Hi Sebastian, that's really great, I'm glad that MoI is useful for you!

I would definitely like to get the functions you are asking about into MoI, I'm not sure if all of them will make it into v4 but at least some of those will be in v4.

I've been working on a major rewrite for v4 to make it a 64-bit version, so that should be the first thing covered in your list. I'm not sure yet of an ETA for the first beta, I still have one large area left to do in the rewrite and it's difficult to estimate exactly when it will be ready.

For drawing creation, it doesn't include sections but v3 does have 2D hidden line drawing creation in the export to DXF, AI, and PDF formats, there are some examples here: http://moi3d.com/3.0/whatsnew.htm . Also there is a script here for generating a 2D drawing of all 4 views in one go: http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8041.1 .

For dimensions, I want to work on that as well but you may find Max's plug-in for that to be useful right now, that is available here (requires v3 I think): http://moi.maxsm.net/item/37

There are also some scripts for measuring distance and angles available here:
Measure distance: http://kyticka.webzdarma.cz/3d/moi/#MeasureDistance
Measure angle: http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5390.3

- Michael

Thanks for your reply, Michael.

>>> http://moi3d.com/3.0/whatsnew.htm
Is there one for the upcoming V4?

>>> For dimensions, I want to work on that as well but you may find Max's plug-in for that to be useful right now, that is available here (requires v3 I think)
It doesn't look lile it works on V2. Get error after error :( Too bad. Would've been a nice stop gap.

Only just saw that I can upgrade to V3 from V2. Didn't know that. Thought one had to purchase a full license each time. Don't have much use for the extra features but for $100... cool...

Will a similar offer be available for V4? And would I be able to upgrade from V2? Or only from V3?

Hi Sebastian,

> Is there one for the upcoming V4?

No, not yet - that's something that I'll prepare when the final V4 is released, there will be a beta release period for v4 for a while as new features are developed before the final version is ready.


> Will a similar offer be available for V4? And would I be able to upgrade from V2? Or only from V3?

Yup, the same type of upgrade license will be available for v4 as well, and you can upgrade from any previous version, so yes you can upgrade from V2 to V4 without ever getting V3 if you want.

But there are a lot of bug fixes and other basic improvements in v3 as well as new features, if you're using MoI a lot I would definitely recommend using the latest version instead of an older release.

The full list of new things for v3 can be found in the v3 beta release notes here: http://moi3d.com/wiki/V3Beta - there's about 3 years of development work in it.

- Michael

>>> The full list of new things for v3 can be found in the v3 beta release notes here: http://moi3d.com/wiki/V3Beta - there's about 3 years of development work in it.

Yes! Haven't gone through it in detail but some things leapt out at me... particularly tapered extrusions and multi-edge blends.