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TrueProp Virtual Plugin 2025 (v8) Released

January 20, 2026
By TrueProp

Smarter Automation. Sharper 3D Visualization.

Newmarket, New Hampshire – TrueProp’s Virtual Plugin is the industry-leading solution for analyzing 3D laser scans or marine propellers. The latest update features numerous improvements – from an enhanced user-interface to robust propeller visualizations in 3D, this release of the Virtual Plugin is a critical upgrade for anyone using 3D inspection techniques.

The Virtual Plugin extracts and post-processes the required data for ISO-484 inspection reports, allowing you to review a 3D scanned propeller with your standard TrueProp diagnostic screens, mimicking the techniques, workflow and results used with pitchometers during traditional repairs.

Key Features of TrueProp Virtual Plugin 2025 (v8) include:

- Graphical User Interface: Revamped UX makes the workflow clear and clean.

- New Automations: Immediately see:
  - Maximum detected diameter
  - Per-blade diameter (tip extends for each blade)
  - Rotation direction (left-handed or right-handed).
  - - Blade count and position.

- Memory Monitor: Track memory and disc usage limits.

- 3D Preview: Vast improvements extraction visualizations.

This powerful new update offers many worthwhile improvements and is a must-have upgrade for existing users of 3D scanning technology. Reduce errors, extract data reliably, and get to TrueProp quickly.

Today more than a dozen propeller shops are using 3D scan technology with TrueProp’s Virtual Plugin 2025. These businesses are the forefront of high-quality, mobile propeller scanning. Our users cover everything from 12” hydroplane race propellers to 110” azimuthing tugboat propellers. In all cases, 3D scanning offers unique and unparalleled advantages, allowing these shop’s to complete jobs that others cannot.