What's New in STHENO/PRO Version 3.0?
Version 3.0 of STHENO/PRO is packed with a large number of customer requested improvements and enhancements required for large-scale implementations. Below are some of the main highlights:
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Full TrueType/Operating System Font and Unicode
(Multi-language) Support
STHENO/PRO allows designers to use any scalable operating system font on all supported platforms, with Administrator control over allowable fonts. The new font support is fully integrated with CADConvert™, meaning that STHENO/PRO will display any TrueType fonts it recognises in imported third party drawings, or their nearest equivalent. The Unicode standard (with nearly 100,000 characters currently encoded) brings extensive multi-language and third party systems support. Users can now cut and paste text from their Web browser, easily exchange data with other systems, and print with QtPlot.
Design Objects Further Extended for Top-Down and Bottom-Up Design
STHENO/PRO’s Design Objects functionality (a powerful tool that turns 2D geometry into intelligent objects) has been further extended for easy top-down and bottom-up design. In a top-down scenario, users can now instance a component or assembly and turn it into a new definition; and in bottom-up design, select a component, assembly, definition or instance and replace it with a new instance, adding design speed and flexibility.
New Parts Balloon Tool and Parts List Table
STHENO/PRO version 3.0 allows users to define their own parts balloon input fields
and styles, as complex as desired. The Parts Balloon Properties Dialog now allows
users to select custom symbols, and default balloon templates can be created from
individual balloons. Parts tables are automatically formatted from defaults, with the option to add individual table styles. New sorting options are also available.
Improved 2D Text Handling and Grid Handling
In response to customer requests for text handling enhancements, the auto-edit function on text selection has been removed. This now requires a double-click. In addition, the dashboard now displays text case formatting options (Sentence case, UPPER CASE, lower case etc.) Grid handling now offers even more control, better on-sheet graphics, and colour control.
Enhancements to Segment Dragging and Gap Processing
The latest version introduces a new option to drag a radius (tangent point or centre point) and includes a tangent point/centre point arc switching tool. Dimension gap processing has also been further extended.
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SMART Edit™ Gets Even Smarter!
CAD Schroer’s own “parametrics on demand” technology, which allows users to quickly edit geometry associatively without spending time creating constraints, now has even better support for non-orthogonal geometry, allowing designers to work with geometry not aligned with major axes. Version 3.0 also introduces associative circle placement and editing - allowing designers to make quick adjustments to geometry evenly aligned around a pitch circle diameter (PCD) -, as well as symmetrical dimensioning (dimension and centre line symmetry is now recognised automatically).
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STHENO/PARTS® Search and Replace Enhancements
The STHENO/PARTS standard CAD parts library now allows users to identify and replace parts on the sheet.
STHENO/LINK® Support for Windchill PDMLink™ and Pro/INTRALINK® 8.x
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Try STHENO/PRO ADVANCED with STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ Free for 30 Days
Users can now download a free trial version of STHENO/PRO ADVANCED from CAD Schroer’s Website. This is the most comprehensive STHENO/PRO package, including SMART Edit, Drilling Tables, Tolerance Tables, Symbol Libraries for 50 DIN/EN/ISO standards, and much more besides. In addition, this fully functional trial version includes the versatile STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ module for incorporating legacy data in raster format, and colour images, into your designs. STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ supports over 90 different file formats.
Free Download for STHENO/PRO Customers: Windows® Explorer Thumbnail Sheet Preview Tool
Windows Explorer’s popular thumbnail preview functionality is now available for STHENO/PRO drawings! The FREE software you need to take advantage of this feature is available for download on the CSG website.
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