Volume Graphics CT-Analysis Software Now Branded Under Hexagon

Volume Graphics GmbH (VG), owned by Swedish company Hexagon, has released version 2025.1 of its suite of CT analysis software, which includes a new VGTRAINER application. Created for use by non-AI-experts, the application enables manufacturing companies to use the latest developments in automation and deep learning to design, develop, and inspect higher-quality products faster, according to Hexagon.

Parallel to the 2025.1 release, the Volume Graphics brand will now complete its merger with the Hexagon brand, a change 5 years in the making. Operating under Hexagon’s VG software, the logo and product icons will be refreshed while the product names remain: VGSTUDIO MAX, VGSTUDIO, VGMETROLOGY, VGinLINE, and myVGL. A solution for non-destructive evaluation of NDE (non-destructive evaluation) and CT-data analysis, VG software provides insights across all data sources, from CT scans to optical and tactile measurements.

Future VG software releases will integrate data processing capabilities for other NDT-source data to support customers across the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence division, offering digital solutions for quality inspection and advanced product development.

“This complete integration of VG software into Hexagon’s metrology software portfolio gives engineers and inspection personnel the ability to use computed tomography (CT) to see deeply and non-destructively into their materials—and then benefit from additional product-development tools that support further quality insights and assessment,” says Dr. Daniela Handl, general manager, VG, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence.

“The inclusion of Volume Graphics’ legacy capabilities into the Hexagon eco-system delivers a complete suite of product-development capabilities,” says Handl. “These span design, simulation, testing, material selection, manufacturing-design planning, production, and inspection, through the complete value chain to end-of-life assessments of final product performance.”

Hexagon’s VGSTUDIO MAX 2025.1 is a step towards training a model. To accurately label and prepare the training data sets, this application can be used to set up ideal segmentation scenarios, labeling only the most important inclusions or regions of interest. From there, VGTRAINER offers:

AI-assisted segmentation models—Using a number (exact amount depending on application/data set complexity) of pre-segmented and labeled training data sets, VGTRAINER produces a machine-learning model that can be imported into VGSTUDIO MAX for subsequent use in accurately segmenting complex or noisy data sets quickly and accurately.

Non-expert model training—VGTRAINER is easy enough to use that once a set of labeled data has been prepared by experts, other customer-based engineers can then import the training data into VGTRAINER and generate a model automatically, without in-depth AI or machine learning experience, according to Hexagon.

In addition to the new VGTRAINER application, version 2025.1 provides users with a host of other enhanced features that include automatic beam hardening, object-specific views, and 3D reporting. For more details click here. For more information on Hexagon’s VGTRAINER software, visit here.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.