Released: Apr 5, 2023

Updates in 2023

Features

New Architecture

• Document classes have been introduced.
• Workspace.Document now contains all the data required to draw the scene content.
• Version 2022 GEntities have been removed.
• Finally, a true cross-platform neutral core product is available.

New Features

• Curve, Plane, Surface, and Volume meshers.
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion.
• Managed ReadDWG and ReadDXF classes.
• Improved SpaceMouse support.
• Static selection with halo.
• NURBS curve and surface extension.
• Lighter BRep tessellation (less data, smaller memory footprint, faster read/write).
• MeshEditor class.
• Image-based silhouette drawing.
• QuickForms GitHub project.

Improvements

• Improved drawing speed of FastMesh entity with Direct3D renderer (FastMesh.Dynamic property).
• Improved STL import speed (ReadSTL.Compact property).
• Depth reading on frozen objects (Workspace.WriteDepthForFrozen property).

UI Code Samples

• Updated SketcherDemo with sketch import from DWG/DXF and Move/Rotate/Scale.
• Updated BlendSurface with NURBS curve/surface extension.
• Updated Workspaces with SketchManager support.
• Updated DraftingDemo with interactive curve trim/extend.
• New GCodeSimulator code sample.

Console Code Samples

• CheckCollision.
• ComputeExtents.
• ComputeVolume.
• EditMesh.
• GenerateDrawing.
• GenerateToolpath.
• MeshCurve.
• WriteIges.