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Features Moved from Technology Preview to Commercial Release

Face Based Rebar Modeling along with the following commands are active features in the product, and no longer included as a technology preview:

  • Associative Extraction
  • Associative Intersections
  • Drawing Production tab, 2d Rebar group: Modify Rebar
  • Drawing Production tab, 2d Rebar group: Quick Edit
  • Drawing Production tab, 2d Rebar group: Rebar Attributes

Rebar labels

  • Improved pre-formatted labels with data linked to 3d model and automatic updates when 3D model changes
  • Moved labels and manual edits to the label are retained when the 3d model changes
  • Leader lines and terminators/bubbles are parametric to the bars when 3d model changes
  • When the drawing scale is changed (on a sheet), any existing drawing labels are properly updated (text sizes on the sheet remains at exact same size in sheet regardless of scale)

Rebar display improvements

  • Improved accurate 2D rebar display of main bars, longitudinal bars (circles when cut) and range bars
  • New rebar display options: Single-line, Full size (double-line), and Full-size filled (double-line with fill)
    Single-line display Full-size display Full-size with fill display Combination

    Any of the above displays can have hidden-lines displayed or not:

Improved Drawing update controls

  • 2d drawing's status is subject to user control. Drawings are either Dynamic (live), or Cached (frozen).
  • Cached drawings synchronization is controlled with following options:
    • Manual - User controls when update happens
    • Automatic - Graphics are cached but are automatically updated
    • Automatic with Alert - User is notified that drawing is changed and asked to accept the update
    • Disconnected - drawing permanently loses connection with the model and cannot be updated anymore

Improved Reference File support

  • Drawings can be created using reinforcement models attached as references to an empty model, which allows users who are not the 3d modelers to create and work on drawings
  • Drawings and Sheets can be created in external existing or new DGN files, outside of the 3D reinforced concrete models

Other drawing improvements

  • New drawings can be placed on existing sheets