Feature Angle measure outputs the nominal value and variation of the angle between two features.

Thermal Scaling move is now available to scale rigid parts due to temperature change.

Generate Reports with Google Workspace: Added an option to export/import Notes or Generate a 3DCS Report using Google Sheets in addition to Microsoft Excel. (70123)

Monte Carlo Analaysis

•Added information about Normality for Monte Carlo analysis in 3DCS. (68637)

•The In-Spec mode in the Combination measure now uses a Unitless numbers, which correctly shows the USL/LSL in the Monte Carlo results, correcting a conversion issue when viewing results in inches. (68642)

Contributor Analysis

•Analysis Comparisons and Assumptions - Contributor Analysis: Prior versions of 3DCS assumed Normal distributions for all input circular tolerances (this includes the Position GD&T and Circular Tolerance primarily, but also any GD&T with a Diametrical Zone) in Geofactor Analysis. The new results are an improved prediction of performance and should more closely match any comparison to common practices used in 1D stacks to simulate non-normal distributions.

•The DCS Part Name will be shown in the Contributor Analysis Part list, when Alias Display DCS Name (#DN#) is set on. (70399)

•Fixed an issue in Contributor Analysis if Circular Tolerance with an Offset. The Contributor Analysis will list the Contribution Percentage in the correct order. (70030)

•Fixed a bug in Contributor Analysis that would ignore any Size Tolerance that could affect float when the Size was applied to a Feature Slot/Tab and the Slot/Tab was comprised of Feature Points on that Feature. (70296)

•Setting the Contributors to Per Feature setting will display the Bonus information next to the feature name. (37865)

GeoFactor

•Show Min-Max for GeoFactor Equation-Based Analysis Results will now take any size change in Holes/Pins into account for Bonus tolerance and Datum Shift. (69321)

•The thin bars used in the GeoFactor Analysis Results Window to show the WC Min and WC Max locations will now display as Green when inside the spec limits or Red when outside the spec limits. (70060).

•Changed the default statistics settings for EQ based Analysis Dialog to have Min Max and Range WC to be active.(69928)

•Geo Factor (former G Factor) values are changed/improved for various float distributions and their contribution is corrected. (64578)

GD&T

•Enhanced the GD&T to better interpret incomplete DRFs. Specifically, when a Diametrical Zone is selected but the DRF does not give enough information for a Diametrical Zone to be measured back to, then 3DCS will only vary the feature along the direction it can be measured to. (67411)

•Planes with a Perpendicularity back to a single Datum will now only Deviate in the one rotational DOF that is controlled by the Datum rather than Deviating from nominal with an Orientation zone as it used to. (67412)

•Using the Rate of Change (Unit Basis) option will correctly report the full range of variation. (70285)

•Updated Composite Profile with only 1 Feature in it to act as Orientation refinement (if DRF in FRTZF) or Form refinement (if No DRF in FRTZF). (68025)

•Enhanced Dimensioning Location to better handle Dimensions between coaxial features that are meant to control the radial thickness between the two features. (68997)

•Enhanced the displayed Current value in the Dimensioning Location dialog to take all Feature types into account and also take the Custom Directions into account. (69832)

•Enhanced the DRF selection in the lower frame of a Composite GD&T to only allow legal DRFs per the ASME Y14.5 standard. (69844)

•Added support for Coordinate Points when applying Rate of Change (Unit Basis) in GD&T. (70315)

•Added the capability to use Dimensioning Location to or from the ends of a Feature of Size rather than always using the Center Points as the origins of the deviation. (69359)

•Added the zone symbol (Diametrical or Linear) as well as the material modifier symbol (RFS, MMC, or LMC) to the lower frame of a Composite call-out. The lower frame will always have the same zone and material modifier as the upper frame. (70068)

•Added support for Symmetry GD&T to multiple surfaces. (69940)

•Correct the Bonus calculations for Position of Slots and Tabs.

•Fixed an issue that was shifting Features referencing Datums that were not perfectly perpendicular. (70774)

•Fixed a bug with Envelope On in ISO. (70806)

•Fixed an issue with Dimensioning Location when applying a chain of dimensions on holes and pins, which stopped calculating the chain after the first pair. (70206)

•Fixed an issue when applying GD&T with an offset. Nominal Build would not fix the GD&T correctly. Opening the GD&T and OK/Apply addressed the deviation. (70027)

•Fixed a bug that that prevented the GD&T Calculation Method from following the default setting in Preferences. (70709)

•Fixed a bug that hid the Offset option in the Options tab of certain GD&Ts that should support an offset. (69947)

•Fixed the issue on creating Composite GD&T on the second frame.(70384)

•Angular size GD&T for conical features of size is now available. (66559)

Dialogs

•Control Points of Dynamic Points will now recognize the link to their Dynamic Points in the Relationships Tree with respect to the color they are assigned.

•Added Pick Part functions to the Tree Linking wizard dialog, allowing users to select a part with a different name, replacing the existing part. (70401)

•Enhanced the Linear and Circular tolerances and the Multiple Directions option to show the directions of each Point by selecting in the Features field and the Direction list. (70441)

•Set Pp Value will be shown in the current Units, specified in the CAD Platform. (70453)

•Removed the Offset input field from the GD&T dialog for all planar Orientation tolerances. (69958)

•Removed the Offset input field from the GD&T dialog for Diametrical Position, Concentricity, Runout, and Total Runout. (69957)

•Made several adjustments to various dialogs (70291):

oRemoved the 'Feat Size' button;

orenamed 'Feat Name' to 'Rename';

oadjusted the location of the buttons for these dialog types: Six-Plane-like dialog Moves, all Tolerance dialogs; User-DLL Move and Measure dialogs.

•Removed the Clone function from the Six-Plane, Step-Plane, Three-Point, Two-Point moves, and from the Compliant move dialogs. (70224)

•Added Group All Features checkbox back into Size, Angle Size, and Size Torus Minor GD&T dialogs. (69891)

•Show Samples will show the current units defined in the current platform. (70359)

•Removed the Offset input field from the GD&T dialog in the Options tab for Diametrical Position, Concentricity, Runout, and Total Runout. (69957)

•Deleting a large number of entities will now only show 20 entities in the Delete Warning dialog. (70697)

•Fixed inconsistent dialog names and menus names through all platforms. (61679)

•The Worst Case DLL dialog will detail the file extension to better describe where to edit the file name and folders to the file path, similar to other dialog file path fields. (65998)

•Fixed an issue where relinking the existing features will not delete the features anymore. (70191)

•Relationship Wizard will update the branched tree info when Refresh is clicked in the dialog. (70214)

•Fixed an issue where the Vector Type in values will now gets automatically unitize on hitting Apply. (70470)

•Fixed an issue where the Run Analysis dialog can be resized now.(70530)

•Dynamic point now has units when creating an offset point. (70012)

•Fixed a crash with Spec Study Quick Viewer. (70724)

•Added two new options "Link By Exact Name" or "Link By Minimum Name" to the Tree link wizard dialog which helps to link the Parts more efficiently.

Moves

•Added support for non-perpendicular to plane 4way and 2way locators within the Feature Move. (69195)

•Fixed an issue where 3DCS was not detecting Floating in some move cases. (70603)

•Fixed a bug preventing the use of the Pick Dir Pts button in the Best Fit Move dialog. (70029)

•Added " Add Note" button to Best-Fit and Pattern-Fit dialogs. (70213)

•The Hard Constraint option is added to the Best-Fit Move. (62090)

•Changed the Default weight value in the Best Fit Move to 1. (70779)

•The Pattern-Fit part selection is now working as expected.(70420)

Measures

•Improved the way the Feature Angle Measure determines what range to use. In prior releases this was always -180° to 180° however this leads to a problem when you have two directions that are nominally opposed to each other. To solve this problem 3DCS will either use -180° to 180° or 0° to 360° depending on the nominal angle between the two directions. This decreases the likelihood of the previous problem occurring. (70614)

•The Dimensional Distance Measure results will show the distance value, regardless of directions and modes. (69561)

•Removed the Mechanical license warning when Feature Measure is selected from VA configuration. (70334)

•The Combination measure spec limits correctly shows the units depending on the measure selected. (70455)

•Upgraded the Enhanced Feature Measure to give more precise results.(70375)

Preferences

•Fixed an issue while settings are set to Range Control: Form tolerances will show the deviation in the correct direction. (70787)

•Datum shift will now always be on. If there are MMB or LMB modifiers on Datums in a DRF then the Datum shift will be applied in the analysis. (68343)

•New default value exists specifically to control Angle Size GD&T and Arc Tolerance range. It is now separate from the angle default value used for Rand#2 of the Circular Tolerance. Any GD&T with a Diametrical Zone will always have its Rand#2 value set to Uniform 360°. (69946)

•Automatic Backup will be disabled while 3DCS is running any analysis outputs or reports. (59472)

•Added Automatic Backup Interval Time to the software to automatically save the .wtx in the given time interval. This option will be active only if the Automatic Backup option is active  (67887)

•Changed the default distribution settings for Total Runout and Runout to be dependent on the feature type. I.e. Cylinders will default to RightSkew and faces will default to Normal. (69945)

•The Cylindrical Threshold default value is now set to 95 degrees. (Will only affect new models). (70097)

•Changed the Log Files and  Backup default delete time interval to 30 days(69918)

•Added Preference setting for which Application (Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets) should be used for Report Generation and Excel Read/Write.(70061)

•Renamed the Preference's Distribution Defaults to "Tolerance/ Distribution Defaults".(70749)

•Changed the default setting mode for "Enhanced Feature Measure" to be Deactive. Existing models saved with this setting Active will still have it active on reopening.(70802)

•The Preference setting is renamed from Spreadsheet Read/Write to External Application.(70826)

Model Navigator

•Improved capability for selection of Point Groups in the tree when selecting Features in MTM dialogs. (70612)

•Dragging and dropping a Dynamic Points, along with its associated points into another part, will correctly keep the Dynamic Point linked to the associated points. (70852)

•Enhanced various Branch Tree capabilities:

oUsing Find/Replace function will only search for Points and Features in the branched part or sub-assembly. (68580)

oWill only shown the current Branched part or sub-assembly features and points. (67178).

oAll the Analysis calculations will be done only for the branched tree information.

•Added a setting in the Model Navigator to hide the parts from the tree that does not have any data. (69982)

•Expand/Collapse command will now work for individual part selection.(54782)

•Tree selection highlight and Mouse hover highlight has been improved by giving unique highlight colors.(61164)

Display

•Fixed the Show Directions display in the 3DCS Tolerances dialog. This option will show the vector direction in the graphics. (69964)

•Selecting a MTM from tree will highlight the Point/Feature Group if the point or feature is within.(70141)

•Displayed Show Features (from any MTM dialog) will stay even when the tree items are mouse hovered.(70675)

Export/Import (View specific file changes here)

•Reading PCDB files with SemiColon and Period delimiters, will be able to read into 3DCS with a mix of settings (for example: SemiColon and Comma delimiter). (70437)

•Fixed an issue with reading different delimiter settings in different regions. Importing a PCDB file in other Regions will show the correct values from the PCDB file. (69672)

•Added columns in Excel Create to show the GD&T Datum Labels. (70053)

•Added the unit line (30 'Unit') when exporting a CMMDev file. (70969).

Report

•Fixed an issue when creating a Report in Excel, with the 'Show % in the Contributor list' option in the Analysis Options. The report will now show a correct Contributor Percentage value. Also fixed for Comma Delimiter. (70630)

•Creating a Report with only the Contributor Analysis active will show the Contributor Analysis under the Analysis Results tab. If measure results do not exist, the GeoFactor information will be displayed instead. (70707)

•Using the option to 'Show % in the Contributor list', the Excel Report will correctly show the value as a whole percentage. (70279)

•Fixed the regression where the selected statistics is not showing correctly in the word and ppt Analysis reports. (70091)

•The Statistics activated in the Analysis Window - Options are going to be shown as outputs in the DOE.csv file and in the dcsDoeViewer results.(69327) 

•The Analysis Summary page will now show the Histogram image correctly.(70502)

•All the Reports generated and Write/Read Excel can be done in Google Workspace.

•Fixed the issue of saving the Monte Carlo Analysis and Contributor Analysis as JPEG file correctly. The page result will automatically be reframed to take the image correctly.(69839)

•We fixed the Report showing the wrong number issue. The HTML Report numbers will now match with the Analysis Report. (71071)

Validate

•When selecting planar features in Total Runout and Circular Runout, the Relationship/GD&T Checker will not show them as warnings. (69798)

•The Relationship Wizard/GD&T Checker will remain opened to the specific item, remembering the expanded nodes, after selecting Refresh from the tree dialog. (70181)

•Added a Summary report for the Relationship/GD&T Checker, which lists GD&T and Surfaces with Errors and Warnings. (69129)

•Added Warnings for GD&T when apply Location, Orientation and Form but with each value being equal. (68239)

•Improved the Validation warning when Linear dimension is used on wrong features where Dimensioning location need to be used.(66937)

•Fixed a wrong Validation warning when Slot Feature is used in GD&T dialog.(65658)

•Removed the warning that shows during Nominal Build when a Fixed Sub asm Part is used in the main Assembly Move sequence.(70254)

•The message "point may be double toleranced"  is removed from the Validate dialog. (70079)

•An error message is added  if the Measure is incomplete if From or To Part is not selected and if a Part without any surfaces are used in the Collision Generator or Part Distance measure. The Run Log and Validate dialog will also show the error.(70458)

•Added Validation Error to catch if points are used in the Feature Distance Measure if the Enhanced Feature Measure setting is On.(70809)

User-DLL

•Removed the dcu_Tol_Wizard.dll, users can use the Relationship Wizard/GD&T Checker under Validate to check GD&T errors.

•Moved the RAW Tol Data to the SimuBiModal (WorstCase DLL) dialog. (69169)

•Reading a CMMDev file will always read the file with the buffer (setting is Value1 = 1). (69818)

•Removed dcu_gd&t_ms.dll. (69487)

•Removed the Joint Wizard DLL from the User-DLL list and files. (70037)

•Fixed the operation detection bug, when applied to a Equation Measure. (69923)

•Fixed a bug with dcsMvRollTranslatebyRandom DLL routine. (71064)

Save/Load

•Empty Parts with no dcs data will not be saved internally. this improves the performance speed for large models.

General

•When Extracting GD&T, the parts with PMI will be fully loaded. (70044).

•Fixed an issue by blocking CAD Point conversion from happening from other Dialogs. (61514)

•3DCS is now interfaced with NX2011 version. (70868)

Model Navigator

•Enhanced various Branch Tree capabilities:

oBranch Tree into a part or sub-assembly will hide the other Points and mesh from the graphics, if not listed in the Branched Tree nodes. (70217)

•NX users (after NX 11) will see the tree order update in the Model Navigator, after changing the structure in the NX Assembly Navigator. (69390)

•The Direction button in the Tolerance dialog will correctly display the direction on the Graphics.(70155)

•Branch Tree will hide the mesh and points for parts not listed, and will only display the mesh and points for the listed Parts. (70215)

•Fixed an issue when creating 3DCS Tolerances, after Updating Model, the tolerance will remain in the Model Navigator. (70444).

•Fixed an issue where doing a mouse hover an MTM will display its label in the graphics.(70371)

•Clicking Features from the CAD Parts will now highlight the feature in the Model Navigator. (68918)

Alias Display

•If applying a Prefix/Suffix in the Mirror command, the text will be applied to the DCS Part Name in the Edit Part dialog.  (70607)

•Alias Display will now default #DN# as the Custom Part name display. (68827)

Excel Import/Export

•Added option to export/import to Google Sheets along with Microsoft Excel.(70123)

Report

•Fixed a Report Generation crash in NX (69535)

General

•Added Reset Label Position to the right-click menu for labels. (69690)

•The Units displayed in the current tab will not be changed when current button is clicked. (70165)

•Updated all the Dialogs with better interface.

•Added Animation button in the Feature Move Dialog. (70511)

•The labels will no more come back when pan, zoom is done while sweep. (70512)

•Improved the visualize effect speed. Now when the user do visualize effect the labels go hidden which in turn improved the speed. (67769)

•Fixed an issue with Spec Study Influence Sphere to reset correctly.(70694)

•Fixed a graphic issue where the points getting displayed as white dots even before doing Update Model.(70907)

•Added the Extract Moves button to the 3DCS Menu.(71087)

Dialog

•Added Animation button in the Feature Move Dialog.(70511)

•Made the enhancement in CATIA V5 Extract Move's selection dialog text to say "Select an assembly to extract Moves" (70528)

Model Navigator

•Parts hidden with Hide/Show Parts (Mesh and Points) will correctly set the parts as hidden. Models saved after 7.9.0.0 will only show the Hide/Show Points/Features as one color in Model Navigator. (70971)

•Fixed a crash when changing a Six Plane move to a User-DLL move. (70653)

•Fixed an issue with a move in a Group and Copying the move into the Group. (70653)

•Removed Copy Part Function from the Tree right-click menu.(70273)

•Branch Tree will hide all other points and Mesh and will only show the Branched Part's Points and Mesh.(67862)

•Branch Tree will only show the branched CAD Part in the Graphics. (70216)

Alias Display

•If applying a Prefix/Suffix in the Mirror command, the text will be applied to the DCS Part Name in the Edit Part dialog.  (70607)

•Alias Display will now default #DN# as the Custom Part name display. (68827)

Display

•The settings for Arrow and Label zoom effects are the same. (70469)

GD&T

•Fixed the Issue, The GD&T DRFs will no more get deleted on extracting GD&T Measure. (70647)