Face Color Migration Enhanced for 2020
Unstitch and Split functions now support maintaining face color when generating new faces.
Face Color Migration Enhancement
- To illustrate the enhancement…
- We have 2 identical solids with matching multiple face colors.
- One solid will remain as a visual reference & the other will be SPLIT & UNSTITCH to show previous & new enhanced behaviors.
- Previous Behavior
- The 2 settings for “Modify Break Options” had no affect on Split functions. Unknown to users, only the UNSTITCH was affected.
- To show the previous behaviors we will use the default “Use System Attributes” setting.
- The SPLIT function results
- The results lost/changed some of their RGB face colors or set faces to the solid color.
- Similarly, the UNSTITCH lost RGB face colors
- New Enhanced Behavior
- This time we set the 2nd option “Use Entity Attributes”. Use this option if face colors are important to your workflow & process.
- SPLIT functions
- RGB Face colors maintained
- UNSTITCH results
- RGB Face colors maintained
New N Copy Option in Dynamic Move
Dynamic Move has added an integrated ability to create multiple copies of the selected entiti(es), either along a straight or through an angle.
Dynamic Move – Creating multiple linear copies
- Select the Dynamic Move icon
- Select the entities to copy
- Indicate base position
- Select the CopyN button
- Enter the amount of copies to create
- Select OK
- Select Linear button
- Select a handle and start dragging the entities to copy
- You can also enter exact values by selecting the appropriate handle and entering a value
- Select OK to create the copies
Dynamic Move – Creating multiple angular copies
- Select the Dynamic Move icon
- Select the entities to copy
- Indicate base position
- Select the CopyN button
- Enter the amount of copies to create
- Select OK
- Select Angular button
- Select first and second position for angular axes of rotation
- Select the angular rotation handle and start rotating the entities
- You can also enter exact values by selecting the appropriate handle and entering a value
- Select OK to create the copies