When selecting an edge (or series of edges), a display will be available in the status area to show the total length of the selected edges.
User Interface Improvement for Face Area and Edge Length Quick Display This will work for Groups that are created as part of a single subfolder in the common component folder.
The catalog icon creation when dropping multiple selected elements to the catalog has been updated to provide an improved icon for the selection.Įxtending Common Component Scene/Drawing Linking and Updating for Fast Drawing CreationĮxtending on the recent introduction of the Common Component catalog functionality, 2021 expands the functionality to support the ability to update the catalog with newly added components stored in the folder. User Interface Improvements for Icons Created from Multiple Objects Placed in Catalogs This will allow for a complete replacement in a scene for a given part that is linked.
Improvements have been made to allow the replace function in the Catalog Ctrl Drag-and-Drop to replace a linked file and its link (both internal and external) at any level in the scene. Replace Part/Assembly from Catalog Support to Replace Linked Files Improvements have been added to have a More Catalog Button and a clear Back button at the bottom of the catalogs to make it easier to navigate for new users.
New users typically struggle to find or access all the available catalogs and have troubles with groups (trying to get back to the original catalog using the small blue arrow). New Users Catalog Navigation Improvements To avoid this issue, the X has been removed from all the browsers and all closing of the browsers will need to use the commands to display or close the browsers. This leads to issues where they are not able to reopen these browsers (like the Catalog browser or Property Browser).
New users often accidentally click on the X on the browser windows which closes them. Previously only 1 or sometimes two were displayed. Users will have control to determine what will be returned in the list by toggling the selections.ĭrop to All Quadrant Locations from a Catalogįor cylindrical objects, the selection of the face for a drag-and-drop or select placement will now display all the quadrants. Toggles in the UI will allow for the tool to display the various possible selected options. The Select Other option found by right-clicking in the scene or Ctrl-Alt-Left-click for Face, Edge, Vertex selection through a ray direction from the cursor, now has support for Assembly, Part, and Feature Selection. Selection Options to Filter Assembly/Part/Features/Face,Edge,Vertex in a Given Looking Direction Simply right-click and drag on a handle and it will automatically resize symmetrically. A new behavior has been added to Sizebox handles to symmetrically size by Right-click drag. Streamlined Symmetrical Sizing on IntelliShape HandlesĬurrently, there are toggles and Ctrl-Clicks to select multiple handles for symmetrically resizing. The capability was previously on the shape handles but now is available on both. New right-click options have been added to the Sizebox handles of IntelliShapes to edit the distance from a Point/Center Point. Quick Edit Distance from Point/Center Point Controls on IntelliShape Sizebox Handles At any time, you can type to input values on the attached input box. This allows you to move your cursor and the edit box to any location to avoid overlapping the other handles. To improve the access to IntelliShape handles, the input box on the SizeBox handles can now be set to attach to the cursor. User Interface and Usability Improvements