What is new in version 6.1
Renderer has been upgraded to DirectX 11.
Text (strings, labels, etc.) is rendered with full hardware acceleration.
Angle measurements have been re-implemented.
Overlays have been re-implemented.
IMetrics.GetPointLocation() has been implemented for BRep solids.
Toggling transient/persistent measurement style can be done with m+s key shortcut. More.
Fixup normals operation has been added to menu of MeshOps sample. The sample and the operation can be used as a utility for fixing faceted mesh problems.
Support for infinite dynamic style of Measurement Grid has been removed. Re-implementation of 3D background style has been postponed.
New Core Context allows adjusting deviation for automatic BRep to Mesh conversions. Details.
New or revised samples
| Sample |
Functionality |
| Spline Mods |
Programming interactive modifications of a spline curves |
| Label |
3D Text |
| LabelEx |
Advanced properties of 3D Labels |
| Smart Labels |
Automatically positioned non-overlapping 3D text |
| Overlay |
Direct access and programming of overlays |
Features of KernelCAD unsupported in DG Kernel 6.1
| Priority |
Features |
| ASAP |
ITechnology_DG and Bridge samples, 3D Debugger, Symmetries, User Data |
| Later |
Transparent Background, Dual mode, 2D View mode, Printing, eXplorer demo, Cannon sample,
Planar Boolean Ops, Patchwork sample, Left-Hand Coordinate Axes, Secure models. 3D background style of Measurement Grid |
| On Request |
Line on mesh operation, Cut mesh operation, Direct User Access Sample, Startup Settings File, KCBRep Geometry, Embedded models. Dynamic style of Measurement Grid |
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