What's New in Factory 2021

Learn about new features in this release of Factory. For technical details, see the release notes.

Inventor Dark Theme

Inventor's Dark theme (pre-release) features a dark blue user interface with a complementary Color Scheme.

Enforcing "color-controlled" connections

Create a color-assigned connector Asset. Factory now only allows the same color connectors to connect in Inventor and AutoCAD. A green color is a universal color for connector, which means it will connect to any other color connector, and any other color connector can be connected to a green one. (Parameter propagation still works through connections).

Reset Connector Color

In order to restore a connector to universal green color, you don't have to go back inside the color selection dialog to pick the correct green color. Instead, you can reset it to the default color in the context menu.

Import Asset Properties

The Import Properties command imports spreadsheets with asset properties, previously exported from a layout through the Export Properties command, to load back into a layout and apply to the current assets.