New Features in Shade3D ver.17.0~18.0
New features, enhanced features, and other changes in Shade3D ver.17.0~18.0 are described here.
New Features
- File Import/Export Features
- STEP Import and Export
- AI Export of Orthographic Viewports
- DXF Export of Figure Window Viewports
- DXF Export: Exporting Specific Viewports
- Interface & Figure Window Features
- Switching between CG and CAD Mode
- Switching to Z-Up
- CAD Selection Tools
- Displaying Dimensions When Creating Primitives
- Showing Mirroring Lines
- Measurement Window
- Browser Boolean Operators Menu
- Modeling Features
- Creating NURBS Objects
- Editing NURBS Objects
- Adding a Face to a Closed Curve
- Boolean Operations (Parametric)
- Splitting Curves at Intersections
- Splitting One Surface Using a Second Surface
- Filleting Curves
- Filleting the Edges of a Surface
- Chamfering Curves
- Chamfering the Edges of a Surface
- Joining Curves
- Merging Surfaces
- Separating a Curve at Each Vertex
- Separating All Faces of a Surface
- Copying Curves
- Copying Faces
- Removing a Fillet from a Curve
- Copying Lines of Intersection Between Surfaces
- Offsetting a Curve
- Adding Thickness
- Drawing a Tangent to a Circle
- Make Shell
- Modifying Parameters After Editing NURBS Surfaces
- Computing Surface Area, Volume, Radius, and Other Measurements
- Other Modeling Features
- New Features in Shade3D Standard
Enhanced Features and Changes
- File Import/Export Features
- IGES Import/Export: Support for NURBS
- AI Export: Support for NURBS
- FBX Export: Support for N-gons
- BVH Import: Support for Bone Joints
- EPSF Import: Enhanced Support
- COLLADA Export (Using FBX, SDK)
- COLLADA Import (Using FBX, SDK)
- Interface Features
- Modeling Features
- Scale Manipulator
- 3D Manipulator Pivot Point / Positioning the 3D Manipulator
- Enhanced Features to the Standard Line Tool
- Object Snap
- Alignment
- Rendering Features
- 3D Printing Features
- Scripting Features