Product Update 1 for IRONCAD 2024 is on the way

IronCAD LLC in Atlanta continues its work to incorporate customer requests for improvements and new features into IRONCAD. The software is continuously improved, which now results in a new update for version 2024 called Product Update 1 (2024 PU1 or 2024.01).

In addition to around twenty new features, roughly a hundred minor issues are also resolved to make the software function even better—with the goal of helping you as a user become even more productive with IRONCAD.

Things to keep in mind: We at Solidmakarna create a custom installation file for PU1 with what we consider to be the most appropriate settings for IRONCAD. Therefore, we recommend waiting to install PU1 until our installation file is ready, and we will email out information as soon as it is ready.

NOTE! Please also keep in mind that any files saved in IRONCAD 2024 with PU1 cannot be opened with IRONCAD 2024 without PU1.

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Among the new features in Product Update 1 for IronCAD DCS 2024 (2024.01) is a ChatGPT4-based chatbot that can answer questions about functions and commands in IRONCAD. 

The developers have worked further with the linking possibilities between existing objects and you can now also link existing shape features in addition to parts and assemblies that were introduced with version 2024. Parts and assemblies can now also be completely locked from changing via a simple switch and a small padlock is then displayed at the anchor point of the selected object.

The user-friendly selection filter has been expanded with more ways to quickly select various items, and an entire inner or outer side of a part can now be selected with a single click. Furthermore, using the [TAB] key allows you to quickly select all adjacent faces to the selected face, in the same way you have previously been able to do with a selected edge.

In the 2D drawing, the bend line properties for an unfolded sheet metal part have now been separated into one for up bend and one for down bend, where previously they shared the same line type, layer and color.

The import filters have been updated with the latest available formats, offering expanded support for BIM systems such as Revit. In addition, the *.asat file format for ACIS Assembly has been added, a format used by some within BIM. Support for KeyShot 2024.1 has been included. Extended support for the open 3D formats *.glTF and *.glb up to version 2.0 has also been added to the standard export options.

You will be able to read more about the new features shortly.