Frame Generator Enhancements

Numerous productivity enhancements were made, including file naming, new category filter, editing capabilities, and more.

Property panels

The following commands in the Design tab Frame panel are now property panels which offer more streamlined workflows.

• Insert Frame

  For more information, see To Create Basic Structural Frames.

• Change

  For more information, see Modify base frame members.

• Corner Joint
  Note: Trim To Frame is renamed Corner Joint to make the results of the operation match the command name.
• Trim/Extend To Face

  For more information, see To Modify or Apply End Treatments to Frames.

• Reuse
• Change Reuse

  For more information, see Reuse and Change Reuse.

• Frame Member Info

  For more information, see Frame Member Info.

New Appearance Setting

The Apply Appearance to Part option is added to the Advanced Settings Menu for Insert, Change, Reuse, and Change Reuse. Enable the new option to make the frame parts the same color as the assembly. Previously frame parts did not use the assembly Appearance color.

Reuse Enhancement

Previously, selecting a member to reuse required you to select the original. In this release, you can select a reused member to select the source.

New Zoom and View Controls

There are three new display controls in the property panel that set the zoom and view orientation.

• Sets the view perpendicular to the frame manipulators.
• Zooms to the frame manipulators.
• Returns the display to the initial view.

Notch Command

The Notch command adds two more custom profiles; Custom C template and Custom T template.

For more information, see To Modify or Apply End Treatments to Frames.

Insert and Change

The Categories drop-list adds Refresh Categories which rebuilds the list to include custom read/write library entries.

The Insert command now previews the member shape and displays an origin glyph when you highlight sketch geometry. If you move your cursor along the placement sketch, you can change the location of the origin and the profile orientation before you click.

For more information, see To Create Basic Structural Frames.

For more information, see Modify base frame members.

Trim and Extend to Curve

The Trim/Extend command now supports selecting a curved face to define the Tool.

Note: The Trim/Extend result is straight.

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For more information, see To Modify or Apply End Treatments to Frames.

File Naming Defaults Enhancements

The Application Options File tab File Naming Defaults dialog box is enhanced with new features and updated to increase productivity.

The following enhancements are added to the Frame Generator tab:

• The appearance of the dialog box is modernized.
• To improve navigation, the content is arranged to display as a browser structure.
• Content is rearranged to accommodate more functionality.
• The Add Attributes section is replaced with the button and is accessed as shown in the following image:

  

• A drop-down list of the default BOM structure of assemblies is added.
• Assembly Path, Workspace, and User Path are added to the file Location options.
• A checkbox is added to provide default units control. Clear the Use assembly units checkbox to use the template units, check the box to use the assembly units.

  

For more information, see To Customize Frame Generator File Names and Folder Structure.