Missler Software recently added support for High DPI in TopSolid 7.6.
High DPI means that we can set our displays to the native resolution and use DPI rather than screen resolution to change the size of displayed text and images
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High DPI is can be very useful to a CAD designer because when you have a high resolution screen (more than 2000 pixels), icons and texts will appear too small and you might want to enlarge them.
The screenshot to the right shows font set to 150%.
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Source: Missler Software & MSDN Pictures provided by Missler Software
Ok, so it´s now 2012 and another year has passed. During 2011 there was some 40000 pageviews and 16500 visits by 10000 unique visitors and the videos at the TopSolidBlog YouTube channel has now been viewed more than 22000 times!
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As of december last year 7.6 RC was released and this is the version that will be used on next weeks TopSolid 2012 Seminar in Cannes, France.
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The Polish TopSolid reseller TopSolution have been working hard translating TopSolid 7 to Polish and with the release of TopSolid 7.5 SP12 (released last december) all Polish users can now enjoy TopSolid 7 in their native language.
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Big things coming coming this year, especially with the release of TopSolid 7.6. Also there is a rumour going around that Missler will be announcing something special next week.
Speaking of next week, it´s time for the annual TopSolid seminar for TopSolid VAR’s coming from all around the globe.
Myself and Bill Genc fromClearCut Solutions will try to post some news and updates on Twitter. To join the fun and stay updated add Daniel Norée and Bill Genc! Everyone is more than welcome to join the conversation.
I get a lot of files sent from customers. These files come in various formats but they all have one thing in common, they all have their own revisions.
As TopSolid 7 automatically adds major and minor revisions to native files aswell as imported ones it´s not likely that the original revisions will match what TopSolid 7 applies when importing.
However in TopSolid 7.6 we will have the ability to manually set the revision. And even though we do so TopSolid still keeps track of changes made and updates the revisions accordingly.
It´s not everyday we have a guestblogger here, so therefore it´s with great pleasure i present to you Ulrich Alt.
Representing West GmbH from Germany,
Ulrich Alt has an impressive twenty years experience of working with TopSolid and i guess that qualifies him as a true TopSolid veteran.
So here it is, Ulrich Alt sharing his thoughts and dreams on TopSolid.
Alot of times when designing a sheet metal part there are several ways to go about. To help out creating bends and opening edges in TopSolid 7 we have something called the Relief Assistant.
The TopSolid 7 UI utilizes tabs in a great way and is highly versatile. Everything is drag´n drop easy and as always in TopSolid 7 productivity is no more than a rightclick away.
Jon Banquer, the author of the CadCamTechnologyLeaders Blog speaks about his views on tabs in TopSolid 7 in the video below.
If you want to change a value of let´s say a driver that is related to another dimension you can let TopSolid calculate it for you using “Optimize Parameter”.
The international TopSolid’Forum was first launched back in 2007 and as of today there are roughly about 400 members (French forum has 700 registered users).
Unlike the French forum the international forum is not very active. It´s a shame because a forum like this can really be a great resource and a place for users to interact and share their knowledge.
Being around for a few years it´s time for an update. So just in time for christmas, Santa (or Missler Software if you like) will bring an updated TopSolid’Forum for both French and international users.
PhpBB will be updated to 3.0 and my guess is that it will also get a graphical overhaul to fit in with the rest of the TopSolid websites. Also support for Tapatalk will most likely be added for those who want to keep up with their favourite forum on their smartphone.
A few weeks back i did a video on how to create you own Sheet Metal forming tool in TopSolid 7. And i mentioned that you can (and you most probably want to) easily add your own sketch to represent you brand new forming tool in the unfolding document.
But as some of you pointed out i never explained how. So here´s a short video showing how to import a DXF and use it for representing the forming tool on your unfolded sheet metal part.
Missler Software recently added support for High DPI in TopSolid 7.6.
