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2017 New Features<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">First
in a series of “My Favorite New Features”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Under
the category of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Part Creation</b>, a new
Feature Relationship tool is available by right-clicking on the part in the
<strong>Model Tree</strong> and then selecting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Relationships</b>.</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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bit of orientation on the model shown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Focus should be primarily on the features <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b>,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss 1</b> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gold Revel</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also note, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hole1</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Violet Revel</b>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Relationships Manager</b> dialog shows
that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b> has as parents
(top section of dialog) the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Trunk</b> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cap</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Violet Revel</b> nor the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hole1</b> are listed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we learn is that there is a parental
relationship by the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b>
(actually the lower edge) and the placement of the children <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss1</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gold Revel</b>.</span></div>
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relationship, as designed by the one who modeled the part, drives the placement
of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gold Revel</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss1</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b>
radius changes, the two child features will reposition accordingly. And, because the features <strong>Hole1</strong> and the <strong>Violet Revel</strong> are not dependent on the value of the fillet radius, any change to the fillet radius will not affect these features.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
the following example, by changing the radius of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b> radius from 1-inch to 2-inches, the distance from the
bottom of the fillet edge remains the same to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gold Revel</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss 1</b>,
while the distance between the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss1</b>
and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Violet Revel</b> is shortened.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the fillet radius is changed to ½-inch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once again the distance between the parent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fillet1</b> and the children <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss1</b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gold Revel</b> remains the
same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the distance now between the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Emboss1</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Violet Revel</b> is more pronounced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
the past, to determine the designer’s logic on feature modeling would involve
studying the modeling process via moving the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">End of Part</b> in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Model
Tree</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now with the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Feature Relationships Manager</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, understanding how a
model flexes becomes easier to understand, particularly as the part becomes
more complex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in this series, we will explore the new capabilities involving the features for
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dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028732187895955802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-78693632689883717972015-08-04T10:36:00.002-04:002015-08-04T10:39:44.552-04:00Mark your calendars! <br />
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</span></span> </span>Scott Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333797744459028354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-68861407916844765572015-04-16T20:18:00.001-04:002015-04-16T20:18:44.003-04:00Inventor 2016 Improvements!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been looking for the new items in Inventor Professional 2016 and found some really great enhancements! These come from the "What's New in 2016" but if you don't have it loaded yet, you may not have seen these. This is not all of the enhancements either, but these are the ones that made me want to check it out further.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copy Parameters to User
Parameters</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While working with Parameters, you can now
copy an existing parameter, including all its settings and multivalues, as a
User Parameter. Previously, recreation and manual entry was required for each
value.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Import and Export External Rules Configuration for iLogic (not
available in Inventor LT)</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can
now import/export iLogic configuration settings (as an XML file) to be shared
between different users and machines. Once configured, externally mapped
folders appear beneath a Standards Directory tree that will update/refresh
immediately when content changes (sub folders and rules). In the past, external
paths had to be manually added.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">External
rules configuration settings can also be leveraged and mapped during creation
of deployments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Global
forms can now be refreshed through a right-click context option to reflect the
most up-to-date form.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Redesigned Format Text Dialog Box</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Format Text dialog box is simplified and refined to be clear and easy to use.
Size of the dialog box is reduced to provide more space for editing in the
graphic window.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text Preview in the Graphic Window</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text in a
drawing file is dynamically previewed in the graphic window when you create or
edit it. You can refine the appearance of text before you close the Format Text
dialog box.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In-Canvas Text Rotation</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Select a
text object, and drag the blue rotation grip point to rotate text to the
desired position.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheet Metal Multi-body</span></span></b></div>
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is extended to include sheet metal parts. You can now use a top-down workflow
to create multi-body sheet metal parts. Use the Make Components or Make Part
command and then open the derived components to create flat patterns for each
part in a multi-body part file.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thickness Detection (yes!)</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you
convert a part to sheet metal, you are now prompted to select a base face. This
pick allows Inventor to measure the material thickness for you. After you
select a face, the Sheet Metal Defaults dialog box appears. The measured
thickness is displayed in the Thickness value box. Click OK to accept the
measured thickness value.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Convert to Freeform</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-8ED2A589-4406-4794-84BD-7145B597C374__GUID-8BE64503-A0D1-4864-AA74-CFA23473A88D" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use the
Convert command to copy solid body or surface faces to the freeform
environment. Use the freeform edit tools to manipulate the shape.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create Tangent Dimensions Between Circular or Arc Geometry
Within a 2D Sketch</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-4CD97588-6FD0-4C2D-BF0C-A9C9124C356C__GUID-DD97DA78-60A3-4103-AA0D-9CDD4A752D8F" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can
now create tangent dimensions between circular or arc geometry within a 2D
sketch. This workflow will allow you to fully constrain a circle using tangent
dimensions instead of a traditional diameter dimension, or the use of the
center point of the circle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Show/Hide All Constraints Display Setting Persists (yes!)</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-4CD97588-6FD0-4C2D-BF0C-A9C9124C356C__GUID-34B1E5FD-595C-4804-9478-1389D679C5DE" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
selected Show All or Hide All Constraints display setting remains active as you
sketch and throughout your editing session. Previously the show or hide setting
did not persist when you created new geometry or when you started a new sketch.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Large Assembly Performance</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Disable Automatic Refinement
option is added to the Application Options, Display tab. Disabling automatic
refinement provides a coarser model display and improves graphics performance
in large assemblies such as when changing a level of detail. Coarse faceting is
used until you select the Refine Appearance command in the View tab.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Pattern (yes!)</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Midplane option is added to
the assembly Pattern command. Select the Midplane option to create a pattern
distributed on both sides of the original component.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast Drawing Creation</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-74A2B530-6281-442F-A1CA-8612AB900F57__GUID-1C7A57D1-61E0-4FEA-B575-0943AB1E7CE4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new
Create Drawing View command merges several steps to one, so you can quickly
create drawing views from a model file. In the model file, arrange the model as
desired. Then right-click the root component in the browser, and click Create
Drawing View.</span></span></div>
<div class="p" id="GUID-74A2B530-6281-442F-A1CA-8612AB900F57__GUID-4DAA7B9D-F722-4118-8762-637E130CB14E" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
following model properties are automatically propagated from the model to the
drawing:</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">All active representations (design view, position, and level of
detail representation)</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Current camera including Orthogonal/Perspective setting</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Centralized External Sketch Symbol Library Features</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-74A2B530-6281-442F-A1CA-8612AB900F57__GUID-07319298-19B2-4E36-9FA7-6F80682320F3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can
now easily access and share your collection of sketch symbols through a new
external Sketch Symbol Library. This library is an Inventor drawing file that,
by default, is located in a subfolder of the Design Data location of your
project.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Work Features Can Now Be Projected Into a View Sketch (this is
in the DWG)</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-74A2B530-6281-442F-A1CA-8612AB900F57__GUID-0DD84D35-1437-4B37-86EC-82088D539FBC" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can
now create a view sketch on a model with included work features and select
those work features with the Project Geometry command. This capability in a
drawing view sketch allows you to reference, constrain, or annotate other
sketch geometry to projected work features that were included in the view.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hidden Line Views for Standard Fasteners</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new
option is available to exclude all standard fasteners from hidden line views.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Model Orientation in Base Views (this is good!)</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you create a base view, View
Cube is displayed next to the upper right corner of the base view. Click a View
Cube face, edge, or corner, or click the rotation manipulators to set the
desired orientation of the model.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Revised Drawing View Dialog Box (this is much better!)</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Drawing View dialog box is streamlined to support new workflows with direct
interaction in the graphic window.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Projected Views</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-493B5FC5-3AAB-4DF8-8987-1D4C5B5CA7F2__GUID-2481C67B-D8F4-47BB-AC59-FFB69ED1350A" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use the
direct interaction tools to create multiple projected views with the Base View
command, and to place projected views in the drawing.</span></span></div>
<div class="p" id="GUID-493B5FC5-3AAB-4DF8-8987-1D4C5B5CA7F2__GUID-E92BE971-9A35-4351-9025-1E40D9A9B268" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To create
an orthographic or isometric projected view, click a triangular icon on the
base view border. The projected view is placed in a default location.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Align To Edge Option</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-840D9449-21B1-4049-9796-4C66042CBB24__GUID-B5B51229-6C37-4DEE-A830-4187BEBF9275" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new To
Edge option is available to align balloons. You can select any linear edge on
the drawing sheet to specify direction of the aligned balloons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Increased Performance When Opening Files from Other CAD Systems</span></span></h2>
<div class="p" id="GUID-219418B0-4483-415E-8E85-DA8517BD7BD9__GUID-6D21B230-B102-4669-80BE-D9AEB026F320" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0in 3.75pt; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Multithread
support is enabled. Multithreading allows Inventor to use multiple processors
if the hardware you are using contains a multi-core processor. As a result,
performance is increased when working on files from other CAD systems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Scott Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333797744459028354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-44665945735935895692014-10-17T14:57:00.002-04:002014-10-17T15:29:31.645-04:00Plant 3D and Autodesk ReCap <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
If you are not using ReCap to register, index and manipulate your point clouds and then dropping them in AutoCAD Plant 3D to do as-built designs, you are missing out!</div>
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Come to Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year and attend my class on this very subject.<br />
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Scott Hallmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333797744459028354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-33441881988473403912014-10-16T08:44:00.001-04:002014-10-16T08:44:31.102-04:00Odds and Ends – A variety of things I have found for 2015<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">While I have had good experiences over all with the Autodesk
2015 products, as with any software there were fixes along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are my discoveries of some of those
obscure and maybe not so obscure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AutoCAD 2015 Cursor trails:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving your cursor along would leave pixels
everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turning off Hardware Acceleration
would clear up the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Install the
Service Pack and you can turn Hardware Acceleration back on.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plant 3D 2015 Extension 1: The Plant developers
are not waiting on new releases to give more functions in P3D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the Extension 1 was not compatible
with AutoCAD Service Pack 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot
even install the SP2 for a particular vertical, such as AutoCAD MEP, without it
affecting P3D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, there is a fix that
fixes the fix that broke the Extension 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AutoCAD Electrical 2015: The error could come
with several messages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main one I
have seen is:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unhandled Exception
C06D007E(Delayload “acewstr.dll” Module Not Found) at address FCFA940Dh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Just running a Repair or Reinstall will not help. </span>The fix is to uninstall the Microsoft Access
database engine 2010 and reinstall from the install path, and may be a
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format:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the File of Type shows it,
an error will keep coming up that says it isn’t a supported file type or is
corrupted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will need to install the
Faro Scene 5.3 SDKs and register new DLLs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Multiple Suites Install:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of you probably will not run into this,
but in my world it is standard business to need to install multiple
suites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Factory Design Suite is one
of yours, install it first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you
install it, the Application Manager will want to update a lot of the
applications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t do it until you are
finished with the other suites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
found that, for example, reinstalling a suite or the subsequent suite install
will want to install the BIM360.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if
it is already upgraded, the install will message that a newer version is
already installed and then close out, without installing the applications
needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fix if this happens, is to
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Wondering what the new features are in the recently released </span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Autodesk</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 6pt; vertical-align: super;">®</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> AutoCAD</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 6pt; vertical-align: super;">®</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> Civil 3D</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 6pt; vertical-align: super;">®</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> 2015?</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Experience g</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">reater flexibility when designing and displaying corridor models.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Experience greater efficiency</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> when </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">creating </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">profiles</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">.</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Build custom subassemblies more easily. I</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">mprovements includ</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">e </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">support for “Voids” in </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">shapes, Axis of Rotation</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">, and Rail Cant.</span></div>
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structure for Orthos, if the Project Template option is used and the standard
setting for Orthos/DWGs is selected. The
results of this folder structure will cause the Ortho creation to fail.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note the Orthos/DWGs folder
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To the left shows the proper
folder structure for Orthos, and requires a change to the settings adopted from
a Project Template during creation of new project, and then a change
post-creation of a new project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Note that the DWGs, Orthocube
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dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028732187895955802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-84000347522150912892014-01-14T12:24:00.001-05:002014-01-16T11:12:48.880-05:00Inventor 2014 Service Pack 1 and Update 2 of Service Pack 1<br />
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<a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=22744369&linkID=9242019" target="_blank">Update 2 to Service Pack 1</a>dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028732187895955802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-55139163481546795432013-12-04T13:31:00.004-05:002013-12-04T13:31:45.222-05:00Plant 3D 2014 - Extension 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nerd Cat says: Access the download for Plant 3D 2014 Extension 2 via your Subscription website. Extension 1 will need to be installed first. From my initial tests, this is a good release of an Extension in that I haven't found any bugs.dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028732187895955802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-20937183652422186632013-08-09T15:23:00.001-04:002013-08-12T15:20:39.122-04:00PLANT 3D 2014 :: Extension 1 - DO NOT INSTALL-To Everyone Until You Test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the Plant Exchange, there is a new (sorta new anyway) Extension that has alot of promise for BOMs in Orthos and Center of Gravity calculations, as well as some Isometric improvements.<br />
<a href="http://autocad.autodesk.com/?nd=plant_home">http://autocad.autodesk.com/?nd=plant_home</a><br />
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However, upon installing, I started getting errors, crashes, problems problems problems with my Plant 3D. I tried to uninstall the Extension, but ended up having to completely uninstall and reinstall the Plant 3D. <br />
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If i have multiple Orthos open, and toggle between them, I will need to REGENALL. This will also happen if I have multiple Orthos and Isos open. When I toggle from an Iso to an Ortho, I must REGENALL.</div>
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If I have multiple ISOs open, similar to the Orthos, provided I am looking at the ISOs in model space. Seem ok if I am viewing the ISOs in PaperSpace.</div>
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My original problem that caused me to reinstall P3D in the first place has not come back, which was locking up during Ortho creation. One note, I definately believe the dialog that says "this may take several minutes" when creating Orthos. The only thing I can think of that is different is I did uninstall/reinstall .NET Framework 4.5.</div>
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I tested on another PC that had only Plant Design Suite, no other suites installed. Same issue with REGENALL, but none of the others problems people have reported.</div>
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<br />dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11028732187895955802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-44457178966809956232013-07-30T12:04:00.001-04:002013-07-30T12:04:31.840-04:00Why is ZIP file empty when Exporting AutoCAD 2014 Settings?My previous post described how to migrate settings and how to transfer
AutoCAD settings from computer to computer. However, if you try to open the ZIP
file, it appears empty. Download and install either WinZip or WinRAR and you
will be able to open the ZIP file and view its contents.<br />
You do not have to do this to Import AutoCAD 2014 Settings. This info is only provided to answer question, why is the zip file empty. It's not and don't worry about!<br />
Mark Petruccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222998683412333536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-47619238119648371482013-07-30T11:53:00.002-04:002013-07-30T11:56:49.463-04:00AutoCAD Migrate then Export then Import<br />
This week I received two calls about the same issue from two different
customers. How do I copy all my settings from AutoCAD 2011 to AutoCAD 2014 when
AutoCAD 2014 is on a different computer? If the "old" AutoCAD and
"new" AutoCAD are on the same computer, it's pretty easy. Simply use
"Migrate From a Previous Release" in the folder Start<span style="font-family: "Wingdings 3";">[</span>All Programs<span style="font-family: "Wingdings 3";">[</span>Autodesk<span style="font-family: "Wingdings 3";">[</span>Migrate
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If you have "old" AutoCAD and "new" AutoCAD on different
computers, well then you have a little more work. First, you must have the
"old" and "new" on the same computers. Follow the steps
above to "Migrate From a Previous Release". This involves installing
"new" AutoCAD on same computer with "old" AutoCAD even if
you don't want it installed. "Migrate From a Previous Release" only
works when both AutoCADs are on same computer. Then use "Export AutoCAD
201x Settings" to export all the "new" AutoCAD settings to a
single ZIP file. Now copy the ZIP file to the other computer without the
"old" AutoCAD and use "Import AutoCAD 201x Settings" and
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The most common error people receive is "Migrate profiles require that AutoCAD
2000 or a later version be installed on your system". If you see this
error message, it is because you exported directly from the "old"
AutoCAD, copied the ZIP to the new computer, and tried to import into the
"new" AutoCAD. At least one time on one computer you must have both versions
installed and settings must be "migrated from previous release". <br />
So I hope I answered your question. Now I have one for you. What took you so long to upgrade?Mark Petruccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222998683412333536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-11794582052523133822013-06-25T13:52:00.000-04:002013-06-25T13:52:32.779-04:00My very favorite new feature for REVIT. You can disable that pesty 'dbl-click of a family' which would open it in the Family Editor.<br />
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Controlling the Selection of Elements</h2>
So what is one of the new features in Revit 2014 that made me think "Wow, I didn't know I wanted that!" Did you know you can control what objects you can select? How many times did you accidentaly pick elements that are pinned or a link file? Well, now with 2014, you have the ability to turn off selecting Link Files, Underlay Elements, Pinned Elements, and Elements by Face!<br />
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Applied_Software_Technology_Inchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00152600300014311994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-68897167584564595152013-04-27T10:27:00.003-04:002013-04-27T10:30:13.272-04:00I'd love nothing better than to see your company FAIL......earlier in the design process.I must admit that I borrowed part of this post's title from the April issue of Product Design and Development, but the title made perfect sense to me, especially in light of the numerous issues that Boeing is having with the Dreamliner 787.<br />
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Specifically, the Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries had been shown in rare circumstances to catch fire. Though I'm sure a degree of thermal testing was probably done prior to manufacturing of the batteries, the recent problems encountered by Boeing point out the importance of virtual testing, and doing so earlier in the design process. The FAA has just recently lifted a 3 month ban on Dreamliner flights, and Boeing has stationed 300 workers on 10 teams around the world to do the work of replacing the defective units with a revamped battery system that's better insulated against a short circuit. <br />
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So let's do some math here - it's said that it will take about five days to install the revamped lithium-ion battery system on each plane, so 5 days of rework with 300 workers salaries at double the minimum wage would be close to $180k. But that PALES in comparison to other stats, such as Quantas Airlines' scrubbed purchase of a single Dreamliner (they're estimated to be $207 million SRP), and Japan's largest airline's cancellation of 3,600 Dreamliner flights.<br />
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Here's another costly example of "failing late" - Microsoft's XBOX 360. There have been over 60 million sold since 2005, and it continues to be a big seller. However, early customer surveys indicated that over 42% of the consoles had to be repaired or replaced by Microsoft due to some level of failure. <br />
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Early XBOX systems often encountered conditions that caused them to overheat, thus the Red Ring of Death. Microsoft took a second look at the problem, extended their warranty coverage from 1-3 years, and after a class action lawsuit in 2007 and almost $1 billion, they've managed to reduce the failure rates and remain a viable player in the home video game industry. However, most companies couldn't afford a billion dollar mistake. <br />
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A common line I hear from companies when I ask them about product testing is either "oh, we have some calculations we use, and they almost always fit the need", or, "we just overbuild to make sure it can take whatever our customers throw at it". <br />
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<a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=19730839" target="_blank">Autodesk Simulation 360</a> is game changing software, lowering the 3 barriers to traditional simulation that prevent companies from earlier incorporation in the design process - cost, hardware and knowledge. </div>
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Simulation 360 combines the power of Autodesk's Mechanical Simulation and CFD products in a cloud based, easy to use interface where the user inputs geometry, materials and desired conditions to predict product performance EARLIER in the design process. And it's CAD neutral, so you can load Inventor, Pro-E, Solidworks, CATIA or other 3D model content for simulations.</div>
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As a service based model, Simulation 360 can be used when you need it at a far lower cost than purchasing perpetual licenses.You simply log into the Simulation 360 service, upload your models, materials and conditions for testing, then utilize the Autodesk cloud servers to act as the solver. And with infinite cloud computing power, you can generate multiple scenarios for testing, load them, and continue working on your designs while Autodesk's cloud servers do the number crunching.</div>
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So to summarize, the key is to fail FASTER in the design process. Equip your engineers with these low cost simulation tools to validate and test multiple iterations of a design before manufacturing, and you'll reduce physical prototypes, increase innovation, profitability and customer satisfaction. And who knows? You may even prevent a billion dollar mistake.</div>
Trevor Fitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689973235354589521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-73426882919273995392013-04-26T13:54:00.001-04:002013-04-26T16:03:07.116-04:00What happened to my RIBBONS!I installed Autodesk BDS 2014 on my Windows 7 64-bit computer yesterday. Today, I noticed my ribbon in Revit Architecture 2012 was not working correctly. The first step is to verify all updates or service packs are installed for your specific program. If they are, the following should help you resolve the Ribbon problem.<br />
The problem is between Revit and .NET 4.5. The fix or work-around is to uninstall .NET 4.5 and replace with .NET 4.0. Ribbons now appear to work correctly. However, you should verify .NET 4.5 is not required by other programs.<br />
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Mark Petruccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222998683412333536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007593633393979462.post-36746298885219229072013-04-19T14:56:00.003-04:002013-04-19T14:56:59.726-04:00Trelligence Affinity 8 Software Released for AECHOUSTON, TX, Apr 19, 2013 - Trelligence, Inc announced the new Trelligence Affinity 8 software release today. Recognized as the leading AEC solution for architectural programming, schematic design and design validation, Trelligence continues to expand the functionality in Affinity software and available add-ons to deliver a full-service BIM tool. Affinity integrates with other prominent BIM tools - Autodesk Revit Architecture, Bentley AECOsim Building Designer, Graphisoft ArchiCAD, Trimble SketchUp, and IES VE - to enhance the project lifecycle, providing a seamless transition from the initial planning and programming phases of a building project, through to the final design and building construction. <br />
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Revit MEP will allow you to indicate double home runs when circuiting electrical fixtures. This can be done by simply dragging a home run arrow from one electrical circuit to a fixture that is on a different circuit. The result will show a double arrow head on the home run and the circuit tag will call out both circuits.<br />
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The one thing that has always bugged me about this is that Revit would also still show the home run arrow head tying the two circuits together. Every time I taught this, I was asked how do you get rid of the arrow head tying the two circuits together? Up until today, I did not think you could. I have now found a way and it is very simple.<br />
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All you have to do is to duplicate the plan using the <b>Duplicate with Detailing</b>.<br />
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As soon as the plan is duplicated the arrow head goes away.<br />
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The only downside is that the duplicated plan must remain in the project. If the plan goes away then the arrow head comes back. Weird, but it solves the mystery of how to turn off the unwanted arrow head.<br />
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