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New Product Feature Highlights
July 2010 Product Release
XVL Studio Ver. 9.1a
General Features
[S-1] Windows 7 Support
Description:
Windows 7 32 bit /64 bit is now supported.
* On Windows 7 x64, XVL Studio runs as a 32-bit application with the WOW64 subsystem.
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[S-2] Silent Installation
Description:
Method:
XVL Studio can be silently installed.
Please see Silent Installation Manual which is located in the following directory.
[XVL Studio Installation Directory]\Doc\XVL_Products_Silent.pdf
XVL Studio Installer
XVL_Studio_xxxx-9_1aE.exe
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[S-3] Undo/Redo Manipulator Operations
Description: Manipulator operations can be undone/redone during an operation.
Menu: Standard Toolbar: [Undo] / [Redo]
Standard Toolbar
Parts path is being defined.
(Position is not yet fixed)
By selecting the Undo icon,
you can go back to the
previous manipulator position.
Benefit:
You do not need to cancel the operation to go back to the previous manipulator position.
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Measurement / Cross-sectioning
[S-4] Improved Measurement Navigation
Description: Can perform measurement continuously with better navigation through elements.
Menu: [Evaluation] > [Measure Dimension]
After adding measurements, you can
continuously select new elements without
changing element types.
Select “Arbitrary
element” for
Element 1 and 2.
No need to change
Selecting an
element is more
easily achieved
Benefit:
Using this method, you can reduce mouse operations when measuring 3D models.
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[S-5] Improved Measurement Methods
Description:
Menu:
There is now an improved measuring method when you measure the distance between
the user coordinate system and a point.
Measurement Toolbar: [Distance Between User Coordinate System and Point]
Before Ver. 9.0
User coordinate system needed to be selected
each time.
After Ver. 9.1
User coordinate system is selected one time.
You can select target points
continuously without selecting
the user coordinate system
again.
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[S-6] Base Coordinate System Property
Description: The Base coordinate system can now be saved as a property of each dimension.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Dimension List]
Base coordinate of each
dimension is viewed in the
Dimension List.
Benefit:
You can easily view which base coordinate system is used for each dimension.
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[S-7] New Icons for Cross-section Operations
Description: Frequently used functions for cross-sectioning are now available from icons.
Menu: [Evaluation] > [Cross-section] > [Edit Cross-section] dialog
Cutting plane moves to
the selected position.
Reverse
Parallel to world
YZ plane
Parallel to world
XY plane
Parallel to world
ZX plane
Relative XY plane
Relative ZX plane
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[S-8] Measurement of Real-time Cross-section
Description: Real-time cross-section can be measured without creating profiles.
Menu: [Evaluation] > [Cross-section] > [Edit Cross-section] dialog
Studio Pro
Crosssectioning is still
active
Real-time crosssection is measured
using measurement
tools.
Real-time crosssection is measured
without creating
profiles.
You can continuously
change the cross-section
position and add more
measurement to different
cross-sections.
Benefit:
- After measuring one cross-section, you can continuously change the position of the cutting plane and
measure another cross-section.
- For large assembly models, this is effective in saving time to create cross-section profiles.
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DMU Features
[S-9] Draft Angle Check
Description:
Menu:
Check the correct application of draft to the faces of selected parts.
Menu: [Evaluation] – [Draft Angle Check]
Select target part and
specify reference draft
angle.
Faces with insufficient draft
angle will be highlighted.
Target part
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[S-10] Color Bar Display Enhancement
Difference Detection
Description: User-defined color bar can be imported/exported.
Menu: [Evaluation] > [Import / Export Color Bar]
Color bar is edited
in CSV.
Export
Import
Original color
bar
User-defined
color bar
Benefit:
Color map can be visually more clear during inspection of the models.
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[S-11] More Options for Color Map Generation/Display
Description:
Menu:
Difference Detection
Color map of smaller than specified value is not generated.
Color map of smaller than specified value is not displayed.
[Evaluation] > [Check Difference]
[Evaluation] > [Display Options for Difference]
No color map is generated
for less than 0.2
Benefit:
Color map display range is
adjusted using the slider bar
Can obtain better visibility of model difference.
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Process Design
[S-12] Optimized Process Animation
Studio Standard
Description: An optimized process animation format is now available.
Menu: Process Panel: [Options] > [Optimize Animations]
Studio Pro
Performance comparison between XVL Studio 9.0 and 9.1
Process Animation Settings
Data size
File size
File open time
File save time
Normal
Optimized
Normal
Optimized
Normal
Optimized
A
50.90 MB
74.32 MB
51.60 MB
80 sec
44 sec
103 sec
46 sec
B
25.37 MB
32.61 MB
25.58 MB
54 sec
38 sec
63 sec
43 sec
C
16.29 MB
17.20 MB
16.34MB
16 sec
10 sec
24 sec
19 sec
Benefit:
- Smaller file size, faster input/output.
- Very effective when you handle large assembly models.
* Requires XVL Player 10.2 or later to play optimized process animations.
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Studio Standard
[S-13] Merging Processes
Studio Pro
Description: Different processes for the same 3D model are imported and merged from XVL files.
Menu: Process Panel: [Import Process]
Process Tree
Worker A
Import
Import
XVL model
Worker B
Benefit:
- Process design tasks can be shared by multiple people.
- You can visually check the part matching as you import processes.
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[S-14] Tools and Equipment Animation
Description: Tools and equipment are now animated in a process animation.
Menu: Edit Process Animation Panel: [Add Objects]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
Benefit:
- You can check the movement of Tools / Equipment in the production process.
- You can inspect collisions of Tools / Equipment in the production process.
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[S-15] Man-hour Graph
Description: Man-hour graph can be displayed to check the work load balance.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Process List] > [Options] > [Graph man-hours]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
Specify level of
process to display
Standard time and
Display time are set
You can check the line
balance from the graph.
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[S-16] Editing Properties of Multiple Process Items
Description: Custom properties are edited for multiple processes / steps.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Process List]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
Process List
Custom properties of multiple
processes / steps can be
edited.
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[S-17] Checking Duplicate Parts in Process Tree
Description: Duplicate parts are detected from the Process Tree.
Menu: [Edit] > [Find]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
Process Tree
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Parts List / Illustration
[S-18] Disassembly Parts List
Description: A parts list based on the Disassembly Tree is now available.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Parts List]
Properties are edited
and displayed.
Part IDs
correspond to the
part IDs in the
Disassembly Tree.
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[S-19] Disassembly Composition List
Description: Disassembly Tree settings can be viewed and edited in the edit panel.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Composition List]
List Edit
+
Illustration
Settings of each node
can be viewed and
edited from the list.
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[S-20] CSV I/O from the Edit Panel
Description: CSV files can be imported / exported from the Edit Panel.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Disassembly Composition List]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
List Edit
CSV files are imported or
exported from each panel
in the Edit Panel.
Benefit:
- It is clearer what type of CSV is imported or exported.
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[S-21] Deleting Properties
Description: Selected property is deleted from all objects.
Menu: Edit Panel: [Options] > [Delete Properties]
Studio Standard
Studio Pro
List Edit
Selected properties are
deleted from all objects
(parts, process, etc).
Delete Properties
Benefit:
- When you do not want to disclose certain properties in the 3D data, this is a more efficient way to
delete properties.
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[S-22] Trace Lines Follow Part Movement
Illustration
Description: When parts move, related trace lines will move together.
Menu: [Tools] > [Move Part] > [Move relevant trace lines]
When parts are moved,
related trace lines will
follow the parts
Move
Benefit:
* Applies to trace lines created in XVL Studio 9.1 or later.
- You can easily change the layout of sub-assembly in the illustration.
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[S-23] Circled Annotations
Description: Notes and dimensions can be circled in the 3D view.
Menu: [Edit Note] / [Edit Dimension] dialog
Edit Note dialog
Benefit:
- Circled item numbers are included in raster 3D image.
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[S-24] Displaying Hidden Trace Lines
Description: Hidden trace lines are displayed as dotted lines.
Menu: Display Options: [Switch Display] tab
You can view the trace lines
in hidden areas.
Benefit:
- Trace lines in hidden areas give you more details about how parts are
assembled.
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[S-25] Exporting 2D Illustrations Based on the 3D View
Description: A 2D Illustration can now be exported based on what you see in the 3D view window.
Illustration
Menu: [Edit Note] / [Edit Dimension] dialog
Illustration Output dialog
When you check this,
changes to other
parameters will be
limited.
3D view display
Illustration
Benefit:
- You can include different font sizes, line widths, line types
in the output illustration.
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* Font style will not be applied.
* All line colors will be black.
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Questions?
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+1.415.274.1670
+1.415.274.1671
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