Hi Will, do you have an example model that you can post here or e-mail to me at moi@moi3d.com that behaves differently in the mesh export between v3 and v4?

Thanks, - Michael

Thanks Michael, I've sent you an email with a test file.

Cheers,
Will

Hi Will, thanks for sending the test file. I can repeat the difference between v3 and v4 with your file. It appears to be caused by differences in the joining process when importing an IGES file.

For IGES imports, V3 would only attempt to join edges to other edges where the edges matched each other at their endpoints.

In V4 this has been modified so that during the joining process it will also try to split edges at "T" junctures so those will join as well. This is however going poorly with your file here, it's making things like little tiny edge fragments which then makes for an ambiguous face adjacency traversal later on which is used to gather faces on the same side of a non-solid joined surface for orienting normals.

I will send you a v4 test build that restores the same behavior as V3 for IGES joining. If that works better I will revert this v4 change back to v3 behavior.

- Michael

Thank you Michael,

The dimension feature problem makes life harder. When the new beta version will be out?

Hi hunter, sorry it's hard to know exactly when, when I get bug reports in I often stop and fix those up so that can delay things a bit.

Hopefully just a couple more days here.

- Michael

Ok, I've got the strategy for preset dimension properties worked out, there will be a new "Dimensions" section of the Options dialog. I've got the dialog working but still working on some of the plumbing. It's a little complicated because these settings can be modified while you are in the middle of running a command.

The "default" preset is for global dim properties, it is stored in the moi.ini file. If you want to use the same settings across all projects then this is the one you would set. You can make additional presets that will be stored in a .3dm file if you want to project-specific settings.

It's close but probably won't be finished today:


- Michael

Looking good - I mostly port my drawings into Rhino or Solidworks for dimensioned detailed drawings but really looking forward to be able to pump out simple drawings straight out of MOI. Great addon.

regards
Alex.

Thanks Alex! Yes, without line types and hatching it won't quite be suitable for detailed drawings but it should be very quick and convenient for simple drawings.

I hope it will be useful!

- Michael

Looking awesome Michael, looking forward to it!

Should be able to get it out tomorrow.

- Michael

Bravissimo !

Wonderful!
I just spent the day laying out a floorplan to share with an architect and found the dimensioning tools to be so easy to use and intuitive.

Thank you, Michael! Really looking forward to using this more in the future.

That's great Rio, I'm glad you are liking it!

- Michael