IronCAD Mechanical V. 2023.05

Steels

Added in Angular Steels the choice of cutting side.

Steels

Improved speed in positioning in large assemblies.

Holes

Added the feature of coloring threaded holes.

Added the option to disable automatic update of the hole name.

Holes - Colors

Adding a dialog box for managing and reordering settings.

Holes - Settings

Assembly Fasteners

The choice of having the threaded end instead of the bolt and placing the nut as the first component was added.

Assembly Fasteners

Gears and Belts

Improved tool and calculation of belt measurements.

Gears and Belts

ProDrill

Addition of the “+” flag that, if present in the name of a HWDrill, also cuts the parts that should not be cut (i.e., that the part name begins or ends with an underscore “_”).

ProDrill

Face to DXF- Export Unfolded

Improved the tool in terms of stability and speed. The sheetmetal thickness is reported in DXF with the unit name set in the scene.

  • Added the option to set the FileName using the SheetMetal material code.
  • Added option to manage the export of threaded ICMechanical holes.
  • Added the option to report in the DXF the Bounding Box of the face.
  • Added option to export developed sheetmetal info:
    • Area, Bound Area, External and Internal Perimeter, Bend info
    • In the Face to DXF tool, this information is exported only if the face is from a developed sheetmetal.
  • Added the option to also export a PDF.

Face to DXF - Export Unfolded

Improved the dialog box for saving unlinked elements. Added dialog box for Find/Replace text and filling in the grid using formulas (to generate new Names and PartNumber).

External Link Manager

Detect Holes

New tool to detect and convert holes to editable Intellishape holes.

Detect Holes

Library Data Manager

Adding the PartNumber field to the setting of pipe data files.

Library Data Manager

Added ability to paste fields from Excel; only one column can be pasted at a time. (If multiple columns are selected in Excel, the action is not performed).

Library Data Manager - Copy columns

Export 3D Elements

Improved command, whit the addition of the option to overwrite the file if it is already there.

Export 3D Elements

IPROPrint

Added option for DWG/DXF, to print Model or Paper Space. Furthermore, added option to print Black&White the selected drawings.

IPROPrint

IPROExport2D

For PDF files, added to export in Black&White format. Added option to exporting Zero-Width Lines for all the formats.

IPROExport2D

ProActiveManager

ProActiveManager

The PRO-Active Manager tool has been enhanced and improved with new functions; improved import and export function of settings.

Shell Steels Surface

The option for surface calculation processes “hollow” Steels, so that the inner surface is not calculated. In addition, the unit of measurement can be defined in the option box of BOMConfig.

Shell Steels Surface

Length of Sweep Pipes

The sweep calculation option now also calculates pipe lengths. So now it is possible to have a BOM containing the lengths of pipes and bends. A BOM Configuration, named Pipes_Config.dat is included in the setup.

Length of Sweep Pipes

Add to Custom Data

Improved the handling of the flag. This flag, if present in the BOM options, allows the field itself to be transferred within a CustomData. This is useful for all those fields such as weight, volume or expressions defined in the BOM grid.

Add to Custom Data

Export BOM Formulas to Excel

Added option to export formulas in the BOM configuration as formulas in Excel cells.

Export BOM Formulas to Excel

Management of Price

Added the ability to manage the prices related to elements and display them in the PROActiveBOM. All the prices and the and calculation rules are store in the file IPROBOMPriceList.xlsx, which is filed in the ..\Prefs\ folder of IC-Mechanical.

Management of Price

BOM by Category

Added the option to create BOMs divided by category.

BOM by Category