Feature Productivity and Usability Enhancements
The number of property panel based commands is increasing. As they are added, information about property panels and some of their controls is updated. To learn about Property panels see About Property Panels. To learn more about presets, used in property panels to populate the fields, see To Work with Presets.
The following commands now make use of property panels:
- Extrude
When using the taper option with adjacent regions, the operation merges the faces to create a single, unified result.
To learn more about working with Extrude see To Create Extruded Features.
- Revolve
To learn more about working with Revolve see To Create Revolved Features.
- Sweep
In addition to the property panel, the Sweep command now supports sweeping a solid.
To learn more see To Create Sweeps.
Loop and Region Detection
Identifying and selecting loops and regions is significantly enhanced. As you hover or move the cursor over sketch loops or enclosed regions they highlight. This behavior applies to sketch blocks as well. As in previous releases, use Ctrl+click to add or remove items from the selection set. The cursor and status bar notification update to show the action that will happen as you hover over loops or regions.