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Autodesk PowerShape Ultimate Changelog

What's new in Autodesk PowerShape Ultimate 2023.0.0.23101

May 12, 2022
  • Fixed an issue that could cause PowerShape to close unexpectedly when recovering a .psmodel file. PSHAPE-2689
  • PowerShape now uses Parasolid 34. PSHAPE-2660
  • Made sure the PowerShape window has focus when using the Next Selection dialog. PSHAPE-2511
  • Allowed copying of points between PowerMill Modelling sessions. PSHAPE-2599
  • PowerShape now uses the new Autodesk brand logo, colours, and imagery. PSHAPE-2617
  • Renamed the option in the Help menu from Desktop Analytics to Privacy Settings. PSHAPE-2631

New in Autodesk PowerShape Ultimate 2020.0.0.20118 (Jun 11, 2019)

  • Usability improvements:
  • Selecting surfaces: Select all the surfaces of a model that have the same colour, representing the same material, using the Ctrl+Shift+Alt shortcut.
  • Spun profiles: The number of spans generated when creating a spun profile is reduced, giving a more aesthetically pleasing result.
  • Displaying selection information: When using the Selection Information dialog, you can now display the total area of multiple selected objects. Previously, area was displayed only for individual selected objects.
  • Additional improvements:
  • Newer Parasolid version: PowerShape now uses Parasolid version 31.0.228.
  • Access help content: Several options on the Help menu are combined to make it easier to access the information you need.

New in Autodesk PowerShape Ultimate 2016 SP2 CR 16.1.30 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • USER INTERFACE:
  • Menus:
  • The Help > Contents and Index menu is renamed to the Help > Contents menu.
  • Toolbars:
  • There are enhancements to the Acquire Points toolbar.
  • There is a new Primitive from Points button on the Wizards toolbar.
  • There is a new Select destination solid button on the Move toolbar. This button is only displayed if you pre-select solid features before you display the Move toolbar.
  • Dialogs:
  • The Sweep Information dialog now displays what type of device is connected.
  • There is a new Primitives from Points dialog.
  • There is a new Angle slider on the Shrink-wrap mesh dialog.
  • There is a new Copy Suffix option on the Tools > Options > Manufacturing > Electrode > General dialog.
  • The Preview button is removed from the Insert ppoint into pcurve dialog. The preview graphics are now automatically displayed.
  • There are two new options on the Tools > Options > General > Mouse dialog to set the values for the scroll wheel rotate and scale shortcuts:
  • Items scale factor — Enter a value to set the factor the items are scaled by when using this shortcut.
  • Items rotation angle— Enter a value to set the angle the items are rotated by when using this shortcut.
  • REVERSE ENGINEERING:
  • Acquiring scan data:
  • In PowerSHAPE Pro you can now use a probe or a laser from the Acquire Points toolbar. This enables you to use devices which include a probe and laser, without the need to switch between laser acquisition and PS-Arm.
  • There are two new buttons on the Acquire Points toolbar to accommodate these changes
  • Information about the connected device is displayed in real time through the Sweep Information dialog. The Sweep Information dialog now displays what type of device is connected
  • Creating primitives from probe points:
  • There is a new method to create objects in PowerSHAPE 2016. You can now create wireframe, primitive surfaces and primitive solids by clicking points on a CAD model, or probing points on a physical model.
  • Aligning shrink wrap surfaces:
  • You can now manually orientate a shrink-wrap surface in order to align its lateral and longitudinal direction with neighbouring surfaces. This is useful to quickly create a solid using the auto-trimmer, if the surfaces can be easily extended.
  • Additional changes:
  • You can now pre-select triangles to use for manual segmentation.
  • PowerSHAPE now requires CMMDriverForPowerSHAPEPro 2015 R2, or PowerINSPECT 2015 SP1 for laser scanning.
  • PowerSHAPE now supports Faro ScanArm HD and Kreon devices.
  • There are enhancements to laser scanning:
  • The view now changes much less frequently.
  • Auto commit sweeps is now turned off by default.
  • You can now control the frames per second by adding cmmFPS: nn to the powershape.con file. Where nn is an integer.
  • You can override the default and .con file settings before starting a sweep using the following command: let cmm_fps = x, where x is an integer.
  • DELCAM ELECTRODE:
  • Custom EDM scripts:
  • You can now customise standard EDM scripts, or create unique custom scripts using the Delcam Electrode scripting language. This removes the need for custom .con files. However there is support to load the settings of a legacy .con file into a script.
  • Additional changes:
  • There is a new Copy Suffix option on the Tools > Options > Manufacturing > Electrode > General dialog. This sets the suffix that is used to name an electrode copy from the original. This is used for copies created with general edits and copies created with the electrode wizard. The default suffix is _. For example, copying an electrode named electrode_1 twice produces two electrodes named electrode_1_1 and electrode_1_2.
  • Wireframe modelling:
  • Creating oblique curves with an offset now generates fully connected curves instead of exploding lines.
  • If numeric point labels are turned on, they are now displayed during the Limit Cut operation on wireframe curves and composite curves.
  • SURFACE MODELLING:
  • Editing axes for multiple primitive surfaces:
  • You can now simultaneously edit the orientation of multiple primitive surfaces by defining a common axis direction. This is useful if you want to quickly adjust a number of surfaces, created through a reverse engineering process, that do not align due to inaccuracy or noise in the scan data. This function if available for surface: planes, blocks, cylinders, cones, spheres, tori, springs.
  • SOLID MODELLING:
  • Editing the axes for multiple solid primitives:
  • You can now simultaneously edit the orientation of multiple primitive solids by defining a common axis direction. This is useful if you want to quickly adjust a number of solids, created through a reverse engineering process, that do not align due to inaccuracy or noise in the scan data. This function if available for solid: blocks, cylinders, cones, spheres, tori, springs.
  • Copying features between solids:
  • You can now copy features from one solid to another using the following general edits options: Move, Rotate, Mirror, Scale. This is useful for creating clearances for components that pass through multiple solids.
  • Additional changes:
  • There are further small changes to solid modelling:
  • If the the creation of a solid using the Automatic Trimming functionality fails, due to the input producing a Boolean error, the error reporting dialog used for solid Boolean operations is displayed.
  • There are enhancements to the preview graphics for transforming solid features.
  • OTHER CHANGES:
  • Software speed-ups.
  • All Delcam 2016 series software, including PowerSHAPE, is now only available as 64-bit software.
  • Comparison Analysis now calculates a subset of the sample points when there is a large data set, in order to save calculation time. The rest of the points are interpolated. Use the Sample Point Density slider on the Tools > Options > Tools > Analysis > Comparison Analysis dialog to control the proportion of points that are used in the calculation.

New in Autodesk PowerShape Ultimate R2 SP2 CR 14.2.63 (Sep 10, 2014)

  • Remove partial history
  • Select multiple features
  • Snap solids together
  • Merge solid faces
  • Solid wrap
  • Mesh segmentation
  • Shrink-wrapped surfaces
  • Automatic trimming
  • Drag handles
  • Join surfaces
  • Cavity/core separation
  • Key shot