Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
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Hi folks,
ST3 was released today. The big news is you no longer have to choose between doing your whole part in either Synchronous or traditional (history). You can now use both at the same time.
Mark
ST3 was released today. The big news is you no longer have to choose between doing your whole part in either Synchronous or traditional (history). You can now use both at the same time.
Mark





RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
Can you elaborate?
Are you saying you can mix the two methods in the same part file?
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
Where would we be without sat-nav?
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
I recommend reading Deelips excellent 11 part dissection of the new release. Will give you a great understanding of what's going on.
http://www.deelip.com/?p=3618
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
How about this for a workflow -
1) Select face to move, steering wheel is set on that face.
2) RMB and an option to 'Set Distance from Existing Face' appears.
3) Click existing face.
4) The distance between the moving face and the datum face appears in the box in place of the moved distance.
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
Where would we be without sat-nav?
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
Of course, you could just add a smart dimension and use that to move the faces. If that distance is a design parameter, chances are you want it as a dimension anyway (you might even want to lock it).
http://screencast.com/t/LbTPpCXhOY
Mark
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
I know you can put a dimension on the model (and they stay attached to edges much better now) but for quick editing you don't always want to do that - and ST is supposed to be about ease and speed of edits.
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
Where would we be without sat-nav?
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
Mark
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
We just got upgraded this week from V20 to ST2.
I've used ST1 before, but this is a great improvement.
Just the ability to customise the QAT properly has a big effect for me, and the reorganisation of the ribbon blocks is very much appreciated.
I still find having to switch tabs annoying, and wondering which tab commands are on, but things are much better now.
It also seems a bit faster than V20.
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
Where would we be without sat-nav?
RE: Choosing between Synchronous and Traditional - no longer an issue
When I worked on IDEAS Master Series, we used to call them zig-zags (move the mouse here than there then here again). One customer (Japanese I think) used to measure how many of these we did. Anyway, zig-zags are way down since ST1.
Mark