Power Surfacing 9.0 beta update - June 18, 2024
- Update of Power Surfacing 9.0 to fix issues with Power Shell (like the spikes).
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Power Surfacing 9.0 beta update - February 29, 2024
- Update of Power Surfacing 9.0 to fix issue when loading Power Surfacing dynamically (clicking the check box in Tools->Addins).
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Power Surfacing 9.0 beta update - February 19, 2024
- Important update of Power Surfacing 9.0 to fix issue where some deleted features come back to replace the correct feature.
- Added default value for creating Power Body instead of Power Feature.
Power Surfacing 9.0 beta update - February 6, 2024
- Important update of Power Surfacing 9.0 to fix Power Features that become uneditable.
- Fixed Power Shell cases that fail.
Power Surfacing 9.0 beta - December 26, 2023
- Initial beta release of Power Surfacing for SolidWorks 2024.
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - September 25, 2023
- Fixed very important issue where Power Features sometimes became uneditable
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - September 12, 2023
- Fixed issues with demo version not working correctly
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - May 11, 2023
- Fixed issues with the To Face constraint command
- Fixed Wrap command
- Fixed some issues with Mirror (with Crease)
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - March 20, 2023
- Fixed issue where some Power Features became uneditable.
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - February 23, 2023
- Fixed issue importing sketches
Power Surfacing 8.0 patch update - February 17, 2023
- Fixed issue where the left hand side menu panel for Power Surfacing was getting lost
Power Surfacing 8.0 release - February 12, 2023
- Release with support for SW 2023
Power Surfacing 7.0 patch update - August 16, 2022
- Fixed reported issues with Power Shell / Power Thicken
Power Surfacing 7.0 patch update - May 17, 2022
- Added constrain by sketch functionality
Improved vanishing edges
- Improvements to Power Shell / Power Thicken
Power Surfacing 7.0 release - November 29, 2021
- Improve Power Shell / Power Thicken updating (so it doesn't update all the time)
Added Circular Allignment
- Improve transition from crease to non-crease
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Power Surfacing 6.1 patch update - October 26, 2021
- Fixed Unify Mirror issues
Fixed Shell / Thicken issues
- Fixed some model edit issues
Power Surfacing 6.1 patch update - September 23, 2021
- Fixed Model corruption issues (when switching between parts, it would lose access to the correct PS part - the result is that the PS geometry was getting lost)
Fixed Shell issues (some cases where it wasn't doing the Boolean or making solids)
Power Surfacing 6.1 patch update - May 26, 2021
- Fixed Mirror issues (continuity, Mirrors where geometry is not on Mirror plane)
Fixed Shell issues (bumps & some cases where it wasn't making solids)
Power Surfacing 6.1 patch update - April 25, 2021
- Fixed Mirror issues
Fixed Edge creasing issues and enhanced the Crease functionality
- Fix to prevent losing editing of Power Features
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Power Surfacing 6.1 patch update - February 11, 2021
- Fixed OBJ import of some scanned meshes (binary)
Fixed insert Edges command when working on an open surface
- Fixes for Power Shell
- Fixed conversion of Power Bodies with Mirror
- Fixes for model updates (from previous versions)
- Fixed graphics abnormalities
- Fixed Gizmo issue in certain orientations (missing some controls)
- Fixed updating issues
Power Surfacing 6.1 - September 10, 2020
- See new features video
1) Precise conversion
2) Measurement (and accurate dimensioning)
3) 4 Sided Mirror - Selection on either side
4) New mirror algorithm - fixed creasing issues
5) Precise Conversion for standard sub-d meshes - faster, lighter, and more accurate
relative to Limit Surface of Sub-D.
6) Phong Shading with lots of lights
7) HDRI based lighting model
8) New Quad Wrap (also automatically finds and closes most open edges)
9) Shrink Wrap checks for Self Intersections
- 10) Mesh Smooth (new global command)
- 11) Mesh Offset (new command)
- 12) Enhanced Quad Fill
- 13) Lighter weight converted models
- 14) Faster conversions
- 15) New Power Shell command
- 16) New Power Thicken command
17) Import point clouds (OBJ)
- 18) Menu reset / fix command (for fixing the toolbars automatically)
- 19) New Spin Quad command
Power Surfacing 5.1.14 - October 16, 2019
- Fixed STL, OBJ import of some scanned meshes
Fixed an issue where Quad Wrap did nothing (caused by directory paths with odd / language specific characters)
Power Surfacing 5.1.10 - July 15, 2019
- Fixed Isolate Self Intersections problem
Power Surfacing 5.1.9 - July 12, 2019
- Fixed some very important crashing graphics bugs
- Merging of 2 vertices fixed
- Display of UI running on monitors with high resolution (4K) issues fixed
- Fixed Quad Fill slow down
- Other bug fixes
Power Surfacing 5.1.4 - June 20, 2019
- Fixed some issues importing OBJ / STL files
- Fixed issue where UI tabs would get lost and have to be restored
- Fixed the issue with the error message "cannot edit multiple power surface objects at one time"
- Fixed Bridge command (was creating some zero length edges sometimes)
- Other bug fixes
Power Surfacing 5.1 - December 26, 2018
- Improved update when reference surfaces change
- Lighter weight surfaces and faster conversions
- Assemblies with constraints - fixed issues
- Option dialog - added option to not auto update Power Feature
- Save selection rotation center point for more convenient UI interaction
- Speed up of reference selection & fixed the issue with not highlighting in yellow on some selections
- Added ability to constrain hole (on inside) of thin shell
- Updated / improved Shrink Wrap tool
- Fixed issues with lost access to parts / features
Power Surfacing 5.03 - August 1, 2018
- Fixed negative direction ("-" key) for create solid from sketch / extrusion
- Wrap command - added new option ot create solid box (see Topology Optimization video tutorial)
- Fixed hang on regeneration during file open
- Fixed issue with red "X" check mark losing the mesh on Exit
- Fixed jumping vertex during constraint editing
- Fixed Boundary coloring display
Power Surfacing 5.01 - July 24, 2018
- Fixed conversion issue (crease edge with valence 5+ vertex not converting to a closed solid)
- Fixed issue - Some legacy files don't upgrade
- Updated license dialog for clarity
- Added "Update Shrink Wrap" tool (significant work flow improvement)
Power Surfacing 5.0 - May 4, 2018 (beta 5 - June 12, 2018)
- Advanced automated Quad Wrap tool that follows object curvature / geometry
- Tools to support automatic Quad Wrap
- Constrain to 2D & 3D sketches
- Improved Assembly support
- Fixed model update issue
- Fixed SolidWorks resource issue (when it pops up the message saying resources are low)
- Fixed installer issue with SW 2017 & SW 2018 on same machine
- Improved Network Licensing and license transfer
- beta 3 (May 22, 2018) - Mirror now converts tangent
- beta 3 - Fixed disappearing vertices problem
- beta 3 - Fixed graphics issues with disappearing faces and parts on file open
- beta 5 - Fixed issues converting models with constraints
- beta 5 - Mirror tangency fix
- beta 5 - Fixed crash with saving models with Shrink Wrap
- beta 5 - Shrink Wrap Level of Detail + SubDivision options now fixed
- beta 5 - Fast Import of references when many are present
- beta 5 - File locking issue fixed
- beta 5 - Network license fix (with new network licensing)
Power Surfacing 4.2.6 - January 8, 2018
- Bug fix for converting some models to SW geometry
- Fixed error constraining to weldments
Power Surfacing 4.2.4 - December 28, 2017
- Bug fix for converting some version 2.4 models to 4.2
- Fixed errors in mesh editing
- Bug fix with gizmo
Power Surfacing 4.2 - September 28, 2017
- Support for SolidWorks 2018
- New tools in menu for aligning and placing reference meshes (align to X, Y, Z and -X, -Y, -Z; Move to origin)
- Align to SolidWorks plane and Move to a SolidWorks plane are fixed for reference mesh
- Flip Faces is now Flip All Faces and Flip Selected Faces for improved control
- Draw Edges and Insert Edges now orbit around the last selected
- Shrink Wrap now works better with hard edges (100% creased edges). They won't move when doing Shrink Wrap
- Shrink Wrap and constraints now work well together
- Fixed bug in scaling / rotating points in SubD display mode
- Add To Mesh (adding to reference mesh) now produces correctly oriented meshes
Power Surfacing 4.1.8 - August 17, 2017
- Fixed conversions of models with constraints (not going to correct positions)
- Fixed boundaries on planar faces
- Added support for space bar UI to allow for user to rotate view in the middle of selection (without losing selection)
- Fixed issues with offset constraints when using thicken (on the offset surface)
Power Surfacing 4.1.7 - July 27, 2017
- Create from sketch fix
- Fixed issue returning to edit mode
- Added ability to use a plane for mirroring (if no object is selected)
- Deleting unwanted SubDs didn't always cleanup perfectly before (now fixed)
Power Surfacing 4.1.6 - July 21, 2017
- Fixed file corruption with some assembly models
- Force planar faces to be planar
- Display dimension values
- Fix undo / backspace key (Ctrl Z)
- Conversion of symmetry always will create symmetric results now
- Fixed problem with conversion of symmetry with constraints
Power Surfacing 4.1.3 - June 27, 2017
- Fixed a problem with migrating old (2.4, 3.0) models into 4.1 if those models have mirror planes
- Improved general migration of old models
Power Surfacing 4.1.2 - June 19, 2017
- Fixed a problem with Save All with multiple parts open simultaneously
- Insert Edges / Create Faces - backspace undo improvements
Power Surfacing 4.1 - May 19, 2017
- Assemblies: full support for creation / editing in assembly mode
- Macro feature: automatic updating / multi-body Power Bodies
- Conversion options: automatic trim & sew / large mesh support
- Surface creation workflow: new paradigm for creating SubDs
- Shrink wrap options
- Quad wrap
- Smart fill
- Edit Reference mesh new tools
- Significant improvement in shrink wrap performance
- Accelerated face painting
- Fixed crashing bug on AMD Firepro graphics cards
Power Surfacing 2.4 - December 10, 2015
- Critical patch for fixing software expirations. This applies to all users.
Power Surfacing 2.3 - November 18, 2015
- Extend student and reseller licenses so that they do not expire.
- Otherwise, this should behave exactly like 2.2 as no other changes were made.
Power Surfacing 2.2 - June 5, 2015
- Added ability to edit a reference mesh with tools to create selections and apply transforms.
- Further development and refinement of importing CAD data for constraints/references.
- General stability.
Power Surfacing 2.1 - April 21, 2015
- Added more functionality when constraining to a reference mesh with the Interpolation tool.
- Improved surface imports when applying constraints.
Power Surfacing 2.0 - January 12, 2015
- Added the ability to constrain to Solidworks geometry.
Power Surfacing 1.10 - Feb 5, 2013
- General stability improvements in many different commands.
- Simplified and reorganized the user interface.
- Fixed known crashes and dead ends in workflow.
- Improved conext sensitive tool availability.