MEDUSA4 Personal Changelog

What's new in MEDUSA4 Personal 6.1 Build 6.1.0 20581

May 9, 2016
  • Completely revised, modern User Interface:
  • Completely New User Interface.
  • Ribbon menu.
  • Dashboard.
  • Windows File Manager.
  • Catalog and Symbol Browser.
  • Tablets.
  • In Sheet Graphics toolbars.
  • Formula Calculation option.
  • Backstage area, Options dialog and administration.
  • User Interface customization.
  • Optimized for modern screens.
  • New Features, Updates and Enhancements:
  • New and future-oriented: MEDUSA4 in the Cloud.
  • New: Sending Drawings as e-mail.
  • New: Printing with Preview.
  • New: Import of DGN Drawings.
  • New: Floating Input Dialogs.
  • New: QR Codes.
  • New: Locked groups and symbols.
  • New: Shortcuts.
  • New in P&ID:
  • Update of the DIN EN ISO 10628 Standard to the 2013-04 Version.
  • Language–independent Symbol Properties.
  • Enhanced Options for Crossing Pipelines.
  • Search Function for Equipment and Piping.
  • Reports available in PDF, XLS, RTF or HTML formats.
  • New Symbol Property Tables.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 5.2.2 (May 9, 2016)

  • New in MEDUSA4 Drafting:
  • New in MEDUSA4 2D:
  • New License Borrowing for MEDUSA4 ADVANCED.
  • Smart Drafting Tool Enhancements.
  • Dimensioning Enhancements.
  • New in CADConvert:
  • CADConvert DXF/DWG Interface Enhancements.
  • New in MEDUSA4 Add-On Products:
  • New in MEDUSA4 3D:
  • Enhanced 3D DWG Interface and Model Colour Mapping.
  • New in P&ID:
  • New for Administrators: The P&ID Configuration Utility.
  • Intelligent P&ID Element Selection.
  • Nested Component Enhancements.
  • Symbol Catalog Enhancements.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 5.1.2 (May 9, 2016)

  • New in MEDUSA4 2D Drafting:
  • New Area Fill Option.
  • CADConvert DXF/DWG (AutoCAD) Interface Enhancements.
  • 2D Drafting Tool Enhancements.
  • New in MEDUSA4 Add-On Products:
  • P&ID: Enhanced Standards.
  • MEDRaster: Raster Display & Viewing Enhancements.
  • 3D Interface Enhancements.
  • MEDLink: Support for Windchill PDMLink 9.1, 10.0 and 10.1.
  • MEDPro: Support for Creo Parametric 2.0.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 5.0.2 (May 9, 2016)

  • New in MEDUSA4 2D Drafting:
  • Dimensioning Enhancements.
  • CADConvert - Dimension Element Mapping.
  • New Tools and Usability Enhancements.
  • New in MEDUSA4 3D:
  • 3D Interfaces: Enhanced Import and Export.
  • New in Other MEDUSA4 Add-On Products:
  • P&ID: Significant Functional Enhancements & EN ISO 10628 Support.
  • MEDRaster: New Tool for Inverting Raster Colors.
  • MEDUSA4-Teamcenter Integration: New Automatic Sheet Header Update Controls.
  • New in MPDS4:
  • New MPDS4 Project Manager.
  • Dynamic Drag and Drop Route Editing.
  • Dynamic Moving and Rotating of 3D Components.
  • New Bulk Import Tools for all Plant Discipline Catalogs.
  • Transparency of Individual Model Objects.
  • New Model Descriptions.
  • Extended Model Color Assignment.
  • New ROHR2 Interface.
  • New Integrated Data Management.
  • New in MPDS4 Add-On Products:
  • All Routing Disciplines: New Auto-Routing Tool.
  • MPDS4 PIPING DESIGN: Visualization of Pipe Insulation.
  • MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT: New 2D Dynamic Instancing Tool for Mechanical Handling.
  • MPDS4 3D COMPONENT DESIGNER: Create More Complex Catalog Components.
  • MPDS4 STEEL DESIGN: Expanded Steelwork Plate Details.
  • MPDS4 ELECTRICAL DESIGN: Enhanced Cable Creation Tool.
  • New in all MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 Products:
  • MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 User Interface – New Skin.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 4.01 (May 9, 2016)

  • New in MPDS4:
  • New Data Import and Comparison Tool.
  • Enhanced Drawing and Equipment Management.
  • New Texture Tool.
  • New in MPDS4 Add-On Products:
  • New MPDS4 REVIEW Tool for Easy Model Review by Clients.
  • MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT - Intelligent Architectural Components.
  • MPDS4 PIPING DESIGN - New Multi-Replace Tool.
  • MPDS4 PIPING DESIGN - New Automatic Pipe Fall Tool.
  • New in MEDUSA4 2D Drafting:
  • Smart Drafting Tool – Explicit Value Option.
  • SMART Edit – Visual Display of Relationships Between Elements.
  • Support for URLs in Drawings.
  • Dimensioning Enhancements.
  • CADConvert - Support for AutoCAD 2010 DWG/DXF format.
  • New in MEDUSA4 3D:
  • 3D Interfaces - Significant Enhancements.
  • New in Other MEDUSA4 Add-On Products:
  • New Teamcenter Interface.
  • MEDUSA4 PARAMETRICS - Automatically Generated Parametric Variable Dialog.
  • MEDInfo Data Management – UI and Connectivity Enhancements.
  • MEDPro - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5 Support.
  • Database Connectivity:
  • Open Database Connectivity.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 3.1 (May 9, 2016)

  • New in MEDUSA4 2D Drafting:
  • Smart Drafting Tool - The new way to create geometry.
  • CADConvert - Multi Paper Space AutoCAD Drawing Conversion.
  • New Numbering/Un-numbering/Re-numbering Tool for Text on Sheet.
  • New Move-By-Grid Tool.
  • New in MEDUSA4 3D:
  • 3D Interfaces - New 3D DXF Import, Enhanced STEP Import.
  • New in Other MEDUSA4 Add-On Products:
  • Support for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4, 64bit Support, Shaded Model Views.
  • MEDUSA4 PARAMETRICS – New Tool for Editing Dimension Values.
  • MEDUSA4 P&ID - Now with In-Line Labels and Reporting Enhancements.
  • MEDRaster Color – Support for raster images in imported drawings.
  • New in MPDS4:
  • Improved Graphics Handling.
  • New Mode (16+) for Displaying Models in More Detail.
  • New in MPDS4 Add-On Products:
  • MPDS4 MECHANICAL HANDLING - A new Discipline for Intelligence in Interconnected Components.
  • MPDS4 3D COMPONENT DESIGNER - A New Design Application.
  • MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT – New Tool for Placing Components in Any 3D Plane.

New in MEDUSA4 Personal 3.0 (May 7, 2016)

  • New in MEDUSA4 2D Drafting:
  • Full TrueType/Operating System Font and Unicode (Multi-language) Support.
  • Design Objects Further Extended for Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design.
  • New Parts Balloon Tool and Parts List Table.
  • Improved 2D Text Handling and Grid Handling.
  • Enhancements to Segment Dragging, Post-parameterisation and Gap Processing.
  • New in MEDUSA4 ADVANCED:
  • SMART Edit – Gets Even Smarter!
  • New in MEDUSA4 3D:
  • 3D Import and Export: STEP, IGES and Google Earth (COLLADA - export only).
  • User Interface Improvements.
  • New in Other MEDUSA4 Add-On Packages:
  • MEDUSA4 P&ID Catalog Tool Enhancements.
  • MEDParts Search and Replace Enhancements.
  • MEDLink Support for Windchill PDMLink 8.
  • New in MPDS4:
  • Improved Dynamic Graphics Performance – Transparency, Sectioning, Color.
  • New Model Load Dialog for 3D Import (STEP/IGES/STL).
  • New Assembly Structure Tab.
  • Usability Improvements: Moving, Rotating, Copying, Selecting and Iterator Parameters.
  • New in MPDS4 Add-On Packages:
  • MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT - Further Usability Enhancements.