Specified mass gives you the ability to assign a set mass for the assembly. The calculated mass is a calculation of the total mass of all parts included in the assembly. This new command automatically directs you to the selected object in the scene browser, which will expand to the correct level to allow you direct access to the item.Īssemblies can now carry calculated and specified mass values can be transferred to the Bill of Materials on the drawing. See an animated Find in Scene Browser example.Īnother common interaction command for large assemblies, the Find in Scene Browser, helps reduce design time spent navigating the structure to find the selected components. Combining this option with other IRONCAD utilities, such as the Hide Command, can improve time navigating the display to find critical components.
You can apply this command to assemblies, parts, and even features. The Zoom to Selection option now is available in the Scene Browser and the graphical display area to quickly zoom to the component being worked on. Improvements have been made in the 2D technical drawing environment to enhance performance in the view creation process. Many changes to the internal environment of IRONCAD are said to improve the interaction of data when large assembly data is loaded, including selection, edit of geometry, drag and drop of new geometry, and more. During the opening of files in the Advanced OpenGL/Direct3D rendering mode, only the structure and feature information will be loaded along with the lightweight graphical information. New loading capabilities have been added to improve the memory management and load/save times on large assembly data in this version. This is in response to customers using IronCAD and continually expanding their needs for large assembly data.
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We have worked closely with our customers to find ways to simplify and streamline their design processes while strengthening our product to meet the needs of our market, and this release is a direct result of these efforts."Īlong with the customer-driven requests, IRONCAD Version 11 offers improvements to the creative design approach as well, which, the company claims, offers a level of design freedom that is unmatched in the industry today.įirst in the list for new features in IRONCAD Version 11 under Assembly Management Improvements include Windows 64-bit operating system support for large assembly data. Tao-Yang Han, president of IronCAD, "but also delivering numerous features that have been requested by our user base and market to make our product more productive. "IRONCAD Version 11 is a significant step forward for the product, not only allowing users to operate on newer 64-bit and Vista platforms," said Dr. "We have worked closely with our customers to find ways to simplify and streamline their design processes while strengthening our product to meet the needs of our market, and this release is a direct result of these efforts." Judging by the company’s online presentation of all the new attributes, these claims seem substantiated. IRONCAD’s drag and drop 3D environment provides an alternative to traditional history-based parametric systems, says the company, and gives designers and engineers greater design freedom and flexibility, enabling them to get products to market faster and with better quality. See an animated Zoom to Selection example.īy combining history-based parametrics and direct geometry manipulation into a single modeling environment, IRONCAD V11 brings fun back into 3D design process, according to IronCAD LLC (Atlanta, GA).