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MDT Translator Improvements
Improved translation of MDT DWG™ files into Inventor
drawing files including:
• Option to convert all Autodesk
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Mechanical annota-
tion drawing symbols to Inventor sketch symbols
• Option to map Autodesk Mechanical datum IDs,
FCF, and surface texture symbols to native Inventor
symbols
• Thread representation improved by replacing thread
representations with Inventor thread feature edges
• Enhanced feature pattern and drawing dimension
translation
iFeature Enhancements
• Easily create a table-driven iFeature from a table-
driven iPart
• Flip Surface Normal upon iFeature Insertion
• Key 1 values in the iFeature may be displayed in the
browser
• Use a table-driven iFeature in table-driven iPart in a
table-driven iAssembly
• Extract iFeature custom properties in the custom
properties tab of the part file
• Create an iFeature from a table driven iPart
Improved Measure Command
With the enhanced Measure command, you can now
preselect entities before you start the command� If the
selection set is compatible with the specified measure
tool, the results display� If the selection set is not
compatible with the requested measure command, the
selection set is cleared� For example, if three part edges
are selected before you choose to measure distance,
the selection set is cleared� If one object is selected and
it is compatible with the requested measure tool, the
selection is retained�
In assemblies, the default selection filter for the
measure distance command is now set to Select Faces
and Edges to support the most common workflows�
The selection filter is persistent� If the filter is changed,
that filter is active for the rest of the session unless a
new filter is selected� A preselected set uses a different
filter� A new session uses the filter defaults�
Other Enhancements
• Balloon snap and alignment in 15-degree increments
during creation reduces the need to realign balloons
after placement
• Projecting geometry in a drawing to a sketch associ
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ated with the view now matches the part modeling
workflow�
• Dimension selection filter
• Refresh model properties copied to drawing proper
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ties
• Open drawings from the part/assembly browser
• Option to set insertion point to view center or model
origin for DWG view blocks
• Insert option for placing a view block in DWG model
space
• Recover centerlines
• Dimensioning to spline end points and min/max
points
• Attach text to leadered annotations
• Insertion of view block definitions into Autodesk
Inventor DWG model space is now allowed
• Ability to define view block insertion point as model
origin rather than view center
Technical What’s New
