Altair Inspire Studio 2020
Inspire Studio version 2020 includes the following new features and enhancements.
- New Drawing environment
- New Design Table
- New Rebuild Surface tool
- New Rebuild Curve tool
- New Face Round tool
- New Rounded Polyline tool
- Updates to Sketching:
- Sketch objects: Made the visualization thinner to distinguish them from curves.
- Polyline:
- The angle parameter is now relative to the previous segment instead of the x-axis.
- If the first point is snapped to an existing end point, the yellow reference lines for snapping perpendicular/parallel/tangent are visible.
- Line: Revised to provide the same functionalities as the Polyline
tool.
- It is now possible to set the angle in addition to the length.
- If the length or angle is entered, it stays locked until the second point is picked (or is unlocked with Alt).
- If the first point is snapped to an existing end point, the yellow reference lines for snapping perpendicular/parallel/tangent are visible.
- The yellow reference lines can be made relative to another sketch curve, by hovering the mouse over it.
- Splines: Made the handles for inserting spline points transparent, as on NURBS Curve and Blend Curve.
- New shape parameters/automation
- New PolyNURBS Fit tool
- New PolyNURBS Simplify tool
- PolyNURBS border edges now respect the edges and corners
- Added Ctrl and Shift options to control PolyNURBS edge extrusion
- Improved Cage morphing tool
- Improved construction history robustness
- Added support for Trimesh
- Added Python scripting
- Updated I/O libraries
- Added drag & drop in the Model Browser
- Improved construction history recalculation while in isolate mode
- Added option to show only broken objects in the Browser
- Added file drag/drop support
- Added option for Block Groups and Unblock Groups
- Improved management of groups
- Rendering now starts in Real-time rendering once scene is loaded
- Added option for both Fast and Accurate Real-time rendering
- Various bug fixes and improvements