What's New in 2013

IronCAD is pleased to announce the latest release of the industries fastest and easiest to use 3D design solutions IRONCAD, INOVATE, IRONCAD DRAFT, and IRONCAD COMPOSE. Many customer driven feature enhancements have been implemented in this latest version including these key items:


Productivity Focused Improvements Including: 

  • Associative Reference for Pro/E and UG/NX Imported Data
  • Faster Methods to Complete Commands Using Middle Mouse
  • Scene Browser Quick Search and Filtering
  • Scene Browser Display Filter Modes
  • Tabular Document Display for Open Documents
  • Direct Input Fields Support for Mathematical Input
  • Extrude Feature Support for Remove Material Side (inside/outside)
  • Extrude Feature Support Single Line and Thickness
  • Smooth Camera Orientation Movements for Zoom/Look At
  • Import Placement Based on Cursor Pick Locations

2D Technical Drawing Improvements in Integrated CAXA DRAFT Including:

  • Hole Callout Detailing Tool
  • Shaded View Support
  • Detail View Association to View Movements
  • Edit Detail View and Break View Support
  • Hole Table Origin Definition and Association for Update
  • Hole Table Hole Callout Detailing Support
  • Configuration Based BOM and View Support
  • Sheet Metal Bendline Callout Support
  • Detail View Style Support (Broken Circle, Lead/No Lead Line, Connected Line)
  • Automatic Item Bubble Improvements (No Overlap, Alignment)
  • Item Bubble Manual Creation Option to Follow BOM or Reorder
  • Disassociated Dimension Display
  • Broken Out Section View Depth Selection
  • Crop View Creation Capabilities
  • Print to PDF, PNG, TIF, JPG Commands

General Improvements Including:

  • 2D Text Input in the Sketch Mode
  • Clearance Check for Parts/Assemblies
  • Constraint Status Display in Scene Browser
  • Large Toolbar Icon Support
  • Support for Direct Editing Offset, Delete Face, and Match Face in Structured Parts
  • Sew Command to Convert Closed Surfaces to Solids
  • Solidify Command To Combine Solids and Closed Surfaces into a Solid
  • Direct Face Modification Maintain Tangent Control on Moving Faces
  • Direct Face Modification Maintain Face Size on Move
  • Direct Face Modification Support for Circular Pattern Recognition
  • Sheet Metal Unfold of Overlap Support
  • Sketch Edit Constraint Dimension Command
  • Assembly support for Material Properties
  • Link Options for Material Properties

New and Updated 3rd Party Applications

  • SketchUp Import Support into 3D
  • Rhino Plugin Support for Rhino 4

To view all the new features in the latest release, visit: IronCAD DCS 2013 New Features or click learn more below.