Let’s dive into more updates included in the latest release! Be sure to check out Part 1 here for earlier highlights. Here’s what’s new:
Drawings Updates
- Support for Multiple Configurations in a Drawing: Effortlessly include and display multiple design configurations within a single drawing, improving clarity and reducing the need for separate files.
- Automated Drawing Views Optimization: Automatically optimize drawing views for improved performance and clarity, saving time and effort in the drafting process

Electronics Updates
- Meander Improvement – Balancing Length of Signals: Achieve better signal integrity with enhanced meander tools that ensure balanced trace lengths for high-speed designs.
- Component Search Library Manager Improvement: Locate components faster with improved search functionality in the library manager.
- Custom Copper Clearance and Width Rules for Quick-Route Tools: Define specific copper clearance and width rules for more precise and efficient quick-routing.
- PCB Place Panel Improvements: Enjoy a more intuitive experience with updates that enhance PCB placement workflows.
- Search by Component Name in Library Manager: Quickly find components by name, making library navigation smoother and more efficient.
- Added Support for Construction Lines in Align Command: Improve alignment accuracy by utilizing construction lines directly within the align command.

Manufacturing Updates
- Easier 4-Axis Machining for 3D Milling Finishing Strategies: Simplify 4-axis machining with improved support for finishing strategies, making complex milling more efficient.
- Additive Manufacturing Process Simulation – Directional Part Removal from Build Plate: Simulate and plan part removal based on directional constraints, streamlining the additive manufacturing process.
- Duplicate Components for 3D Printing: Quickly duplicate components for batch 3D printing, saving time in preparation and setup.
- New Leads and Links Modifications: Gain more control over toolpaths with enhanced customization options for leads and links.
- Reduced Whisper Cuts in 3D Adaptive Minor Stepdowns: Minimize unnecessary minor stepdowns for smoother, more efficient machining.
- Visualization of Contact Normals: Easily inspect and validate machining processes with the ability to visualize contact normals.
- Machine/Avoid Surface Support in Horizontal and Swarf Strategies: Improve toolpath precision with enhanced support for specifying machining and avoidance surfaces in horizontal and swarf strategies.


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