Overview

Drawing from feedback received by our clients over the duration of Version 3, we have made major changes to Version 4 to provide more shapes, more options within the shapes and more additional features to make your job easier.

‘Ease of use’ is our guiding principle. In Version 4 we believe we have been able to provide many additional features while maintaining the program’s original simplicity for the basic user.

More shapes

In addition to Pipe to Pipe and Pipe to Cone, branches now include Cone to Cone, Cone to Oblique Cone, Cone to Pipe, Pipe to Oblique Cone, Rectangle to Cone, and many more.

Multiple branches, with up to four pipes converging on a common intersection point.

Rectangular Ducting (reducers, branches, Y’s, T’s).

More Transitional shapes and more options for each of them.

More Segmented Bend options.

Vessel End Caps (hemispherical, torispherical, semi elliptical).

New Category Menu

Shapes are more logically arranged and easier to find.

Provides a better foundation for continuing expansion of the system.

Material Thickness

The Thickness and Inside/Outside/Mean settings now more conveniently located.

Bend Angles

New option now prints the angle between two faces along the press line.

Improved Manual Dimensioning

New horizontal, vertical and offset dimensions.

Improved Auto Dimensioning

True lengths with separate Step-off dimensions around the top and base.

Now includes Bend Angles.

Router depth for the plastics industry.

Individual Auto Dimensions may now be deleted or modified for a more readable drawing.

Improved Printing

A Print Preview window now shows you exactly what you will get on the paper.

Improved Viewing

Dynamic Pan and Zoom.

Dynamically rotate the 3D model in real time.

Improved Lap Join Settings

Easier to use.

More accurate than previous versions.

Move and Rotate

Move individual patterns in compound shapes for more efficient use of material.

Pattern Identification

Patterns may now be automatically stamped with the date, time, item number and project number if required.

Area and Mass Calculation

Automatically calculate the rectangular area and mass.

Automatically calculate the true area and mass of the cut shape.

Material Cost

Speed up quoting by automatically calculating the cost of material.

Includes a database that you can easily maintain with current material prices.

Improved communication with AutoCAD

Dimensions and text now transfer as native AutoCAD objects.

The 3D wire-frame model may be transferred to AutoCAD.

The views of the model may now be transferred as 2D views.

The above features also apply to AutoCAD LT via the ‘Export DXF’ process.

‘Send to AutoCAD’ now supports AutoCAD 2000 to 2007 (not AutoCAD LT)

The ‘Export DXF’ method may be used with AutoCAD LT (all versions) AutoCAD 12 to AutoCAD 2007, IntelliCAD and many other CAD programs.

USB Hardware Lock (or “Dongle”) license protection

The Hardware Lock is a small electronic device that fits into a USB port. It means that you can move the software to another computer without needing to call for a new code.

A temporary authorization code can be issued to enable you to begin work immediately while waiting for the dongle to arrive.