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Table of Contents

I. Installation Guide ............................................................... 1

II. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix8 ..................................... 2

1. Enhanced Functions ..................................................................................... 2

General ...................................................................................................... 2 User Interface............................................................................................ 2 File I/O ....................................................................................................... 2 Scanner Direct Control ............................................................................ 3

2. List of Fixed Bugs ......................................................................................... 4

General ...................................................................................................... 4 File I/O ....................................................................................................... 5 Point Cloud ............................................................................................... 6 Sketch ........................................................................................................ 6 Ref. Geometry ........................................................................................... 7 Solid / Surface / Feature ........................................................................... 7 liveTransfer ™........................................................................................... 8 Scanner Direct Control ............................................................................ 8 Measure ..................................................................................................... 9 Add-Ins .................................................................................................... 10

III. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix7 ................................... 11

1. Enhanced Functions ................................................................................... 11

General .................................................................................................... 11 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 11 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 12 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 13

2. List of Fixed Bugs ....................................................................................... 15

General .................................................................................................... 15 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 16 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 17

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Sketch ...................................................................................................... 17 Ref. Geometry ......................................................................................... 18 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 18 liveTransfer ™......................................................................................... 19 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 20

IV. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix6 ................................... 22

1. List of Fixed Bug ......................................................................................... 22

V. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix5 ................................... 23



File I/O ..................................................................................................... 23 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 24 Point Cloud ............................................................................................. 24 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 24 Ref. Geometry ......................................................................................... 26 Add-ins .................................................................................................... 26 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 26

VI. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix4 ................................... 27



General .................................................................................................... 28 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 28 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 28 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 28 Ref. Geometry ......................................................................................... 29 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 29 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 30

VII. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix3 ................................... 31


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2. List of Fixed Bug ......................................................................................... 31

File I/O ..................................................................................................... 31 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 32

VIII. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix2 ................................... 33

1. New Functions ............................................................................................. 33


General .................................................................................................... 34 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 34 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 35 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 35


General .................................................................................................... 36 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 37 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 38 Point Cloud ............................................................................................. 38 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 39 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 40 Scanner Direct Control .......................................................................... 41 liveTransfer ™......................................................................................... 41

IX. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix1 ................................... 42

1. New Functions ............................................................................................. 42


General .................................................................................................... 43 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 44 User Interface.......................................................................................... 45 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 47 liveScan™ ............................................................................................... 47



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Point Cloud ............................................................................................. 52 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 52 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 53 liveScan™ ............................................................................................... 54 Add-Ins .................................................................................................... 54 liveTransfer ™......................................................................................... 56 Accuracy Analyzer ................................................................................. 57

X. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 ................................................ 58

1. Enhanced or Changed Functions .............................................................. 58

User Interface.......................................................................................... 58 General .................................................................................................... 61 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 64 Mesh / Point Cloud ................................................................................. 65 Region Group .......................................................................................... 69 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 70 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 75


User Interface.......................................................................................... 78 General .................................................................................................... 78 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 79 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 79 Region Group .......................................................................................... 80 Solid / Surface / Feature ......................................................................... 80 Sketch ...................................................................................................... 82

XI. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix3 ........................................... 83




XII. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix2 ........................................... 85

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Licensing ................................................................................................. 85 File I/O ..................................................................................................... 85 User Interface.......................................................................................... 87 General .................................................................................................... 88 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 89 Solid / Surface Feature ........................................................................... 90 ETC .......................................................................................................... 91


File I/O ..................................................................................................... 91 User Interface.......................................................................................... 92 General .................................................................................................... 92 Mesh ........................................................................................................ 93 Solid/Surface Feature Modeling ............................................................ 94 Ref. Geometry ......................................................................................... 95

XIII. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix1 ........................................... 96

1. New Functions ............................................................................................. 96



XIV. What’s New in XOR2 ...................................................... 100

1. New Functions ........................................................................................... 100

2. Enhanced or Changed Functions ............................................................ 115

General .................................................................................................. 115 User Interface........................................................................................ 117 Mesh ...................................................................................................... 119 Region Group ........................................................................................ 124 Sketch & Mesh Sketch ......................................................................... 125 3D Sketch & 3D Mesh Sketch .............................................................. 128 Solid / Surface Feature Modeling ........................................................ 134 Ref.Geometry ........................................................................................ 140

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3. List of Fixed Bugs ..................................................................................... 142

General .................................................................................................. 142 Mesh ...................................................................................................... 145 Region Group ........................................................................................ 147 Sketch & Mesh Sketch ......................................................................... 147 3D Sketch & 3D Mesh Sketch .............................................................. 149 Solid/Surface Feature Modeling .......................................................... 149 Ref. Geometry ....................................................................................... 153

4. List of known Bugs ................................................................................... 153

XV. What’s New in XOR SP2 ................................................ 156

1. Enhanced Functions ................................................................................. 156


XVI. What’s New in XOR SP1 ................................................ 160

1. Enhanced Functions ................................................................................. 160

General .................................................................................................. 160 User Interface........................................................................................ 163 Mesh ...................................................................................................... 166 Region Group ........................................................................................ 167 Sketch .................................................................................................... 168 3D Sketch .............................................................................................. 172 Feature .................................................................................................. 178 Ref.Geometry ........................................................................................ 183


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I. Installation Guide

How to install automatically

If the Update Product Automatically option is set as True and your computer is connected to the

internet, the application scans and updates your computer when it starts. You can also use Help >

Check For Update. This command updates the product automatically to the latest available version.

How to install manually 1. Download the zip file in the XOR/Redesign list from the Rapidform

website: http://www.rapidform.com/softwareupdate

2. Unzip the zip file in a temporary directory.

3. Double-click the .exe file and follow the instructions.

Now, you can run Rapidform XOR and check the version by clicking Help > About

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II. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix8 1. Enhanced Functions

General

(1) XRL file version

XRL file version has been upgraded to 2.8. You can check the version of XRL file in the

Summary Information of Open Model File window.

(2) Hide startup splash screen

When a splash screen appears while staring the application, you can hide the splash

screen by clicking on it.

User Interface

(3) Display suppressed mesh /point cloud

The Suppressed option under the Mesh/Point Cloud category in the Display tab is

newly added. This option enables you to show / hide suppressed meshes and point

clouds.

File I/O

(4) Import scan file from FARO Scene 4.6

The application supports newly updated FARO’s .fls and .fws file format. Therefore you

can import these files generated from FARO Scene 4.6.

(5) Support Optimet’s .opd file version 5.0

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The application supports newly updated Optimet’s .opd file version 5.0.

Scanner Direct Control

(6) Acquire probe point automatically

The Auto Probe option is newly added in the Probe Options dialog box in Insert >

Scanner Direct Control > liveScan(TM). If you hold the probe tip still at a position for a

while, the probe position is acquired automatically without the A button signal. Pressing

the A button changes the acquisition status to Pause and Resume. In the Pause state,

no probe position is acquired, even if the probe is held at a position. In Resume state,

this scheme works. You can see the current status at the top right in Model View.

(7) Support for FARO 64-bit The [FARO] FaroArm/ScanArm device under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control >

liveScan(TM) command is supported in the 64-bit edition.

(8) Support for Breuckmann 64-bit

The Breuckmann device under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control command

supports OptoCAT ver.2009 32-bit and 64-bit, so you can also use it in the 64-bit edition.

(9) Range 7 supports RangeViewr 1.3 (64-bit only)

The Range 7 device under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control command supports a

new version of the Range 7 application - RangeViewer 1.3.

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(10) Handyscan supports VxScan 3.1

The Creaform Handyscan 3D device under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control

command supports a new version of HandyScan application - VxScan ver.3.1.

(11) ZScanner supports ZScan 3.1

The Z Corporation ZScanner device under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control

command supports a new version of ZScanner application - ZScan ver.3.1.

(12) Support for new Kreon device - Solano

The [Kreon] Scanner under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control > liveScan(TM)

command supports their new scanner Solano.

2. List of Fixed Bugs

General

(1) Problem in setting View Manipulation Style to CATIA

When you change View Manipulation Style to CATIA in Preferences under the General

tab, the changed manipulator style did not work properly. The application only supported

the RMB function even though the CATIA setting should support LMB and RMB. This bug

has now been fixed.

(2) Problem in finding the license server

In case if you have used the floating license server in Windows XP 64-bit operating system

and when you execute the application in client machine, it could not find the license server

in the server PC. There was a problem that the application could not access the license

server and it was just using the evaluation license system. This bug has now been fixed.

(3) Problem in PIP windows

When you use the PIP window and close it by using the enter key while some command

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was running, the PIP window did not completely disappear, and its shadow was still visible

until the application was closed. This bug has now been fixed.

(4) Connecting with online help

The scanner direct control commands such as Creaform, ZScan, VIVID, Roland,

Breuckmann, Range7 were not connected to online help when you press the F1 key on

the keyboard. This bug has now been fixed.

File I/O

(5) Problem in importing *pts file format which has color information

There were some cases that color information of .pts file was not properly imported. This

bug now has been fixed.

(6) Import .txt file format by drag and drop

When you imported some *.txt file by using Drag and Drop into the application, the ASCII

Convert should be invoked. However the application would crash sometimes. This bug has

now been fixed.

(7) Import .rgv / .rvm file format

When you imported an *.rgv file that had been created by the Range 7 scanner and saved

it with the sampling function, such as 1/4, 1/9, 1/16, etc, even though the Point Only option

was turned off, the application would still import only point clouds. There was problem that

the Point Only option did not work correctly. This bug has now been fixed.

(8) Problem in the scaling with .iges file

The scale of a curve changes while exporting the curve profiles in .iges file format. This

bug has now been fixed.

(9) Problem in importing with *.iges file

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Sometimes, you cannot correctly import a *.iges file. This bug has now been fixed.

(10) Problem in importing Range 7 files

- When you imported *.rvm and *.rgv files, some spike faces were not removed and then

imported.

- When you imported *.rvm and *.rgv files, the transform matrix information was not

properly worked internally.

These bugs have now been fixed.

(11) Problem in importing .obj files with texture

Sometimes the texture information in the .obj file format was not imported. This bug has

now been fixed.

(12) Problem in importing .cdm files with texture

Sometimes texture images of a .cdm file which was created by the VIVID scanner was

abnormally imported. This bug has now been fixed.

Point Cloud

(13) Problem in offset direction in the Point Cloud mode

Even though the flip direction button in the offset command was toggled on when all of the

points were offset, it only offsets in the positive direction. This bug has now been fixed.

Sketch

(14) Problem in Auto Sketch in the Sketch mode

Even though the Auto Sketch command could not be used in the Sketch mode, it was

displayed as an active command. This bug has now been fixed.

(15) Problem in creating complex splines

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When you create complex splines in 2D Sketch, sometimes the splines would become

jagged and you won’t be able to use the spline for solid modeling. This bug has now been

fixed.

Ref. Geometry

(16) Problem in selecting boundary for creating ref. geometry

If you selected the Extract method to create a ref. geometry, you could not select a

boundary of the model. This bug has now been fixed.

Solid / Surface / Feature

(17) Problem in the editing the surface loft

When you edit a loft surface for adding a new profile, sometimes the application would

crash. This bug has now been fixed.

(18) Option display error

When you edited a trim feature which had errors, the result option group was shown in the

first stage. This bug has now been fixed.

(19) Problem in the Untrim command When you executed the Untirm command and then clicked the Preview or OK button with

the specific model, sometimes an error message 'Encountered an improper argument’ is

displayed on the screen. After then when you clicked the OK button, you could not

terminate the command. This bug has now been fixed.

(20) Fill Hole with the Flatness Of Filled Holes option

When you executed the Fill Hole command with the Curvature method, the Flatness Of

Filled Holes option did not work properly. This bug has now been fixed.

(21) Problem in Split Face

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The erroneous Split Face feature in the Feature tree caused a model disappear while you

rebuild it. This bug has now been fixed.

liveTransfer ™

(22) Problem in the liveTransfer to Pro/E in multi-bite language

When you transferred some model to Pro/E using the liveTransfer to Pro/E command, the

application could not export any feature that was written multi-bite characters such as

Japanese and Chinese, symbols in the annotation etc. This bug has now been fixed.

(23) Problem in the liveTransfer command

When the application tries to transfer a model to other CAD modeler such as Pro/E, UGS

NX4 and NX5, etc and if the application cannot find the installed path, the application asks

for the execution file path for the CAD modeler. But, the execution file path you enter

doesn’t get saved. So you have to input the path whenever you try to liveTransfer. This bug

has now been fixed.

(24) Problem in liveTransfer to SolidWorks

When you created multiple bodies made by using a 3D curve as a Path Curve entity in the

Curve Pattern command, these bodies made a crash during liveTransfer to SolidWorks.

This bug has now been fixed.

(25) Problem in the liveTransfer command

LiveTransfer paused on suppressed features if that feature is selected as the Pause At

option. Now suppressed features are ignored from a Pause At entity. This bug has now

been fixed.


(26) Problem in the VIVID direction control command

If you used the Multi Depth option and the Texture option at the same time, the

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application crashes while scanning. There was a problem that the Multi Depth option was

incompatible with the Texture option in the VIVID Direction Control command. This bug

has now been fixed.

(27) VIVID 910 file save error

In case “Save Raw Data” option was turned on, a raw data from the VIVID 910 scanner

was incorrectly saved into *.cdk file format and you cannot not open it later. This bug has

now been fixed.

(28) Supporting JS-Tech turntable

Breuckmann Direct Control did not support the JS-Tech USB type turntable in the

application. Now it is supported.

(29) Supporting OptoCAT software (Ver. 2006)

The application did not support the OptoCAT program (Ver. 2006) for Breuckmann Direct

Control. This bug has now been fixed.

Measure

(30) Disappearing the measured volume property

The name of volume property disappeared when you measured the volume using the

calculation button in the Property panel. This bug has now been fixed.

(31) Problem in measuring angle

When you try to measure the angle between a plane and a vector which were orthogonal

each other, if you select the plane first, the measurement was correct. But if you select the

vector first, the result was calculated incorrectly. This bug has now been fixed.

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Add-Ins

(32) Problem in the Import Large Data command

When you import scan data using the Import Large Data command where the Suppress

option gets turned on, the application did not work properly and nothing happens. This bug

has now been fixed.

(33) Problem in the Global Register command

The Use Only Reliable Scan Data option was not properly worked when you executed the

Global Register command. This bug has now been fixed.

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III. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix7

1. Enhanced Functions

General


XRL file version has been upgraded to 2.7. You can check the version of XRL file in the

Summary Information of Open Model File window.

(2) Auto-filled bug report form

When you report a bug through the crash window, basic information such as your

product information and system information is automatically filled out.

File I/O

(3) Custom path to Pro/E Wildfire

If you have installed several versions of Pro/E Wildfire, and you want to transfer the

model data by using the liveTransfer(TM) To Pro/E Wildfire command, you can select a

particular Pro/E Wildfire version through the Use Custom Pro/E File Path option.

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(4) Emboss using multiple loops

Previously you were able to use only a single loop for the Emboss command, now you

can select multiple loops.

(5) Split Face by a plane

When you split a face (Insert > Modeling Feature > Split Face) by using the

Intersection method, you can select a planar entity under Tool Entities.

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(6) Port of rotary table

The COM Port for connection of the rotary table in VIVID and Breuckmann has been

increased up to 20.

(7) VIVID 64-bit

The VIVID scan device is additionally compatible with the 64-bit edition of the application.

(8) Mesh buildup wizard message box

When you try to terminate the scanner direct control such as Creaform, Z-Scan, VIVID,

Roland, Range7 and Breuckmann, the message box, “Do you want to run Mesh Buildup

Wizard?”, will appear.

(9) Generating point normal - liveScan

When you acquire a mesh or point cloud by using the Touch Probe device, each point’s

normal will be defined as the probing direction. This normal information is useful for

enhanced display of a point cloud.

(10) Custom compensation - liveScan

The Use Custom Compensation option has been newly added in the Probe Options

window. You can compensate the probe radius by the direction of the global axis or the

probe axis.

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(11) New Ref. Point creation method - liveScan

The Intersection Points On A Plane method has been newly added under the liveScan

command. When you select Touch Probe device, with Feature Type as Ref.

Geometries and Entity Type as Ref. Points, you can select the new method. This

method creates a ref. point between a plane and a line connecting two points.

(12) Enhanced display of huge scan data - liveScan

Previously when you gathered more than 5,000,000 scan points, refreshing of the

graphics window was delayed. Now it is enhanced and you can rotate, move and pan

huge scan data without a delay.

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(13) FARO probe setting - liveScan

The Select Probe button is enabled under the FARO device. You can change the probe

diameter with this button as with the Calibration button.

(14) Compensate point normal - liveScan

Previously when you stopped gathering a point cloud with a scanner, a message box

appeared asking you to decide whether to use the compensate point normal function.

Now it becomes an option under Point Cloud in the Scanner Options dialog box. If you

use this option, the application generates normals of the point cloud. This option is

enabled when you do not check the Triangulate option.

Note

If this option is checked, the normal is calculated by 2D triangulate algorithm, If the option

is not checked, the scanning direction acquired in real-time is used for the normal.


General

(1) Problem in Path in Preferences

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When you set the path “Cache Folder For Unloading And Back Up” in the preferences, you

must enter the “\” symbol at the path’s end. This bug has now been fixed.

(2) Problem in Profiler

Whenever the application executes the Profiler, you can see the “Rapidform Cache Folder”

in the profiling window. However this path is not matched exactly. This bug has now been

fixed.

(3) Vertical Scroll bar

When you resize the Profile View while the Fillet, Helix and Spiral commands are running,

the vertical scroll bar disappears. This bug has now been fixed.

File I/O

(4) Some IGES(*.igs) format files could not be imported in previous versions

When you tried to import some *.igs files, the application could not import them in previous

versions. This bug has now been fixed.

(5) Import with Point Only option

When you imported a certain file which is a formatted XO Model (xdl), rapidform2006

Model (mdl), Rapidform Polygons (fcs), STL (stl), VRML 1.0/97 (wrl), 3D Studio (3ds), Obj

(obj), Kreon (grk), NextEngine (scn), AutoCAD Dxf (dxf), Ansys (ans), Nastran (dat, nas),

Picza (pix) and Solutionix (icv, snx) by checking the “Points Only” option, occasionally the

sampling process is not applied on the imported data. This bug has now been fixed.

(6) Export 3D Sketch

When you exported 3D Sketch entity, some curves were missing according to the

geometric situation of curves. This bug has now been fixed.

(7) Opening *.igs files in other CAD applications

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When you exported an *.igs file and opened it in another CAD program, occasionally the

trimmed surface body would be changed to an untrimmed surface body. This bug has now

been fixed.

(8) Import the *.obj file format with the Include Texture option

Sometimes the application did not import the color information in *.obj files. This bug has

now been fixed.

Mesh

(9) Problem in certain files with texture information

If you imported certain *.obj, *.wrl and other file formats and then modified the mesh by

smoothing or fill hole, etc., right after modification all the texture information would

sometimes change strangely. This bug has now been fixed.

(10) Problem in Healing Wizard

When you tried to edit the mesh by using the “Healing Wizard” command with the “Small

Tunnels” option checked, and then set “Poly-Face Count In Tunnels” to a proper value, it

would not match with drawing number of “Small Tunnels”. This bug has now been fixed.

(11) Problem in Remove Marker command

When you executed the Remove Marker command in Mesh mode, you could see the

selected marker on the model. However you could not see it in the Markers list in the

Dialog Tree. This bug has now been fixed.

Sketch

(12) Problem in Mesh Sketch setup with a Point Cloud

If you executed the Mesh Sketch on Point Clouds, the application displayed the Silhouette

Range arrow in Model View. This bug has now been fixed.

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(13) Sketch Updating

If you created a solid/surface by using the Primitive command and edited the sketch, the

solid/surface would not be changed according to the sketch. This bug has now been fixed.

Ref. Geometry

(14) Ref. Plane previewing

When you created or edited any ref. geometry, sometimes you could not see the geometry

for previewing because it was located behind other entities. This bug has now been fixed.


(15) Maintaining selection in Split Face command

Even though you selected an entity before executing the Split Face command, the

selection was not maintained as Tool Entity. This bug has been fixed now.

(16) Problem in Match command

The ‘Orthogonal’ option in Match command in 3D Sketch Mode should be enabled or

disabled according to the ‘Target Entity’. However this did not work properly. This bug has

now been fixed.

(17) Showing a preview after Transform Body as Datum Alignment method

Execute the Transform Body command and select Datum Alignment as the method. Click

Previous Stage, and then click the Next button. Select Scale or By Matrix as the method.

You would see a silhouette which was related to Datum Alignment in the previous stage.

This bug has now been fixed.

(18) Problem in Fillet command

When you executed the Fillet command by selecting Variable Fillet as method and selected

two entities as Entities, there were two edit controls for fillet radius at the same position

which is common with two entities. This bug has now been fixed.

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(19) Problem in Rollback and Repeat Last command

If you ran "Repeat Last" command after you edited a feature and changed roll position by

Rollback, the application crashed. This bug has now been fixed.

(20) Selecting an open curve in the Sweep command

Execute the Sweep command. When you select an open curve as the Profile and then click

OK, sometimes the application might crash. This bug has now been fixed.

(21) Problem in List Control of Dialog Tree

When you scrolled entities in list control of dialog tree by moving scroll bar, sometimes the

Up & Down arrow button was positioned improperly. This bug has now been fixed.

(22) Updating alignment with Global and Fine

When you tried to Suppress or Unsuppress features before trying to align via the Align

command with the Global and Fine method, the result of the alignment would not be

applied. This bug has now been fixed.

(23) Problem in Section command

Go to 3D Sketch mode. Execute the Section command and select Mesh or Point Cloud as

target and Cylindrical as method. If the direction of Axis entity is (0, 0, -1), the bounding

box of target mesh or point cloud would become (0, 0, 0). This bug has now been fixed.

liveTransfer ™

(24) Install path of UGS NX

Whenever the application tries to transfer to UGS NX, you can see the NX Execution File

Path window. Sometimes the application does not search for the install path automatically

and the user must set it manually again. However, even though its path is saved at the

registry, the application requires the install path message. This bug has now been fixed.

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(25) Problem in liveTransfer™ to UGS NX

When executing the liveTransfer™ to UGS NX command, the application would show the

“file already exists” error message on certain machines, and then this command would not

work. This bug has now been fixed.

(26) Problem in liveTransfer(TM) To SolidWorks

When you tried to transfer your model that included trimmed and merged surfaces to

SolidWorks (File >liveTransfer(TM) To> SolidWorks), the application would produce a

“Transfer Paused Due to Build Error” message. This bug has now been fixed.


(27) RangeViewer: Thumbnail List [64bit Only]

When you transfer scan data from “RangeViewer” to the application, The Thumbnail list

does not match between the names of the exported scan data and the imported data. This


(28) Breuckmann batch scan setting

When you executed the Breuckmann command (Insert > Scanner Direct Control >

Breuckmann) and applied batch scan, the application might crash. This bug has now been

fixed.

(29) Problem in Breuckmann command

When you pressed the Enter on the keyboard, the command would be closed. This bug

has now been fixed.

(30) Problem in Breuckmann command

When you closed the Breuckmann command, the alignment is canceled. Therefore some

parts of the aligned scan data go back to the original position. This bug has now been fixed.

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(31) Problem in liveScan

In the liveScan command, click the Scanner Option button and select the Data Process tab.

Download the files by clicking Load at the Setting. The triangulation setting is not applied to

loaded data. This bug has now been fixed.

(32) Problem in liveScan command

Sometimes when you clicked the Abort button while performing the Move Device command,

the application might crash. This bug has now been fixed.

(33) Problem in liveScan command with tooltip

The tooltip on the Move Device did not exist. This bug has now been fixed.

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IV. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix6

1. List of Fixed Bug

(1) Resource Leakage

When you used the application, it occasionally crashed because the system ran out of

resource. This bug has now been fixed.

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V. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix5 1. Enhanced Functions

(1) New liveScan device: [LDI] SLP [32 bit only] The device, SLP, is newly added to the liveScan command.

(2) liveTransfer™ supports Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 Now, the File > liveTransfer to > Pro/E Wildfire command supports version 4.0.


File I/O

(1) Import *.PTS file format with point normal information

When importing some *.pts file format, the application only imported position information

and omitted normal information of the file. This bug has now been fixed.

(2) Import *.OBJ file format with texture information

Texture information was not imported for some *.OBJ file format. This bug has now been

fixed.

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(3) Import ANSYS and NASTRAN file format

Some of ANSYS and NASTRAN files were not imported properly by their contents. This


Mesh

(4) Problem in Global Remesh

In the Mesh mode, if you click the Break button while the application performs the Global

Remesh command, you cannot execute the undo command. This bug has now been

fixed.

Point Cloud

(5) Contain anomalies in the texture

Sometimes you could not find texture anomalies after running the Convert Color To

Texture command. This bug has now been fixed.

Sketch

(6) Problem in 3D Sketch related to viewing focus

While you are drawing a spline on a huge mesh, if view focus status changes to view

trackball, the end point of the spline is different from the mouse point. This bug has now

been fixed.

(7) Problem in Mesh Sketch Setup

In a certain model, when you selected an entity as Base Plane, the application showed

“Not enough memory available to complete command”. This bug has now been fixed.

(8) Problem in editing Fit Spline

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When selecting a sketch which has Fit Spline in the Feature Tree and if you enter the edit

mode and exit by clicking the Cancel button, occasionally Fit Splines is not shown in the

Model View. This bug has now been fixed.

(9) Problem in length information of Fit Spline

When selecting a sketch which has Fit Spline in the Feature Tree and if you enter the edit

mode and exit by clicking the Cancel button, the length of the spline is shown as zero in

the Properties panel. This bug has now been fixed.

(10) Problem in Undo or Redo

In the Sketch mode, when performing the Undo or Redo command, the constrain status

of sketch points were not updated. This bug has now been fixed.

(11) Problem in merge curves

When merging 3D curves, the separated curves could be selected by the All-Curves

command in the popup menu. This bug has now been fixed.

(12) Problem in Smooth command

In the 3D Sketch mode, sometimes OK button was not enabled in the Partial method in

the Tools > 3D Sketch Tools > Smooth command. This bug has now been fixed.

(13) Problem in Smooth command

If you select a curve in the All Range method and change it to the Partial Range method

and apply partial editing in the Smooth command, the result is not same as it was before

you clicked the OK button. This bug has now been fixed.

(14) Problem in Remove Constraint command

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When executing the Remove Constraint command on the imported curves, the

application removed constraints but the curve remained as a canonical curve. This bug

has now been fixed.

Ref. Geometry

(15) Ref. point as N-Division

When creating Ref. Point by using N-Division with a vector and a mesh, the application

did not return any result. This bug has now been fixed.

Add-ins

(16) Problem in origin of long range scan data

When point clouds with measuring information were triangulated using spherical method,

the local coordinate was not correctly set. This bug has now been fixed.

(17) Problem in Trim Mesh

When clicking the Previous Stage button in the Add-Ins > Trim Mesh command, the

application could not restore the original shape. This bug has now been fixed.

(18) Problem in 2D Triangulate

Sometimes a point cloud from scanner, especially liveScan, failed to generate a mesh

using 2D triangulate method. This bug has now been fixed.


(19) Roland LPX

When gathering point cloud with the Point Cloud Only option using Roland LPX device,

this application might crash. This bug has now been fixed.

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VI. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix4 1. Enhanced Functions

(1) New liveScan device: [RSI] MicroScan/MicroScribe [32 bit only] The device, MicroScan, is newly added to the liveScan command.

(2) Exit liveScan and Mesh Buildup Wizard Previously, when you exit liveScan, the application automatically opened up the Mesh

Buildup Wizard to make a single mesh. Now the dialog box (“Proceed to the scan data

processing with Mesh Build Wizard?”) appears so that you can select Yes or No.

(3) Roland LPX: Cutoff Angle The option, Cutoff Angle, is added in Roland LPX. While scanning, the scanner gathers the

points of an object within the angle between the scan direction and the object’s normal

direction. Users can input the value from 0 to 90.

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General

(1) Profiler speed on some ATI graphic cards

The Profiler speed was slow on some ATI graphic cards. This bug has been fixed now.

(2) Problem selecting Polyline in the Mesh Sketch Mode

In the Mesh Sketch Mode, when you deselected the Select Polyline, you could not use

the right Ctrl button on the Keyboard. This bug has been fixed now.

File I/O

(3) Import with the Include Texture Option

When you imported a certain file by checking “Include Texture” option, the application

might crash. This bug has been fixed now.

(4) Saving with an error message

If entities which were used in Circular Pattern or Linear Pattern and the pattern result of

the entities were removed, it might cause an error to save the file. This bug has been

fixed now.

Mesh

(5) The title of Subdivide command

While you were executing Subdivide command, when you previewed the result, and then

restored the original mesh, the title of “Subdivide” was changed to “Subdivide (Poly-

Faces)”. This bug has been fixed now.

Sketch

(6) Problem in Mesh Sketch setup with Rotation method

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In Mesh Sketch Setup, if you selected Rotation method and manipulate section plane,

the position and the size of previously added section planes also changed at the same

time. This bug has been fixed now.

Ref. Geometry

(7) Ref. Plane editing

Edit the Ref. Plane which was set to Extract as method and then clicked the Select None

button. The application might crash. This bug has been fixed now.


(8) Showing an Entity after Boolean

Occasionally, hidden entity was shown after Boolean operation. This bug has been fixed

now.

(9) Triangulate command from Long Range Scanner scan data

When you triangulate scan data (especially from long range scanners) imported with

wrong unit and then scaled in 2D Triangulation command (under the Add-ins menu) with

Spherical method, many sharp and long triangles might exist even though you have

inputted a proper value in the Max Edge Length option. This bug has been fixed now.

(10) Transform Body’s uniform scale

If you entered a value under 0.002 as the uniform scale value in the Transform Body

command, the uniform scale was not executed properly. This bug has been fixed now.

(11) Auto Surface with non-manifold poly-faces

When you executed the Auto Surface command with selected mesh as Reference Mesh

which had non-manifold poly-faces, the application might crash. This bug has been fixed

now.

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(12) Hollow preview

If you executed Hollow command with no face in Remove Faces selection, the error

message showed up. You could get the proper result, however, by clicking OK button.

This bug has been fixed now.

(13) Rebuild converted entity

Features created using sketches which include converted entities from other features

may not updated automatically, when there was a change in the parent feature of a

converted entity, the features must update changed entities at the same time. However

the application did not update correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

(14) Mixed up message between Revolve and Extrude

When sketch entities did not form a closed loop and if you executed the Revolve

command, the error message showed that of the Extrude command, and vice versa in

Extrude command. This bug has been fixed now.


(15) FWS file format from FARO Scanner

When you imported a FWS file which has already aligned model data in FARO Scene

software, the alignment information was not correctly imported. This bug has been fixed

now.

(16) Roland LPX

If an object was located away from the center of the plate and scanned by Roland LPX

scanner, some parts of scan data had reverse normal. This bug has been fixed now.

(17) Move Device in liveScan

If you executed Move Device command in liveScan two or more times, acquired scan

data would not be aligned correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

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VII. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix3 1. Enhanced Functions

(1) Support Konica Minolta Range 7’s RVM file format The Range 7’s .rvm file is supported by the application.

(2) Suppress option in Konica Minolta Range 7 [64 bit Only] The Suppress option is added in the Insert > Scanner Direct Control > Konica Minolta

Range 7 command. If you are acquiring very huge point or mesh data at a time from the

scanner, use the Suppress option in the dialog tree. The huge data will be imported and then

it will be loaded on your hard disk (Suppress).

2. List of Fixed Bug

File I/O

(1) Import VVD file format

Importing speed of VVD file format is slow in the previous version. This bug has been

fixed now.

NOTE: Importing speed of VIVID 700’s .vvd file is same as previous version.

(2) Import RGV file format

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When you import a .rgv file which contains merged data, some parts of scan data are not

imported correctly. The bug has been fixed now.

(3) Import CDM file format

When you import .cdm file which contains aligned scan data, scan data are imported

without alignment. This bug has been fixed now.


(4) RangeViewer: Erroneous string [64 bit Only]

In the menu of RangeViewer, the string of transferring scan data to Rapidform XOR is

written as “To: RangeViewer”. This string is changed as “To: Rapidform”.

(5) RangeViewer: Normal of scan data [64 bit Only]

Sometimes, when you transfer scan data from “RangeViewer” to “Rapidform XOR”, the

normal of scan data may be flipped, mesh data may be generated inaccurately and

alignment may not be applied. This bug has been fixed now.

(6) Konica Minolta VIVID: Normal generation

When you do scanning or import raw data in the Konica Minolta VIVID panel with the “No

Polygon” option, the normal of scan data is not generated.

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VIII. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix2 1. New Functions

(1) Direct control Roland LPX (32 bit only) Roland LPX is added under the Insert > Scanner Direct Control menu.

(2) New Add-In: Delete Poly-Faces Delete Poly-Faces is added under the Add-Ins menu. You can simply select poly-faces and

remove them without entering the Mesh mode. This command is applicable to multiple

meshes.

(3) New Add-In: Trim Mesh Trim Mesh is added under the Add-Ins menu. Previously, when you trim a mesh with a curve,

you need to draw a curve and change its order in the modeling history – copy the mesh below

the curve in the Feature Tree. This command enables you to trim a mesh without entering the

Mesh mode and regardless of modeling history.

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General

(1) Shading point cloud with bodies When a point cloud is shaded on a body, its clarity of shading is enhanced.

Note

This function is enabled when you set “Use Shader Programs for Enhanced Rendering” to

True under the Hardware tap in Preferences.

(2) Align, Mesh Buildup Wizard and Global Register with Point Clouds When you apply Align, Mesh Buildup Wizard and Global Register command to point

clouds without normals, the normal calculation algorithm is internally enhanced. Therefore

you can get the more precise result.

File I/O


XRL file version is changed from 2.4 to 2.5.

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(4) Support Cognitens’ XYZN file format XYZN files format including vertex normal information are supported in the application.

(5) Importing XYZ and TXT file format XYZ and TXT file format can be imported without translating by the ASCII Converter.

Mesh

(6) Decimate “Regularize Poly-Faces” option's capability has been enhanced, and a mesh that before

hadn't the appropriate result with this option can be decimated with the option enabled, which

results in more regularized poly-faces now.


(7) Rename Z Corporation ZScanner 700 Z Corporation ZScanner 700 is renamed as Z Corporation ZScanner under the Insert >

Scanner Direct Control menu.

(8) Rotary table calibration of VIVID If you are not satisfied with the result (axis vector of a rotary table), you can manually re-

assign scan areas by selecting them using buttons (Upper Sphere and Lower Sphere / Left

Plate and Right Plate). The axis vector will be automatically updated based on your selection.

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General

(1) Problem in tooltip

If a sentence in tooltip is very long without white space (such as Japanese), the sentence

moves to the next line with “-“character. This bug has been fixed now.

(2) Problem in Icon at the menu

On the icon in the menu, “R” symbol for the evaluation version are written but some icon

such as Offset, Silhouette, Merge etc in 2D Sketch mode do not have it. This bug has

been fixed now.

(3) Problem in user account of shortcut

The shortcut icon is created only in the installed user account such as administrator

account. Therefore local accounts are not able to use the application. Also even if you

can make the shortcut icon manually, sometimes the shortcut icon doesn’t work. This bug

has been fixed now.

(4) Tooltip of Surface UV Curve

In the 3D Sketch mode, The Tooltip of the Surface UV Curve command is not correctly

displayed at the toolbar. This bug has been fixed now.

(5) Problem in Model Tree

When you create the new body, expanded surface body’s node or solid body’s nod are

automatically collapsed in the Model Tree. This bug has been fixed now.

(6) Checking features with Accuracy Analyzer

When you check a preview body with Accuracy Analyzer, while you are creating a feature

and change an option. The deviation value at the curser position is not updated. This bug

has been fixed now.

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(7) 3D mouse error

When you use a 3D mouse, the directions of tilt, spin and roll are reversed. This bug has

been fixed now.

File I/O

(8) Import IGES file format with Ref. Vector

Export the Ref. Vector as IGS file format and then import it again. The application might

not work properly. This bug has been fixed now.

(9) Import RGV file format

When you import RGV file format, name of point clouds or meshes are set as the default

name. This bug has been fixed now.

(10) Import RWL file format [RapidWorks 2.3.1]

Select the File > Open in the menu. You can open an RWL file format, which has format

1.x version and 2.x version. However, if you open the 1.x version by double clicking, may

be you cannot open it. This bug has been fixed.

(11) Import RWL file format [RapidWorks 2.3.1]

When you open an RWL file format by double clicking on the file folder, The CGI/CAD

toolbar do not work properly. This bug has been fixed now.

(12) Import PTS file format without header

When you import a PTS file format which was formatted as x, y, z without the header and

it is not Rapidform’s file format, the ASCII converter does not show up and the

application crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(13) Import STL file format

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Some STL files which are imported successfully in previous version are now not imported.


Mesh

(14) Tools > Mesh Tools > Defeature

When you try to apply the Defeature command with the Bridge option and the Curvature

method and if mesh selecting is not appropriate, the application shows the “Out of

memory” message. This bug has been fixed now.

(15) Problem in Trim command

In the Mesh mode, when there are holes or boundary edge around trim curves,

occasionally trimming fails. This bug has been fixed now.

(16) Problem in Mesh Buildup Wizard command

When you import the meshes and go to Mesh Buildup Wizard and then close it, the

application does not show the save window and directly this command is closed. This

bug has been fixed now.

(17) Problem in Decimate command

If poly-faces are very large or small, the result of around these poly-faces is not

reasonable after decimation. This bug has been fixed now.

Point Cloud

(18) Problem in sampling result

Import a point cloud with “Float” precision in the Import dialog box and execute the

Sampling command with the Curvature method in the Point Cloud mode. All point clouds

converge to a line shape. This bug has been fixed now.

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Sketch

(19) Entities highlight display

After you save a model, the highlights of selected entities are displayed at wrong place.

Also if the custom resolution is so small in the Capture Screen, then this bug occurs. This


(20) The Constraint of 2D Sketch entities

Occasionally, the constraint information is not shown in the 2D Sketch Entities. This bug

has been fixed now.

(21) Problem in Section command

When you apply Section command with multiple point clouds, Searching Depth value is

changed according to the point cloud selection order. This bug has been fixed now.

(22) Import polyline without section polyline and other sketch entities

In the 2D Mesh Sketch mode, import only polyline without section polylines and other

sketch entities. If you edit it, the application crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(23) Editing curve network in the 3D Mesh Sketch

In the 3D Mesh Sketch mode, when you try to edit the curve networks by moving nodes

and escape this mode, the joined/connected curve networks are broken and the

application occasionally crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(24) Problem in hidden entities selection

Select either solid bodies or surface bodies and turn off the visibility of body entity (View>

Surface Bodies or Surface Bodies) in the Model View. If you drag and select the area

where the hidden solid or surface bodies exist, these entities can be selected even they

are hidden status. This bug has been fixed now.

(25) Problem in Text command

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Go to the 2D Sketch mode. Try to write text by using the Text command and set the value

for the Height option below 1.2mm. The text is not created properly. This bug has been

fixed now.


(26) Problem in Auto Surfacing command

Edit the curve network by executing auto surface command and check Reference mesh

as method. Occasionally dangling points are displayed in the patch network which are

not connected with other curves but this command is worked normally. This bug has

been fixed now.

(27) Problem in Boundary fit command

When model scale or data size is so big, sometimes the boundary fit command fails.

Though between the curve intersection node and the corner point of trimmed mesh is so

close, boundary fit fails. This bug has been fixed now.

(28) Problem in creating feature with checking Accuracy Analyzer

Check the Accuracy Analyzer for the preview body, while you are creating a feature by

using Loft, Sweep or Revolve etc, and then apply it. The visibility of mesh is maintained

before try commands. This bug has been fixed now.

(29) Problem in Variable fillet option

When you execute the Fillet command with the Variable Fillet method on the edges which

are interconnected, change the radius value by clicking on the Model View, the altered

radius is not applied on the preview window directly. This bug has been fixed now.

(30) Problem in Helix command

In case your model is in “inch” environment in the application, the Profile View of the

Helix command is still shown as “mm” environment. This bug has been fixed now.

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(31) Problem in Fillet command without scan data

In the Fillet command without scan data, check the Variable Fillet and double click a fillet

line in the Profile View without executing magic wand. The application may crash. This



(32) VIVID: Import Raw Data

The option of the Import Raw Data window disappears in the Konica Minolta VIVID (Inset

> Scanner Direct Control > Konica Minolta VIVID) in the Windows Vista operating system.


(33) VIVID: Registration of Rotary Table

When you use the Plate type, the result of Rotary Table Calibration was not accurate.


liveTransfer ™

(34) Problem in the path setting of the UGS NX

Whenever the application tries to transfer to UGS NX, you can see the NX Execution File

Path window. Though the path is set, always it is reset and user must set it again and

again. This bug has been fixed now.

(35) Problem in liveTransfer(TM) To SolidWorks

When you try to transfer your model to SolidWorks (File >liveTransfer(TM) To>

SolidWorks) which has variable fillet, the application crashes in a certain model. This bug

has been fixed now.

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IX. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 Hotfix1 1. New Functions

(1) Import Large Data Import Large Data is newly added under the Add-Ins menu. Basically it is similar to Insert >

Import, but the Suppress option is added and the Mesh Buildup Wizard option is removed in

the Import dialog box. The Suppress/Unsuppress mechanism manages data and memory by

swapping the data dynamically in between the physical memory and the hard disk. Thus very

large data set can be dealt with efficiently. The swapping time for Load / Unload is very short

when compared with its whole data processing time, so the calculation overhead is negligible.

This command is available only for mesh or point cloud.

(2) Import & Split Import & Split is newly added under the Add-Ins menu. You can split scan data using

number of vertices or number of meshes (point clouds) while importing. ASC, STL, OBJ and

PLY formats are currently available for this command. If you cannot import very huge data at

a time, use this command with Suppress option in the Import dialog box. The huge data will

be separately imported and then they will be loaded on your hard disk (Suppress).

(3) Global Register Global Register is newly added under the Add-Ins menu. This command aligns selected

scan data as accurately as possible using the overlapping regions. Basically this command is

same as Tools > Scan Tools > Align however you can select suppressed scan data in this

command.

(4) Triangulate/Merge Large Data Triangulate/Merge Large Data is newly added under the Add-Ins menu. This command

allows you to triangulate and merge huge mesh or point cloud. For huge data processing,

suppressed mesh or point cloud can be selected in the command, but the textures of mesh or

point cloud will be converted as colored point information after triangulate/merge.

(5) Scanner direct control: Range 7 (64 bit Only)

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You can directly control Range 7 scanner in XOR2 64 bit (Insert > Scanner Direct Control >

Range 7). To execute this command, RangeViewer should be installed previously on your

machine.

(6) Scanner direct control: Handyscan 3D and Zscanner 700 in XOR2 64 bit Now you also can directly control Creaform Handyscan 3D and Z Corporation ZScanner

700 in XOR2 64 bit such as in XOR2 32 bit. These two command are located under Insert >

Scanner Direct Control.


General

(1) Installation on Windows Vista Previously, if you enable UAC (User Account Control) on Windows Vista, installation is not

performed properly. Now a dialog box which asks password appears so that you can install

the application without problem.

(2) Display suppressed data in Add-Ins command If there exist suppressed meshes or point clouds and you run a command under Add-Ins

menu, the following message box appears and suppressed data will be displayed. In case the

data is very huge, the application displays the model with sampling.

(3) Performance Profiler Performance Profiler which checks your hardware performance and set the most suitable

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value to your application has been updated. Profiling time has been reduced and Profiler

does not make the result as HTML file except when you run it from the Help > Launch

Performance Profiler menu.

(4) Shading point cloud without normal information Use Shader Programs for Enhanced Rendering is newly added in File > Preferences >

Hardware > OpenGL Renderer. In case you use nVidia’s graphic cards, this option will be

enabled by default. This option clarifies the rendering of a point cloud which does not have

normal information and when you handle huge data, the rendering performance and dynamic

drawing performance are enhanced.

<Enable the option> <Disable the option>

File I/O

(5) XRL file version XOR’s file version has been updated as 2.4.

(6) Support NextEngine (SCN) file in XOR2 64 bit Now, XOR2 64 bit can import NextEngine’s .SCN file format.

(7) Support FARO (FWS) file format Now the application supports FARO’s FWS file format. The fws file has only the information of

corresponding fls files, and itself does not scan data. So if fls files don't exist, scan data is not

imported with an fws file only.

(8) Support LDI (SCN and PCN) file format Now the application supports LDI’s (Laser Design Inc.) SCN and PCN file formats. SCN is

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imported as point cloud entities, with no measuring coordinate and no normal generated.

PCN is the same format as SCN, but has the normal information.

(9) Importing speed of STL file format Importing speed of STL format is remarkably enhanced about 65~80% than previous version.

(10) Custom path in liveTransfer(TM) If the application cannot find the correct path of UGS NX software in liveTransfer(TM), you

can directly input the path of execution file in the liveTransfer(TM).

(11) Import CDK and CDM file format The cdk and cdm files are imported with reduced importing time and memory consumption.

User Interface

(12) Show remove list in tooltip If you select entities in the list box and hover your mouse over the Remove icon, you can

confirm the selected entities from the tooltip.

(13) Auto dynamic display ratio Auto method under the Dynamic Display Ratio option in the Display panel which

automatically determines the dynamic display ratio to preserves the minimum shape of a

mesh data during rotating, panning and zooming in the Model View has enhanced. It is also

enhanced to prevent rapid decrease of displaying a huge mesh.

(14) Tab View controlling buttons

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New buttons are added in the Tab View. button positions the current tab to previous

window position. button shows currently embedded tabs, such as Support and Image

Folder, and enables you to directly move to the selected tab.

(15) Thumbnail mesh / point cloud with Add-Ins When you execute a command under Add-Ins, meshes or point clouds including suppressed

ones will be shown in the Entity Thumbnails panel and you can select them through the Entity

Thumbnails panel.

(16) Selection in Mesh Buildup Wizard If you select entities as Reference and Moving in the Align stage of Mesh Buildup Wizard, the

selection of these entities is preserved in the same way you change methods to Local Based

On Auto Guess, Local Based On Picked Point or Global And Fine. It is also available in Align

command.

(17) Tooltip for exiting a Mode When you exit some mode using a button, the tooltip will explain the action of the button.

(18) Menu name of Add-In Previously,” Add-In” in the menu is changed to “Add-Ins”.

(19) Order of commands under Add-Ins Commands under Add-Ins are reordered as its work process flow.

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Mesh

(20) New merge option New merge option, Use Original File Data, is added in the Surface Merge and Volume

Merge commands. This option enables you to set sampling ratio no matter of what sampling

ratio you used while importing the file. This option is enabled when you import grid type data

(bre, ac, etc) with sample option.

(21) Controlling auto preview in Mesh Sketch Setup The "Enable Realtime Preview" button is added to the header of 2D Mesh Sketch Setup

command. It decides whether to calculate cross section of the mesh using sketch plane

according to the status of this button. It means that if this button is toggled off, it does not

update the cross section when the user moves the manipulator. Of course, it always updates

cross section whenever the manipulator is released regardless of the status of this button.

(22) Filling small holes When you fill relatively small holes, the application uses optimized algorithm, so that the

overall calculation time is remarkably enhanced.

liveScan™

(23) liveScan enhancement The [NDI] ScanTRAK/OPTOTRAK device is newly added in liveScan

Devices are renamed for better understanding as shown in the image below.

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You can turn on or off the sound during scanning or probing in liveScan.

If you check the Hold Connection button, the application doesn’t disconnect a device

even you close the liveScan command.

Previously, you needed to click B button to stop creating a point with a probe device,

but now the new method creates points with only A button.

(24) Generating normal information of a point cloud While the application does post processing with a point cloud, you will be asked “Do you to

compensate point normal information?” If say “Yes”, the application accurately generates

normal information. If say “No”, the normal information will be generates refer to scanning

normal information.

(25) API updates

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The newest API scanner’s library is updated and

The Abort button which pauses scanning is added.

While a scanner device is a state of pause, a virtual line is shown in the graphic

window. Therefore you can confirm the position of the scanner device.


General

(1) 3D mouse’s sensitivity

The 3D mouse’s sensitivity is slower than the previous version. This bug has been fixed

now.

(2) Scanner account

The VIVID scanner’s user interface works correctly only with the administrator account. If

you use the user account, the application cannot show scanning image in the Konica

Minolta VIVID panel. This bug has been fixed now.

(3) Problem in Screen capture

When you capture screens (File > Capture Screen), both dimension and constraint are

not captured. Also occasionally if you set Preference > Hardware > OpenGL Renderer

Setup to Off-Screen Rendering Mode and then capture the model again and again, the

application does not work correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

(4) Estimate button in Best Fit

Previously the Estimate button in the Best Fit dialog tree, this result value was

comparatively bigger than its size. This bug has been fixed.

(5) Preview of Ref. Plane

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When you create a Ref. Plane with the Rotation method and move the position using

manipulator in the Model View, the plane is incorrectly displayed. This bug has been fixed.

(6) Ref. Plane with the rotation method

When you create a Ref. Plane with the Rotation method and the rotation angle is over

180 degrees and edit it, the rotation angle turns 180 degrees. This bug has been fixed.

File I/O

(7) Import STEP format

If you import a model in STEP format which is not a SI unit (mm, m and km), the imported

model’s size is correctly changed. This bug has been fixed now.

(8) Export XDL file format

When you export the mesh data to XDL file format which it has the texture information,

abnormally the mesh’s texture is removed and you cannot edit it. This bug has been fixed

now.

(9) Open XDL file format

Occasionally, when you open some xrl file, the application is crashed. This bug has been

fixed now.

(10) Export IGES or STEP format

Export both solid body and surface body to IGES or STEP format at the same time and

then import both the solid and surface bodies. You will get only the surface body. This


(11) Import CAD Healing

When you import the CAD file and Healing process is executed, occasionally the

geometry is deformed strangely. This bug has been fixed now.

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Mesh

(12) Tools > Mesh Tools > Subdivide

In case the scan data has very large bounding box or its center coordinate exists far from

the origin, and if you execute the Subdivide command with “Edge Length” method,

occasionally the application creates an isolated shape with regular gaps from the original

mesh. This bug has been fixed now.

(13) Problem in Offset command (Tools > Mesh Tools > Offset)

Go to the Mesh mode, when you execute the Offset command and check the Volume as

the Method, occasionally the application creates a strange mesh, which has a big hole.


(14) Problem in Fill Holes command

When you select the boundaries for the Fill Holes command and check the Do Not Fill If

Hole Is Bigger Than option, which default value has 0, the selected boundaries are

canceled. This bug has been fixed.

(15) Problem in Subdivide command

In Mesh mode, when you click the preview button after selecting the poly-faces on a

mesh in the Subdivide command and then when you click the restore button, the

selected regions are canceled. This bug has been fixed now.

(16) Problem in Refit command

When a tessellated mesh exists, Refit command is not executed in the Mesh mode. This


(17) Global Remesh.

Occasionally when you execute the Global Remesh command with a certain mesh data,

the application does not stop calculating. This bug has been fixed now.

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(18) Mesh Buildup Wizard- Align

Go to Mesh Buildup Wizard command in the Align stage. Check Update View &

Histogram in the Global And Fine option. The application runs out of memory in certain

specific model. This bug has been fixed now.

(19) Mesh Buildup Wizard - Remove unwanted data

In the “Mesh Buildup Wizard” command, if you use the data that consists of either the

points or the faces, you cannot select the poly-vertex by Manual Select in the Remove

Unwanted Data option. This bug has been fixed now.

(20) Mesh Buildup Wizard - Save/Open

In the “Mesh Buildup Wizard” command, there is Save/Open functionality. However, only

the Open is executed. This bug has been fixed now.

Point Cloud

(21) Undo does not work correctly

In the Point Cloud mode, execute the copy & paste the point and then exit this mode;

now Click Edit > Undo to undo the copy of points. It does not work. Also the Redo

command does not work. This bug has been fixed now.

Sketch

(22) Mesh Sketch (with Point Clouds) Deviation

Make a mesh sketch by using the point clouds. The deviation button is disabled in the

Accuracy Analyzer panel. Therefore you cannot use it. This bug has been fixed now.

(23) Mesh Sketch-Rotational Method.

Silhouette range in Mesh Sketch Setup as Rotational method does not work correctly.


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(24) Problem in smooth command

Go to 3D Sketch Mode, check the Partial Range under in the Smooth dialog tree and

then select the 3D curve. The Model view is not refreshed and previous curve’s silhouette

is overlapped. This bug has been fixed now.


(25) Problem in Draft command

When you execute the Draft command first time and then click the preview button, the

preview model does not appear correctly in the Model View. However if you cancel this

preview condition and then execute these same steps again, you can see the preview

model correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

(26) Problem in Sweep, Loft command

When the model has a guide curve, sometimes the Sweep or Loft command do not

create the feature correctly. The bug has been fixed now.

(27) Problem in Curve Pattern command

Occasionally, when you execute the Curve Patten command with an analytic 2D sketch

curve, the application incorrectly creates entities. This bug has been fixed now.

(28) Problem in Conic fillet option

When you execute the Fillet command with Variable Fillet method and Conic fillet option

and change the R2 value in the graphic window, you cannot see any change in the

Profile View and the Model view. This bug has been fixed now.

(29) Problem in Loft Wizard command

In the Loft Wizard, select a drive curve and click the next button. When you move the Ref.

Plane far from a region and copy it, the application does not work correctly. This bug has

been fixed now.

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(30) Problem in Loft Wizard command - Creating planes

In the Loft Wizard command, Check the By Curve as Path and move the sectional planes

far from a curve. Planes are incorrectly works when you move or copy them in the next

stage. This big has been fixed now.

liveScan™

(31) Problem in liveScan(TM) command during the scanning process

Accidently leave from the liveScan(TM) command during the scanning process, the

application works abnormally. This bug has been fixed now.

(32) Problem in Scanner Option in the liveScan(TM) command

In the liveScan(TM) command, whenever you open the Scanner Option in the Device

Manage tree, the triangulate Distance value is changed to default value. This bug has

been fixed now.

(33) Problem in preview of a laser line

In the liveScan(TM) command, when both the Zoom Fit and the Dynamic Panning are

disabled in the Device Manager in Scanner Option, the scanner’s preview laser line is not

projected on the Model View window in the pause state. This bug has been fixed now.

Add-Ins

(34) Problem in Combine, Surface Merge command

Select the meshes which have texture information. Use the Combine or Surface Merge

commands. The application crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(35) Problem in Model View in the Add-Ins commands

Some commands in the Add-Ins menu have a problem to update Model View. This bug

has been fixed now.

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(36) Problem in 2D Triangulate command

Although the point clouds are not select in the 2D Triangulate command, the estimate

button of the “Maximum Edge Length Is Larger Than” option is activated. This bug has

been fixed now.

(37) Problem in Find Scan Direction command

In the Find Scan Direction command, although the selected entities do not exist, the next

button is activated and you can use it. This bug has been fixed now.

(38) Problem in Reverse Normal command

In the Reverse Normal command, entities which do not have normal information can be

selected. This bug has been fixed now.

(39) Problem in Volume Merge command

In the Volume Merge command, when you click preview button and then click the restore

button. The selected entities are canceled. This bug has been fixed now.

(40) Problem in 2D Triangulate command

When you apply 2D Triangulate with IQSCAN or FLS file format, the value of center

position is not correct to use it as Spherical or Cylindrical center. This bug has been fixed

now.

(41) Problem in 2D Triangulate command - UI focus

When you enter to the 2D Triangulate command and select the Spherical or Cylindrical

as the Projection Method, the UI Focus is located on the Center box. Therefore when you

select a point cloud, it is registered as Center value. This bug has been fixed now.

(42) Problem in Reverse Normal command

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If mesh data or point cloud are suppressed, you cannot select them in the Reverse

Normal command. This bug has been fixed now.

(43) Problem in 2D Triangulation command from Perceptron scanner

When you execute the 2D Triangulation command with SWL or SWB file format,

occasionally the mesh’s normal is inverted or it does not work correctly. This bug has

been fixed now.

(44) Problem in Register Target command

When you use the Shared Scan Folder option in Register Target dialog tree, is has a

problem so that the application does not work correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

liveTransfer ™

(45) Problem in liveTransfer(TM) To Pro/E Wildfire

When you execute the liveTransfer(TM) To Pro/E Wildfire command and check the

Resume From Selected Feature as method, sometimes the application shows an error.


(46) Problem in liveTransfer(TM) To Pro/E Wildfire

When you execute the liveTransfer(TM) to Pro/E Wildfire command, occasionally the

application stops at the first sketch entity in a certain model. This bug has been fixed now.

(47) Problem in liveTransfer To Pro/E Wildfire (Installation path)

In the liveTransfer(TM) To Pro/E Wildfire command, sometimes when the application

cannot find the installation path of the Pro/E Wildfire, it activates the path setting window

in the Model View. Unfortunately the window’s dialog text is written incorrectly as “Save

As” even though this operation is executed correctly. This bug has been fixed now.

(48) liveTransfer(TM) to UGS NX and Pro/E Wildfire

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The Cut command causes sending incorrect remaining bodies to UGS NX and Pro/E

Wildfire. This bug has been fixed now.

Accuracy Analyzer

(49) Accuracy Analyzer - Activation

When the Accuracy Analyzer bar is located under other docking bar and you try to use

Accuracy Analyzer bar first time, all the options in Accuracy Analyzer are disabled. This


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X. What’s New in XOR2 SP1 1. Enhanced or Changed Functions

User Interface

(1) User Defined Mesh Boundary Color New check box called Boundary is newly added under Mesh item in the Display panel. If you

select this option as User Defined, boundary color will be displayed as per your setting in

Preferences.

(2) Viewing all Entities as Identical Color New option called Front Face is added under General item in the Display panel. If you select

this option as ‘All The Same’, all entities such as meshes, point clouds, regions and bodies

will be displayed with default color (gray) regardless of its material, texture and vertex/face

color.

(3) New Rotation Viewpoint Functions Rotate CCW, Rotate CW and Flip are newly added under the View > Viewpoint menu. You

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can control the viewpoint with these new methods.

• Rotate CCW – rotates the viewpoint counterclockwise by 90 degree (quarter-turn),

along the current view direction.

• Rotate CW – rotates the viewpoint clockwise by 90 degree (quarter-turn), along the

current view direction.

• Flip – Rotates the viewpoint by 180 degree, about the vertical view axis.

Original Position

Rotate CCW

Rotate CW

Flip

(4) Show / Hide Solid Body and Surface Body

Previously a single icon shows/hides both solid body and surface body. Now, you can

individually show/hide solid body and surface body using icons or short cuts.

Show/Hide Surface Body (Ctrl + 4)

Show/Hide Solid Body (Ctrl +5)

(5) Model Tree

Previously all entity types are listed in the Model Tree, now, only existing entity types are listed

in the Model Tree.

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(6) Fillet • In the Constant / Variable Fillet method, you can move the radius edit widget away to prevent

fillet line being hidden by widgets.

• Display glitch when you apply the deviation in the Accuracy Analyzer panel, to concave fillets

is now resolved.

(7) Highlight Selected Entity in the Dialog Tree When you select an entity in the model view, this entity is also highlighted in the list box of

selected entities in the dialog tree.

(8) Change Selection Order during Fillet / Loft When you select entities in the Fillet, Loft and Align (Tools > Scan Tools) dialog tree, you can

change the selection order. If you select one of entities in the list box, the Up and Down icons

will appear for changing its order.

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(9) Customize Viewing Rotation Angle You can rotate a model using the arrow button on the keyboard. Now you can set this rotation

angle under Viewing in the General tab in Preferences.

(10) Support 3D Mouse Both applications (32 bit and 64bit version) support 3D Mouse. You can customize buttons

under the 3D Mouse tab in the Customize dialog box.

General (11) The legacy of XOV/XOS’s Functions

XOV/XOS’s functions which are related to generating and editing the mesh are added under

the Add-in menu. You can perform;

- 2D Triangulate: generate poly-faces using 2D method.

- 3D Triangulate: generate poly-faces using 3D method.

- Find Scan Direction: generate scan directions.

- Generate Vertex Normal: generate vertex normal.

- Reverse Normal: flip mesh normal.

- Surface Merge: generate a single mesh using surface method.

- Volume Merge: generate a single mesh using volume method.

- Register Target: register meshes using target method.

- Combine: combine meshes or points.

Note

• For more detail, please see the user guide.

• These commands don’t support the Undo/Redo function. Furthermore, if these commands

are executed, all the previous functions executed prior to these commands cannot be

undone/redone neither because they are removed from the Undo/Redo history.

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(12) Breuckmann Scanner Direct Control (32 bit version only) You can directly control the Breuckmann scanner and the turn table in the application. This

version supports various types of turn tables such as SHOT-202, SHOT-602, CSG-602R(V1),

CSG-602R(V2), isel(R-1), isel(RF-1), JSTech_NCTB, JSTech_VRTB, Kaidan, Mark202,

MICOS_pollux, MMC-2, MMC-2(15kg), ZETA6104 and ZETA6104(Fast).

(13) VIVID Update (32 bit version only) The core module for VIVID scanners is updated. VIVID Direct Control supports only VIVID 9i

and VIVID 910. VIVID 700 and VIVID 900 models are not supported any more.

(14) liveScan Update (32 bit version only) • New Creation Methods – create points by probe and create rectangles by probe are added in

liveScan.

• Move Device – It maintains the coordinate system of a scanner, even after the position of the

scanner has been moved. This function is useful when the real object is very large to scan

from a single position.

• Preserve Raw Data of Probing Points - two options for acquiring raw probing data points are

added in the "Probe Option" dialog.

• New Slot Creation Method - fits a slot to all probed points or use only six points to fit two

circles each with three points respectively.

• Support API Devices – Now the application supports API’s Tracker3, Intelliprobe, IntelliScan

and Omnitrack.

(15) Property label name for Volume When you click the Calc. button in the Properties panel to measure the volume of a mesh,

the label name of Volume will be changed from “Volume” to “Approx. Volume (xx% Open

Region)”. Here xx% means the ratio of the open region of a mesh against a closed volume

mesh. For example, 0% means that the mesh has completely closed volume.

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(16) Screen Capture and Rendering Performance The Off Screen Rendering Mode item is added under OpenGL Renderer Setup in the

Hardware tab in Preference. This option improves screen capturing and rendering

performance in the application. You can select graphic acceleration as Software or Hardware.

If your graphic device supports hardware acceleration, we recommend you to set this option

as Hardware. These setting will be automatically set after you perform Performance Profiler

(Help > Launch Performance Profiler)

(17) Best Fit Alignment The Estimate button next to the Max. Average Deviation option is newly added. This new

button automatically estimates maximum average deviation. If the value in Max. Average

Deviation is set to 0, the application automatically applies required estimation.

(18) Reset Toolbar The ResetAll button is enabled in the Customize dialog box. This button initializes all added

or removed commands in toolbars.

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(19) Backup during Saving File When you save a model file in the application, a backup file will be temporarily created to

prevent generating a broken file during saving.

(20) Auto Update • The evaluation version of the application is now enabled to auto update.

• While you download an update file, you can use the application. After completing download,

the application asks you to save the model file in order to install a new version.

(21) Profiler Update The profiler (Help > Launch Performance Profiler) has been updated to V1.6. This update

includes new hardware feature detection, bug fixes and output message modifications.

File I/O (22) File Import

There are new enhancements and new formats when importing various file formats.

• DXF - Additionally supportable entities; line, circle, arc and spline.

• Ansys - Tetrahedron, pyramid, prism and hexahedron elements are imported as mesh

entities

• Nastran - Quad and triangle elements are imported as mesh entities. If there is no quad, and

triangle element, grid elements are imported as point cloud entities.

• Metris/3DScanners (*.sab, *.sab2) - Additionally supportable entities; plane, line, coordinate,

polyline and point. The application supports version 2.5 format.

• Cyra (*.ptx) - Support transformation information which is included in the ptx format.

• Support Cognitens format. (*.xyz)

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• Support Optimet format. (*.opd)

• Support Minolta Range7 format (*.rgv)

• Support Inventor format (*.iv)

(23) Import IGES File • Compatibility with IGES files from various CAD software is greatly enhanced. This IGES file

importer in the application has been improved to cope up with complex models from surface

modelers. Many of surface modelers often generate complex shaped high-order surfaces or

unbalanced patches which get split or fail to sew into one body during the importing process.

Now these kinds of models are successfully imported. In general, it may 2~3 times slower

than previous version.

• IGES file with multiple layers and assemblies can be imported and separated as each body in

Rapidform.

(24) CAD Healing when Importing The Heal Imported Body command which appears during importing CAD data has a new

stage that enables you to check inside each body-face (surfaces) and try to heal the

discontinuous surfaces to C1 continuous. This new stage has two options;

Show Discontinuous Body Faces – displays body faces which are not C1 continuous.

Try To Heal Discontinuous Body Faces – tries to create C1 continuous body faces.

(25) Warning Message when Importing Mesh or Point Cloud When you import a mesh or point cloud which is very far from system origin or has

abnormally big or small bounding box, the application shows a warning message.

(26) ASCII Converter • To clearly notify, ignore column and checked false row becomes gray.

• The ASCII Converter dialog box preserves its last size or position.

Mesh / Point Cloud (27) New Fill Hole Methods

New methods are added in the Fill Holes command.

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Fill Gulf – It is used when you fill indented boundaries. To fill gulf, pick two points on

the boundary.

Remove Peninsula – It is used when you remove projecting areas around boundary.

Therefore you can create a simple boundary. To remove peninsula, pick two points on the

boundary.

Remove Island – It is used when you remove independent poly-face clusters.

Smooth Boundary – It is used when you generate a smooth boundary.

(28) Edit Boundaries • The Split Boundary button is added next to the Boundaries button. You can split boundary

and apply various editing options (Smooth, Shrink, Fit, Extend, Extrude and Fill) to the

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separated boundaries.

To split boundaries;

1. Click the Split Boundary button.

2. Pick a point on a boundary. (Boundary is split at a specific position)

3. To end splitting, click the Split Boundary button again.

• The Fill option is newly added. This option is basically same as Fill Hole command but

Merge Split Boundary is a new option. This option merges boundaries which consist of

some broken boundaries.

(29) Offset Point Cloud The Offset command is newly added in the Tools > Point Cloud Tools menu. You can offset

not only a point cloud but also poly-vertices with a specific distance in the Point Cloud mode.

If a point cloud does not have vertex normal, a message box appears. If you continue the

process, the application generates vertex normal and offsets the point cloud.

<Original Point Cloud> <Offset 20 mm>

(30) Mirror Mesh The Mirror function is separated from the Split command in the Mesh mode and Tools >

Mesh Tools > Mirror is newly added.

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(31) File import option added to Remove Marker function When you apply the Remove Marker command to a mesh data in the Mesh mode, you can

import and use AICON’s .obc format file which contains information on marker positions.

(32) Environment Mapping on a Mesh You can apply the Environment Mapping method in the Accuracy Analyzer(TM) panel to a

mesh model. The environment mapping on a mesh is available only in the Mesh mode. This

new method enables you to inspect the surface quality of a mesh like a solid or a surface

model.

(33) Mesh Refit using Point Cloud

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The Refit command in the Mesh mode supports a Point Cloud as a target entity.

(34) Mesh Buildup Wizard The Mesh Buildup Wizard command has enhanced for users convenience and clear user

interface.

• Each stage has its Apply button, and then you can go to the next stage.

• Each stage has Edit Tools.

• Removing or Keeping the hidden imported data in the “Entity Thumbnail” panel during Mesh

Buildup Wizard.

Region Group (35) Auto Segment with Filtering

When you classify regions using Auto Segment in the Region mode, Filtering Criteria is

involved during auto-segmenting. Therefore clusters are separated into a single region as

each individual region after you apply the Auto Segment command.

Previous Version;

Clusters are included in the

region after auto-

segmenting.

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New Version ;

Clusters are independent

from the region after auto-

segmenting.

Solid / Surface / Feature (36) Loft Wizard Enhancements • If you choose the ‘By No. of Sections’ option in the Loft Wizard dialog box, the preview

planes are editable in the 2nd stage of Loft Wizard. You can move, add, remove and undo

selected planes to finely adjust the surface quality.

Move – Select and Drag

Add – Ctrl + Drag

Remove – Select and Delete button.

Undo – Ctrl + Z

Note

Use the Environments Mapping option in the Accuracy Analyzer panel during

Loft Wizard, as it will help you to check the surface quality. The images below show

that adding a section plane in the 2nd stage of Loft Wizard increases the overall loft

surface quality.

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• Profile Type option is added in the Loft Wizard dialog box. Previously, sections from Loft

Wizard are registered as 3D Sketch, but the ‘Ref. Planes + Mesh Sketches’ option registers

each section as 2D sketch. Therefore you can edit each section using all the available 2D

Sketch functions.

“3D Sketch” Option Result

“Ref. Planes + Mesh Sketches” Option Result

(37) Preview Button in the Loft Command

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Enable Realtime Preview button is added on top of the Loft / Loft Wizard dialog tree.

Whenever it takes a long time to preview the result shape, you can disable real-time preview

functionality.

(38) Refit CAD There are quality enhancements and high success ratio with erroneous data in the Insert >

CAD Correct > Refit command.

• The Weight option controls weightness of looseness or tightness on each face. The image

below shows the relationship between Loose Face and Tight Face.

(a) Before refit.

(b) After refit with minimum weight; Red (Tightly Fit Faces), Blue (Loosely Fit Faces)

(c) After refit with mid weight

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(d) After refit with maximum weight

• The new option called Type Of Control Vertices controls overall fitting shape. You can

choose Global or Local under this option. The image below shows the result of Global and

Local.

(a) Before refit.

(b) After refit with “Global” option.

(c) After refit with “Local” option.

(39) Transform Body using Datum

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The Datum Alignment method is newly added in Insert > Modeling Feature > Transform

Body. You can transform bodies to other bodies or meshes using its datum.

(40) Filleting and Chamfering Speed Now, the application does not check self-intersection while you apply the Fillet and Chamfer

command. Therefore when you create many fillets or chamfers on a model, the calculation

speed is dramatically improved.

Note

If you want to check the body self-intersection, you should use the Find Defect command

with the ‘Self Intersection Test’ option.

(41) Tangent Vector on a Curve The “Tangent” method is newly added in the Ref. Vector dialog tree. You can create a vector

by selecting both a point (Ref. Point, Curve Point or Vertex) and a curve (2D Curve, 3D Curve

or Body Edge)

(42) Selecting an Entity in Find Defects You can select an erroneous entity listed in the Find Defect dialog tree. If you select an entity,

the corresponding entity will be highlighted in the model view.

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(43) Sweep • A composite curve is allowed to be used for Profile, Path and Guide Curve in the Sweep

command.

• The Enable Realtime Preview button is added on top of the Sweep dialog tree. Whenever it

takes a long time to preview the result shape, you can disable real-time preview functionality.

(44) Internal Improvement on Offset, Hollow and Thicken Commands The Offset, Hollow and Thicken commands which are related to offset function are internally

improved. Therefore the robustness and success ratio for creating these features are

increased.

Sketch (45) Import other CAD’s Sketch Entities as a Sketch

2D drawing files (DXF, IGES, STEP and VDA-FS) from other CAD system can be imported

as sketch entities into the Sketch and Mesh Sketch mode. The imported sketch entities are

initially positioned at the center of current view and you can adjust the position, orientation

and scale of imported sketch entities using plane-manipulator. You also can flip imported

entities vertically and horizontally.

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(46) Spline Curve from a Silhouette The Silhouette command is newly added in the Tools > Sketch Tools menu. You can create

spline curves from a silhouette of a solid and/or a surface body.

(47) Parabola The Parabola command is newly added in the Tools > Sketch Entities menu..

(48) Check Disjoined Ends of Sketch in Accuracy Analyzer The Tool > Sketch Tools > Highlight Disjoined Ends command is removed and this option

is added in the Accuracy Analyzer panel as a check box. If you check this option in the

Sketch or Mesh Sketch mode, the application highlights disconnected curves in real-time

during sketching.

(49) New Pop up ; Make As Construction Geometry When you select a sketch entity and invoke pop-up menu, the Make As Construction

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Geometry command is newly added. You can easily convert sketch entity as construction

entity. If you invoke pop-up menu on the construction entity, you can convert it as normal

entity using the Make As Regular Geometry command.

(50) Create Ellipse by Fitting The Ellipse and Partial Ellipse command in the Mesh Sketch mode can be created by

fitting polyline.

(51) Partially Smooth Curve The Smooth command in 3D Mesh Sketch and 3D Sketch can smooth a curve in a partial

area. You can change the size of brush by Ctrl + LMB and while you drag on a curve, the

curve becomes smooth.

(52) Highlight Nodes in the Remove Node Command When you remove a node of 3D curve using the Remove Node command in the Tools > 3D

Sketch Tools, all nodes of a curve on which your mouse lays are highlighted.

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User Interface

(1) Item column in Vista style

When you change XP style theme to Vista style in Windows system, the column’s height are

unsuitably changed at the “Pause At” option in the liveTransfer™ to SolidWorks. This bug has

been fixed.

General

(2) Preferences in Template XRL file The application can set the Template XRL File option to user path in the Preferences and if

you restart the application, this path is not preserved. This bug has been fixed.

(3) Problem in Accuracy Analyzer

When you execute “Accuracy Analyzer” on a feature command like fillet, chamfer and cut etc,

preview was displayed on the inner body and deviation or curvature were not shown. This

bug has been fixed.

(4) Problem in Preferences

In the “Preference” command (File > Reference > Hardware > Processor Feature Setup), if

SSE2 or SSE3 is set the Value to the True, the center of the rotation is abnormally executed.

This bug has been fixed.

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File I/O

(5) RapidWorks File Import (*.rwl) (32 bit version only)

The application can read the *. rwl using “Open” command (File > Open). However, when you

read the *.rwl using “Drag & Drop” method, the application shows a message saying that the

application is trying to read the file using ASCII Converter. This bug has been fixed.

(6) Problem in File Import (*.wrl) (32 bit version only)

When you import some *.rwl that have a face color information, occasionally the application is

crashed. This bug has been fixed.

(7) Problem in Live Transfer to SolidWorks

When you transfer to the SolidWorks and it is unmerged and filleted, though this process fails,

the application did not show a message at the error list box. This bug has been fixed.

(8) Problem in Live Transfer to Pro/E When you transfer to Pro/E, the created direction of the revolved feature is changed by the

“Both Direction” option. This bug has been fixed

(9) Problem in Export

When you export to *.mdl or *.xdl which mesh has more than 2 pieces and check the “Export

Each As Separate File” option, the application is crashed. This bug has been fixed.

Mesh (10) Problem in Subdivide

In case the scan data is flat shaped having some holes in the section and if you execute the

“Subdivide “ command with “Fill Defective Holes” option, sometimes the application creates a

strange shape such as twisted shapes or filled holes. This bug has been fixed.

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(11) Problem in Global Remesh

In previous version, occasionally there are cracks at mesh boundaries after the “Global

Remesh” command. This bug has been fixed.

(12) Problem in Edit Boundaries

Although boundaries are unchecked, when check smooth or shrink as the Method in the Edit

boundaries command And when you set the Select N-Depth From Boundary Slider Bar to

large value (more then 2), Poly-Faces are selected around the boundaries. This bug has

been fixed.

Region Group (13) Region Editing

The application removes cluster regions which do not agree with the Filtering Criteria

condition (except “Enlarge” command). However, the application occasionally removes

regions around critical regions. This bug has been fixed.

(14) Problem in Preview

Selected faces are not displayed under the region after using the Enlarge, Shrink, By Criteria

command etc. This bug has been fixed.

(15) Problem in offset command

In the Mesh mode, when you execute model preview in the “offset” command and then click

the apply button, the application is crashed. This bug has been fixed.

Solid / Surface / Feature (16) Problem in Ref. Vector

In case if the model’s shapes are flat or it has short extrusion, occasionally the application

creates abnormal vector as the “Extrusion” method. This bug has been fixed.

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(17) Problem in surface primitive command

In case if the surface primitive has the same inner and outer face such as a circle shape,

cone, torus and sphere type, the created primitive’s direction is opposite from mesh normal

direction. This bug has been fixed.

(18) Up to Region of Extrude mode setup

In the “Extrude” command, when you create a solid body with the “Up to Region” method and

check the “Offset” option and then enter to edit mode, the application cannot rebuild it. This

bug has been fixed.

(19) Problem in Cut command

Previously, if you edit the “Cut” feature, you can see the “Region Fitting” option in the second

stage which should not be shown. This bug has been fixed.

(20) Problem in Thicken command

Occasionally, when you execute the “Thicken” command which has more than about 1.5mm,

the application is crashed. This bug has been fixed.

(21) Problem in Trim command

Occasionally, when you execute the “Trim” command as the “Power Trim” option, the

application is crashed. This bug has been fixed.

(22) Problem in surface body’s direction

Occasionally, the normal directions of the surface bodies are changed after the “Refit”

command. This bug has been fixed.

(23) Problem in Draft and Hollow command.

Occasionally, when you execute the “Draft” or “Hollow” comma, sometimes selected faces

are abnormally executed. This bug has been fixed.

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(24) Result Body option of Surface Trim

If you have an error in trim because of a deleted surface and when you enter to edit mode,

you can see the “Result Body” option in the first stage. This bug has been fixed.

Sketch (25) Constraint Condition Error

In the 2D Sketch Mode, when you resize a line which has the Tangent constraint condition,

over constraint condition is shown. This bug has been fixed.

(26) Coincidence Constraint Error

In the 2D Sketch Mode, sometimes even if you created a 2D Sketch which is snapped

between 2D Sketch and 3D Sketch entity, the coincidence constraints are abnormally

restricted. This bug has been fixed.

(27) Fit Polyline option of Spline

When you draw a curve with the “Fit Polyline” option and then press the esc key, the Fit

Polyline becomes deactivate. This bug has been fixed.

(28) Manipulator direction in Mesh Sketch Mode

Sometimes the locations of ”Rotation” and ”Revolve” manipulator are not correctly displayed

in the Mesh Sketch mode. This bug has been fixed.

(29) Problem in 3D sketch’s Convert Entity (Only 64Bit)

In the “3D Sketch” Mode, when you offset converted curves by “Convert Entity” command

and input offset value, the application is crashed. This bug has been fixed.

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XI. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix3 1. Enhanced or Changed Functions

(1) Classification as to XOR and XOS Functions in XOR Evaluation Version When you start the application with evaluation version, you can see icons marked by “R”

which refers to the functions that are available only in XOR. Thus users can classify XOR and

XOS functions and it will help them choose the appropriate Rapidform product


General

(1) Problem in Performance Profiler If you disable hardware acceleration on the display properties of your pc and start

Performance Profiler, the application might crash. This bug has been fixed.

(2) Properties Panel Some values cannot be fundamentally editable in the Properties panel, such as the value for

the calculated volume, but these values are changeable by users. This bug has been fixed.

File I/O (3) Open Suppressed Mesh If you suppress small mesh (less than 1000 poly-faces) and save and open it again. The

application might crash. This bug has been fixed.

Mesh (4) Triangulate/Merge in Mesh Buildup Wizard

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In certain case of a model, when you import some meshes using Mesh Buildup Wizard and

set the Mesh Density option to “Dense” in the Triangulate/Merge’s stage, there is sudden

changing counts of poly-faces in the “Approx. Poly-Face Count” option in the Finalize stage

and the application shows “Out of memory”. This bug has been fixed.

(5) Mesh Buildup Wizard Even when you have a single shell in Mesh Buildup Wizard, the Align stage appears. This

bug has been fixed.

(6) Mesh Regeneration If your meshes are closely adjacent, the Global Remesh command could not correctly

regenerate meshes. This bug has been fixed.

If the application cannot detect boundary point in a model (such as a closed mesh), the

“Create More Dense Mesh Around Boundary” option in Triangulate/Merge and Mesh Build

Wizard – Triangulate, and also “Mesh Density In High Curvature Region” option in Rewrap

are not applied correctly. This bug has been fixed.

(7) Mesh Buildup Wizard-Using VIVID’s RAW Data When you execute the “Mesh Buildup Wizard” command using raw data which is from the

VIVID scanner, occasionally texture information disappears. This bug has been fixed.

(8) Problem in Decimate If you handle more than 5 million poly-faces and perform Decimate (Tools > Mesh Tools >

Decimate), the application says out of memory. This bug has been fixed

(9) Smoothing Mesh If you move meshes and do not apply the Merge command and then execute the Smooth

command (Tools > Mesh Tools > Smooth / Smart Brush), the texture even changes in the

place of mesh where we did not apply smoothing at all. This bug has been fixed.

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XII. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix2 1. Enhanced or Changed Functions

Licensing (1) Self Service Activation/Deactivation for Offline Licensing Previously the “Activation by Email” which enables you to activate the application by getting

license files from e-mail is renamed as “Self Service Activation”. Users can access the

rapidform license server and create license files by themselves.

File I/O (2) XRL Version The xrl version is changed from 2.1 to 2.2.

(3) Direct Interface for UGS NX - Now, XOR2 supports UGS NX5 version in the liveTransfer™. If UGS version NX4 and

NX5 has been installed in same system, XOR will detect automatically and ask you which

version you want to transfer to. Otherwise, XOR automatically detect installed version

and launch it.

- Now, UGS Direct Interface is improved so that you can use Parting Line Draft option in

the Draft operation.

Parting Line Entities Selectable Entities Availability

Pull Direction Ref.Vector Supportable

Ref.Plane Supportable

Curve Supportable

Sketch Supportable

3D Sketch Supportable

Edge Supportable

Face Supportable

Parting Lines Edge Supportable

Allow Reduced Angle option is not supported

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- Previously, XOR couldn’t transfer the modeling history to UGS if user used several

entities as for tool entity in the Cut With Surface operation because UGS has limitation

of using only one tool entity when you cut model with surface body.

But, now it has been improved so that you can transfer modeling history even though if

you had used several entities in the Cut With Surface operation.

(4) Add *.pts, *.asc file format in exporting list *.pts, *.asc file format have been added to exporting list from XOR2 hotfix2.

Basically, those are for exporting point cloud. But, it is also applicable to a mesh model.

(5) Support Curve Importing / Exporting with Parasolid file format (*.x_t, *.x_b) Now the application supports importing and exporting curves with Parasolid file format such

as *.x_t, *.x_b.

(6) “Point Only” Option for Point Cloud of NextEngine File Now, the “Point Only” option in the import dialog box is applicable to NextEngine file which is

made up with only point cloud. Therefore if you check this option, you can import a

NextEngine file (point cloud) as point cloud and if you uncheck this option, you can import a

NextEngine file (point cloud) as a mesh.

(7) Use of Setting Unit When the entities are exported as IGES / STEP and so on, now the application use the unit

set in Preferences > General > Default Measure Unit.

(8) Import VIVID File Format (*.cdm, *.cdk, *.cam) When you import *.cdm, *.cam, and *.cdk, the application shows the “VIVD Option” dialog

box which enables users to preset the import values. Therefore users can import optimized

VIVID scan data in the application.

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Note

.vvd file format is not applied the above option.

(9) Support Mesh Texture When you export or import an icf file, the application support texture.

The version of ICFViewer is 1.0.0.24 from this XOR2 hotfix2.

User Interface (10) Changed Command Name

The Merge command has been renamed Triangulate / Merge.

(11) Automatic Controllable Visibility of Mesh or Point Cloud

When you operate Accuracy Analyzer™ on the model in default mode, the application will

hide Mesh or Point Cloud, which has been referred when the model is analyzed and it will

show you only the designed body to be able to check the model more clearly in the model

view. As soon as operation is finished, the application will turn back to previous status

automatically. Now you can validate the model more conveniently. But, if user turns on or off

visibility of Mesh or Point Cloud manually when Accuracy Analyzer is active, it will override.

(12) Chang in Picking Entity Priority

Basically, picking and dragging selection has an order to select an entity. Now, if there is a

mesh with overlapped regions and you do “picking selection”, a region will be selected. If you

do “dragging selection”, poly-vertices/faces will be selected.

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(13) Add ESC key usability - ESC key usability has been added so that user can cancel from an editing widget box.

- ESC key usability has been added so that operation is cancelled when ESC is pressed

during manipulator dragging.

General (14) Start Window

Previously when you start the application, it showed the Support tab with default but Model

View is default now.

(15) Profiler V1.5 The version of Profiler becomes 1.5 from this XOR2 hotfix2.

- Add Hard Disk profile section

o Delete System Temporary & Rapidform Cache folder

(Delete only case of profiling in installer)

o Display free space of Window System Temporary (after deleting)

o Display free space of Rapidform Cache folder (after deleting)

o Analyze I/O disk bandwidth of Rapidform Cache folder

- Support nVIDIA Control Panel Property

- Update OpenGL Render Performance section

o Delete displaying bandwidth of other reference graphic device and fps list

o Add detail measurement list for performance.

- Support ATI display property

If you have used later version of graphic driver than 6 months regarding to the nVIDIA and

ATI series, Performance Profiler provides you an access link to get the download newest

version of graphic driver.

(16) Changed Management of File Importing / Exporting through Network When the file is imported or exported through network, file I/O process has been changed so

that it can be read or written by coping file on the local system.

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Mesh (17) Enhanced Triangulation If distance of point to point is longer average distance in the Point Cloud or Mesh,

triangulation could not be successfully completed but now it has been improved.

(18) Enhanced Mesh Buildup Wizard - Preparation Stage

o When you enter Mesh Buildup Wizard, the application automatically hides

Ref.Planes.

o Meshes or point clouds with child features (i.e. curves on meshes) cannot be

selected in Mesh Buildup Wizard.

Note

As the result of the above enhancements, when you delete or reverse normal in

the preparation stage of Mesh Buildup Wizard, you lose all the undo information

before Mesh Buildup Wizard.

- Align Stage

o Frequent auto zoom fitting in “Local Based Picking On Picking Point” is

prevented.

o Previously, edited meshes or point clouds (i.e. partially remove poly-faces)

cannot be selected in the Mesh Buildup Wizard as the “Moving” group, but you

can select them now.

o The Apply button is added.

- Triangulate / Merge Stage

o The Apply button is added.

(19) Global Registration Speed The calculation speed of the Tools > Scan Tools > Align command has been enhanced in

certain environments.

(20) Changed rule of Mesh Trim and Split operation The Mesh Trim and Split operation has been changed so that user cannot accept/apply the

operation if Remaining Region is not selected.

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(21) Enhancements in the Smart Brush - The option values are adjusted internally in the application. Therefore users can clearly

see affection of Smart Brush.

- Do Not Modify Sharp Edge option has been changed from true to false by default.

- The “Deform” method in the Smart Brush command gives more feasible results.

- The user settings of “Set Weight Curve” option under the Deform method in the Smart

Brush command remember the last setting.

(22) Add Error Message when Curvature Method in Fill Hole operation fails to operate

If Curvature Method fails to fill the hole perfectly, an Error Message is shown such as

“Failed to fill some holes. Check and try again.”

(23) Split Mesh with Multiple Curves You can split (Tools > Mesh Tools > Split) a mesh with multiple curves and choose

remaining areas of a mesh.

(24) Efficient memory management for Decimation The Tools > Mesh Tools > Decimate function consumes less memory than the previous

version. Also the operation speed is faster than before with a large amount mesh data over

several million poly-faces.

Solid / Surface Feature (25) Enhanced Probability of Success of Surface Extending Now, probability of success rate when surface extending is applied has been enhanced by

checking only those faces which are closed by the extending edge and calculation time also

has been improved.

(26) Surface Continuity When you apply the Tangent Continuous Edges option in the Sew, Mirror, Fill Face or Refit

command to match surfaces, the continuity of tangency is improved from previously

1~4degrees to under 1 degree.

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(27) Refit – Shape Transition The “Shape Transition To Adjacent Faces” option in the Sew command is improved;

- 10 levels of affection range

- To set Abrupt suddenly changes the shape of matching area in a short distance. To set

Gradual slowly changes the shape of matching area in a long distance.

(28) Guide Curves of Loft You can select composite curves (connected edges or curves) as “Guide Curves” in the Loft

command.

(29) Error Message of Extrude or Revolve If you try to create a extrude or revolve body with unclosed sketch profile, the application

shows error message; “The selected sketch has no closed profile to extrude/revolve, Check it

using the Highlight Disjoined Ends command in Sketch mode”

ETC (30) Enhanced Datum Based Alignment (Plane – Vector – Vector) Previously, if Datum Alignment is applied with 2 different vectors and plane, it was

calculated assuming that the assigned vectors are on the orthogonal condition.

Now, if assigned vectors are not coincidence, it can be corresponded even though those

things are on the parallel condition.

(31) Interactive Align If you set Target to “Coordinate” without selection, the application automatically selects the

“Origin” coordinate


File I/O

(1) File Open Error When you import a mdl file which contains texture, save it as xrl format in previous version of

XOR2 and then if you open it in XOR2, the application might crash. This bug has been fixed.

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(2) Exported Body Normal in XDL format

When you export solid or surface bodies as xdl format and open it in XOV, some faces are

reversed. This bug has been fixed.

(3) Import Unloaded Mesh When you import an xdl file from XOV with meshes upon which unload command has been

applied, these meshes remain in suppressed state in XOR2. This bug has been fixed.

(4) XOR File Open/New and Memory Leakage When you open or new an .xrl file, it occurs memory leakage of your PC. This bug has been

fixed.

User Interface

(5) Background Color of Mouse Help You can change background color of Mouse Help (at the right top of Model View) as other

dialog tree in the File > Preferences but it is not applied after clicking the Apply button in the

Preferences dialog box (the OK button works correctly). This bug has been fixed.

General (6) Accuracy Analyzer

The last value of Body Continuity such as Max Dist, Angle, Tangency/Curvature High

Tolerance in the Accuracy Analyzer tab is not retained. This bug has been fixed.

(7) Hidden Button

After changing the DPI of font size, buttons on the Initial Setup and Preferences are not

shown. This bug has been fixed.

(8) Measure Icon If you previously select poly-vertex and click the measure icon in a certain dialog tree, the

selections are released. This bug has been fixed.

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(9) Select > Entities Around Edges/Face

If you click Select > Entities Around Edges/Faces and select a 2D sketch, 3D sketch or

edge, the selection doesn’t work. This bug has been fixed.

Mesh (10) Fill Hole with Erroneous Poly-face

If a mesh has linear degenerated poly-faces, you cannot apply the Fill Hole command with

the Curvature method. This bug has been fixed.

(11) Healing Wizard

When you check desired defects in the Healing Wizard dialog tree and click the Preview and

Restore button, all checks are reset. This bug has been fixed.

(12) Mesh Buildup Wizard in Meter Units

If you import a certain data in meter unit and execute Mesh Buildup Wizard, the application

might crash. This bug has been fixed.

(13) Reverse Normal after Smooth Point Cloud

When you apply the Smooth command in the Point Cloud mode, the normal of applied poly-

vertices might be reversed. This bug has been fixed.

(14) Offset Mesh

When you try to offset a mesh, if you click the Preview button, the dialog tree shows “(Poly-

Faces)” next to the title. This bug has been fixed.

(15) Convert Body to Mesh

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In a certain solid or surface data, if you try to convert a body to mesh (Tools > Mesh Tools >

Convert Body) with the Sew Boundary option, the application might freeze. This bug has

been fixed.

(16) Fill Hole after Add Bridge

After adding bridges in the Fill Hole command, if you close the Fill Hole dialog tree, the

application doesn’t prompt you with Discard option. This bug has been fixed.

(17) Optimize Mesh – Equalize Poly-Vertex Balance When you apply the Tools > Mesh Tools > Optimize Mesh command with the Equalize Poly-

Vertex Balance option to only partial area of a mesh, the application might crash. This bug

has been fixed.

Solid/Surface Feature Modeling (18) Variable Fillet When you create a Variable Fillet based on a mesh, you can click the “Estimate Radii From

Mesh” button to get a section and double click a variable point in the Profile View to

automatically move on an estimated section; however it does not apply the last point. This

bug has been fixed.

(19) Variable Fillet with Conic Option When you create a Variable Fillet wit the Conic option, if you change Rho and add nodes, the

rest of nodes’ Rho becomes 0.5 (default value). This bug has been fixed.

(20) Extend Error If the application create a failed extended (Insert > Surface > Extend) surface, it is not

displayed as failed feature. This bug has been fixed.

(21) Hide Surface If you remove the Refit command in the modeling history (Feature Tree) and delete a surface

using Insert > Modeling Feature > Delete Face, the whole surface body is automatically

hidden. This bug has been fixed.

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(22) Trim Surface If you create a corrupt body while trimming surfaces, it causes the application to crash. This

corrupt body is treated as an error to prevent the application crash. This bug has been fixed.

(23) Loft with Composite Profile If you create a loft body with composite profile that is connected by several edges of a body

and create other feature on the loft feature, the result might be created on a wrong position.

This bug has been fixed.

(24) Boundary Fit with Sharp Edge option After creating surface using Boundary Fit with “Sharp Edge” option, you cannot return it to

smooth edge in the Boundary Fit dialog box. This bug has been fixed.

(25) Boundary Fit with Matching option The Boundary Fit function with matching option combines unwanted departed edges on some

case of a surface shape. This bug has been fixed.

Ref. Geometry (26) Ref. Plane with Rotation Method When you create a Ref. Plane with “Rotation” Method, You cannot rotate it by dragging in the

Model View in a certain model. This bug has been fixed.

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XIII. What’s New in XOR2 Hotfix1 1. New Functions

(1) Scanner Direct Control (Z Corporation ZScanner 700) ZScanner 700 which is a product of Z Corporation is newly added in Insert > Scanner Direct

Control. You can directly gather and edit scan data from ZScanner 700 in XOR.

2. Enhanced or Changed Functions

(1) XRL Version 2.1

The version of an xrl file becomes 2.1 from this XOR2 hotfilx1.

(2) liveTransfer When you export a model using liveTransfer (File > liveTransfer(TM) To) with ‘Only Selected

Entities’ option and there is no current part in other application such as SolidWorks, UGS NX

or Pro/E Wildfire, XOR performs creating a new part in other application.

(3) Mesh Editing in Scaled Model The result of Rewrap, Mesh Wizard or Loft Wizard is slightly different depends on its scale

but the application is enhanced to make them same.

(4) Refit Speed

The Insert > CAD Correct > Refit command has been enhanced in its calculation speed and

connection continuity but control points of a surface are increased in default option.

(5) Region Visibility

When you enter Region Group mode, regions are automatically shown and enter Accuracy

Analyzer(TM), regions are automatically hidden.

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(6) Iso-Line Resolution

Previously Resolution in the Display tab can not apply Iso-Lines of a body but now it is

possible.


(1) Manual Activation When you manually activate your license using XO Activation Utility, “Open” button dose not

work after entering Activation Code and Maintenance Code. This bug has been fixed.

(2) Resetting Customized Environment

When you open the application or restart your machine, the application occasionally resets

customized settings in preferences. This bug has been fixed.

(3) UGS NX4 liveTransfer(TM) If you set the unit to inch in UGS NX4 and perform liveTransfer(TM) To with “mm” unit in XOR,

the result size is correctly transferred but its unit is always shown as mm. This bug has been

fixed.

(4) Texture from mdl File

When you import a mdl file with a texture, the original texture might be mapped incorrectly

after applying mesh tools (Tools > Mesh Tools). This bug has been fixed.

(5) Suppress 3D Sketch and Open It When you suppress a 3D Sketch entity in the Feature Tree and save and open a file, 3D

Sketch curves are disappeared. This bug has been fixed.

(6) Suppress Helix or Spiral and Open It When you suppress a Helix or Spiral (Insert > Modeling Feature) entity in the Feature Tree

and save and open a file, these entities becomes null bodies. This bug has been fixed.

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(7) Refit Preview

Occasionally the preview of the Refit command (Insert > CAD Correct > Refit) and the

applied result might be different. This bug has been fixed.

(8) Refit Error

When you apply the Refit command (Insert > CAD Correct > Refit), sometimes the

application might crash or show an error message “Cannot create deformed body-face(s) of

ill conditioned geometry.” This bug has been fixed.

(9) Broken Solid or Surface Face

After applying a Refit (Insert > CAD Correct > Refit), Sew (Insert > Surface > Sew), Mirror

(Insert > Modeling Feature > Mirror) or Fill Face (Insert > Surface > Fill Face) command

to imported iges data, the Solid or Surface body might be broken because of the application’s

internal tight tolerance. This bug has been fixed.

(10) Fill Face Problem

When you create a face using the Fill Face command (Insert > Surface > Fill Face) with

Single Patch option, the result face might be twisted. This bug has been fixed.

(11) Sew Edges

When you execute the Sew (Insert > Surface > Sew) command and select edge pairs to

connect them, after clicking the OK button other edges are broken in a particular model. This

bug has been fixed.

(12) Fill Face with Curves

When you create a face using Fill Face (Insert > Surface > Fill Face) with boundary curves,

if you check the Set Continuity Constraint option and click the All button, the application might

crash. This bug has been fixed.

(13) Accuracy Analyzer(TM) to Loft Wizard Surface

When you create a surface from the Loft Wizard command (Insert > Surface > Loft Surface)

with By No. Of Sections method and execute Accuracy Analyzer(TM) to check the

deviation, the outer area of a loft surface is displayed with green. This bug has been fixed.

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(14) Measure button in Dialog Tree

After selecting partial poly-faces on a mesh and execute mesh tools (Tools > Mesh Tools), if

you click a measure icon to in the dialog tree, the selections (poly-faces) are released. This

bug has been fixed.

(15) Mesh Deviation

When you check the deviation between meshes (Measure > Mesh Deviation), the histogram

is not updated correctly when you change the type (Max, Min, Ave Deviation) in Accuracy

Analyzer(TM) pane. This bug has been fixed.

(16) Accuracy Analyzer(TM) When you execute Accuracy Analyzer(TM) to check the deviation, occasionally the

application might crash. This bug has been fixed.

(17) Help Crash

If you click the Next or Previous button in the user guide (Help > Context) and click New

(File > New), the application might crash. This bug has been fixed.

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XIV. What’s New in XOR2 1. New Functions

(1) Lofting Wizard From a mesh region, this patent-pending new function intelligently generates a smooth lofting

surface and its profile curves, while satisfying given deviation error automatically. To easily

create loft surface from mesh data, click Insert > Surface > Loft Wizard and select a desired

region. Set just the number of sections or the deviation and click OK. The application extends

section curves and creates the loft surface.

(2) One Button CAD Correction When it is required to fix CAD model to follow the As-Built geometry, the greatly improved

Refit feature enables users, like stamp die designers, to correct them in a far more

automated way. You can directly import the other CAD file and the mesh data, execute the

Insert > CAD Correct > Refit command.

<Deviation between CAD & Mesh> <After Refitting>

(3) Auto and Intelligently Guided 3D feature Line Design Tool The Snap On Curvature Flow option is newly added in Tools > 3D Sketch Entity > Spline

in the 3D Mesh Sketch mode. Feature lines representing high curvature regions are just a

click away. While designing interpolation curves on a mesh, the application visually guides

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the users to pick a point along the curvature flow of the 3D scan data.

(4) Augmented liveTransfer(TM) – Modeling History CAD Translation File > liveTransfer(TM) To is in real-time and feature-by-feature CAD translation command.

After working in XOR, you can directly send a model with its entire modeling history to other

CAD software.

a) Now, File > Send To is changed to File > liveTransfer(TM) To

b) Pro/E Wildfire is newly added,

<XOR> <Pro/E>

c) Transferable entities in XOR are greatly enhanced in SolidWorks and UGS NX.

d) You can see the compatibility checking and warning in the Error List pane.

(5) Mesh Buildup Wizard Tools > Scan Tools > Mesh Buildup Wizard is a wizard style interface to create a defect-

free and watertight mesh model from raw scan data. This command adopts the most

advanced technology and even a novice user can easily create complete mesh data from

scan data.

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The Mesh Buildup Wizard command consists of five steps;

Step 1: Preparation – removes

clusters which are unnecessary point

clouds to construct a model.

Step 2: Align – fully automated or

manually aligns all parts of the model.

You can also independently apply

command to the model in Tools >

Scan Tools > Align. (Mesh Mode)

Step 3: Triangulate/Merge – creates

meshes and combines all parts to

make a single mesh. Brand new

merging algorithm is newly developed

which creates a single mesh from the

multiple scan shots with curvature,

aware resolution control and sharp

feature reconstruction.

You can also independently apply

command to the model in Tools >

Scan Tools > Merge. (Mesh Mode)

Step 4: Finalize – enhance mesh data

by adjusting sharpness, smoothness or

mesh resolution, also fill holes to make

water tight mesh model.

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Step 5: Check – shows the deviation

with color map between original mesh

and enhanced mesh.

Note

It is possible to use the Accuracy AnalyzerTM to check deviation on the each step after

alignment step.

For example, you can check the deviation between the aligned shells in the triangulate /

merge step, between the merged scan dates and the aligned scan data in the finalize step,

and between the global optimized / enhanced scan data and the merged scan data in the

check step.

(6) One button mesh structure cleanup and optimization tool Tools > Mesh Tools > Rewrap command provides an easy way to cleanup the mesh

structure by one button.

It enables you to optimize the mesh easily even though you have many missing area, which

can be have during the scanning process because of under-cut area of model or bad

scanning environments, and a model which has many noise and rough faces.

< Original mesh > < After Rewrap >

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(7) Point Cloud Handling Newly designed noise filtering, smoothing, sampling, and triangulation integrated for a logical

work-flow.

You can import point cloud data and perform the following newly designed functions;

Filter Noisy Poly-Vertices – filters noisy poly-vertices of point cloud.

Sampling – samples point cloud to reduce the redundant points.

Smooth – smoothes point cloud to reduce the point roughness. You can also import IGES, VDA, STEP, 3DM files which include point data and treat them like

point cloud in XOR.

Note 1

When you import scan data to XOR, you can decide how to handle the imported scan data on

the XOR using Point Only, Use ASCII Converter option.

Note 2

Import only Point Cloud In the Import dialog box, the Points Only option is newly added. If you have large point cloud

and you want to handle this as point set, check this option.

You will be able to import only point data. If you import grid type of native scan data, which

comes from 3D scanner such as bre, surf(gom), kreon, opton, shapegrabber, steintek, wwl,

ac, riegl, not neutral scan data such as asc, txt, he application creates normal information.

(8) Designing on Point Cloud No need to mesh the point cloud prior to curve generation, saving time and clicks.

You can create sections, sketch curves, 3D curves on Point Cloud data without creating

mesh data.

<Mesh Sketch using Point Cloud> <Section Curve & Freeform Curve on Point Cloud>

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(9) Photoshop®-like Direct Texture Editing Texture editing tools are newly added (Tools > Texture Tools). These tools controls colored

or textured mesh or point cloud. You can use them in the Mesh or Point Cloud mode. There

are five editing tools;

Note 1

If you want to import the scan data with texture or color information, you need to use the

Include Texture option when you import it.

Note 2

If you use the Include Texture option together with Point Only option when you import the

scan data which has mapped texture, the texture will be converted to vertex color.

Edit Texture – enables you to edit brightness, darkness, contrast, or U,V coordinate

of mapped texture.

<Edit Texture Dialog Tree> <Texture Editing>

Remove Texture – removes texture on mesh data.

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Convert Texture To Color – converts texture to vertex color.

Convert Color To Texture – converts vertex or face color to texture.

<Color Mesh> <Texture>

Export Texture – saves texture as jpg, bmp, tif, tga, gif, or png format.

(10) Direct Scanner Control a) XOR2 enables you to control the following scanner by the Direct Scanner Controller;

Konica Minolta VIVID, Creaform

b) XOR2 enables you to control the following scanner by the liveScanTM;

Faro, Perceptron+Cimcore, Kreon, Cimcore Arm Probe, Romer Arm,

Steinbichler T-Scan

You can perform scanning or probing and directly create 2D / 3D sketches, Ref. Geometries

or Solid / Surface Bodies Using the devices in the liveScanTM.

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(11) Helix Curve The Insert > Modeling Feature > Helix command enables you to create constant or variable

helical curves. You can define parameters of a helix by inputting numerical values or

interactively manipulating the curve using the Profile View.

(12) Spiral Curve The Insert > Modeling Feature > Spiral command enables you to create Constant Pitch or

Variable Pitch spiral curves. You can define parameters of a spiral curve by inputting

numerical values or interactively manipulating a curve such as a Helix curve.

(13) Extract Feature Curves The Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Extract Feature Curves command enables you to extract

feature curves from a model easily.

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(14) Controllable Light Source The View > Light Properties command enables you to set the position or color of

environment lights. Therefore you can check a model quality.

You will be able to find defect from the model on the specific area using control the shading

contrast.

You can also control light source on the display tab and it will be adjusted parameter in the

preference.

(15) Select By Color You can select Poly-Faces (Vertices) of color mesh data by chosen color (Select > By

Color). You can adjust the extracting range of color and add or remove the selection.

(16) 3 Tangent Arc / Circle You can create tangent arc or circle to three other selected entities (lines, arcs or splines)

using 3 Tangent Arc / Circle command in the Sketch or Mesh Sketch mode.

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(17) Fit Spline Tools > Sketch Tools > Fit Spline command enables you to create fitted splines from

other created lines or arcs so that you can construct C2 continuous model.

<Extrusion with lines and arcs> <Extrusion with fitted spline>

(18) Text in Sketch You can create text (Tools > Sketch Entities > Text) in Sketch or Mesh Sketch mode. It can

be used to construct 3D feature. You also can convert text to spline (Tools > Sketch Tools >

Text To Splines) to modify text nodes or curves. This text can be used to construct features

later on.

(19) Emboss Feature Insert > Modeling Feature > Emboss is newly added. This command creates convex or

concave features based on the target body from 2D or 3D curves.

(20) Split Face Insert > Modeling Feature > Split Face is newly added. This command enables you to add

multiple edges on faces using curve or other faces.

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(21) Customizing Viewing Control You can select one of View Manipulation Style in the General tab in the Preference so that

you can rotate, zoom or pan models like other application. The following styles are

supportable in XOR;

- Rapidform

- SolidWorks

- UGS NX

- Pro / E Wildfire

- CATIA

- PolyWorks

- Geomagic

(22) Maintaining User Template The following configurations are reusable after upgrading the application so that you can

maintain your default settings;

- Template file

- rfPreference.xpf

- rfSpaceball.cfg

- MaterialInfo.xmt

- rfToolBarInfo.cfg

Your configuration information is maintained under the Configure folder in the root directory

which XOR has installed.

When starting the application, you can decide whether to use it or not in the Initial Setup

Dialog box;

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You can use the setting when the registry information, which is registered on your system, is

reset partially. And it is not available to use the setting which is released before the XOR2.

(23) View Clipping You can use a plane for clipping model data to see only desire areas. The View > View

Clipping command can be used to inspect inner shape of a complex model or work with

desired area only.

(24) Automatic Save The application automatically saves current working model as xrl format. You can see the

Automatic Save dialog box every X minutes that can be set in the General tab in the

Preferences.

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(25) Shading Resolution You can change the shading resolution under the Body section in the Display tab. Therefore

when you see very small bodies, you can adjust the resolution of bodies in the Model View.

<Resolution: 1> <Resolution: 7>

(26) CAD Import Healing If you import a surface body which includes gaps, the Heal Imported Body dialog tree

appears. You can select one or all gaps in the list box and heal them.

It is available to import the CAD data such as IGES / STEP / VDAFS / 3DM (openNURBS).

(27) Measure

You can measure entity whenever you want to check certain value from target data.

Measure > Section Measure > Section command is newly added. You can make sure where it could be

better to define sketch profile when you see the section profile. You can compare

deviation by section after alignment between scan and design data, and you can also

check the result by section after reverse engineering from mesh data.

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Measure > Mesh Deviation Measure > Mesh Deviation command is newly added. Mesh Deviation command

enables you to check the deviation among meshes. This function can be used when you

have several scan shots and want to check the deviation among them.

<3 Scan Shots> <Mesh Deviation Result>

You can measure the deviation using section and global color map as well as distance,

angle, and radius from entity.

And you can also calculate Area, Volume or Mass Center of selected entity in the

Property pane when you select an entity.

The following entities can be calculated;

- Mesh: Area, Volume, Mass Center

- Point Cloud: Mass Center

- Region: Area

- Region Group: Area

- Poly-Face: Area

- SolidBody: Area, Volume, Mass Center

- SheetBody: Area, Mass Center

- Body Face: Area

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(28) Tools > Scan Tools > Scale Tools > Scan Tools > Scale command is newly added. Unit Convert option helps you to

conveniently change the unit.

(29) Hardware tab in Preferences Hardware tab is newly added in the File > Preferences. After executing Performance

Profiler (Help > Launch Performance Profiler), the results are applied to the hardware

settings in Preferences. Therefore your graphic performance is optimized to work with XOR.

Also, you can set your favorite scanners so that when you run Insert > Scanner Direct

Control > liveScan(TM), you see only favorite scanners in the Device pull down menu.

(30) Customizing 3D Motion Controller You can allocate a maximum of 10 commands to each button of the device in the 3D Motion

Controller tab in the Customize dialog tree.

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2. Enhanced or Changed Functions General

(1) Error List You can check not only Rebuilding errors but also liveTransfer errors in the Error List

pane. Therefore you can check the entities that are not transferred to other application

with its modeling parameters. Also, you can check with the warning message which

entities are needed to care for the liveTransfer.

(2) Measure a) XOR automatically recognizes entity type so that when measuring the distance of a

line, the length of a line is automatically extracted. However when you want to measure a

distance between certain positions on a line, previously, you cannot do it. But now you

can pick any position on an entity by clicking the Ctrl button on the keyboard.

b) When you use measure icons (Measure Distance or Radius) in a certain dialog tree to input values, you can input the average of several measured values. To do

this, for example, click Shift and complete measuring a distance then measure again so

these two distances are averaged and input in the edit box.

(3) Cut Solid Body with Planar Edge and Curve You can cut a solid body even though you have only Edges or Curves which has planar

property using Insert > Solid > Cut command. Therefore you can select 2D / 3D Curve,

2D / 3D Chain, 2D /3D Sketch or Edge as Tool Entities.

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(4) ICF Export Additional entities, Point Cloud (color), Mesh (color) and Solid / Surface Body, can be

exported as an icf format (File > Publish > ICF).

(5) Interactive Alignment “Interactive Setup” is newly changed as “Tool > Interactive Alignment” and there is

new option called “Pre-align With Global Origin” If this option is checked, it will be find

minimal bounding box and align the longest axis and the shortest axis with X-axis and Z-

axis of global coordinate respectively while moving the center of bounding box to global

origin.

(6) Best Fit Alignment with Point Cloud You can align Body and Mesh / Point Cloud using “Tools > Align > Best Fit”. It is also

possible to select only partial area of Faces or Mesh / Point Cloud.

(7) Support DXF Export Mesh and Ref. Polyline can be exported in dxf format.

In case of Mesh, you can control how you handle the data in other application as Point /

Polyline or 3D Face

(8) Align Point Cloud You can select a Point Cloud for the Moving entity in the Interactive, Datum, and Quick

Align Command.

(9) Unable to Import Higher Version of XRL File You cannot import higher version of xrl file then current XOR version.

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User Interface

(10) User Defined Color of Activated Controls You can define a frame color of activated controls in a dialog tree. You can set it in the

Display tab in the File > Preferences.

(11) Unsupportable Selection Cursor Icon When you click select certain filters and the mouse is on unsupportable selection entity or

on the empty area, you can see a small icon ( ) beside the cursor.

(12) Pop Up Menu for Deselection While holding a Ctrl key and selecting an entity to deselect it, you can use pop up menus

by clicking RMB for deselection.

For example;

- Select Tangent Edges Deselect Tangent Edges

- Select Poly-Faces From Boundary Deselect Poly-Faces From Boundary

- Select Poly-Vertices From Boundary Deselect Poly- Vertices From Boundary

- Select Boundary Edges of Bodies Deselect Boundary Edges of Bodies

- Select Boundary Edges Deselect Boundary Edges

- Poly-Faces Around Select Faces Deselect Poly-Faces Around Selected Faces

- Poly-Vertices Around Select Faces Deselect Poly-Vertices Around Selected

Faces

- Poly-Faces Around Select Edges Deselect Poly-Faces Around Selected Edges

- Poly-Vertices Around Select Edges Deselect Poly-Vertices Around Selected

Edges

(13) Enable Real-time Preview The following commands now have the Enable Real-time Preview button which enables

you to control real-time result display.

1) Tools > Mesh Tools (Mesh Mode)

- Smooth

- Enhance shape

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2) Insert > Solid

- Offset

- Thicken

3) Insert > Surface

- Extend

- Offset

- Fill Face

4) Insert > Modeling Feature

- Fillet

- Chamfer

- Delete Face

- Move Face

(14) Hide Suppressed or Rollback Entities The Suppressed or Rollback entities are also hidden in the Model View.

(15) Multiple Selection Drag / Drop in Feature Tree You can select multiple entities in the Feature Tree and drag / drop them to change the

modeling history.

(16) Tool Tips for Disabled Command When a command is disabled, a message, which is explaining the reason why you

cannot enable a command, is displayed in a tool tip or status bar.

(17) Feature Search You can search an entity by typing the initial letter of an entity in the Model Tree such as

a Windows® explorer.

(18) New Select Filter

New filter icon (Filter Constraints & Dimensions) is added in the select toolbar. This filter enables you to select only Constraints or Dimensions in the Sketch / Mesh

Sketch mode.

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(19) View Point Cloud New entity Point Clouds is added in the View > Visibility.

(20) Zoom To Selection The Zoom To Selection menu is added to the popup menu. Select an entity in the Model

Tree or Model View and click Zoom To Selection in the popup menu so that selected

entity is zoomed and fitted in the model view.

(21) Yawing Model If your mouse is positioned near the boundary of the Model View and you rotate a model,

the cursor changes and you can rotate a model with the view direction (yawing).

Mesh

(22) Smart Brush

Sand Paper command is now changed to Smart Brush and more methods are added

such as Smooth, Decimate, Clean, Enhance and Deform. You can partially edit mesh data in real-time with a paint brush.

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1) Smooth

- Smooth the Mesh to reduce mesh roughness.

<Before Smart Brush with Smooth option> <After Smart Brush with Smooth option >

2) Decimate

- Reduce the number of poly-faces in the mesh

<Before Smart Brush with Decimate option > <After Smart Brush with Decimate option >

3) Clean

- Optimize the mesh

<Before Smart Brush with Clean option > <After Smart Brush with Clean option >

4) Enhance

- Make sharp edges sharper and smooth surface smoother

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<Before Smart Brush with Enhance option > <After Smart Brush with Enhance option >

5) Deform

- Deform the faces

<Before Smart Brush with Deform option > <After Smart Brush with Deform option >

(23) Optimize Mesh The calculation speed and memory usage are enhanced in Tools > Mesh Tools >

Optimize Mesh.

(24) Split Mesh The By Drawing Polyline On Screen method option in the Tools > Mesh Tools > Split

command is enhanced.

- Move a node point by dragging it

- Perform the Undo (Ctrl + Z) command to remove the last node

- Align view by clicking View > Viewpoint > Align View (Ctrl + Shift + A)

- Move horizontally or vertically by clicking Shift

(25) Virtual Rescan The option Align To Screen is removed and it is replaced with View > View Point > Align

View or short cut (Ctrl + Shift + A).

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(26) Trim Mesh The By Custom Path method in the Tools > Mesh Tools > Split command is enhanced.

You can perform the undo (Ctrl + Z) command to remove the last node.

(27) Subdivide The “Do Not Modify Boundaries” option is added under the Edge Length method in the

Tools > Mesh Tools > Subdivide command.

(28) Fill Hole

The Fill Hole command has been improved and changed.

The Smooth method has been removed and the Curvature method, which has been

using, has been improved greatly.

<Filled Hole> <Curvature Plot>

If you have a hole on the mesh, select the hole in the Mesh mode and you can apply fill

the hole directly using pop up menu then the Curvature method will be used for filling the

hole.

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(29) Smooth The Tools > Mesh Tools > Smooth command is enhanced. This command is separated

into 2 steps and the Average option has been integrate with the Curvature option. You

can set default settings in the first step and adjust the smoothness level when you see

the result with Enable Real-time Preview in the second step. Iteration and Weight are

renamed as Smoothness Level and Strength slider bar with 10 levels.

(30) Enhance shape The Tools > Mesh Tools > Enhance shape command is enhanced. This command is

separated into 2 steps. You can set default settings in the first step and adjust the

enhancement level when you see the result with Enable Real-time Preview in the second

step.

(31) Importing Incorrect Size of Mesh Previously, if you import scan data with wrong scanner unit and make modeling, it was

very difficult to get the result with correct data unit even though you apply scale up to

imported mesh due to you can not apply rebuilding to the model. Now, if scan data is

detected something wrong information, Confirm Input (Scanner) Unit dialog box will be

appeared to enable you to set the unit of mesh data.

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(32) Accuracy Analyzer in Mesh Mode Previously, the deviation result is calculated based on current (modified) mesh data as

reference but now it is changed to enable you to check with current (modified) mesh data

as target.

Accuracy Analyzer shows deviation between current (modified) data and original data.

The area, which is existed positive difference than original data, represents by red color.

In other hand, the area, which is existed negative difference than original data,

represents by blue color in default. But, you can modify the color map as you want to see.

Region Group

(33) Performance of Region Group Previously, when you exit the Region Group mode, the application classified primitive

regions, but now it is executed whenever you apply operation to region which enables to

change the property of region in the Region Group mode automatically. Therefore you

can confirm the primitive regions directly.

(34) Auto Segment a) When you enter that Region Group mode for the first time or there are no regions, the

Auto Segment command automatically appears.

b) New option “Merge into Same Primitive Shape” is added. This option combines

separated planar, cylindrical or conical regions into a single primitive region.

c) Segmentation algorithm is greatly enhanced so that the application more intelligently

separates regions than previous version.

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(35) Split Region When you fail to split a region (it cannot divided into two or more regions), selected

regions are removed so that you can successfully split a region.

(36) Esc Button The interactive commands, Append, Remove or Split, are not released/toggled off until

you push these icons again. Now you can toggle them off by clicking the Esc button on

the keyboard.

Sketch & Mesh Sketch

(37) Undo Last Picking in Spline You can use the Undo (Ctrl + Z) command while creating a spline to remove the last

picked point.

(38) Over Defined Constraint / Dimension Over defined constraints are displayed with red color and if the to-be-created dimension

is over defined, it is treated as Driven Dimension which is determined by other

dimensions.

<Over Defined Dimension> <Driven Dimension>

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(39) Editable Converted Curve After converting entities in the 2D Sketch, you can Trim, Split or Resize them.

<Trimming Converted Entity>

(40) Mesh Sketch Setup a) You can remove round corner of section polyline in Mesh Sketch Setup dialog tree.

This option can be used when you create a sketch without fillet and construct features.

b) You can create section polylines from only desired region in Mesh Sketch Setup dialog

tree.

(41) Fillet Entities Now you can execute the Fillet command between Circle and Line/Arc/Circle.

Now, the Fillet command supports for spline curves also. But, you need to use the

“Specify Value” option to apply Fillet operation to spline curves.

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(42) Merge Same Type Entities The Tools > Sketch Tools > Merge command is newly added in the Sketch / Mesh

Sketch mode. This command merges selected arcs or lines to a single line or arc. This

command is useful when you create an untidy sketch using Auto Sketch as you can

merge split lines or arcs into single entity.

(43) Spline Enhancements a) If you double click a spline you can see the Spline dialog tree and edit Tangent

Conditions by dragging an arrow on the spline in the model view.

- To adjust only the direction (fixed arrow length) click Shift and drag the arrow.

- To adjust only the arrow length (fixed direction) click Ctrl and drag the arrow.

b) The Extend command now supports for spline curves also.

c) The Rebuild Splines is added in the tool palette and you can change the total number

of nodes on a spline.

It enables you to control a canonical curve, which you imported or converted from other

entity, as an interpolated curve with number of control point on the curve.

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(44) Rotational Silhouette in Mesh Sketch Now you can extract rotational silhouette polylines from mesh data in the Mesh Sketch

Setup dialog tree.

3D Sketch & 3D Mesh Sketch

(45) Assistant Geometry When you create a 3D curve (Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Spline), you can snap on an

assistant geometry which is tangent or normal to the picked entity.

You can control snapping with Use Assist Vector option

With

Ref. Plane

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With

Ref. Vector

With

2D Sketch Entity

With

Body

Note

1) If you stay mouse pointer 0.5 second on the reference entity which you want to refer to

the vector information before draw the spline, you can use all of assist vector, which you

can use from the reference entity, on the current mouse point.

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2) If you stay mouse point 0.5 second on the other reference entity even though you are

drawing the spline, you can use all of assist vector, which you can use from the reference

entity, on the current mouse point.

3) The assist vector which you used will be hided if you create new node point of spline.

4) The assist vector which you used previously will be cumulated until you exit menu. If

you want to use that assist vector, you can call this anytime during the operation.

(46) Boundary Curve Offset There is new option called “Offset” in the Tools > 3D Sketch Tools > Boundary.

Therefore you can create an offset boundary curve.

(47) Matching Curve You can match a 3D curve to the other entity with tangent (G1), curvature (C2) or

orthogonal conditions.

<Tangent Matching> <Curvature Matching> <Orthogonal Matching>

(48) Merging Curve There is new option called “Fix Shape” This option prevents from converting a sharp

corner into a smooth corner.

<Before Merging> <Merge without Fix Shape> <Merge with Fix Shape>

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(49) Trimming Curve Previously you have to create a joint node and trim curves but now you can trim them

without a joint node (provided these curves are exactly intersected).

(50) Multiple Section Curves Previously you can select only a single Target Entity in the Tools > 3D Sketch Entities

> Section command but now you can select multiple Meshes (Point Clouds) data or

Bodies (Solids, Surfaces) for Target Entity. Furthermore, drawing multiple lines is also

possible under the Draw Line On Screen method.

<Multiple Section Curves on Entities>

(51) New Popup Menu - Convert You can directly access the Convert Entity command in the popup menu. Select an

entity that you want to convert into a 3D curve and click RMB and select Convert.

Operation, which you can use, in the Pop-up menu will be shown differently according to

the entity which you selected.

(52) Rebuild Converted or Fitted Spline You can rebuild a converted or fitted curve to an interpolation curve using the Rebuild

palette in the 3D Sketch / 3D Mesh Sketch mode. Therefore you can modify nodes on a

spline.

When you apply rebuilding with number of control point to converted curve, constraint

condition, which has on the converted curve, will be removed. But, you can control the

constraint condition with Pop-up menu.

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<Converted Curve> <Rebuild Curve>

(53) Convert Entity to 3D Curve Now, you can convert the following entities in the 3D Mesh Sketch mode as well as 3D

Sketch;

- From other entity in 2D or other 3D sketch

- Body Edge

- Polyline

If you convert entities in the 3D Mesh Sketch mode, the converted curves are

automatically projected onto mesh data. And projected 3D mesh curves will be

interpolated curve which you can control shape of curve on the mesh by control point.

When you convert a polyline to 3D mesh curve onto the mesh, you can adjust the fitting

accuracy.

(54) Section Curve Enhancements Two more methods are newly added in the Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Section

command.

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N-Division Along Curve – N-Division Along Curve method has been added sub

method such as Uniform, Curvature, Pick Point.

1) Uniform – you can create section curves along the path curve uniformly.

2) Curvature – you can create section curves along the path curve based on the

curvature flow of path curve

3) Pick Point – you can create section curves on the path by picking point.

Cylindrical – virtually creates cylinders and generates sections.

Conical – virtually creates cones and generates sections.

(55) Fix Constraint on Curve The Fix constraint is added to a curve or node. You can fix desired curves or nodes that

you want to preserve them during editing. Select curve or nodes and choose Add Fix

Constraint in the pop up menu. The images below show an example of using Add Fix

Constraint. You can fix profiles and attach a guide curve to profiles so that you are ready

to execute the Surface Loft command.

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(56) Surface UV Curve Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > UV Curves command creates curves referring to U and V

parameter of selected surface. If your mouse is on a surface, the application shows a

preview of U and V curves in real-time.

Solid / Surface Feature Modeling

(57) Boundary Fit The Insert > Surface > Boundary Fit command has been separated into 2 steps.

Now, you can set the Mesh Curves, Curve Loops, and Loop options in the first stage and

define sharp edges to keep the sharpness in the boundary of surface.

You can define where you have sharp edge area on the curve network with the Set

Sharp Edge option.

<Without setting sharp edge> <With setting sharp edge>

(58) Sew

Boundary Fit command has been improved so that you can control the continuity on the

matching edge using G1 / G2 matching condition.

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1) Edge Pair – you can make a pair set if you select two edges in sequence. Selected

pairs’ gaps will be removed

2) G1 Edges (manifold edge only) – you can set the edges where you want to keep the

G1 continuity.

3) G2 Edges (manifold edge only) – you can set the edges where you want to keep the

G2 continuity.

4) Master Faces – if you want to keep the shape of adjacency surfaces when you apply

to sew to edges, you can define that surfaces using Master Faces option.

5) Advanced Continuity Options – you can control the deforming shape of surfaces

when it is applied matching operation.

(59) G1 / G2 Continuous Modeling You can improve boundary continuity between adjacent edges using enhanced XOR

matching system. The Fill Face, Sew, Refit, Mirror commands usually apply the

matching in their post process.

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<Sew>

<Mirror>

<Refit>

<Fill Face>

You can define the continuous option by selecting edges.

Original Surfaces

Sewing with G0 (Position) Continuity

Sewing with G1 (Tangent) Continuity

Sewing with G2 (Curvature) Continuity

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(60) Editable Patch Network in Auto Surfacing The Insert > Surface > Auto Surfacing command is separated into 2 steps. You can

define the Curve Network Options in the first stage and interactively modify previewed

patch network in the second stage. You can reposition nodes, make smooth curve,

subdivide pre-defined curve network, merge nodes, or rotate edge.

< Editing Patch Network > <Auto Surfacing Result>

(61) Loft with Composite Profile You can continuously select multiple curves or body edges for Profile and these selected

entities are called Composite Profile. You can select curves or edges with the Shift

button on the keyboard or if you just select edges, you can see a dialog box. Click Yes to

make a composite profile.

(62) Enhanced Fillet 1) The “Full Face Fillet” method is newly added in the Insert > Modeling Feature >

Fillet. This method creates fillets that are tangent to three adjacent faces.

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2) Now, even if you have solid/solid and surface/solid which was not combined, it is

possible to apply fillet operation to the model using the “Face Fillet” method

3) When you select some edges to Fillet them with the Variable Fillet option, not only

selected edge but also connected edges are displayed in the Profile View.

4) The “Conic Fillet” option is newly added in the “Variable Fillet” method. Now, you

can control the 2 different radiuses in same position when you apply Variable Fillet to

the edge.

5) Also, you can set the fillet value in the Profile View which is greatly enhanced so that

you can control window with zoom, pan as well as spread operation.

6) Previously you can select only Body Edge for Hold Line but now you also can select a

curve. It determines the face fillet shape that overflows the hold line.

7) When you select some edges to Fillet them with the Variable Fillet method, not only

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selected edge but also connected edges are displayed in the Profile View.

(63) New Methods in Draft The Parting Line Draft and Step Draft options are added in the Insert > Modeling

Feature > Draft function.

(64) Transform Body Previously, you can apply Rotation, Translate or Scale to a body simultaneously in the

Insert > Modeling Feature > Transform Body command but it might make an

undesirable result. Hence now it is separated as “Rotate And Translate,” “Scale” and “By

Matrix.”

(65) Untrim Previously, you can untrim (Insert > Surface > Untrim) a surface which includes only

inner loop but now you can untrim any edges in a surface.

(66) Redesign Assistant™ in Chamfer The icon ( ) is added to the Insert > Modeling Feature > Chamfer command. This button automatically extracts chamfer parameters (distance or angle) from mesh data like

the Fillet command.

(67) Surface Offset There are new options in the Insert > Surface > Offset command.

- If Make Side Wall is enabled when selecting a face, it creates side walls between

offset surface and original connected faces.

- Remove Original Faces deletes original face after offsetting.

(68) Surface Extend When you extend a face (Insert > Surface > Extend), you can select more entities that

decide the distance of extended face. You can select Point, Body or Regions for “Up

To” method.

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(69) Replace Face If selected tool body face doesn’t cover the target face during the Insert > Modeling

Feature > Replace Face command, the application automatically extends the tool body

face and replaces the face.

You can use the region information as tool when you apply the Replace Face even

though you didn’t prepare tool body.

Ref.Geometry

(70) Export Ref.Geometry Ref. Geometries (Point, Plane, and Vector) can be exported as an IGES or STEP

format.

Ref.Point, Ref.Vector, Ref.Plane will be represented as point, curve, and surface in

other application.

(71) Orthogonal Plane Orthogonal Plane method has been newly added on the Insert > Ref.Geometry >

Plane command.

You can create orthogonal reference plane from selected point on a mesh. You can also

select a point and two faces from body to create orthogonal reference plane.

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(72) Create ref. polyline using multiple entities for virtual edge Now, you can define two or more entity which can be defined a face such as Mesh,

Region or Body Face to create ref.Polyline using Extract Virtual Shape Edge method in

the Insert > Ref.Geometry > Polyline

(73) Tangent plane on surface Tangent Plane method in the Insert > Ref.Geometry > Plane has been improved to

enable you to create Tangent plane on the point of surface.

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3. List of Fixed Bugs General

(1) File > Capture Screen

When PIP (View > Zoom > PIP) screen is present in the model and File > Capture Screen

was executed, the resulting image comes with a shadow which is not correct. This bug has

been fixed now.


When the image is captured using File > Capture Screen, the shadow of main menu

appears in the captured image. This problem has been fixed now.

(3) Problem with Edit mode of Numbers

Double click the numbers (for example say dimension) displayed in the view to change it to

the edit mode. Now use Alt + tab to move to the other applications. When you come back to

XOR again, the edit mode of the numbers is terminated.

(4) Copy/Paste operations

Go to the Mesh mode. Copy poly-faces and Paste the selected poly-faces. Delete the copied

poly-faces. If you do similar operations for a number of times, memory leakage happens. This


(5) Problems in the edit controls

Previously, you can use minus (-) in the edit controls in between the numbers, which must not

be allowed. Now you can use minus only before the number (-5), not in between the numbers

(ex: 10-3).

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(6) Problems in Profile View.

When variable fillet is applied to some entity, you can see the profile view in the bottom.

Continuously zoom out the profile view. After some time the profile view appears up side

down. This problem has been fixed now.

(7) Edit Control Disappears after View > Viewport.

When you are in the edit mode of edit control (ex: Dimension) and change the view port to a

multi port, the edit widget disappears unlike the previous version of rapidformXOR.

(8) Memory leak in Loft, Trim and Merge Feature

When Loft, Trim and Merge Feature are used for solid/surface, the memory usage

increases. This leads to a memory leak. This bug has been fixed now.

(9) Accuracy Analyzer – Color

When Color is changed in Accuracy Analyzer, the change in color is not updated

immediately. You have to close Accuracy Analyzer window and restart to see the effect. This

problem has been fixed now.

(10) Accuracy Analyzer – Options not saved.

When you are in accuracy analyzer and change the options like Continuity. Save XOR file

and exit. This change is not reflected when you reopen XOR. This bug has been fixed now.

(11) Accuracy Analyzer – Options not changed.

When you changed other type, in case of radio button didn’t use and select sub type, it

matched between the check of Allowable Tolerance and the Enable/Disable of the below

controller. This bug has been fixed now.

(12) Accuracy Analyzer

Even you change feature in the Feature Tree, the changed entity is not applied in Accuracy

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Analyzer. Therefore you can not change Disable to Enable in the Accuracy Analyzer bar.


(13) Problem with floating tree window.

Keep the Feature tree view in floating condition. Terminate XOR and restart it again. There is

no response and CPU slows down. This bug has been fixed now.

(14) 3ds Exporting

When you export several mesh data as 3ds format and import it into rapidformXOR again,

the application might crash. This bug has been fixed now.

(15) xrl Open

When you open xrl file which includes Ref.Geometry with parents, these parents are not

registered at the sub-location of Ref.Geometry. This bug has been fixed now.

But, if you open xrl file which is made by previous version than XOR SP2, it might be taken

some time to reorganize the model history.

(16) Mouse Cursor

Occasionally an icon of mouse cursor is not changed correctly when you move a mouse from

zoom pip window to menu bar. This bug has been fixed now.

(17) STL file import

If you imported a specific *.stl file, it didn’t work from start to end. This bug has been fixed

now.

(18) Problems in computer login

When you didn’t login into internet but only computer connected to the internet cable XOR

displayed an error message. Also when you close XOR, sometimes our program crashed.


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(19) Live transfer to SolidWorks

When your model was transferred to SolidWorks by a function of the SoildWorks Direct

interface, the extrude direction was changed to other direction. This bug has been fixed now.

(20) Icf format export

When you export data as *.icf file in XOV, it didn’t import at the XOR. This bug has been fixed

now.

(21) Screen Capture ranks

When you captured screen by using method a mouse dragging area, you would get unrelated

entire model view. This bug has been fixed now.

(22) UI of the Scaling unit

When you import the scan data and check the scale unit, it was imported in millimeter (mm).

Also when the scan data was exported, this scale unit was in millimeter. This bug has been

fixed now.

(23) Primitive API

When you created a primitive sphere and torus, it didn't draw a perfect sketch. This bug has

been fixed now.

Mesh


In the Mesh mode, start any command (e.g. Tools > Mesh Tools > Refit). Delete some

poly-faces in mesh. Cancel the existing command. Click Edit > Undo to undo the deletion of

poly-faces. It did not work. This bug has been fixed now.

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(25) Problem in the Mesh mode-Edit>Undo

Go to the Mesh mode. Select poly-vertices or poly-faces which are colored. Delete the poly-

faces/poly-vertices. Click Edit > Undo. This does not work correctly. This bug has been fixed

now.

(26) Tools > Mesh Tools > Refit

Previously, when one or more holes were present in mesh data, creating surface using Tools

> Mesh Tools > Refit will make the surface in a bad shape because of the bad mesh data

around the holes. This bug has been fixed now.

(27) Tools > Mesh Tools > Decimate

Using the command Tools > Mesh Tools > Decimate sometimes crashes the application.

This problem has been fixed now.


Large Data Mode option should be enabled for large data meshes. Even when the mesh is

large, this option is disabled some times. This bug has been fixed now.

(29) Problems in Enlarge, Shrink commands

Go to the Mesh mode. Select the region filter. Select the region. When the Poly-Face filter is

enabled, select some poly-faces. Use Enlarge or Shrink commands. This does not work

correctly. This problem has been fixed now.

(30) Problems in Mesh Boundary

The healing wizard was operated incorrectly in the mesh mode. Accordingly the boundary

wasn't found and hence you weren’t able to fill certain hole. This bug has been fixed now.

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Region Group

(31) Application Crash

Go to the Region mode. Click Auto Segment to auto segment the region. Go to the Mesh

mode and remove some poly-faces. Now click Tools > Mesh Tools > Global Remesh. The

application crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(32) Region segmentation

If your shell has Encoded Face Set before region auto segmentation, it was matched with

segmented shell. This bug has been fixed now.

Sketch & Mesh Sketch

(33) No warning message

Create a surface extrude from a sketch. Delete the sketch. There is no warning message

which says that extruded surface also will be deleted. This bug has been fixed now.

(34) Problems in Angular Dimension

When you define the angular dimension between two lines, and if you move the lines left or

right, the angular dimension has a strange appearance. This problem has been fixed now.

(35) Sketch grid not in center

In the Mesh Sketch mode, in the mesh sketch setup when rotational method was selected to

create the section, the sketch grid is not in center. This problem has been fixed now.

(36) Cannot select manipulator

Go to Mesh Sketch mode. In the sketch set up, select the method as rotational method. It is

not possible to select the manipulator and move. This bug has been fixed now.

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(37) Sketch Entity from Body Point

When you create entities snapped onto body point or converted body point, these entities are

not updated. This bug has been fixed now.

(38) Problems in Mesh Sketch Mode

When you set up the rotational method and add section, the offset angle from base plane

was given automatically the angle value in the Mesh mode. Sometimes if you edit mesh

sketch, you will see a wrong value. Also if your plane turned around the window, the value

changed to about 0 deg. This bug has been fixed now.

(39) Sketch Option

While you select a sketch entity in the Sketch or Mesh Sketch mode, Enable Snap and

Enable Polyline Snap are disabled. This bug has been fixed now.

(40) Sketch Option in tangent arc from construction line

When you draw a construction line, you made a tangent arc from it. But the tangent arc

wasn’t drawn at line end. This bug been fixed now.

(41) Problem in Sketch of Spline

When partly line was connected with the arc, sometimes the form of the arc was changed by

using Undo, Redo and Save, Open. This bug has been fixed now.

(42) Problem in Sketch of Circle

Sometimes you cannot wipe out a circle by the power trim in the sketch mode. But the circle

was deleted only by using the delete key on the keyboard. This bug has been fixed now.

(43) Problem in Sketch of 2D Sketch with 3D Sketch

Sometimes entities were attached to the 2D sketch entity in the 3D Sketch mode. This bug

has been fixed now.

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3D Sketch & 3D Mesh Sketch

(44) Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Section

In Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Section command select the option as Select Plane.

Cancel the command. Now restart the section command again. Base Planes could not be

selected. This problem has been fixed now.

(45) Problem in Smooth

When you used a smooth by using the Preserve Volume Option, the smooth didn’t apply to

the spline, line, etc. This bug has been fixed now.

(46) Checking Same Geometry Curve

When you exit 3D Sketch (or Mesh 3D Sketch) mode or import 3D curve, the application has

been checked the same geometry in a Sketch. So, it has some case which was very slow.

Now, algorism modified and the speed is highly improved.

Solid/Surface Feature Modeling (47) Problems in Enlarge for Body

Select a body face or body edge. Use Enlarge command. It does not work correctly. This


(48) Problems in Model tree display

Make a feature for the solid body. The created feature is displayed in both feature tree and

model tree. Now make another feature. The model tree and feature tree are updated and

displayed as new feature. Now, apply Rollback to the previous feature. The feature in model

tree was not updated. This problem has been fixed now.

(49) Surface Extrude and Undo

Create a surface extrude from a sketch. Delete the sketch. Click Edit > Undo to undo the last

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operation. Undo does not work. This bug has been fixed.

(50) Insert > Solid > Hollow

In Insert > Solid > Hollow command, enable Multi-Thickness Faces option. Select multiple

faces and remove the selected faces and disable the option. Now user is not able to select

the first face that is selected. This problem has been fixed now.

(51) Insert > Solid > Thicken

Import a solid/surface body through IGES file format. Apply Thicken command using Insert >

Solid > Thicken. Delete the solid body after thicken. There is no error message displayed.


(52) Insert > Modeling Feature > Move Face

When this command is executed, faces appear in feature tree. But the direction entity is not

displayed. This problem has been fixed now.

(53) Problem in model tree after extrude cut

Click Insert > Solid > Cut to cut the selected body. Complete the Cut command. The new

feature cut is not displayed in model tree. This problem has been fixed now.

(54) Insert > Solid > Cut

Click Insert > Solid > Cut. Select target bodies to cut and select a remaining body. The

model might appear strange. This problem has been fixed now.

(55) Problems in Fillet

When you apply fillet to the faces in the model, delete base face after filleting. The application

crashes. This problem has been fixed now.

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(56) Fillet for unselected edges

Sometimes when you apply fillet to some edges, the fillet is applied to some unselected

edges also. This problem has been fixed now.

(57) Insert > Surface > Mesh Fit / Boundary Fit

Make a body using Insert > Surface > Mesh Fit or Insert > Surface > Boundary Fit.

Execute Edit > rebuild, Undo and Redo, Roll back, Roll Forward number of times. A

memory leakage might happen. This bug has been fixed now.


Execute Insert > Solid > Hollow command. Select the body. Now the Cancel button is

inactivated after selecting the body. This problem has been fixed now.

(59) Insert > Solid > Loft

In Insert > Solid > Loft function, if the guide marker is behind the sketch region, guide

marker cannot be selected. This problem has been fixed now.


In Insert > Solid > Loft, change the End Constraint to Direction Vector. Turn off the option

Use Same Tangent Length To All Vertices. Change the End Constraint to None. Change

it again to Direction Vector. Tangent Length option is disabled even though the Use Same

Tangent Length To All Vertices option is enabled. This bug has been fixed now.


If the Constraint is selected as direction vector then only the widget should be displayed. But

the widget is displayed even before selecting the constraint as direction vector. This problem

has been fixed now.

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In the Mesh mode, for Insert > Solid > thicken command, same result is achieved for both

Direction1 and Direction 2. This bug has been fixed now.

(63) Problems in Loft mode

In the Loft Edit Mode. Sometimes the guide vertex was changed to the Review. This bug

has been fixed now.

(64) Problems in Sweep mode

When you made a point of intersection from plural entities between the profile and path, the

sweep direction was changed. This bug has been fixed now.


Occasionally, after the fillet is applied to the surface, it disappeared. This bug has been fixed

now.

(66) Extrude Snap of direction

When you had a parallel region from a base sketch, the manipulator was used to drag on the

region. The Region was highlighted and then it was snapped. But if you selected no custom

vertically direction from the sketch plane, sometimes the snap wasn't operated. This bug has

been fixed now.

(67) Problems in Extrude Option

On one side, select the blind method and on the opposite side, select the through method in

the Extrude mode. When you did click and drag, manipulator was flipped about the blind

direction. This bug has been fixed now.

(68) Problem in Loft edit mode

When you create a point of intersection between the center axis and the bottom face in the

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Revolve model, So many Ref.Point were created on the model. This bug has been fixed

now.

(69) Problem in Loft edit mode

When you set up a custom direction, Cut Command wasn't operated by using the through all

in the Extrude mode. This bug has been fixed now.

(70) Problems in Sketch of sew

When your surfaces were sewed and it was merged, sometime this form of surface was

changed. This bug has been fixed now.

Ref. Geometry (71) Ref.Geometry from Extract Method

When you edit Ref.Geometry which is created by the Extract method, the display of fitting

points does not disappear. This bug has been fixed now.

(72) Ref.Geometry with creation

When your selections were completed in the Datum Axis/Plane, you couldn't get the

Ref.Geometry. This bug has been fixed now.

4. List of known Bugs (1) Problem in Fillet Mode

When Full Face Fillet and Variable Fillet apply to face, this result does not match with

tangent in the Tangency Continuity.

Alternative Plan: In XOR, Tangency Continuity of Accuracy Analyzer allows to 0.1.

(2) Zoom In

When you are using Zoom In, Sketch disappears on the screen and only displays constraint.

This Bounding box of Sketch is 2445*2554*0.

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Alternative Plan: Depth range is fixed to size of entity which is displayed.

(3) Problem in Tree list

When you Mirror solid body to the other side and it has tangent condition, this solid body is

listed as surface.

Alternative Plan: Reduce the Tangent Continuous Faces option in the advance option.

(4) Windows crashes.

Sometimes when your Windows runs XOR, the Windows screen becomes black and crashes.

And when the Windows tries to adjust the Hardware Acceleration to 0, black screen

disappears, but the application runs slowly and the Windows crashes.

Alternative Plan: Update the Graphic card driver.

(5) Problem in Mesh Mode.

When trim runs on the mesh by using surrounded close curve, it fails.

Alternative Plan: Split Close splits and Mesh trim.

(6) Problem in Fillet Mode

In the Fillet Mode, sometimes face disappears when specific edge is selected.

Alternative Plan: Modify Fillet radius value.

(7) Problem in Import

You can create reverse design in XOR SP2 version. You can export this file to XOR2 and

rebuild it. But it cannot be partly rebuilt in XOR2


In the Constant Fillet, you can create fillet with selected face and checked Tangent

Propagation. But if you select the edge of the same body, you cannot create the fillet.

(9) Problem in emboss of sketch

Occasionally, Closed Spline does not emboss to solid body by using Sketch Loop.

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In some special files, when fillet is applied to 2mm, the face of fillet disappears as if it is

deleted face.

(11) *.step File Size Problem

*.Igs, *.x-b format files are possible to import to XOR. But when *.step format is imported to

XOR, it is shown in different scale unit.


If you want to emboss something which has enough conditions in the sketch mode,

sometimes emboss is not sketched and XOR sends error message.


In spite of enough conditions, preview of Untrim does not operate in the Sketch Mode.


In some special files, when you check Fine Sampling, Accuracy Analyzer bar is partly

disappeared.


In the Accuracy Analyzer, when you apply deviation to some special models, they get

crashed.

(16) Especial file export & import

When some special files are imported to XOR and surface of model is selected, XOR gets

crashed if you export selected surface to *.xdl format file.

(17) Out of memory

Sometimes when 140 ten thousand polygon run subdivide which option is X4, XOR is lacked

memory. At this time, the running number of time is two.

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XV. What’s New in XOR SP2 1. Enhanced Functions

(1) CAD Interface to UGS NX

Now new CAD interface to UGS NX is embedded (File > Send To > UGS NX) in

rapidformXOR. Therefore users can directly export model data to UGS NX with its history.

Start From First Feature – XOR sends all entities and histories to UGS NX.

Resume From Selected Feature – If UGS NX can not receive XOR history, you can edit

that feature in UGS NX and resume from selected feature in XOR.

Only Selected Entities - Selected feature will be exported into UGS NX. If you check

this option, Use Selected Face Or Plane In UG For 2D Sketch Plane, appears. If you

use this option, you can select single Sketch in XOR and a selected plane or planar face

in UGS NX can be used as sketch plane. If you disable this option, you can select

multiple entities and send them to UGS NX.

Note

Currently XOR supports UGS NX 4 or later version.

(2) Performance Profiler

rapidformXO Redesign Profiler is enhanced. You can perform Profiler operation after

installing rapidformXOR or Help > Launch Performance Profiler in the menu of XOR.

(3) License Activation on Windows Vista

Now rapidformXOR supports license activation based on Windows Vista.

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(4) License – Borrowing

When your license type is Virtual dongle with local network sharing (floating) and you want

to temporally use rapidformXOR on client PC without accessing server PC, like for the

purpose of business trip, you can borrow a license for a period. This function can be used in

the lmtools dialog box (C:\Program Files\INUS Technology\XO Server Activation Utility

\lmtools.exe)

(5) License – Changing Port

If your license conflict with other applications due to the usage of same port, you can

change a number of port.



When you import .xdl file and execute Accuracy Analyzer, it might not work. This bug has

been fixed now.

(2) Import igs File

When you import curve data (.igs format) which are created in rapidform2006 for manual

surfacing, the application might crash. This bug has been fixed now.

(3) Icon Image

The icon image of spline (Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Spline) does not correspond with

its function. This bug has been fixed now.

(4) Preview Button

When you click (Preview) button in a dialog tree, and move a certain entity which operates only on 2D (for example, moving a dialog tree), the 3D model might not show

preview image, just shows previous image of preview operation. This bug has been fixed

now.

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(5) Preview Spline

If 2D spline is on the base plane whose normal vector is (1,0,0) or (0,1,0), XOR shows

wrong preview of Resizing. This bug has been fixed now.

(6) Mesh Sketch (Rotational Method)

When you extract sectional polyline using Mesh Sketch with Rotational Method, if you

click Add button to insert additional section, the previous section disappears. This bug has

been fixed now.

(7) Spline (3D Mesh Sketch)

When you draw a spline with Refit To Feature Lines option in the 3D Mesh, if you double

click to end drawing a spline on another curve, the application might crash. This bug has

been fixed now.

(8) Mesh Color

Occasionally the color of mesh strangely displays in the graphic area because of an

absence of face’s normal information. This bug has been fixed now.

(9) Surface Extrude

When you execute Surface Extrude (Insert > Surface > Extrude) and select a face for the

custom direction, the manipulator’s direction might be opposite and you cannot reverse it in

the graphic area. This bug has been fixed now.

(10) Extrude

When you extrude a sketch using Up To Vertex method with Custom Direction, the result

might be different then what is expected. This bug has been fixed now.

(11) Cone

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When you select a cone to use its direction information, for example to use a cone as a

direction in the Pattern command, it didn’t work. This bug has been fixed now.

(12) Help

When your mouse cursor is on the Help View, some short cuts (Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + X)

are disabled. This bug has been fixed now.

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XVI. What’s New in XOR SP1 1. Enhanced Functions

General

(1) XRL Version

The .xrl extension version is changed from 1.0 to 1.1. Therefore if you try to open higher

version xrl file than the current version of XOR, you will get a warning message; “This XRL

file has unknown version. Unable to open this file.” and eventually, you can not open it.

(2) Base Plane / Revolve Axis

1. Now you can select not only Ref.Plane or Body Face (planar face) but also Sketch Chain,

3D Sketch, Curve, Region or Loop for Base Plane of Sketch.

2. Now you can select not only Ref.Vector but also linear entity such as Region, 2D Curve,

3D Curve, Body Face or Body Edge for revolve axis.

(3) Warning Message

During modeling process, XOR performs additional checking. For example, if you fillet on

several edges and remove one of edge, you can notice the warning message in the Error

List bar.

(4) Error List

There is new window called Error List which shows list of errors after performing Rebuild

(Edit > Rebuild). You can select or double click one of list in this window. Therefore you can

check the errors of your data or edit it.

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Note

You can show / hide Error List bar in the popup menu as given in the figure below.

(5) Error Display

The display of Error and Warning in the Feature Tree is changed as given in the figure

below

(6) Error Message of Align Wizard

If XOR can not extract coordinates from mesh data using Align Wizard (Tools > Align >

Wizard) then the application will show an error message; “Insufficient primitives were found.

The Coordinate creation failed. Edit Region Group or change Region Tolerances.”


The calculation time of deviation is dramatically enhanced and there is new option called

Fine Sampling which is located in Deviation Option. If you use this option, XOR will use

more points data when calculation deviation.

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Note

This option is available when you choose Color Map in the Deviation combo box.

(8) Color Bar

You can use Preset command option to reset your color bar. You can select one of preset

options: Default, Symmetry, Go/NoGo or Signed.

(9) Rebuild

If you perform Rebuild (Edit > Rebuild), the application shows message with the calculation

time, errors and warnings as given in the format below;

[Rebuild Start]

Imported Body1 - 0.05 sec (1.81%)

....

TrimMerge1 - 2.55 sec (98.19%)

Total Rebuild Time - 0: 0: 3.25

[Rebuild End]

7 features rebuilt. 0 warnings and 0 errors in the model

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Note

You can see this message in the Console bar.

(10) SolidWorks Interface

Export to SolidWorks function is enhanced (File > Send To > SolidWorks), The User

Interface is also changed as given in the figure below.

Start From First Feature – XOR sends all entities and histories to SolidWorks.

Resume From Selected Feature – If SolidWorks can not receive XOR history, you can edit

that feature in SolidWorks and resume from selected feature in XOR.

Note

If you fail to send a specific entity, this entity becomes Rollback states. Thus after edit is in

SolidWorks, to resume export to SolidWorks you need to select an entity in the Feature Tree

that you want to send.

Only Selected Entities – You can select entities and send only them to SolidWorks. If you

select this method, you can see an option; Specify Face Or Plane Of Sketch Inside Of

SolidWorks. If you select this option, you can select single sketch in XOR and a selected

plane or planar face in SolidWorks can be used as sketch plane. If you disable this option,

you can select multiple entities and send them to SolidWorks.

User Interface

(11) Shortcuts

Now you can use shortcuts for selection such as in Photoshop; Select All (Ctrl + A), None

(Ctrl + D), Inverse (Ctrl + Shift + I)

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Note

You can also use default shortcuts for selection (Shift + A, N, I)

(12) Popup Menu

When you open popup menu on the entity, if an entity is not selected, XOR selects this

entity automatically. In case other entities are selected and you click RMB to open popup

menu on deselected entity, other selections are released.

(13) New Viewing Control Using a Mouse

In the selection mode, you can rotate view by clicking RMB (Right Mouse Button) &

dragging and pan the model by first clicking and holding RMB and then clicking LMB while

holding RMB clicked & dragging. When you zoom in or out using a mouse wheel, zooming

center is usually the center of the screen. But to use the zooming focus as the current

position of the mouse cursor, set Zoom About Mouse Position as True on the General tab

of Preferences (File > Preferences)

(14) Docking Bar

You can insert a docking bar into the other docking bar and when you restart XOR, the

position of docking bar is now remembered.

(15) Preferences

1. There is new button called Default in the Preferences box. This button reset all settings in

preferences.

2. There are some changes made in the string names in the Preferences (File>

Preferences).

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Added String

-3D Sketch: “Control Polygon”.

Changed String

-Sketch: “Applied Aux Tangent” “Applied Tangent”

-Sketch: “Unapplied Aux Tangent” “Unapplied Tangent “

-3D Sketch: “Tangent” “Unapplied Tangent”

-3D Sketch: “Constrained Tangent” “Applied Tangent”

-3D Sketch: “Constrained Node On Parent Entity” “Node On Parent Entity”

-3D Sketch: “Constrained Curve By Convert or Import” “Converted Or Imported Curve”

-Tolerance Tab: “Outer For Allowable Deviation” “Outlier For Geometry Deviation”

-Tolerance Tab: “Type Checking Tolerance” “Geometry Type Checking Tolerance”

-Tolerance Tab: “Radius Of Analytic Region” “Maximum Radius Of Analytic Region”

(16) Decimal Place

Even though only 4 decimal places is shown in the box, 8 significant figures are used

internally for calculating it

Default- 4 Decimal Places Editing- 8 Decimal Places

In additional, XOR does not display 0 behind the decimal point.

i.e. 1.2000 1.2, 50.0000 50

(17) Highlight Selected Entity

If you select an entity in the Model View, selected entity is also highlighted in the Feature

Tree. If required, XOR automatically scrolls to the respective selected feature to highlight it

in the feature tree.

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(18) Editing Plane

When you edit manipulator by dragging a boundary of plane, you can drag over the opposite

boundary.

Mesh

(19) Virtual Rescan

Now XOR automatically creates a grid set when you perform Virtual Rescan (Tools >

Mesh Tools > Virtual Rescan). There are two types of new grid set; Add Cylindrical

Position and Add Polyhedral Position. Therefore you can easily define a grid set which

covers whole mesh data.

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The calculation time and memory usage of Virtual Rescan is also improved.

(20) Color Mesh

Now some command, Global Remesh, Offset, Thicken and Defeature, in Tools> Mesh

Tools also can handle color mesh data. So, after performing any mesh tools commands,

XOR preserves color information of mesh.

Colored Mesh Data

Region Group

(21) Region Tool

There is new command called Separate (Tools > Region Tools > Separate).

This command separates selected regions which contain two or more clusters. This

command can be used when you separate appended regions.

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Before Separate Region After Separate Region

(22) Region Boundary

The display of a border of regions is enhanced so that you can distinguish each region

clearly.

Previous Version New Version

(23) Axis from Region

When you create axis (vector, cylinder, cone, torus or revolution) from region and edit region,

the changed axis will be aligned to its original direction. Therefore it prevents flipping of

direction of axis.

Sketch

(24) Edit Mesh Sketch Setup

You can replace a plane or an axis that is used for Mesh Sketch. To use this command, click

RMB on the Sketch (Mesh) in the Feature Tree and select Edit Mesh Sketch Setup.

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(25) Angle Snap of Tangent Arc

When you create a Tangent Arc in the Sketch mode, angle snap is possible.

(26) Tangent Snap of Line

When you continuously create line from Tangent Arc, you can snap Tangent at the end of

the arc and angle snapping is possible.

Note

While creating the line, if you click “A” button on the keyboard, you can continuously create

a Tangent Arc i.e. the line command automatically changes to tangent arc command for

drawing the next entity and changes back to line command after that without having the user

to manually switch between commands.

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(27) Equal Curvature

There is new constraint called Equal Curvature in the Mesh Sketch or Sketch Mode.

Therefore you can make same curvature between curves.

Before Equal Curvature After Equal Curvature

(28) Sketch Snap

1. In the Sketch mode, you can snap and set coincidence constraint on exterior entities such

as Body Edge, Body Vertex and 3D Sketch Entity.

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Note

To snap on the exterior entities, the View should be aligned and Projection Method in the

Display tab should be Parallel.

2. When you create 2D geometries in the Sketch mode, you can use sketch origin so that

you can add Snap, Constraint or Dimension on it.

Snap

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Constraint

Dimension

3D Sketch

(29) Section Curve

When you create section curves in the Mesh 3D Sketch or 3D Sketch Mode, there is new

option called Radial. To use this option you need to pick Axis (linear entity) and Base Plane

(planar entity) whose normal is orthogonal to selected axis. Therefore you can create

multiple radial sections by specifying number of sections and angle between sections in the

dialog tree.

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Note

You can select not only Ref.Plane or Body Face but also Sketch Chain, 3D Sketch,

Curve, Region or Loop for Base Plane. You can select not only Ref.Vector but also

Region, 2D Curve, 3D Curve, Body Face or Body Edge for Axis.

(30) Merge Curves

Global Merge option in the Merge command (Tools > 3D Sketch Tools > Merge) can be

used in the 3D Sketch Mode and it is possible to select closed curve.

Before Global Merge After Global Merge

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Before Global Merge After Global Merge

(31) Trim

When you trim (Tools > 3D Sketch Tools > Trim) curves with the option Trim Short

Position of Curves which cuts the shorter curve based on intersection, there is new option

called Trim Portion using which user can adjust the portion of curves to be removed by

moving a slider. Therefore you can remove unnecessary curves at the same time.

Before Trim After Trim

(32) Boundary Curves

When you create boundary curves in the 3D Mesh Sketch Mode, you can create closed or

split boundary curves separately. Therefore you can create multiple closed boundaries at

the same time.

(33) Match Curve

Now you can match curve with disconnected target entity which is Ref.Vector, Ref.Plane,

Curve, Edge or Face and there is new option called Orthogonal so you can orthogonally

connect selected curve to a selected entity.

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Before Match with Disjoined Curve After Match with Disjoined Curve

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Before Orthogonal Option After Orthogonal Option

(34) 3D Sketch

The display of 3D Curve Node is changed as shown figure below;

Normal Node (No Change)

Joined Node

Node on Entity (Constraint)

Seam Node (No Change)

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Seam Point and On Entity

Mouse Cursor Is on a Node of Curve

In additional, the options of Sketch & 3D Sketch in the Display tab are changed. You can

see the each display option as given in the figure below.

Enable Constraint Disable Constraint

Enable Control Polygon Disable Control Polygon

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Enable 3D Spline Node Disable 3D Spline Node

Feature

(35) Sweep/Loft

You can input single curve as Profile, Path or Guide in the Sweep or Loft command. To

select single curve, you need to turn on the Filter Edges option in the Selection Filter

toolbar.

(36) Loft

While creating loft surface or solid, the guide Marker can be snapped on seam points and

the possible seam points are highlighted in case you select closed curve for Profile.

(37) Surface Sweep

Previously XOR could not create multiple sweep surfaces with a sketch region which

includes inner loops but now it is possible and each loop becomes each surface body.

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Sweep Surface with Inner Loops

Listed Surfaces in the Model Tree

(38) Cut with a Ref.Plane

When you perform Cut (Insert> Solid> Cut) or Trim (Insert> Surface> Trim), you can use

a Ref.Planes as tool entities. Therefore you can conveniently cut or trim body with a

Ref.Plane.

(39) Delete Face

There are two more options, Delete And Heal and Delete And Fill, when you delete faces

(Insert> Modeling Feature> Delete Face).

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Before Delete Face After Delete Face

Before Delete And Heal After Delete And Heal

Before Delete And Fill After Delete And Fill

(40) Fill Face

Now you can fill face with closed curve sets.

Note

If there exist inner loop in a curve set, XOR can not fill face.

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If you use single closed curve with the option Create Single Patch, it can not be filled.

(41) Pattern

Previously you could just flip the direction of pattern using an arrow in the Model View while

performing Linear/Circular/Curve Pattern command. Now you can edit distance or angle

by dragging an arrow in the Model View.

(42) Curve Pattern / Circular Pattern

1. There is new option called Tangent To Curve in the Curve Pattern dialog tree (Insert >

Modeling Feature > Curve Pattern) and you can select a face or mesh for Normal

Reference. Therefore you can create multiple bodies on a curve and these bodies follow

normal of selected face or mesh.

Align To Seed Tangent To Curve

2. There is new option called Rotate Around Axis in the Circular Pattern dialog tree (Insert

> Modeling Feature > Circular Pattern). Therefore you can create multiple circular bodies

without spinning.

Disable Rotate Around Axis Enable Rotate Around Axis

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(43) Fillet / Chamfer

1. There is new icon called Lock which prevents the dialog tree from closing after getting

done each time. Therefore you can continuously create fillets or chamfers without opening

the dialog tree again.

2. In Fillet or Chamfer operation multiple edges can be selected for filleting or chamfering. In

such case, the criteria for fillet operation to be executed is as follows

• In previous version, when the algorithm confirms that filleting or chamfering operation

CAN be performed on at least one of the selected multiple edges then the fillet or

chamfer command is successful else it fails

• In current version, when the algorithm confirms that filleting or chamfering operation

CANNOT be performed on at least one of the selected edges then the fillet or chamfer

command fails else it’s successful.

(44) Chamfer

When you perform a chamfer command (Insert> Modeling Feature> Chamfer) with

different distances, the algorithm is enhanced.

(45) Primitive

Previously, when you create primitive feature, the created name is listed in the Feature Tree

such as revolve or extrude. Now this name is changed as its own property such as cylinder,

cone, sphere, box or torus.

(46) Warning Status

If there is a Warning in the feature during creating or editing a model, you can not exit until

you solve the problem,

(47) Entity Name

When you create solid or surface body, you can see the sub-name in the Feature Tree

depending on its creating option. For example if you fillet body with Constant option, you can

see Fillet1 (Constant) in the Feature Tree.

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Ref.Geometry

(48) Ref.Geometry

When you change a method to create a Ref.Geometry in the dialog tree, XOR changes the

different available Selection Filters automatically. So user can notice possible selection

entities and see the description of selected method on the combo box.

(49) Ref.Polyline

Previously XOR created a Ref.Polyline with the Intersection method between A (mesh,

region or selection) and B (face or body) but now you can select any entity.

Exception:

• XOR does not create a Ref.Polyline between faces in the same body.

• XOR does not create a Ref.Polyline between regions in the same mesh.

(50) Ref.Polyline

Now you can select mesh data to create boundary polyline using Boundary method of

Ref.Polyline (Insert > Ref.Geometry > Polyline).

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Select Mesh Data Boundary Ref.Polyline



When PIP (View > Zoom > PIP) screen is present in the model and File > Capture

Screen was executed, the resulting image comes with a shadow which is not correct.



When the image is captured using File > Capture Screen, the shadow of main menu

appears in the captured image. This problem has been fixed now.


In the Mesh mode, start any command (e.g. Tools > Mesh Tools > Refit). Delete some

poly-faces in mesh. Cancel the existing command. Click Edit > Undo to undo the

deletion of poly-faces. It does not work. This bug has been fixed now.

Go to the Mesh mode. Select poly-vertices or poly-faces which are colored. Delete the

poly-faces/poly-vertices. Click Edit > Undo. This does not work correctly. This bug has

been fixed now.

(4) Copy/Paste operations

Go to the Mesh mode. Copy poly-faces. Paste the selected poly-faces. Delete the copied

poly-faces. If you do similar operations for a number of times, memory leakage happens.


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(5) Problems in Enlarge for Body

Select a body face or body edge. Use Enlarge command. It does not work correctly. This


(6) Problem with Edit mode of Numbers

Double click the numbers (for example say dimension) displayed in the view to change it

to the edit mode. Now use Alt + tab to move to the other applications. When you come

back to XOR again, the edit mode of the numbers is terminated.

(7) Problems in the edit controls

Previously, you can use minus (-) in the edit controls in between the numbers, which

must not be allowed. Now you can use minus only before the number (-5), not in

between the numbers (ex: 10-3).

(8) Problems in ProfileView.

When variable fillet is applied to some entity, you can see the profile view in the bottom.

Continuously zoom out the profile view. After some time the profile view appears up side

down. This problem has been fixed now.

(9) Problems in Model tree display

Make a feature for the solid body. The created feature is displayed in both feature tree

and model tree. Now make another feature. The model tree and feature tree are updated

to display the new feature. Now Rollback to the previous feature. The feature in model

tree is not updated. This problem has been fixed now.

(10) No warning message

Create a surface extrude from a sketch. Delete the sketch. There is no warning message

which says that extruded surface also will be deleted. This bug has been fixed now.

(11) Edit control disappear after View > Multiport

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When you are in edit mode of edit control (ex: Dimension) and change the view port to a

multi port, the edit widget disappears unlike the previous version of rapidformXOR.

(12) Tools > Mesh Tools > Refit

Previously, when one or more holes were present in mesh data, creating surface using

Tools > Mesh Tools > Refit will make the surface in a bad shape because of the bad

mesh data around the holes. This bug has been fixed now.


Using the command Tools > Mesh Tools > Decimate sometimes crashes. This problem

has been fixed now.

(14) Problems in Enlarge, Shrink commands

Go to the Mesh mode. Select the region filter. Select the region. When the Poly-Face

filter is enabled, select some poly-faces. Use Enlarge or Shrink commands. This does

not work correctly. This problem has been fixed now.

(15) Problems in Angular Dimension

When you define the angular dimension between two lines, and if you move the lines left

and right, the angular dimension appears very strangely. This problem has been fixed

now.

(16) Application Crash

Go to the Region mode. Click Auto Segment to auto segment the region. Go to the

Mesh mode and remove some poly-faces. Now click Tools > Mesh Tools > Global

Remesh. The application crashes. This bug has been fixed now.

(17) Sketch grid not in center

In Mesh Sketch mode, in the mesh sketch setup when rotational method was selected to

create the section, the sketch grid is not in center. This problem has been fixed now.

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(18) Cannot select manipulator

Go to Mesh Sketch mode. In the sketch set up, select the method as rotational method.

It is not possible to select the manipulator and move. This bug has been fixed now.

(19) Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Section

In Tools > 3D Sketch Entities > Section command select the option as Select Plane.

Cancel the command. Now restart the section command again. Base Planes could not be

selected. This problem has been fixed now.

(20) Surface Extrude and Undo

Create a surface extrude from a sketch. Delete the sketch. Click Edit > Undo to undo the

last operation. Undo does not work. This bug has been fixed.


In Insert > Solid > Hollow command, enable Multi-Thickness Faces option. Select

multiple faces. Now remove the selected faces and disable the option. User is not able to

select the first face that is selected. This problem has been fixed now.


Large Data Mode option should be enabled for large data meshes. Even the mesh is

large, this option is disabled some times. This bug has been fixed now.


Import a solid/surface body through IGES file format. Apply Thicken command using

Insert > Solid > Thicken. Delete the solid body after thicken. There is no error message

displayed. This problem has been fixed now.

(24) Insert > Modeling Feature > Move Face.

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When this command is executed, faces appear in feature tree. But the direction entity is

not displayed. This problem has been fixed now.

(25) Problem in model tree after extrude cut

Click Insert > Solid > Cut to cut the selected body. Complete the Cut command. The

new feature cut is not displayed in model tree. This problem has been fixed now.

(26) Insert > Solid > Cut

Click Insert > Solid > Cut. Select target bodies to cut and select a remaining body. The

model might appear strange. This problem has been fixed now.

(27) Memory leak in Loft, Trim and Merge Feature

When Loft, Trim and Merge Feature are used for solid/surface, the memory usage

increases. This leads to a memory leak. This bug has been fixed now.


When you apply fillet to the faces in the model, delete base face after filleting. The

application crashes. This problem has been fixed now.

(29) Fillet for unselected edges.

Some times when you apply fillet to some edges, the fillet is applied to some unselected

edges also. This problem has been fixed now.

(30) Accuracy Analyzer – Color

When Color is changed in Accuracy Analyzer, the change in color is not updated

immediately. You have to close Accuracy Analyzer window and restart to see the effect.


(31) Accuracy Analyzer – Options not saved.

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When you are in accuracy analyzer and change the options like Continuity. Save XOR

file and exit. This change is not reflected when you reopen XOR. This bug has been fixed

now.

(32) Insert > Surface > Mesh Fit / Boundary Fit

Make a body using Insert > Surface > Mesh Fit or Insert > Surface > Boundary Fit.

Execute Edit > rebuild, Undo and Redo, Roll back, Roll Forward number of times. A

memory leakage might happen. This bug has been fixed now.

(33) Problem with floating tree window

Keep the Feature tree view in floating condition. Terminate XOR and restart it again.

There is no response and CPU slows down. This bug has been fixed now.


Execute Insert > Solid > Hollow command. Select the body. Now the Cancel button is

inactivated after selecting the body. This problem has been fixed now.


In Insert > Solid > Loft function, if the guide marker is behind the sketch region, guide

marker cannot be selected. This problem has been fixed now.


In Insert > Solid > Loft, change the End Constraint to Direction Vector. Turn off the

option Use Same Tangent Length To All Vertices. Change the End Constraint to None.

Change it again to Direction Vector. Tangent Length option is disabled even though the

Use Same Tangent Length To All Vertices option is enabled. This bug has been fixed

now.


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If the Constraint is selected as direction vector then only the widget should be displayed.

But the widget is displayed even before selecting the constraint as direction vector. This



In mesh mode, for Insert > Solid > thicken command, same result is achieved for both

Direction1 and Direction 2. This bug has been fixed now.

(39) 3ds Exporting

When you export several mesh data as 3ds format and import it into rapidformXOR again,

the application might crash. This bug has been fixed now.


Even you change feature in the Feature Tree, the changed entity is not applied in

Accuracy Analyzer. Therefore you can not change Disable to Enable in the Accuracy

Analyzer bar. This bug has been fixed now.

(41) Sketch Option

While you select a Sketch entity in the Sketch or Mesh Sketch mode, Enable Snap and

Enable Polyline Snap become disable. This bug has been fixed now.

(42) xrl Open

When you open xrl file which includes Ref.Geometry with parents, these parents are not

registered at the sub-location of Ref.Geometry. This bug has been fixed now.

(43) Ref.Geometry from Extract Method

When you edit Ref.Geometry which is created by the Extract method, the display of fitting

points does not disappeared. This bug has been fixed now.

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(44) Sketch Entity from Body Point

When you create entities snap on body point or convert body point, these entities are not

updated. This bug has been fixed now.

(45) Mouse Cursor

Occasionally an icon of mouse cursor is not changed correctly when you move a mouse

from zoom pip window to menu bar. This bug has been fixed now.

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