3D
- Parts tab
- A new tab, Parts, has been added to the 3D tabular area. In
it, you can:
- Directly adjust parts' and external objects' x, y and z positions (offsets) and rotation without opening the part's properties.
- Follow statistics about which and how many parts or external objects take part in a 3D model.
- Follow statistics about the state of parts and external objects in the current 3D scene — for example, Construct to usage, Perpendicular Move, Visible, and Hidden.
- Conditional presence of parts and external objects
- You can now set conditions for whether a part or an external object takes part in a 3D model. You can set a parameter and/or an expression: You create an expression that evaluates to True or False. When the condition is met, the part is present in the 3D model; when it is not met, the part is does not take part in the model.
- Directly switching to parts' 2D and 3D drawings from assembled models
- When working on assembled 3D models that feature multiple parts, you often find that you need to modify some parts. But if the model is made up of a great many parts, locating the actual 2D or 3D drawing of the part may prove effortful and time-consuming. Now you can switch to 2D and 3D drawings within a second's time: right-click the part, and then click a command on the context menu. This way of locating the drawing of an individual part is especially helpful when working on 3D models that comprise many parts — for example, displays.
Drafting
- Modified definition of Master Canvas
- You can now define a Master Canvas in a new way, which adds intuitiveness and greater flexibility. You can approach the definition either from scratch or by converting an existing 1up drawing. NOTE: This feature is available as of Version 2023.3.3.
- Export Master Canvas drawings
- After completing work on a Master Canvas drawing, you can export it following the general file export rules. NOTE: This feature is available as of Version 2023.3.6.
- Special drawings for helper structures
- When designing a project, you can now use a new type of drawing in which you can draw parts that only have an auxiliary role in the project and take no part in the produced structure. You can create a 3D model from this drawing and use it in the assembled 3D model, but this drawing does not go into drawings meant for production: layout, print. You also cannot create a counterplate, CAM and bridges drawings from this drawing and it does not appear in these types of drawings.
- To create a helper drawing, in the graphical area right-click a 1up's tab, and then click New Auxiliary Drawing.
- Swift extension of collinear lines
- You can now use an elegant technique of extending collinear lines: You start from a line and a marker immediately indicates the point where the extension will end thus merging the two lines into one.
Sheet layout
- Placing multiple parts selected by material
- When placing the parts of multipart structures into a layout, you can now use as single click to select all the parts that share a material.
Other new functionalities
- Added realism in the rendering of surface materials
- EngView has adjusted the default settings of the distributed surface materials to give them a greater degree of realism when it renders them.
- Start new projects from 1up or Master Canvas. Use of uniform material
- You can set a default for the type of drawing with which you start a project: a regular 1up or a Master Canvas drawing.
- You can set a default for using the same material in all the drawings of a project.
NOTE: Both features are available as of Version 2023.3.6.
- Translating texts strings in projects
- You can now add translations to text strings that load each time EngView detects the Regional Locale and differ from the ones that EngView distributes. Examples for such items are the descriptions of cost model parameters, the descriptions of styles, and the descriptions (tooltips) of parameters. These translations are especially helpful in adding operational flexibility to the work of international teams. For example, a project is created in Bulgaria and is supplied with translations in Bulgarian, Korean and French. When this project is opened in Bulgaria, Korea and France, EngView will automatically switch to the translations in these languages.
- You can add your own translations for the items for which you
see the translation icon on their right:
.