New ribbon interface

The menu and toolbar options have been replaced with a customizable ribbon, containing new button types, with redesigned icons and extended tooltips. This gives PowerShape a clear visual layout, improved usability, and provides consistency with other Autodesk products.

In addition, a Quick Access toolbar displayed above the ribbon enables you to quickly perform standard functions such as Save and Undo without using the ribbon:

Tabs

Select a tab to make it active and display the buttons on that tab:

• File — displays the Backstage view.
• Home — use basic commands such as Delete, Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste. You can also use object selection and conversion options, and access Macros, Parameters and Add-Ins.
• Workplane — create Workplane and Point objects, and add objects to workplane groups.
• Wireframe — create Line, Arc, Curve, and other wireframe objects, and Sketch items using constraints.
• Solid — create primitive Solid objects and Solid Features.
• Surface — create primitive Surface objects, use the Smart Surfacer, and access manufacturing options.
• Assembly — create Components, add them to Assemblies, and manage Power Features.
• Edit — use basic transformations such as Move, Rotate, Scale and Offset. You can also Align, Limit, Project and Morph objects.
• Wizard — use Toolmaker functions to split parts and create molds. You can also create electrodes, activate scanning and probing devices, and perform grading operations.
• Visualisation — use shading, model analysis and comparison options to inspect models. You can also specify the format of selected objects.
• Annotation — create text, balloon, and symbol objects. You can also create dimensions and schedules (tables), and specify hatch patterns.
• Draft — create drawings of geometry and model views.
• View — specify the view and appearance of the model in the graphics window. You can also control the view using the cut-down version of the Views toolbar, which is still displayed to the right of the graphics window.
• Manage — displays object-specific editing options when that object type is selected. For example, if a solid object is selected, the Solid Tools Manage tab is displayed. This tab contains options such as solid-face selection and modification, and the Solid Doctor.

The table below summarizes the reorganization of the menu options from PowerShape 2017 to the ribbon tabs in 2018:

Note: In cases where a menu option has been moved to a tab location that is different to the other options from the same menu, the new location is specified as a note in the table.

PowerShape 2017 menu	PowerShape 2018 ribbon tab
File menu	File tab Note: Open Drawing — Draft tab > Drawing panel
Edit menu	Home tab Edit tab Item-specific tabs (Workplane tab, Manage tabs (Curve, Mesh, Surface, Solid tools)
View menu	View tab Note: ViewCube options — ViewCube context menu Colour Scheme and Appearance options — File > Options
Object menu	Object creation options are located on object-specific tabs. For example, all solid object creation options are now on the Solid tab. Mesh and Cloud options are located on the Mesh/Cloud Tools (Manage) tabs, which are displayed when a mesh or cloud is selected. Annotation tab — Text, Balloon, Dimension, Symbol, Hatching and Schedule objects Wizard tab — Electrode, Devices, Molds, Part Splitting and Simulation wizards Draft tab — Drawing options
Format menu	Visualisation tab > Format panel Note: Levels option — buttons on the Levels toolbar
Tools menu	Surface Tools (Manage) tab — Model Fixing options Visualisation tab — Model Analysis options, Find Duplicates, and Display Open Edges in Solids Wizard tab — Devices options Note: Smart Surfacer — Surface tab Solids from Surfaces — Solid tab Calculator — button on Status bar Model properties, File Doctor & Compress Model — File > Info Selection information & Autodesk A360 option — Home tab Customise & Options — File > Options
Macro menu	Home tab > Macro panel
Module menu	Home tab — PowerMill module and Add-Ins Wizard tab — Electrode, Toolmaker and Grading modules Draft tab — Drafting
Window menu	View tab > Window panel — New, Cascade, Tile Vertically, Tile Horizontally Draft tab > Drawing panel — Notes
Help menu	Help button (top-right of PowerShape screen)