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From: blowlamp
24 Sep   [#32] In reply to [#30]
Frenchy.
If you delete just the rounded apex faces you get 'straight corners' on the fillets. ;-)

Martin.
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
24 Sep   [#33] In reply to [#31]
Ah excellent! Another hidden fonctions!
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
24 Sep   [#34] In reply to [#32]
@blowlamp
Yep but you don't obtain the same result!
All depend of what do you want! ;)



But maybe Apex is another thing... ? What is exactly ?
And what is your selection ?
From: blowlamp
24 Sep   [#35] In reply to [#34]
Frenchy.
You're showing what I meant in your GIF.
The fact that it's now possible to have straight corners and rounded corners in any combination is a plus as far as I'm concerned. ;-)
The same trick also works with Chamfer. ;-)

Martin.
From: twofoot
24 Sep   [#36] In reply to [#1]
I've been waiting for this since v3!

Thank you!
From: ganim3d
25 Sep   [#37]
looks like u are hitting the same overhead as
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvwiH1DOK1M

great improvements, have been asked for a long time !
From: blowlamp
25 Sep   [#38]
Not a question about the Sep-!7-2025 beta in particular.

I know it's possible to enter fractions such as 17/64" without having to convert to decimal, but is there a formatting rule where I can enter a measurement of something like 4 9/16" directly?

I occasionally get these dimensions in drawings I receive and don't enjoy converting them. ;-)

On my mobile phone calculator, entering 4+9/16 seems to give the right answer.

Martin.
From: Michael Gibson
25 Sep   [#39] In reply to [#38]
Hi Martin,

re:
> I know it's possible to enter fractions such as 17/64" without having to convert to decimal, but is there
> a formatting rule where I can enter a measurement of something like 4 9/16" directly?

Yes, you need to have a unit system set other than "No unit system", and you need a foot (') or inches(") mark in your input.

Then you can use either a space or a hyphen to separate whole inches from the fractional part, like:

4 9/16"
or
4-9/16"

- Michael
From: SPARTAN-D421 (SIERRA-D421)
25 Sep   [#40]
Just saw this. Currently installing as I speak, and I am super excited to try this out.
From: blowlamp
25 Sep   [#41] In reply to [#39]
Thank you Michael.
It's now working for me if I use a hyphen, but not with a space and of course I was previously using a space.
My unit system is set to millimetres.

Martin.
From: Mik (MIKULAS)
25 Sep   [#42] In reply to [#20]
Amazing and everyday useful ACIS funkcionality, excellent job, Michael!

Thank you.
Mik
From: Michael Gibson
25 Sep   [#43] In reply to [#41]
Hi Martin,

re:
> It's now working for me if I use a hyphen, but not with a space and of course I was previously using a space.
> My unit system is set to millimetres.

Which edit field are you typing in ?

- Michael
From: blowlamp
25 Sep   [#44] In reply to [#43]
Michael.

I click to start the line and immediately begin typing on the numeric keypad and the numbers are displayed in the X,Y,Z box without me clicking on it.

If I click to start the line and then type: 4-7/8" the line is correct.
If I click to start the line and then type: 4 7/8" the line terminates somewhere near the Origin, in fact all lines show similar behaviour whe using the 'space' character.

Martin.
From: Michael Gibson
25 Sep   [#45] In reply to [#44]
Hi Martin,

re:
> If I click to start the line and then type: 4 7/8" the line terminates somewhere near the Origin, in fact
> all lines show similar behaviour when using the 'space' character.

In that particular field it's also looking for x y values and it's deciding that 4 7/8" is a 2D point location with
x = 4
y = 7/8 inches = 22.225mm.

But I can probably tune that if you have the inches mark (") on just one piece then treat the whole thing it as one feet & inches value instead.

- Michael
From: blowlamp
25 Sep   [#46] In reply to [#45]
Hi Michael.
That would be good if you're happy to do it.

Just to let you know that the new features are an absolute boon when it comes to editing a model. Just being able to delete features to allow further editing is fantastic!

Thanks.
Martin.
From: feirui445
26 Sep   [#47]
The moi3d function is already well-developed and easy to operate. As a purchasing user, could you consider designing a new UI to enhance the competitiveness of this product,https://www.behance.net/gallery/175633629/Moi3D

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From: Michael Gibson
26 Sep   [#48] In reply to [#47]
Hi feirui445,

re:
> could you consider designing a new UI to enhance the competitiveness of this product

There is a new "Dark Mode" UI available in version 5, you can turn it on under Options > General > "UI Theme: Dark".

See here for some discussion of some of the problems with that particular graphic design example that you link to:
https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=11158.2

Just purely cosmetic graphic design "looking cool" is a very low priority for MoI compared to actual workflow UX design.

I'm definitely not interested in losing actual usability just for a cool look.

- Michael
From: zarkow
26 Sep   [#49]
Interesting.
From: blowlamp
26 Sep   [#50] In reply to [#47]
If MoI had looked like that when I wanted to buy a CAD, I'd have carried on looking.

Martin.
From: stefano (LIGHTWAVE)
26 Sep   [#51] In reply to [#20]
hi michael liking the look of this! will download soon....just wondering as there was a bit of talk about holes...could you consider the concept of a "master hole" whereby if a hole object created or duplicated a user can later on change the single master hole diameter to change all such hole sizes...in coreldraw this is done with "clone" command but ot needs a bit too much discipline to remember always to duplicate the clone hole, nonetheless its really useful in certain instances, not really parametric but very simple and very useful; espescially as a lot of times in simple sheet metal or planar work changing fixings types often mean changing hole sizes all over again and again - with even 10 holes or 100# that can be very tedious work..im thinking the object manager "master object" could maybe be used to acheive this in a creative way?

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