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1 SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Page 1

2 Table of Contents Table of Contents... 2 SpaceClaim 2012 Enhancements Overview... 3 Model Preparation... 3 Interoperability... 3 Modeling... 3 Detailing... 3 Sheet metal... 3 Graphics... 4 IT... 4 API... 4 SP1 Items... 5 Mastercam Add-in... 8 General Pull and Move tools Chamfer Standard Holes Patterns Layers Detail Display Measure Repair Prepare Sheet Metal Import / Export Administration Controls Files Licensing Page 2

3 SpaceClaim 2012 Enhancements Overview SpaceClaim 2012 provides product enhancements driven by customer feedback to continue its core modeling excellence and extend its strengths in modeling accessibility, interoperability, and drawing creation. SpaceClaim 2012 the Company s ninth release of its software builds on features that enable engineers to leverage 3D for concept modeling, bid modeling, and model preparation for manufacturing and analysis. Model Preparation Curve cleanup for small curves, duplicate curves, gap fixing Curve fitting Automatic split face repair Hole recognition Interoperability SketchUp import with feature recognition JT PMI export and non-semantic JT PMI import Modeling Incredible performance improvements Advanced edge pivot and cone handling Standard holes on cylindrical surfaces Chamfer creation by angle Numerous functional and user interface improvements Detailing Exploded views Cross sections: aligned Alignment of annotations Text sizing and fitting controls Hyperlinks in notes Advanced BOM templates BOM sorting Improved drawing performance Arc dimensions More hole callout types supported Sheet metal Automatically mitered corners Single tab features Numerous small improvements Page 3

4 Graphics Environment reflections New lighting scheme Improved selection cosmetics and customization IT Lightweight viewer application and shell extensions Batch conversion to and from all SpaceClaim formats Start parts Centralized management of user settings FIPS compliance API Final release of API.V9 Improved interface handling for in-window animations Improved access to sheet metal Improved access to annotations and datums Page 4

5 SP1 Items Delete now fills faces rather than deleting them. Faces can still be deleted or detached through the following methods: Delete fills faces on solids Ctrl+Delete deletes faces Ctrl+D detaches faces Local Slicing functionality has been added to the Split Solid tool. There is now an additional checkbox in the options panel for Local Slicing as well as an additional tool guide to Select Cuts. This functionality allows specific control over the cuts made by a datum plane or temporary plane in the Split Solid tool, since often far away cuts do not matter to the user. To selectively cut a solid: 1. Click the Split Solid tool in the Intersect group on the Design tab 2. Select the solid 3. Check ON the Local Slicing option 4. Click the cutter plane; you will see a blue outline which previews local slicing locations for splitting the solid 5. Click on a blue outline preview to cut the solid; the Select Regions tool guide is then activated however, holding the Ctrl key or clicking the Select Cuts tool guide allows you to create additional cuts 6. Click a region to delete it If you need to make multiple cuts on the same target body, manually click the Select Cuts tool guide to make it sticky before step 5. Edge loops are grouped to reduce the amount of selections for making a local slicing cut. For example, if you have one face that needs to be cut by two edge loops, these edge loops are grouped by their shared (cutting) face. So, only one cutter selection is needed. Page 5

6 You can now copy edges across other existing imprinted edges. SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes RMB>Fit Curves on sketch curves is removed. The Fit Curves tool can be used for this purpose. When moving an assembly mechanism, you can reset to the original position by pressing the ESC key. You can now split a Hole table using RMB command Split Table. This allows for a very long table to be broken up into pieces so they can easily fit onto a drawing sheet. There is a new option called Use BOM template as default in the Support Files section of the SC options. This option allows you to save a BOM template and then use it as your default BOM. Once you have specified a default BOM, there will be a Default option in the BOM drop down menu in Annotation group on the Detail tab. Saving a BOM as a Template: 1. Create a BOM 2. RMB click the BOM table and select the Save Table As option 3. Set the Save As Type to BOM Template (*.scbomtemplate) 4. Enter a file name and click the Save button To Use a BOM Template (*.scbomtemplate) as the default BOM: 1. Go to the Support Files section of the SC options 2. Check ON the Use BOM template as default box 3. Click the Browse button and choose an.scbomtemplate file, then click the Open button 4. Click the OK button 5. Click the BOM button; a default option appears in the drop down menu. Click the Default option, and then establish an annotation plane to place the BOM. Exploded Views functionality now works with the Fulcrum tool guide in the Move tool. Standard views and User Defined views are now exported to PDF and JT files. When exporting User Defined views to JT, the visibility of annotations is now linked to each view. Stored information such as Orientation and Object visibility in a User Defined view is now respected when switching a General Drawing sheet view to this user defined view state. Previously, the visibility in Page 6

7 the user defined view was not respected in a General Drawing sheet view if the User Defined view was created after the drawing sheet. RealDWG has been fixed so that dimensions are attached to reference geometry on import. Previously, this was one of the only differences between RealDWG (from AutoCAD) and OpenDWG (now called Teigha)). In 2012, we introduced the capability of creating Arc Length dimensions. These Arc Length dimensions can now be imported from AutoCAD. You can now import and export CATIA V5 R22 files. The default export version is still R17. You can now import an STL file as a Mesh object and then export it as an STL file. This allows you to insert more than one STL file into a document and export it out as one STL file. You can now export multiple drawings to 2D PDF. In Print Settings, if you set Sheet Range to All Open Sheets, all sheets are printed. Previously, only the first sheet printed. Page 7

8 Mastercam Add-in SpaceClaim has created a plugin for Mastercam that allows geometry transfer back and forth between the two products. This is beneficial for SpaceClaim customers looking for a CAM solution and Mastercam customers looking for a powerful geometry editing and preparation tool. The plugin is supported in SpaceClaim version SC 2012 SP 0 and later that are licensed for Parasolid import/export. Mastercam versions supported are X6 and X6 MU1. After installing the SpaceClaim plugin, there will be a new toolbar in Mastercam with an Export to SpaceClaim button and an Import from SpaceClaim button. The Export to SpaceClaim button can be used to send models having one or more solids to SpaceClaim. This will start a new SpaceClaim session and load the model. However, if SpaceClaim is already running, it will open the model in a new design window. Only solids in Mastercam can be exported using this plugin. The Import from SpaceClaim button can be used in Mastercam to receive models from SpaceClaim. This will import the active design from the current SpaceClaim session. The model will be imported in the same Mastercam design window. Remember, SpaceClaim should already be running when using the import functionality. Solids, surfaces and curves in SpaceClaim can be imported into Mastercam and will retain their colors. Assemblies will be flattened when transferred. Install procedure 1. Copy the two dlls and ft file shown below from your SpaceClaim install directory into the following locations: {mastercam install directory}\chooks\spaceclaim\mastercamspaceclaimplugin.6.0.dll {mastercam install directory}\chooks\spaceclaim\spaceclaimaddinbridge.dll {mastercam install directory}\chooks\mastercamspaceclaimplugin.6.0.ft 2. Launch Mastercam> Go to Settings>Customize> Toolbars: New Toolbar. Category: NETHook 3. Drag the SpaceClaim import/export icons onto the new toolbar Page 8

9 4. Close and re-launch Mastercam. The new toolbar should appear with the SpaceClaim tools on it. Page 9

10 General SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes You can now obtain measurements (Minimum distance between objects and Perimeter) between a vertex and a spline face. You can now create Rotational, Periodic, and/or Ruled segment blends between profiles which intersect a common vertex. See examples below. You can now use the Measure tool to establish driving Measurements on a model using the Pull and Move tools. You can then either modify the measurement dimension on the fly, or create a Group for future modifications. The Group will display as a Measurement instead of a Ruler Dimension. Measurement dimensions can be made between faces, edges, and vertices. A single edge can also be used but in order to modify the length, the pull or move tool must be placed on an adjacent face. Measurement types available as driving measurements are highlighted when you hover over the value field, as shown in the image to the right. Driving measurement types include Arc angle, Arc radius, Circle diameter, cone angle, curve length, cylinder diameter, Sphere radius, torus major diameter, and torus minor diameter, and minimum distance between objects. To establish a Measurement dimension on a model: 1. Enter the Pull or Move tool 2. Place the Pull or Move tool on a face, edge or vertex 3. Enter the Measure tool (shortcut is e )and measure any single object or measure between two objects 4. Click in the Measurement results (hover over measurements to display purple box) Once selected, that single measurement will display on screen with arrows pointing to either object Page 10

11 chosen for measurement. If you are using the Move tool, you must select on a direction arrow to display the single measurement 5. Click in the highlighted dimension box and modify the value for a one-time adjustment of the model or create a Measurement Group which can be modified at any time To Pivot an edge with a Measurement dimension 1. Place the Move tool on an edge 2. Measure between the edge and the face or edge you want to pivot from 3. Click in the Measure dialog box, then click the appropriate move tool handle to display the measurement 4. Click in the highlighted dimension box and modify the value There is a separate application under SpaceClaim called Converter.exe. Previously, this tool could only convert translator files into.scdoc files. Now this tool can also convert.scdoc files to different translator files. In the Project tool, the Wrap around target option now works when the wrapped curve hits non-linear edges. See image to the right. There is now an option called Wrap around target in the Project tool. It projects a planar object onto a cylindrical face, or multiple planar faces, and wraps it around the target faces. Target faces can be: Page 11

12 Planes Cylinders Cones Tangent face boundaries You may choose a surface target or establish a direction for the wrap. SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Wrapped curve segments have the same circular length as their original length. There are cases where the values will not match. For example, if you have a cylinder with a circumference of 10mm and wrap a 15mm line around it, the projected wrapped edge will measure out to 10mm because 5mm was wrapped onto itself. To wrap a wire or curve around a target object: 1. Click the Project tool 2. Check ON the Wrap around target option 3. Click the wire/curve you want to wrap 4. Click the Direction tool guide and choose a direction, you will see purple lines on the target as a preview 5. Click the Complete tool guide or press the Enter key You can now use the Wrap around target option in the Project tool to project text/notes onto single or multiple faces. See images below. Previously, an image was not clipped properly when placed on a copied component using the Wrap tool guide. The image is now clipped correctly. Page 12

13 The RMB option, Show Notes, has been removed from the context menu in a drawing sheet view. This was used to show Bend Dimensions on unfolded sheet metal parts but this is no longer necessary as there is now a Layer which can be turned on to display the Bend Dimensions. Sphere centers, cone vertices, and centers of circular edges can now be used as selectable objects. They are available for use in: Sketch tools to create 3D curves Pull and Move tools with the Up To tool guide Ruler dimensions options Measure tool. You can now render mesh objects using Keyshot, without having to re-import them as solids. Some very large objects can only be loaded as mesh objects, so this has potential to be very useful on machines with insufficient RAM. Page 13

14 SpaceClaim now supports OpenType fonts. OpenType fonts are also known as PostScript fonts. The Merge when done option in the Split By Plane tool is now persistent for the entire session. Pull and Move tools You can now modify the height of a cone by its Apex Point with the Pull and Move tools. When modifying the height, you can Pull or Move the apex of the cone through the base plane to flip the cone to the other side, without inverting the faces mathematically. Page 14

15 You can now create conical faces by pulling or moving a loop of edges which is attached to a vertex which then creates surfaces like the ones shown below. You can now Pull on the vertex of a surface within a component to create a round. Previously, pulling on the vertex of a surface within a component extruded a line. There is now a Measure button in the Pull and Move tools options panels. To establish a Measurement dimension on a model with the Move tool: 6. Enter the Move tool 7. Place the Move tool on a face, edge or vertex 8. Click one of the Move tool handles to establish a direction 9. Enter the Measure tool (shortcut is e )and measure any single object or measure between two objects 10. Click in the Measurement results (hover over measurements to display purple box). Once selected, that single measurement will display on screen with arrows pointing to either object chosen for measurement. 11. Click in the highlighted dimension box and modify the value for a one-time adjustment of the model or create a Measurement Group which can be modified at any time Page 15

16 Alternative workflow: 1. Enter the Move tool 2. Place the Move tool on a face, edge or vertex 3. Enter the Measure tool (shortcut is e )and measure any single object or measure between two objects 4. Click in the Measurement results (hover over measurements to display purple box) 5. Select on a direction arrow to display the single measurement. Once selected, that single measurement will display on screen with arrows pointing to either object chosen for measurement. 6. Click in the highlighted dimension box and modify the value for a one-time adjustment of the model or create a Measurement Group which can be modified at any time You can now move a solid Up To an axis in Section mode. You can now symmetrically move and copy-move a face and a body. Previously, you could only align the Move tool handles to a plane. Now you can re-anchor the Move tool handles to a Plane. Page 16

17 Chamfer You can now specify the setback of a Chamfer with a distance and angle. How to specify a chamfer by Distance and Angle: 1. Create a Chamfer 2. Pull on desired set-back and enter a value 3. Click on the Chamfer to bring up distance mini-toolbar SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes 4. Click on the Angle dimension option to switch the mini-toolbar UI to display the set-back value entered and the angle dimension 5. Enter a new value in the angle dialog box; the set-back chosen then updates to the correct angle. The new mini-toolbar with an Angle option for Chamfers is now displayed when you click on the face of the chamfer. This appears as soon as you select one of the side handles. Previously, you had to pull one of the side handles and then click on the face of the chamfer to display the new mini-toolbar. Since you need to click one of the setback handles to activate the D x Angle chamfer option, the tool assumes that the selected handle is the setback distance side and that the other side should switch to degree angle dimension. Chamfer dimensions are now displayed as soon as you click a side handle. Page 17

18 An angle dimension is now displayed while editing a chamfer in distance by angle mode. Standard Holes You can now make a copy of a Standard Hole with the Move tool by holding the CTRL key while dragging a Move handle on a selected hole. When creating a Standard Hole, the Place the hole by using the grid tool guide is now the default. If you are in Sketch or Cross Section mode, the current grid shown will be used for placing the holes. If you are in 3D mode, you need to select on a face to establish the grid. You can now Drag-Select Standard Holes, including Threads, about the face on which the hole was created. In the Standard Hole tool preview mode, you can now Ctrl+click on a placed hole preview to remove it from the set of holes that will be created. The Escape key now clears any Standard Hole previews placed on faces. Previously, pressing the Escape key exited the Standard Hole tool. The Library> Thread file has been removed because it has been merged with the Cosmetic Holes files which are enabled by default. You can now pattern Standard Holes with the Pattern tools. How to create a pattern of a Standard Hole: 1. Create a Standard Hole 2. Select one of the Pattern tools 3. Select the Standard Hole object 4. Enter a Count and a Pitch in the options menu, then choose a direction Page 18

19 5. Click the Complete button or press the Enter key Alternative Workflow: 1. Create a Standard Hole 2. Select the Standard Hole 3. Select one of the Pattern tools 4. Enter a Count and a Pitch in the options menu, then choose a direction 5. Click the Complete button or press the Enter key You can also create patterns of Standard Holes with the Move tool. SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes You can now modify a patterned hole which will also now update to all pattern members. There is now a RMB menu item Unpattern Member for Standard Holes. There are new NPS and NPT Hole Tables which include dimension values for the outside dimensions of pipes. You can now Edit a single Standard Hole by modifying the hole type in the Preview gallery. You can also modify multiple Standard Holes or a pattern of Standard Holes with this method. All pattern members update when either Moving or Select-Dragging a Standard Hole pattern member. There is now an Identify Holes tool in the Define group on the Prepare tab. This is used to identify holes imported into SpaceClaim, or made from scratch and do not have any Standard Hole association. How to Identify Holes: 1. Click the Identify Holes tool in the Define group on the Prepare tab. 2. Click the body which has the holes in it; holes highlight in Red 3. Click the hole (changing the color to Cyan) or the Complete button then exit the tool 4. Click on the hole; the Edit tab for Standard Holes is now active and you may modify the object There is now a Standard Holes option in the Show dropdown list in the Display group on the Display tab. This is enabled by default. Previously, the Hole Association was lost when you used the Fill tool to fill a countersink or counterbore face. So clicking on the hole in the design window did not bring up the Edit tab. Now, filling the countersink or counterbore removes both the geometry of that part of the hole and also the hole parameter that described it. The basic Hole Association is kept, and the Edit tab is available when you click on the hole. There is now an Object colors drop list in the Appearance section of the SC options. The only option presently available is for choosing a highlight color for Standard Holes. Standard Holes can now be created from the Drill Chart option in the Series drop-down list. There are new.xml files which control this drop down menu named Metric, Number, Letter, and Fraction.xml. This content can be modified by the addition/changes to rows/cells in the tables. Customizing the Standard Hole tool can be done by editing the.xml files in the following directory: C:\SpaceClaim\Library\Holes\Drills. Page 19

20 The image to the right shows cells from the Letter drill including their correspondence in the Standard Hole UI. You can enter the Letter, Number (preceded by #,) Fractional (including the / symbol, or the Metric (including mm values or the decimal value and the drill chart will match it to an actual drill size; and depending on the current system units, either the Imperial Display or Metric Display is then shown in parentheses and in the note for the hole. To create a Standard Hole with a Drill size specified: 1. Click the drop down menu button in the Series dialog box and select Drill Chart 2. Enter a value in the Diameter field; it can be a decimal value or a letter (A-Z) number (#0-#80), or fraction ( ). If the Units are Metric, then diameters are assumed in decimal mm whether the mm symbol is used or not. If the Units are Imperial then the symbol is similarly assumed. If the Units of the desired drill are different from the desired drill, then mm or can be used to override this default assumption. 3. The Drill size as specified, which corresponds to the Diameter field in the appropriate chart, is matched to Imperial or Metric Display fields and a diameter preview displays on the Preview image when hovered over. 4. Place the hole on a face and click the Complete button (or double-click) The drill name has always been shown for Tapped holes. Now in addition to Tapped holes, the drill name is shown for Close, Free, and Medium fit holes in the Diameter field on the Standard Holes ribbon group. The diameter format has been updated to display #7 (0.201in) instead of # in. There is now a preview of the callout information you would see in a Hole Table when you hover over the Preview button in the Standard Holes ribbon group. The drill name for a standard hole is now displayed in any existing Hole Tables placed as annotations. Since standard drill size information (such as imperial Letter, Fraction, and Number sizes) has been added to the tables for newly-created Holes in R9, it has also been made visible for Tabled Hole callouts for.scdocs from R8. Page 20

21 You can now prevent a Hole Series from appearing in the drop down list by removing all the content from the.xml file. Patterns You can now select a linear edge for pattern direction, even if it is not in the same plane as the selected seed. When creating a pattern of a through hole, the preview curves display on the face closest to the selected direction reference plane. See example below. When creating any other type of pattern, the preview displays on the face of the selected seed. When a face pattern is created with the Move tool, the handles are placed on the original pattern member once the mouse is released in order to input a pattern count. Component patterns now work the same way. Previously, the handles were placed on the newest component in the pattern. Automatic up-selection for protrusions and depressions has been improved. Only the features that are being hovered over are pre-selected. Previously, in the Linear Pattern tool, hovering over a feature highlighted the entire body. Automatic up-selection has also been updated to avoid selecting features which contain Standard Holes or Sheet Metal Forms. Previously, selection was allowed on objects which were not suitable for a Fill Pattern operation (points, sketch curves, etc.) Now, the Fill Pattern tool can only select faces, forms, and holes. Changes have been made to the Circular Pattern tool: You can now create a single radial pattern in the Circular pattern tool by enabling a Twodimensional pattern and setting the circular count to one. Page 21

22 The options have been reorganized for the 2D pattern option. The Circular count and Angle options remain in place and the additional options (Linear count and Linear pitch) are exposed when you enable the 2D pattern option. The Circular Pattern 2D options used to be named Radial Count and Radial Pitch but have now been changed to Linear Count and Linear Pitch. You can now create Circular Patterns on cylindrical faces, both around the face and along the axis of the cylinder. You can now create a one-dimensional Linear pattern on cylinders as long as the direction chosen is parallel to the axis of the cylinder. You can also select the cylinders axis as the direction. There is now an Unpattern Member option in the RMB menu for Sheet Metal Form pattern members. Previously, you could not double click to select multiple seed objects, like a curve chain, for example. Now, double-clicking works to select multiple seed objects. Previously, Sheet Metal Form modifications made to a pattern member did not update all the other pattern members. This now works so any modification, whether it is inverting the Form or modifying its properties, now updates to all pattern members. You can now create a Radial pattern of a separate body in the Circular pattern tool with the circular count set to one. Page 22

23 Layers SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Previously, when Internalizing All components, because Layers with the same name were being merged, the colors of some components changed. Now, instead of the Layers being merged, they are kept separate. If two layers have the same name, the name of the Layer being merged will be appended with an underscore. There is now an option to Select Objects in the RMB menu for the Layers panel. Choosing this option selects all the objects on that layer including bodies, curves, drawing views, and annotations. There is now an option to Hide Others in the RMB menu for the Layers panel. You can use this option on the Active Layer as well as Layers which are not Active. Performing the command on an inactive layer automatically activates that layer and hides the others. Previously, if a Layer was hidden, you could not make it the Active Layer. Now, you can make a hidden Layer Active, which automatically makes the Layer visible. A layer can now be activated by double clicking on the node in the Layers Options panel. Renaming a layer can also be done by selecting the node then using the standard Windows convention of slowsecond clicking on the node. If you are currently renaming a layer, making a different selection cancels this action. There is no longer a Hide option in the RMB context menu for active layers as hiding an active layer is not allowed. Page 23

24 Detail SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes You can now create a simple planar Cross Section view by selecting a single sketch curve in a drawing sheet view. Previously, you could only make this kind of Cross Section view by entering the tool and using the tool guides to select a plane, or by selecting a multi-segment line. How to create a planar section view (alternative work flow): 1. Sketch a single line in a drawing sheet view 2. Select the single line. (if the line is in the sheet, then you have to select the line and the view) 3. Click the Cross Section tool 4. Move your mouse to place the planar cross section view on the drawing sheet. You can create an offset Cross Section view by clicking one line from a chain of lines. Selecting one line automatically searches for connected sketch curves to create the offset Cross Section view. If the tool cannot locate a non-ambiguous chain of curves then a planar Cross Section view is created through the single selection. See image to the right. Now that you can create an offset section view by simply clicking sketch curves followed by clicking the Cross section tool, it is no longer required to check ON the Create Offset Sections option to create both planar and offset cross section views. Error messages now appear when you attempt to create a Cross Section view using an invalid sketch curve (arc) or ambiguous chain of sketch curves (multiple or divergent segments). The images below show examples of invalid sketch curves. There is no longer a Publish to 3D option in the context menu for Offset Cross Section views. Publish to 3D only applies to simple planar Cross Section views. Offset Cross Section virtual edges (made by segments in the section line parallel to the view direction) are no longer shown. Previously, these edges were shown in the Graphics shaded mode, however this was incorrect behavior. See image below. Page 24

25 The symbols for countersink and counterbore can now be exported to AutoCAD files. See image to the right. You can create a General view of external components in an empty drawing sheet. Previously, you could only add views of external components and their external subcomponents. Now you can add views of these external component s internal subcomponents as well. You can now use the Tab key to move between: Text fields in a Datum Target Call outs of Published planar section Editable notes in Symbols Notes in Surface finish symbols Page 25

26 There is now a Convert to Exploded View option in the Drawing Sheet view RMB menu. It allows you to create a separate view that has component positions independent of any other views in the drawing sheet. Now you can move the components of an assembly to make the exploded view without affecting the model. The model can have assembly conditions or not, but making an exploded view automatically disables any conditions. To Add Exploded View to Drawing Sheet: 1. Open an assembly model 2. Make a new drawing sheet 3. Add a General View 4. RMB click on the new General View in the Structure Tree and select the Convert to Exploded View option. Now you can move each of the components to the appropriate location to display an exploded view of the model. There are now 4 options for fitting text: Fit text to its natural layout Fit text to width Fit text to rectangle Fit text to rectangle (scale width only) Each option is described below. Previously, you could only modify the width of the text box. Changing the box height would wrap the text inside if the box were made too narrow. It was then difficult to get the text back to its natural layout. Fitting Text Options Description Fit text to its natural layout The text box adjusts to the size of the text in the Note. The text box grows as you type. There is no blank space surrounding the text. Making the text larger or smaller adjusts the size of the text box to fit the text. Fit text to width This is the previous behavior. Adjusting the width of the text box adjusts the text to fit across the entire width of the text box. For instance, if you make the width of the text box larger, text from the second line moves up to the first line to fit the width of the note. Fit text to rectangle If this option is checked, the text adjusts uniformly and scales to fit in the text box. Fit text to rectangle (scale width only) If this option is checked, the width of the text changes, but the height stays the same. There are now ribbon tools to increase or decrease the Width Factor of note text. They are located in the Font group of the Detail tab. A drop down menu allows you to specify text width before any text is entered. There are also buttons to increase or decrease text width in 0.1 increments. To specify a Width Factor for text not yet entered: 1. Create a note, delete all highlighted text 2. Click the Width Factor drop down menu and select from the width factor options 3. Enter text Page 26

27 To Increase or Decrease the Width Factor of text in a note: 1. Create a Note and enter text 2. Highlight the text for which to change the width 3. Click the Increase Width Factor or Decrease Width Factor button in the Font group on the Detail tab to adjust the width of the highlighted text There is now a Strikethrough text tool in the Font group on the Detail tab. To add Strikethrough text style to Notes: 1. Click the Note tool in the Annotation group on the Detail tab 2. Select the Strikethrough tool in the Font group on the Detail tab 3. Enter text; the text entered will have a horizontal line going through the center of it Alternative workflow: 1. Click the Note tool in the Annotation group on the Detail tab 2. Enter text 3. Highlight the text in the note then click the Strikethrough tool in the Font group on the Detail tab; the text will have a horizontal line going through the center of it You can now dimension to Datum Planes. Dimensioning to a Datum Plane: 1. Create a Plane 2. Click the Dimension tool 3. Establish the Annotation Plane by clicking on a face or plane normal to the one created in step one 4. Ctrl+Select the Plane and the object you wish to dimension to (in the normal dimensioning way) You can now create a single line vertical text note by changing the Stacked property in the Cosmetic section of the Properties panel. Page 27

28 There is no longer an option to use Strikethrough for circular text. SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes With multiple notes selected, there is now an Align option in the RMB menu and an icon for each command. Along with Align commands, there are also options to: make notes the same size change width or height distribute space between notes in different ways Any notes which are rotated differently are not affected by these commands. See chart below for explanation of each option. Note Alignment Description Options Align Lefts The left hand side of each note box is lined up Align Centers Align Rights Align Top Lines Align Middles Align Bottom Lines Make Same Width Make Same Height Make Same Size Distribute Horizontally Distribute Vertically Remove Horizontal Spacing Remove Vertical Spacing The center of each note box is lined up vertically The right hand side of each note is lined up The bottom of the first line of text in each note box is lined up The middle of each note box is lined up horizontally The bottom of the last line of text in each note box is lined up Each note box is made the same width. Each note box takes on the width of the note which was selected first (light blue outline). Some text may be scaled accordingly to fit Each note box is made the same height. Each note takes on the height of the note which was selected first. Some text may be scaled accordingly to fit Each note box is made the same size (height and width). Each note takes on the size of the note which was selected first. Some text may be scaled accordingly to fit The space between each note box is distributed evenly horizontally The space between each note box is distributed evenly vertically The even amount of horizontal space between each note box is removed, unless they significantly overlap, in which case the overlap is equalized. The even amount of vertical space between each note box is removed, unless they significantly overlap, in which case the overlap is equalized. Previously, when you had multiple notes selected, the light blue outline around the note disappeared when hovering over the note. Now this outline no longer disappears. Page 28

29 The Align options in the RMB menu for multiple selected notes now work with multiple selected dimensions. Drawing views can now only be selected by clicking on their gray dashed line border. Previously, box selecting objects (initiated from within the view) commonly resulted in dragging the view instead of box selecting the intended objects. You can now Flip Viewing Direction for Offset Cross section views in a drawing sheet. How to Flip the Viewing Direction for Offset Cross section views: 1. Create a Offset Cross Section view 2. RMB click on a direction arrow 3. Select the Flip Viewing Direction option; the view is now flipped You can now rename a Drawing Sheet (e.g. Sheet 1, 2,, n) with the standard Windows convention of slow- double clicking the node. Restore the default name by clicking the node twice and deleting the name. You can now save a Bill of Materials table as a Template. All formatting, headers, table properties, and contents are written to an.xml file which you can modify. It is accessible via a new option, Templates, in the BOM tool s drop down list. Saving a BOM as a Template: 1. Create a BOM 2. RMB click the BOM table and select the Save Table As option 3. Set the Save As Type to BOM Template (*.scbomtemplate) 4. Enter a file name and click the Save button Placing a BOM Template in a document: 1. Click the arrow on the BOM tool to drop down the list of options 2. Select the Templates option 3. Select the.scbomtemplate document and click the Open button Page 29

30 You can now sort Bill of Materials columns. Select a column to sort, RMB click, and select Sort by Column. Values are sorted numerically then alphabetically in ascending order. Sequential sorting is remembered across columns. For example, if Items are first sorted alphabetically by name and then numerically by Quantity, the rows are put in ascending order according to Quantity and duplicates are then put in alphabetical order according to their names. See the image to the right. You can manually edit any values in the BOM but any Sorts have to be re-done to update the table. Sorting works with indented BOM s as well as with regular BOM s. Sorting a column a second time re-sorts the column in reverse order. You can now create Aligned Cross Section views. Two Aligned cross sections types are available. Each can start with an existing section or be made as a new view. The first type creates pivot points and arcs. The second type creates just cutter points, and is useful for creating aligned cross-sections. How to create an Aligned Cross Section view with a single pivot point 1. Create a Cross Section view and exit the tool 2. Click the Cross Section tool 3. Click the Set Pivot for Aligned Sections tool guide 4. Click somewhere on the Cross Section line to set the pivot point; once the pivot point is set the Cut Aligned Section tool guide is activated 5. Click somewhere on the Cross Section line to set the cutter point then drag to move that portion of the Cross section line. An arc is created (that has no length on the Section View) to show the way that the linear sections connect. Page 30

31 How to create an Aligned Cross Section view with multiple pivot locations 1. Create a Cross Section view and exit the tool 2. Click the Cross Section tool 3. Click the Cut Aligned Section tool guide 4. Click somewhere on the Cross Section line to set the pivot point (which also sets the cutting point)then drag to move that portion of the Cross Section line 5. Repeat Step 4 (optional) to set additional pivot corners You can modify both section types by dragging the arcs, lines, pivot points, and cutter points. The lines and points snap to geometry just like a regular Cross Section view. These sub-views are hidden in the Structure Tree and their composite result can be box-selected for operations pertaining to views. When adding a pivot point location to an Aligned Cross Section view, you can pre-select the edge of a hole or cylinder to snap the pivot point to the center. Pieces of aligned Cross Section views can be deleted, returning the view to an un-pivoted Aligned Section. Aligned Sections can revert back to a Planar Section if you delete the last Aligned Section piece. Page 31

32 You can create Cross Section Views from Sketch curves in two ways. Curves that have angled segments, create an Aligned Section View Curves which are perpendicular to each other, create an Offset Section View The selected curve determines the direction of the Cross Section View. For example, if you select an angled curve, your Cross Section View will appear slanted on the Drawing Sheet. Aligned Section Views only display bodies, and hide all other geometry and annotations. New tool guides have been added to the Cross Section View tool to indicate you must first set a reference center before an aligned cross-section can be made with an auto-generated arc line at the break point. Page 32

33 The red crosses shown on an Aligned Cross Section define the section angle. The red circles define the pivot and cutter points. Each can be query-selected and dragged to modify the Aligned Cross Section view. The image below has been manipulated to show all the red crosses and circles in each place they exist however they are only displayed when hovering over the model (cursor has been removed from images). You can create Symbols from an Aligned Cross Section view. You can hide an entire Aligned Cross Section view or move it to another Drawing sheet. You can set different parameters, such as cross hatching line thickness, for Align Cross Section views in the SpaceClaim Options Detail Section. You can also modify hatch line spacing via the Properties panel. All hatch lines are highlighted when you hover over them in an Aligned Cross Section view. Cross section hatch lines in a Stepped Cross Section view look like those in the image below on the left. In an Aligned Cross Section view, they look like the image below on the right. Page 33

34 There are now more options in the Angle drop down menu in the SC options Units section. The drop down list now includes: Degrees, Degrees/Minutes/Seconds Degrees/Minutes These enable compliance with certain company or regional standards for documentation of angular dimensions. Hyperlinks can now be added to Notes. You can link to images, word documents, webpages,.scdocs, etc. Once a Hyperlink is established, hover over the notes text to display the Hyperlink in the Status message bar and Ctrl + click to go to that link. How to add a Hyperlink to a Note: 1. Create a Note 2. Highlight the text and RMB click then select the Hyperlink option 3. Enter an existing file path or web page link; or click the Browse for File button or the Browse the Web button to locate something to link to 4. Click the OK button 5. Hover over the text then Ctrl + click to go to that document or webpage How to Edit a Hyperlink: 1. Highlight the text and RMB click 2. Click the Edit Hyperlink option 3. Edit the text in the Edit Hyperlink dialog box How to Open a Hyperlink: 1. Highlight the text and RMB click 2. Click the Open Hyperlink option; the link opens in the appropriate media How to Remove a Hyperlink: 1. Highlight the text and RMB click 2. Click the Remove Hyperlink option; the text is no longer a Hyperlink Alternative workflow for How to Remove a Hyperlink: 1. Highlight the text and RMB click 2. Click the Edit Hyperlink option 3. Click the Remove Hyperlink button in the Edit Hyperlink dialog box Page 34

35 The Hyperlink and Autofit context menu options now work for Dimension notes. A Hyperlink can be opened by highlighting the hyperlinked text and Ctrl+clicking the text. You can now close a Hyperlink dialog box by pressing the Esc key. You can now use the Ctrl key in two ways to create an Arc dimension. Hold the Ctrl key down and then click on the Arc Click the Arc first and then as you drag, hold down the Ctrl key to create and Arc dimension. The Fit text tools in the RMB menu for selected text notes have been renamed and given new icons. The tool itself is now named Autofit and there is a drop down menu with the four options for fitting text. For Standard Holes, you can now create individual callouts pointing to the outermost contour of the hole. Using the dimension tool, select the hole, any face of the hole. If you select on the edge of a Standard Hole a diameter dimension is displayed as before. Page 35

36 Display SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes There is a new highlighting scheme as shown in the following table. The images below have been manipulated to show selected-highlight, and pre-selected highlight in the same image. As a result, 2 cursors appear in each image. Display Current Highlighting Scheme New Highlighting Scheme Selection (green part) Alt-Selection (green part) Selection (red part) Page 36

37 Alt-Selection (red part) Edge Selection and Selection Pre- Highlighting Edge Selection and Prehighlighting Page 37

38 Edge Alt-Selection and Alt-Selection Pre- Highlighting SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Edge Alt-Selection and Alt-Pre-Highlighting Edge Selection and Selection Pre- Highlighting (red part) Page 38

39 Edge Selection and Prehighlighting (red part) SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Edge Alt-Selection and Alt-Selection Pre- Highlighting (red part) Edge Alt-Selection and Alt-Pre-Highlighting (red part) Page 39

40 In the Appearance options, the General section now has a Highlight and Select scheme dropdown menu. The Classic and Default schemes are hard coded and cannot be modified. These schemes are based on the body colors in the model. You can choose your own color scheme by modifying the color options using the Custom highlight scheme option. The Show dropdown list (Display group on the Display tab) now has a Face Highlight and a Face Spotlight display option. Face Highlight shows highlighted faces when checked ON and only shows highlighted edges when checked OFF. Face Spotlight minimizes flashing when you move your cursor over faces if the Face Highlight option is ON. These settings are independent of each other and can be used together or separately. There is now a point displayed at the apex of a cone and at the center of a circular edge. There is now a default location for Library files for the Environment settings. There are a few default files located here, for example, Office.dds and Lobby.dds. Click the Browse button to locate this default directory. Environment Library Examples Classic Lighting Scheme Default Lighting Scheme Lobby.dds Page 40

41 Office.dds The Environment Background can be defined by either a DDS Cube Map file or an HDR file (vertical or horizontal cross). If the files are not in this format SpaceClaim will not accept them. Stock images will be in a default Environment library directory: C:\SpaceClaim\Library\Rendering\Environments The following file formats are now supported for Environment maps with vertical/horizontal cross layouts:.hdr,.jpg,.png,.bmp. There is a new Environment file for Environment settings called ColorCube.dds Page 41

42 Measure SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes You can now select multiple faces with the Measure tool to obtain a combined Area measurement for all the selected faces. You can now use the result of an Area measurement to drive Pull and Move Measurement groups. You can now triple click on a body with the Measure tool to display the Area measurement of the body. Previously, you had to select individual faces or triple click to select the whole body then deselect and reselect one face to obtain the Area measurement. You can now only select values from the Measurement value dialog box if the Measure tool is invoked from within the Pull or Move tools. If the Measure tool is activated without having previously been in the Pull or Move tools, the purple outline around the dialog box does not appear and clicking the measurement deselects the measured object. Repair There is a new tool called Extra Edges in the Fix group on the Repair tab. It works like the Merge Faces tool but operates on an edge basis, removing the unneeded edge and merging the faces. How to use the Extra Edges tool: 1. Open a model which needs edges removed 2. Click the Extra Edges tool; any edges which can be removed are highlighted 3. Click the individual highlighted edges or click the Complete tool guide to remove all the edges at once. You can box-select objects while using the Exclude Problem tool guide in the Extra Edges tool on the Repair tab. On the Repair and Prepare tabs, the Find and Fix tools have a new tool guide called Exclude Problem. It allows you to choose objects to be ignored by the tools. Select, or box-select, problem areas you wish to ignore and they will show in green, as opposed to red. Selection in this tool guide also toggles the Exclude state of the selected items. Tools which have this tool guide include: Stitch, Missing Faces, Inexact Edges, Gaps, Split Edges, Duplicates, Extra Edges, Small Faces, Tangency, Simplify, Extend, and Interference. How to Exclude Problem areas: 1. Click one of the tools on the Repair tab; problem areas are highlighted in red 2. Click the Exclude Problem tool guide 3. Click or box-select the areas you want to exclude 4. Click the Complete tool guide; any excluded areas are not fixed Previously, a Volume Extract operation was unsuccessful if cylinders had 2 faces. This did not work because there was a separate fill operation that needed to happen to make the cylinders into single Page 42

43 faces. The Volume Extract tool can now handle 2-faced cylinders and as a bonus, the capping function is much faster. In the Volume Extract tool, you can now use the Cap Faces tool guide to Ctrl+select multiple faces and also to select whole surfaces from the Structure Tree. Previously, you could not create rounds for the case in the image below. This capability has been added, to create the rounds, but these rounds cannot be removed with any of the automated Remove Round tools. You can only remove these rounds by recreating the base geometry. Page 43

44 There is now a Fix Curves group on the Repair tab. This group includes the following tools: Curve Gaps, Duplicate Curves, Small Curves, and Fit Curves. Any hidden curves are excluded from the detection results. The Curve Gaps tool finds any gaps between curves and closes the gap depending on the tolerance entered for the Maximum angle and Maximum distance options. It can extend and/or move lines to close any gaps. How to fix Curve Gaps: 1. Click the Curve Gaps tool in the Fix Curves group on the Repair tab 2. Set values for the Maximum angle and Maximum distance options; any gaps within the given tolerances are highlighted 3. Click on the problem areas to fix them or click the Complete tool guide The Duplicate Curves tool finds any overlapping curves and deletes any extra curves. Currently this tool only works for curves which are completely overlapping but does not yet work for partially overlapping curves. The tolerance setting in the options also does not yet work. How to fix Duplicate Curves: 1. Click the Duplicate Curves tool in the Fix Curves group on the Repair tab 2. Set a value for the Maximum Overlap option; any curves within the given tolerances are highlighted 3. Click on the problem areas to fix them or click the Complete tool guide The Small Curves tool finds small curves and deletes them to then extend the neighboring curves in order to create a cleaner model. Currently this tool only finds the problems and does not yet fix them. How to fix Small Curves: 1. Click the Small Curves tool in the Fix Curves group on the Repair tab 2. Set a value for the Maximum Length option; any curves within the given tolerances are highlighted 3. Click on the problem areas to fix them or click the Complete tool guide The Fit Curves tool allows you to select multiple curves which may not be clean and attempts to create fewer/better curves to replace them with. How to fix/replace small curves with the Fit Curves tool: 1. Click the Fit Curves tool in the Fix Curves group on the Repair tab 2. Set a value for the Maximum distance option; any curves within the given tolerances are highlighted 3. Click on the problem areas to fix them or click the Complete tool guide The Fit Curves tool allows you to select multiple curves (including splines) which may not be continuous or tangent and attempts to create fewer/better connected curves over them. There is a Find Options panel which has a Maximum distance tolerance. The value entered determines the curves that are Page 44

45 highlighted and how closely the new curves will follow the old curves. There is also a Fix Options panel which has the following options: Lines, Lines and Arcs Lines and Splines. The Line option means that any curves replaced by the tool will be Lines. The Lines and Arcs option means that any curves replaced by the tool will be Lines and Arcs. New arcs are made tangent to each other if possible. The Lines and Splines option means that any curves replaced by the tool will be Lines and Splines. How to fix/replace small curves with the Fit Curves tool: 1. Click the Fit Curves tool in the Fix Curves group on the Repair tab 2. Box-Select the curves you want to fix 3. Set a value for the Maximum distance option; any curves within the given tolerances are highlighted. The red dots indicate where the new curves begin and end. 4. Click on the problem areas to fix them or click the Complete tool guide to fix them all at once Prepare The Preview Sharing button is no longer located in the ANSYS group on the Prepare tab. It is now located in its own CAE group on the Prepare tab. The name of this button has also been changed to Show Contact. You do not need to have ANSYS installed to use this feature. How to Show Contact between objects: 1. Click on the top level assembly component in the Structure Tree and change Shared Topology to True in the Properties menu. 2. Click the Show Contact button in the CAE group on the Prepare tab. Any shared topology displays on the model with blue lines. Page 45

46 Sheet Metal SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes You can now Box-Select Sheet Metal objects, Standard Hole objects, and any other geometry at the same time. Previously, only Sheet Metal Objects and Standard Hole objects could be box selected and any other geometry was not included in the selection. This allows you to easily move a set of faces along with a Form, for example. Previously, this would have required manipulation of the selection filters. You can now use the Convert tool as a shortcut for reapplying the Sheet Metal property to a model. This allows you to create new geometry in 3D design mode and then re-identify Sheet Metal features. This step is useful when going back to solid geometry mode to create a manual bend relief, then returning to Sheet Metal to recognize it as such. You can now place multiple Forms on a Sheet Metal face in preview mode. Previously, you could only place one form at a time. You can now Drag Select Sheet Metal Forms, and move them around on the face on which they were placed. There is now a ribbon command named Baseline Faces which displays the Sheet Metal wall Baseline face. This is separate from the Show Offset Baseline option on the Display tab and it is OFF by default. When changing thickness, it allows you to visualize the side of the sheet from which the change will emanate. This option is located in the Highlight drop down menu in the Show group on the Sheet Metal tab. There is now a Remove Association option in the RMB menu for all Sheet Metal objects. It removes the special higher-level characterization of all selected Sheet Metal objects, allowing you to modify the geometry at the face and edge level. The Edge Relief drop down menu now has a new None option to remove the association. The Delete key now removes Sheet Metal geometry, just like the Fill tool. Previously, pressing the Delete key only removed the identification of the Sheet Metal object and you had to use the Fill tool to actually remove the geometry. This functionality works for the following objects: Beads; Forms; Gussets; Hems; Hinges; Joggles; Notches; Edge Reliefs; Corner Reliefs; and Tabs. To simply remove the objects association, use the Remove Association RMB menu item. The Measure tool now measures the Distance between objects for Sheet Metal Markers. Now when in Sheet Metal mode, pressing the M key on the keyboard invokes the Move tool. Page 46

47 You can now rotate walls which have intersecting Tab objects. You can only rotate the walls which have the Tab junctions on them. Rotating a wall that is not intersecting the Tabs will not hold the tab junction together. Page 47

48 The Identify tool has a new Tabs tool guide which highlights sheet metal Tab geometry. SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes How to Identify Tabs as Sheet Metal geometry: 1. Convert the part to Sheet Metal 2. Click the Identify tool in the Import group on the Sheet Metal tab 3. Click the Tabs tool guide; any potential tab geometry is highlighted in red 4. Click the Complete tool guide or press the Enter key; Tabs are now identified by a light blue color You can now place Forms on any face of a Joggle. When placing Sheet Metal forms with the Grid tool guide, you can obtain dimensions from temporary datum planes. Hover over the cross section point of the temporary datum plane and press the Shift key to display the sketch dimensions. In the Move tool, you can now access a Free Move handle by pressing the Alt key to Drag-Move Sheet Metal forms and Standard Holes. Previously, this capability could only be accessed by the standard 3-axis Move tool handles. Page 48

49 If you select a Sheet Metal part which is only partially identified, clicking the Convert tool will now update and identify any geometry which was not previously identified. Also, the Select Bodies tool guide is now the default in this workflow. Previously, if you selected and then converted a partially identified Sheet Metal part, the tool guide would default to Assign Objects. You can now convert conical and cylindrical surface objects (that have no planar faces) to Sheet Metal geometry. The angle of a gusset is now adjusted to be centered about the bend if the angular measurement between the adjacent walls is not 90. You can now use the Select Two Cutter Points tool guide to begin and end a split from the inside of a sharp edge junction. In the Modify group, you can now use the Sheet Metal tools in an Action-Object manner. Select the tool, then click on an existing Hem (for example) to change it to a different type. You can continue selecting until you exit the tool. As before, tool buttons in the Modify group display the tool from the last selected object in the design window. For example, if you create a Simple Hem, then a Rolled Hem, then decide you want two Rolled Hems, simply select the Simple Hem and then click the Hem tool. Since you created a Rolled Hem last, the simple Hem is modified to a Rolled Hem. The material Sheet Metal Cold-Rolled TEST has been renamed to Sheet Metal Cold-Rolled (Sample). Page 49

50 Certain cases of Flange forms now unfold properly. You can now create a Flange by pulling on loops of curved or circular edges. Page 50

51 The default radius for Smooth and Circular Edge Reliefs is now equal to the default Relief Width. You can now create Beads with a closed loop of curves. The Identify tool now has a drop-down list so you can select one type of object to identify. This action presets the tool guide. Previously, you had to enter the Identify tool, and choose a tool guide. You can now create mitered corners at a bisected angle even when edges form non-90 angles. How to create mitered corners on Sheet Metal parts: 1. Create a flat Sheet Metal wall 2. Select two or more edges that intersect and Pull all of them in the same direction 3. With the same edge loop selected, pull the edges in one direction perpendicular to the last pulled walls You can now convert walls and bends into Hems with the Identify tool. When using the Split tool on a cylinder or cone, the geometry is now identified as a bend and properties can be set for those faces. You can only place Markers on the face of a Sheet Metal wall; however, you can now Move these placed Markers outside of a Sheet Metal wall. Any Markers outside the face of a Sheet Metal wall are assigned to the nearest face fragment after using the Split tool on the Sheet Metal part. See image set below. Page 51

52 Single tabs can now be created, via a Select Points tool guide, which operates on a Sheet Metal edge. It allows you to dimension the Tab placement along the edge by entering in a distance and/or percent value. The options panel updates when this tool guide is active to show only the properties which are necessary. These single tabs can be reversed with the RMB option or by property modification. How to create a single tab: 1. Click the Tab tool in the Create group on the Sheet Metal tab 2. Click the Select Points tool guide 3. Hover over the edge you want to make the tab on then click once to make the first point 4. Click the edge a second time or enter values then press the Enter key to place a single tab; a preview of the tab appears. 5. Click the Complete button to create the tab When creating Forms and Markers, the Place using a grid tool guides are now the default. Page 52

53 Import / Export SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes SpaceClaim now supports Keyshot 3. SpaceClaim now supports PMI and Semantic PMI export for JT. JT file import now supports the importing of both Semantic and Polyline PMI. Semantic means that after geometry editing, imported dimensions update, just as if they are regular SpaceClaim annotations. Polyline JT are simply curves in space, that do not update positions or values when the geometry changes. Semantic and Polyline PMI are placed on 2 separate layers when imported. Polyline PMI is placed on a new layer called Imported Polyline Annotations after import. Semantic PMI is placed on the default Layer0 after import. Any Semantic PMI which is not supported by SpaceClaim is imported as Polylines and placed on the Imported Polyline Annotations layer, so that by default, you can see all the available PMI that exists. You can now import Pro/E files with Family Tables. SpaceClaim has always had the ability to regenerate the generic Family Table model from the imported instance. Now, if instance accelerator files (.xpr and.xas) exist alongside the imported files, SpaceClaim can read these accelerator files and import the instances of the parts and assemblies. If the accelerator files are not included, SpaceClaim will revert to the previous behavior of creating the generic parts and assemblies. Thread Notes and Surface Finish symbols are now imported correctly with JT PMI files. When importing an ECAD file, components are now imported with the correct assembly placement. Previously, some components were imported with a significant distance between the main component and other components along the Z (height) axis. Override units is now ON by default when you Save As VRML. VRML files do not have units and the recommended unit type is Meters (m). You can now insert video into SpaceClaim from more format types:.flv (flash).mkv (matroska).mov (quick time).mp4 (mpeg -4).mpg;.mpeg (mpeg-1).ogm (OGM).vob (VOB) These formats will only work if you have the correct codec(s) installed. For example, to play mp4, you should install ffdshow. To play mkv, you should install. Page 53

54 The General section of File options now has checkboxes for Objects to be imported. The choices are: Free curves Points Planes Axes Coordinate systems Object names Free curves and Points are checked ON by default. These options work for Pro/E, CATIA, and NX files. Datum Target leaders are now imported correctly for JT PMI. The Show Hidden Geometry checkbox option is no longer present in the File Open menu. The SketchUp import mechanism has improved to handle curved geometry that SketchUp approximates as lines and calls Hidden Edges. Importing an STL as a body, with the Merge Faces option checked OFF, now imports the part up to 3Xfaster. When clicking the Import as Body option ON, the Merge faces checkbox is now OFF by default. Page 54

55 JT now imports reference geometry including coordinate systems, and reference planes, reference points, and reference axes. You can now export the following Details (as Polyline Curves) to a JT file: Surface Roughness Leader Arrows Notes (with correct text height) Datum Symbols There are now two exporting options for JT PMI: Export PMI and Version. The default version is set to V8.1. The available versions include V6.4, V7.0, V8.0, V8.1, V8.2, V9.0, V9.1, V9.2, V9.3, V9.4, and V9.5. We now export Dimensions and Datum Targets to JT PMI. The image below shows a.scdoc and the JT PMI export results. All target types are not yet supported. You can now Import Polylines stored in the facet data of the lightweight portion of the JT file. The Tolerance of Position symbol for GD&T can now be imported from JT files. Page 55

56 Angular dimensions in a JT file are now imported correctly. The Concentricity symbol for GD&T can now be imported for JT files. The following JT PMI information is now exported: Depth symbol Datum Target points JT reference geometry (i.e. axes, planes, and coordinate systems.) A two-row dimensional tolerance is now shown correctly after exporting the file and opening it in JT2GO. There is now an option to export photorealistic POVRay files (.pov) in the Save As dialog box. Page 56

57 Administration Controls SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Administration Control of User Settings Stage 1 Specifying default settings for all users: You may add a centrally-located custom configuration file which overrides any individual user settings/options. It is read instead of any local config file. More precisely, it replaces ( i.e. it s actually copied over) the local config file. A configuration file can be used to ensure that every employee in the company has the same default user settings. How to create a universal user settings configuration file: 1. Create an environment variable called SPACECLAIM_ADMIN_CONFIG. It should point to a fully qualified file name which may be on the network, for example: SPACECLAIM_ADMIN_CONFIG=\\dell_server\shared\rob\admin.config 2. You may create your own user.config file. Below gives details on how to create a user.config to use for universal settings Making a New user.config file: 1. Open SpaceClaim then go to the Options menu. 2. Change the settings any way you want. 3. Click the Export User Settings button in the Advanced options page. 4. Save as user.config or any other name you want. 5. Place in the location which your Environment variable points to. 6. To test that your settings have exported correctly, close out SpaceClaim then delete your local settings by following these directions: Locate the user.config file in the following folder: Computer > Local Disk > click in the dialog box at the top of the window and type %APPDATA% > press the Enter key> now click AppData in the dialog box at the top of the window > double click Local > double click SpaceClaim > Select all the settings folders and delete them. 7. Open a new SpaceClaim session; you should see the results of your user.config file. 3. The name can be anything - 'admin.config' is just an example. This file will be used by SpaceClaim instead of the local user configuration file. When you want to use the settings that you created, make sure that you clear out your local settings before you start up SpaceClaim. You should only need to do this once. A user may need to delete local settings to get SpaceClaim to use the central config file the first time (because it checks the dates and uses the newer of the two config files). But after the first time, you shouldn t need to delete local settings again. Whenever a user does a new install on a machine with the environment variable set, the admin user settings will be used without needing to delete the local settings. Page 57

58 4. Once a user has specified a central config file, any settings changes made from within SpaceClaim (at least any that are permitted by panel.config ) will persist. They won t get overridden by the central config file. That s why we compare dates and use the central config file only if it s newer. The flipside of that is that if the central config file gets updated, SpaceClaim *will* take it again, potentially undoing any local settings changes. Stage 2 Restricting access to specific user settings: There is also an option to prevent some tabs in the SpaceClaim Options panel from being overridden by a user. This can be done by specifying which tabs to disable in a file named panel.config. There is an example panel.config file in the following directory: C:\Program Files\SpaceClaim\. This file does not do anything currently; it is simply there to provide the user with an example so that they can work off of it. Unlike the admin.config file, which can be called anything, panel.config should not be renamed. How to create a file to limit user override of Option settings: 1. This example will disable the 'Popular', 'Snap', and 'File->Catia' options: <PanelsToDisable> <PanelName>Popular</PanelName> <PanelName>Snap</PanelName> <PanelName>FileOptions_CATIA</PanelName> </PanelsToDisable> Once you have created the panel.config file to your liking, place the file in the same location as the user.config file where your environment variable points. Now both config files should be enabled and your user settings should display as requested. 2. All of the option panel names are listed below: Popular Detailing_General Detailing_SizeAndFormat Detailing_ModularGrid Appearance Snap Units SheetMetal Navigation Advanced FileOptions_General FileOptions_ACIS FileOptions_AutoCAD FileOptions_CATIA FileOptions_IGES FileOptions_JTOpen FileOptions_OBJ Page 58

59 FileOptions_Parasolid FileOptions_PDF FileOptions_ProEngineer FileOptions_Rhino FileOptions_SketchUp FileOptions_STEP FileOptions_STL FileOptions_VRML SupportFiles Customize AddIns License Resources SpaceClaimLabs SpaceClaim 2012 SP1 Release Notes Files There are now options in the Support Files section of the Options menu to choose customized directories for Opening and Saving documents. This way, SpaceClaim adds the ability to set a current Working Directory, while retaining the default behavior (saving documents back to where they were opened, and remembering the last-used File Open location. The Autosave options have been moved from the Advanced section to the Support Files tab of the SC Options. The Status bar now displays Auto saving when a model is being Auto saved, so that the you understand why there is an hourglass in the Design window that pops up in the middle of other operations. There is now an asterisk at the end of the name of a modified document, wherever they appear in the UI. These are shown in the Structure Tree and in the document tabs at the bottom of the design window. These only appear in the Structure Tree for external components. Licensing You can no longer use Keyshot with a Home license as it has been removed. Page 59