What's New in SpaceClaim 2012+ SpaceClaim 2012+ introduces significant new capabilities for manufacturing, simulation, concept development, and mesh remodeling. These enhancements will help all engineers work more effectively in 3D, without the high cost and complexity of traditional CAD. These new capabilities have revolutionized modern mechanical design by providing an easy-to-use and affordable way for engineers and product teams to create, modify, repair, and enhance 3D CAD geometry, without compromising existing processes and methods. Read the original press release on SpaceClaim 2012+. SpaceClaim 2012+ became available on October 10, 2012. Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Overview SpaceClaim 2012+ Enhancements Interoperability SharePoint is now directly supported from the SpaceClaim user interface for data management A direct connection to Mastercam is available A direct connection to Esprit is now available User Interface Usability Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Usability and Selection Sketch guides are now at the bottom of the graphics window Tool guides are now displayed on the left side of the graphics window More options are available to control zoom and spin settings Tooltips provide context-sensitive help on SpaceClaim settings Selection New options control whether hidden faces get selected during box select A new button has been added to rotate between box, lasso, and paint selection The de-select behavior is different for box, lasso, and paint selection New languages supported by SpaceClaim include Czech, Polish, and Portuguese Performance Performance improvements editing parts that contain many internal holes SpaceClaim geometry loads about 30% faster Modeling Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Direct Modeling Radial move eases editing of radial patterns Local slicing minimizes the amount of the model that is affected by a split operation The move tool can now be driven by Cartesian (XYZ) coordinate entry Curve intersections may now be filled similar to how fill operates on solids and surfaces Curve endpoint may now be filled similar to edges of surfaces Sketch fillets now snap to points Mass properties may be calculated on planar faces and a loop of section curves in Cross Section mode Mesh Remodeling Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Mesh Remodeling Smart selection of curved regions Plane, axes, and cylinders may be fit to a mesh selection Cross section curves may be fit to meshes with tolerances Meshes may be split by plane Paint and area select now work on meshes The deviation tool now compares meshes to solid geometry Pull up to now fits rounds and chamfers to meshes Sticky up to mode allows fast repetitive snapping from solid to mesh Planes may now be created in the window view pane to ease tracking mesh data Detailing Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Detailing Broken views are now a supported view type Broken out sections are now a supported view type Weld symbols are a new type of annotation Foreshortened radii dimensions are now possible Semantic datum symbols Medium line weight is a new default Sheet Metal Watch What´s New SpaceClaim 2012+ Sheet Metal Conical bends are now supported Hems now include additional options Walls may now be simultaneously created in different directions More options for miters are possible Joggled walls may now be rotated Long joggles are now supported Formed bends may now be unfolded Formed geometry is now possible on bends Default bend tables may be set in the options panel Fill now removes a corner relief ANSYS Interoperability Enhancements Groups may now be exploded into multiple groups Enclosure faces are updated associatively Enclosures are now automatically updated when modified from Workbench Other enhancements and bug fixes SpaceClaim API v10 is now available, including improvements regarding support for Units, Custom Objects, Annotations, Images, Drawings, Documents, Designs, Modeler, User Interface, Interaction, Animation, Commands, Sheet Metal, and Options. See the SpaceClaim API documentation for details on the enhancement to the SpaceClaim API.