerful way to assess both external and internal wall thickness and structural performance, alongside material usage. Wall Thickness Analysis helps you identify potential failure points before they hit the production line, optimize part design and manufacturing parameters to reduce unnecessary material, and validate strength or compliance during testing.
Run wall thickness analyses directly in Voyager. View results as heatmaps, probe areas of interest, and export data for further analysis and reporting.
Once the analysis is complete, results are displayed as a color-coded heatmap in Voyager. You can probe specific areas to view thickness statistics and export the data as a mesh or CSV for use in other tools, like FEA or manufacturing simulation software. For teams inspecting similar parts at scale, Wall Thickness Analysis can also be automated through Recipes, streamlining repetitive inspections with consistent results.
Want to learn more or see it in action? Visit the feature page or check out the support docs. Have applications or recipes you might need support with? Reach out to our Solutions Team at support@lumafield.com.
More Enhancements
📝 (NEW!) Release Notes. In addition to our monthly highlights, you can now view detailed release notes that go back to August 2024. Soon, we will be moving our support documentation to a new platform that will make it easier to search for and find the docs and tutorials you’re looking for.
📏 Probe tool enhancements. You’ll now see 3D probe regions mirrored in the corresponding 2D slices – making it easier to orient your measurements in a Wall Thickness Analysis or CAD/mesh comparison.
📁 Better recipe results file organization. Downloaded recipe results are now grouped in clear, descriptive folders named by project, object, and recipe – so you can keep your results organized for further analysis and sharing.
🎥 Animation & Render tool updates:
- Reduced the default frame rate to 24 FPS, which speeds up animation render times without any noticeable loss in video quality.
- "Low" and "medium" quality videos are now roughly 2x smaller in file size, now more ideal for sharing and including in presentations.
- Updated square render dimensions to 1080x1080, a more common square format.