SpaceClaim 2011 Release Notes

SpaceClaim 2011 Release Notes
When the grid is displayed, mouse over or click a grid label to display the handles, and then drag the
handles to expand or shrink the grid dynamically, as shown in the following figure.
Symbols
You can now copy and paste inserted symbols within the same drawing sheet.
When you enter a value in any symbol’s Rotation property, it now rotates counterclockwise.
When inserting a symbol, you can now attach it to a geometry reference and set
the orientation of the symbol in relation to that reference. When creating the
symbol with the Create Symbol tool, a small origin handle appears, as shown on
the right. Move this origin handle to set the origin of the symbol. Then, select one
or more of the following new tool options:
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Allow attaching placements to geometry to attach the origin point of the symbol to 3D edges and
curves. You must select this option to create an attachable symbol.
Orient placements normal to geometry to orient the symbol perpendicular to the selected curve
or face.
Maintain an upward orientation for placements to automatically position a symbol oriented
normal to geometry so that it is never upside down. This option is useful for annotation symbols,
such as surface finishes, that should be perpendicular to their reference geometry and also right
side up relative to the reading direction of the model.
Click to attach the symbol to the highlighted geometry. The symbol will move with that geometry as it
changes. To flip the attached symbol to the opposite side of the selected geometry, set the Flipped
attachment property to True.
Examples of attached symbols are shown below.
Symbols attached
to geometry using
new options
Same symbols with
Flipped Attachment
property set to True
Same symbols
moving with changed
geometry
Attaching symbols to
the intersection of
two curves
You can now box-select section curves of a solid when creating a symbol in sketch mode.
When editing a symbol, hovering over a sketch curve with your cursor/origin only finds intersections along
the highlighted sketch curve. Previously, hovering over a sketch curve with your cursor/origin would find
all intersections between all curves, making symbol-editing significantly slower.
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