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VTube to SOLIDWORKS Tube Layout Builder

Written by Michael Cone

Updated at January 21st, 2026

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Table of Contents

VTube-STEP Tutorial Video - Create SOLIDWORKS Tube Layouts from Print Data VTube-STEP Video - Import MODELS to Automatically Build a Tube Layout in SOLIDWORKS VTube-STEP Video - Use BENDER Data to Automatically Build Tube Layouts in SOLIDWORKS Screenshot of 85-bend tube layout

VTube-STEP and VTube-LASER can automatically build layouts in SOLIDWORKS.

VTube-STEP Tutorial Video - Create SOLIDWORKS Tube Layouts from Print Data

VTube-STEP - SOLIDWORKS - Tube Layout.pdf

VTube-STEP Video - Import MODELS to Automatically Build a Tube Layout in SOLIDWORKS

VTube-STEP Video - Use BENDER Data to Automatically Build Tube Layouts in SOLIDWORKS

Screenshot of 85-bend tube layout

The following screenshots show an 85-bend part in VTube:

This is the tube as it appears in VTube-STEP.

This is the tube drawn in SOLIDWORKS:

This is a closeup of the true bend views:

This is a closeup of true rotation views:

tube builder 3d design

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