What's New in SolidMesh v4.4

Enhancements/ Additions:

  • The IGES reader and writer has been updated to better import and export 3rd party IGES files.
  • Picking has been changed for increased ease of use and functionality.  Additional Pick Limits All, Mesh, and Group have been added.  The ability to pick through a selected object has also been added.
  • Additional information is provided in the Message Window when an entity is selected:
    • Vertex/Point: Id and type
    • Curve: Id and type
    • Surface: Id, type, and group association
    • Group: Boundary condition and grid size information
  • Automated alignment of trimming loops.  An automated procedure to that automatically splits trim curves to create a topologically valid, water-tight geometry to within a specified tolerance.  The automated alignment feature is accessed by the ^w (Ctrl-w) hot-key since there is no button for this feature.  This functionality may require multiple Trim and Glue operations to be successful.  Note that this is Beta functionality.
  • New volume grid generation boundary condition, Transparent-Delete, added.  The boundary condition is similar to the Transparent boundary condition, except that the transparent surface is not retained in the volume grid.
  • The ability to specify a variable initial spacing distribution to a surface.  Color contours of the initial spacing distribution can be generated to check the distribution.  Currently this functionality is limited and applicable only to surface grids.
  • Color display added to show the color selected before it is applied.
  • Filename length increased to 1024 characters.
  • Expression evaluation added to the Multiply Point Spacing, y+, and Initial Normal Spacing text fields.

Bugs Fixed:

  • Problems with the Grid Visualization quality measures have been corrected.
  • Corrected problems when translating, mirroring, rotating, or scaling parametric curves.  A copy of the surface associated with each parametric curve was written to the IGES file resulting in multiple copies of the same surface.
  • Corrected problem with group names containing white space.
  • Corrected gui-related bug when inquiring about U2NCLE and Fluent flow solver boundary conditions.
  • Corrected problem with the cursor management when creating cutting planes.

Known Problems:

  • Trimming IGES-tagged periodic surfaces.
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