Product Releases

ICEM DDN Version 3.4.03 Released on UNIX and NT

ICEM DDN Version 3.4.03 is now shipping on both UNIX and Windows NT. This release contains many enhancements and improvements, including:

Design/Drafting

• Updated on-line ICEM DDN tutorial reference manual now available in both PDF and HTML formats (English and German language versions supported)
• Advanced Level Table Management
• New rectangle creation method (specify center and corner points)
• Increased number of selectable entities in Offset Curves
• File/Directory Browser enhancements (extended to more features)

Advanced Design (Curves and Surfaces)

• Dynamic section diagnosis (many enhancements)
• Dynamic curvature diagnosis enhancements
• Surface smoothing
• Surface refit (adapt shape to arbitrary underlying geometry)
• Topology diagnosis (create permanent entities)
• Contour modification enhancements and advanced filtering
• New scan processing functionality

Numerical Control

• ASM Roughing: support external facet models
• Pocketing: ramp entry cuts
• Pocketing: with facet model
• Adjust retract motions
• Editor improvements (insert point on toolpath, and ALTER command)
• Absolute tool motion enhancements (more entity types supported)
• Tool library available to all NC functions
• Automatic lace cleanup pass

ORGA/SQL

• User management
• User groups
• Project management
• Permission management (Message groups)
• User-controlled file transfer
• Revision management
• Digital data management

Translators

• Pro/Engineer Direct Interface enhancements (lines and arcs/circles now included)
• Numerous DXF improvements