DesignSpark Mechanical Version 5.0
New features, enhancements and fixes:
- Customizable shortcuts - You can assign shortcut keys to quickly run any command supported by DesignSpark Mechanical
- Views Panel, allow saving views – create any number of custom views to quickly make edits.
- Measure and Quality tools – analyse your geometry for the size and shape of bodies as well as the quality of bodies created.
- Mass Properties – a tool to get volume information on designed objects
- Equations – sketch with mathematical equations
- Flythrough – a display mode with camera setup to explore inside complex objects
- Improved Sketch – new constraint-based sketching tools and dedicated 3D sketch mode
- Enhanced shading - displays objects with shading when exposed to ambient lighting in real life
- Custom rendering - adjust the faceting on a per-object basis and for the overall design to get a balance between optimal performance and quality of design output
- Pattern of planes – quickly generate a plane pattern to slice objects quickly into equal parts
- KABUKU 3D print quote service - for users in Japan only
- ADD-ON USERS: STEP, IGES formats added to quick export options in the Design tab
- 3D CAD library: a complete refresh of the catalogue's user interface making it faster to load and download models
- FIX: Bill of Materials quotations from RS Components and Allied Electronics should now work with a more optimised experience on all modern web browsers
- FIX: Changes made to certain software options were not saving in the user.config file
- FIX: Misaligned move handle for some objects which share the same origin point.
Check out the release notes for details on the new features and enhancements.
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DesignSpark Mechanical Version 4.0
New features
- Revamped registration/activation system and more informative start page
- Blend/loft tool, Auto-Save for backups
- User interface now translated to 13 more languages, including Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Thai, Turkish, Spanish, Korean, Malay, Hungarian, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovenian...
- Prepare your 3D model for printing with a seamless integration to the popular & open-source Ultimaker Cura slicing software
- Get instant production & delivery quotes for your 3D designs from the 3D hubs global printing marketplace.
- Know when new versions of DSM are introduced at the click of a button (in the Help/Resources tab).
- Check out possible upgrade paths for more advanced features from our own DesignSpark Mechanical add-ons or the ANSYS software suite.
- Ability to right-click structure tree item and analyze your solid body geometry for errors and how to fix them.
- FOR DSM ADD-ON users: NEW STEP AP242 (including manufacturing part information) format support
- Switch between multiple graphics rendering drivers and modes.
- Export 3D geometry in DreamWorks open-source OpenVDB file format.
- 4K and Ultra HD monitor support updated Windows 10 UI elements & look. Enhanced rendering options for high-end GPUs
- Fixes to isolated cases of designs crashing to a lightweight document and new Windows 10 updates causing problems with software menus.
- Fix for 'Design1.rsdoc' ghost file appearing when attempting to exit the software
- Fixed: DXF export issue with certain Drawing sheet formats (add-on modules only)
- Fixed: Shelling with rounded & chamfered edges with different radii would fail
- Ability for add-on users to reset their own licence key within DesignSpark Mechanical options and migrate between PCs at any time
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DesignSpark Mechanical 2.0 contains general fixes for the base software and improvements in customisation options for features included only with the paid Drawing (852-3015) and Bundle (852-3019) add-ons.
Fixes
Ver 2.1 (18 Nov 2015): This is a minor release containing general fixes for the base software and improvements in customization options for features included only with the paid Drawing (852-3015) and Bundle (852-3019) add-ons. Here's a detailed list:
- Fixed issue with not being able to double-click open RSDOC files
- Added more font-related commands in dimension mini-toolbar (DRAWING/BUNDLE add-on users only)
- Added 'Detailing' ribbon in DSM properties ('gear' icon under the top-left DSM button) to customize Drawings; using a custom drawing sheet/business template, easier switching between default standards (JIS, ISO, CB, ASME), linestyle options (lineweights, annotation object appearances), modify drawing grids & views among others (DRAWING/BUNDLE add-on users only)
- Added support for local CHM help file if one exists in application directory "C:\Program Files\DesignSpark\DesignSpark Mechanical 2.0" or, "C:\Program Files (x86)\DesignSpark\DesignSpark Mechanical 2.0" (must be named SpaceClaim.chm)
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