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Technical What’s New
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Contents
Improved Productivity ....................................... 4
New, Expanded Help ......................................................... 4
Inventor Essentials Videos .............................................. 4
Marking Menu .................................................................... 4
Custom Settings Now Combined in a Single File ...........5
Enhanced Mini-Toolbars ....................................................5
Dialog Boxes ........................................................................5
Select Other – Behavior Improved .................................6
Dynamic Sectioning ...........................................................6
Extended Feature Names ..................................................6
High Speed Drawing Views ..............................................7
Change View Orientation .................................................7
Rotate Drawing Views with Sketches ............................7
Origin Mark for Ordinate Dimension Sets ...................7
Wizard to Copy iLogic Designs ..........................................8
Custom User Interface Forms
to Automate Rules-Based Design ...................................8
Impressing Views Using New Ray Tracing Option .....8
Enhanced Modeling ............................................9
Model Repair Tools ..............................................................9
D Sketch Plane Automatically Adjusts Orientation ....9
New Boundary Patch Command .....................................9
G Continuity with Variable Radius Fillets ...................9
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Freeform Body ..............................................10
Mirror Fillets ......................................................................10
Face Draft Enhancements ...............................................10
Display Failed Feature .....................................................10
Boss Enhancements ..........................................................11
Project to D Sketch .........................................................11
Rib Enhancements .............................................................11
Sweep Along Edge .............................................................11
Design View Representations in Parts .........................11
Improved Interoperability................................. 12
AutoCAD Import ............................................................... 12
Updated Translators ......................................................... 12
Rhino File Translation ...................................................... 12
BIM Exchange .................................................................... 12
BIM Connectors ................................................................ 13
OmniClass Table ............................................................... 13
Simulation Enhancements ................................. 14
Retain Joints ....................................................................... 14
Continuous Load Improvements ................................... 14
Frame Analysis Probes .................................................... 14
Beam Model Improvements ..............................................15
Customization of Beam Properties ...............................15
Sign Convention in Frame Analysis Results ................15
Geometry Healing and Meshing ....................................15
Guide ....................................................................................15
In-canvas Tools ...................................................................15
Analyze Sustainability early in the Design Cycle .... 16
Eco Materials Adviser ...................................................... 16
Tooling ..............................................................17
General Enhancements ....................................................17
Select Faces to Create an Insert Automatically .........17
Tooling Analysis Results
in Moldflow Communicator ............................................17
Export D Model to Moldflow Insight ........................... 18
Runner Balancing .............................................................. 18
Mold Base Author ............................................................. 18
Cooling Channel Check ................................................... 18
Cooling Channel Metric Threads .................................. 19
Surface Patches with Sketch Geometry
and Silhouette Curve ....................................................... 19
Runo Surface with Sketch Geometry
and Silhouette Curve ....................................................... 19
Patching and Runo Surface Color ............................... 19
User Mold Base ................................................................ 20
Edit Moldable Part ........................................................... 20
Transition from Part to Mold ........................................ 20
Multiple Locating Rings ................................................. 20
Define Workpiece Setting Enhancement .......................21
Retain Last Input Value ....................................................21
Gate Location X,Y,Z ...........................................................21
Place Plastic Part ................................................................21
Ordinate Dimensions .......................................................22
Stay Up to Date .................................................................22
Autodesk Learning and Education ................................22
Feedback .............................................................................22
Conclusion ..........................................................................22
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Product Line Overview ..... 23