Release Nota's interiorcad 2020 F8:


Improvements

Group Objects with Fittings - Creates groups for objects with no fittings, too
Part Layout - Substantially improved performance in larger documents

Fixes

Part Layout - Dimensions for grid drillings were lacking
Contour 3D - Geometry was not generated properly if contour was self-overlapping due to radius correction
Menu command "Duplicate Array..." destroyed connection between Cabinet 3D and associated fittings

NC-Export / Cutting list export

NC-Programs for wooden draweers were created multiple times
All NC-Exports - Grid drilling generation is now better at dealing with slightly off drilling placement
woodWOP, WoodFlash - New property "Depth per step" for routers
Optional radius correction for dado macros (RNT, RNTY)

Release Nota's interiorcad 2020 F7:


Improvements

Contour 3D - Option "Show Router Radius" can be turned off now
Custom Part 3D - Improved help text for "Push/Pull" mode
Boards - Thickness of covering for prefabricated boards now has a default value of 0.1mm

Fixes

Cabinet 3D - Improve Strg-Paste for Cabinet 3D with 2D cabinet name component
Cabinet 3D - Fittings contained in workgroup folder libraries were not shown in fitting tool dialogs
Cabinet 3D - Inserting a symbol, then activating and deactivating Cabinet 3D tool caused the original symbol to be inserted as a non-selectable object in the drawing
Cabinet 3D - Activate option "Invert direction" only if drilling is "Drill through"
Cabinet 3D - More improvements to layer pulldown menu handling object info palette F7
Cabinet 3D / Custom Part 3D - Edit field "Custom Thickness" was shown for prefabricated parts sometimes
Thickness of prefabricated parts was not assigned to cabinet parts properly
Objects in Cabinet 3D boxes were not copied over to another document if Cabinet 3D option "3D-Details" was off

NC-Export / Cutting list export

Xilog Plus - Free dado NT had wrong radius compensation for an origin left back

Release Nota's interiorcad 2020 F6 / F6.1 / F6.2 / F6.3 / F6.4:


Improvements

Inserting Symbols containing complex Cabinet 3D objects has been sped up (6.3)
Lacking Renderworks materials will be properly communicated in the "Construction..." dialogs (6.1)
Part Layout can now be generated for 3D symbols containing Custom Part 3D or Cabinet 3D objects
Miters can be placed on edges which are created by applying a Contour 3D to the Custom Part 3D
Lacking Renderworks materials will be properly communicated in the "Edit boards..." dialog

Fixes

Activating another Cabinet 3D symbol sometimes left a dead instance of the previously selected symbol in the documents (6.4)
Inserting a Cabinet 3D symbol did not check properly for corrupt object connections (6.4)
Inserting a red Cabinet 3D symbol sometimes terminated Vectorworks unexpectedly (6.4)
Drawer 3D tool did not show profiles / sliders with compatible nominal length for Cabinet 3D boxes with flush backs (6.3)
Inserting a symbol containing a Cabinet 3D and associated fittings as a group in view "Top/Plan" terminated Vectorworks unexpectedly (6.3)
Inserting a symbol containing a Cabinet 3D and associated fittings as a group in view "Top/Plan" now removes all fittings (standard Vectorworks behaviour) (6.3)
Moving a Cabinet 3D object to another layer using the object info palette's layer menu sometimes displaced the Cabinet 3D's fittings (6.3)
Stability of tool "Wooden Drawer 3D" improved (6.3)
Grain direction of chosen material was not properly read from material database thus not displayed properly (6.3)
Copy/Paste of complex Cabinet 3D terminated Vectorworks unexpectedly (6.3)
Placement of inner wooden drawers was off in rotated Cabinet 3D objects (6.2)
Regenerating Cabinet 3D objects with additionally applied Contour 3D millings took a long time (6.2)
Inserting a symbol containing a Cabinet 3D object in view "Top/Plan" terminated Vectorworks interiorcad unexpectedly (6.2)
Creating a symbol containing a Cabinet 3D object terminated Vectorworks interiorcad unexpectedly (6.2)
3D-Geometry of Custom Part 3D did not properly reflect thickness of prefabricated materials (6.1)
Length / width were not shown properly in 3D front details if grain direction was cross
Repeatedly loading Cabinet 3D favorites within the "Settings..." dialog sometimes caused Vectorworks to quit unexpectedly
Fittings applied to Cabinet 3D objects with non-standard insertion points were not moved correctly after duplicating Cabinet 3D

NC-Export / Cutting list export

New Cuttinglist export "intelliDivide" by Homag (6.4)
NC-Hops, Maestro CNC, Wood Flash and woodWOP - NC-Macro 3D placeholders {sidex}, {sidey} and {sidecangle} including working pane call (if needed) (6.4)
Maestro CNC - Default Execution Field as string in machine-configuration (6.4)
Maestro CNC - Optional NC-Stop between machinings of NC programs containing code for both sides of the workpiece (6.4)
NC-Hops - Distance of Contur 3D in SP (Start point) fixed (only Version 4) (6.4)
NC-Hops - Rabbet with contour definition (from Version 5 on) (6.4)
NC-Hops - Use "Significant decimals only" consistently (6.4)
DXF - Improved export of horizontal drillings (6.3)
All NC-Exports - "Drill through z addition" allows for negative values to facilitate conversion to blind hole (6.2)
OSD - Removed irrelevant project details fields for version 9 (6.2)
Cutting list configuration - Improved "Cumulate workpieces" entry sorting (6.2)
Cutting list configuration - Additional "Export specific settings" for BestOpt, HOLZ-HER HHOS, Kuhnle, Maestro Nesting, Maestro Ottimo Cut, OSD, Schnitt Profit, Schreiners Büro, WebOpt (6.2)
Custom NC-Code contained in NC-Macro 3D was exported with wrong line ending (6.2)
1aOpt - Export Cabinet 3D name as "SKZ" instead of "Kennung" (6.2)
New export "Altendorf Magis Opti" (6.1)
Borm - Fixed export of part grain direction (6.1)
Borm - Option to export "Length corresponds to grain direction" even if set differently in Custom Part 3D (6.1)
Maestro CNC - Horizontal machinings use standard planes (6.1)
NC-HOPS - Horizontal machinings use standard planes (6.1)
woodWOP - NC-Macro 3D has new level related placeholders: sideid, sidex, sidey
woodWOP - Horizontal machinings use standard levels
Wood Flash - NC Macro 3D has new face related placeholders sideid, sidex, sidey
Wood Flash - Horizontal machinings use standard faces

Release Notes interiorcad 2020 F5 / F5.1 / F5.2:


Improvements

Wooden inner drawers - New Option "Laid-on" for drawer front part
Wooden inner drawers - Drawer front part left/righ/top/bottom overhang to hide runner
Wooden inner drawers - Drawer front part overhang / size is adjusted to Cabinet 3D box reveals / gaps automatically
Millings can now be placed in Custom Part 3D cut-outs generated by Contour 3D
Disabling edge joints if Custom Part 3D has only one edge
Objects in Cabinet 3D boxes are now carried along if Cabinet 3D is copy/pasted to or imported in another document
Performance improvements building up object info palette for Custom Part 3D

Fixes

Contour 3D could not be duplicated properly with Ctrl-Drag (5.2)
Custom Part 3D / Cabinet 3D / Contour 3D was be deselected after making changes in the Object Info palette (5.2)
Regenerating Cabinet 3D removed Contour 3D on edge face of Custom Part 3D (5.2)
Contour 3D was not connected properly to Custom Part 3D (5.2)
Back dado was created way too long on non-rectangular Cabinet 3D (5.2)
Covering grain direction could not be set properly (5.2)
Choosing materials using full text search was slow (Windows) (5.2)
"Edit Cost Centers..." did not work as expected (5.1)
Adding box objects sometimes terminated Vectorworks unexpectedly (5.1)
Data tags displayed wrong number of edges (5.1)
Grain direction for prefabricated boards could not be changed (5.1)
Activating tool "Drillings 3D" sometimes terminated Vectorworks unexpectedly (5.1)
"Custom Part 3D" selection indication was not updated properly after making changed in the object info palette (5.1)
Filename generated for custom handles was garbled (5.1)
Option "One list for each cabinet" generated wrong output (5.1)
Change Handles - Positioning pull-down was referring to door handle positions only
Plinth front part mitered with one plinth side part only, prevented custom overlap on the opposite side
Part Layout - Miters were sometimes dimensioned as 0°
Edge texture was not stored the first time chosen from the menu
Custom Part 3D failed to generate based on Cabinet 3D objects which were not placed exactly next to each other
Automatically generated record formats didn't contain correct # of drawers & doors. Data tags were not able to extract info properly
Error message after updating libraries was generated even if update was performed without problems

NC-Export / Cutting list export

Biesse CIX - Support clockwise sizing router (5.2)
OSD - Version dependent export of customer / address / description / project / nc program name (5.2)
OSD - Description containing either part name or part description (5.2)
OSD - Description optionally contains shortened part name (5.2)
Schreiners Büro - Export comment (5.2)
Editing NC-Macro 3D's NC-Code ignored upper-/lower case (5.2)
woodWOP - Support for drill mode "Fast-..." and "Slow-..." (5.1)
DXF - Routings are color-coded now
NC-Hops - Text and Rectangle is visible in Workcenter Version 7+
Wood Flash - Option "Drill-throug" for grid drillings
Wood Flash - Pass tool type if tool-ID is set
Xilog Plus - Hide parking position (optional)
HHOS - Element with part name and appended description
Kuhnle - Minimal cumulation added
OSD - Minimal cumulation added
Swiss-Soft Export updated

Release Notes interiorcad 2020 F4 / F4.1 / F4.2:


Drawer 3D - Drawer configurations created with Drawer 3D can be stored in a library for later re-use.

Improvements

Mitered design for Cabinet 3D corners
Overall thickness of Custom Part 3D is displayed in the Object info palette
Backs can be designed with a dado on the left and right, a rabbet on bottom and flush on top
Each box of a Cabinet 3D can now contain multiple objects with individual placement options. Additionally, placement options now feature a top/bottom recess
New menu command to group a Cabinet 3D with all applied routings and fittings (check menu "interiorcad")
Values for front gap, distance of front, custom mounting plate position and handle position can now be stored as system wide default values
Front part of plinth can now be pushed back even for front-flush plinth designs
Part Layout - Output of routings and routing dimension can be configured independently
Part Layout - Project details can be configured for display in the the header area and on part independently

Fixes

Changing construction of Cabinet 3D sometimes generated cabinet parts with erroneous thicknesses (F4.2)
"Assign project item" did crash sometimes (F4.1)
Double-click can be used again to select fittings & materials
Already selected material is highlighted in the material selection dialogs
Data records (Object details) were not updated properly and were not removed on some occasions
Symbols containing light objects were not placed properly in Cabinet 3D boxes
Changing the thickness of solid materials was not possible in Cabinet 3D's settings dialog on the dialog pane "Construction"
Miters were not drawn properly in Part Layout 2D
Error message when trying to place a drawer on stacked drawer fronts
"Edit/adapt fitting libraries" opened the wrong library file after data migration from VW 2019

Release Notes interiorcad 2020 F3:


Improvements

Record "Cabinet Object Info" was generated with wrong values
Inserting Drawer 3D objects in a drawing with "Object Details" turned on caused Vectorworks to terminate (macOS only)
Menu command "Bought-in drawers..." was not registered properly with Vectorworks
Additional performance tweaks when loading textures

Release Notes interiorcad 2020 F3.1:


Improvements

Top/Bottom/Center nailers supported by non-rectangular cabinets
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Drawer configurations can be stored in a library for re-use right at the point of use
Repair Object Connections - Upon opening a Vectorworks document, the contents of the resource manager will be checked, too
Support for drawer bottom / back configurations required by Hettich Avantech You systems

Fixes

Overlap / Gap of non-rectangular doors & drawers was not calculated correctly
Non-rectangular Cabinet with plinth crashed
Converting an extrude to a Custom Part 3D did not work for all types of extrude configurations
User-defined handles didn't import their textures
Multiple dados placed on a Cabinet 3D were not transformed properly if Cabinet 3D dimension changes
Connectors in a Wooden Drawer 3D were sometimes removed after inserting the drawer into a Cabinet 3D
Front overlap used for creating a Custom Part 3D on a Cabinet 3D was not stored between Vectorworks sessions
Creating a Custom Part 3D object on grouped Cabinet 3D objects didn't work
Loading a front set in Cabinet 3D did not display handles properly
Automatically generated records for Cabinet 3D were lacking drawer sliders
Migrating Cabinet 3D component sets from interiorcad 2019 did not work properly
Plinth toe kick boards was created with wrong dimension for non-standard cabinet side thicknesses
Fetching materials from a workgroup folder didn't fetch user defined materials properly
For open Contour 3D objects, the drill radius correction was not displayed properly
Arcs were converted as a "piece of pie" shape to Contour 3D
Leg accessories were not loaded properly from leg sets
Plinth sets were lacking some fields / settings
Clicking right next to a front / side grid with Hinge 3D tool sometimes crashed Vectorworks
Prefabricated board materials were not texturized properly
Cutting off corners of Custom Part 3D objects by applying a Contour 3D object sometimes left the cut-off geometry in the document
Objects containing NURBS geometry placed in Cabinet 3D boxes were not displayed correctly
Doing a NC export after changing the starting point of a Contour 3D did not output the changed Contour 3D
Changing to a drawer without a front panel did not remove handle
Part Layout - Parts of cabinet are now sorted by cabinet unit groups
Improved Renderworks texture handling for prefabricated boards
Routings contained in duplicated symbol definitions were not connected to their Custom Part 3D master objects anymore
Object info palette's "Construction" pulldown menu is sorted like the one in the dialog "Construction..."
Back panel of Cabinet 3D was placed at wrong depth of cabinet
Accessing interiorcad Renderworks textures was optimized in order to speed up material assignment / changes for interiorcad objects
Regenerating Cabinet 3D objects featuring a large number of parts was sped up substantially
Reshaping a Cabinet 3D object using the "Reshape" tool is much smoother now
Regenerating Drilling 3D objects was sped up
Regenerating Custom Part 3D objects was sped up
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Depth of Cabinet 3D was not calculated properly for cabinets without shelves or partitions
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Drawer was not centered across width of cabinet box
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Using Screen Plane caused front geometry to not be placed properly
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Drawer was not positioned correctly for non-standard cabinet insertion points
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Drawer was not positioned correctly for mirrored cabinets
Tool "Drawer 3D" - Drawer was not positioned correctly for drawers containing 2D geometry

Improvements / Fixes NC- / Cutting list export

Dialog "Production Settings" - Showed an empty options list after performing a NC configurations update
Dialog "Production Settings" - Filtering Cabinet 3D unit groups always filtered "Generic Custom Parts", too
Dialog "Production Settings" - Fixed cutting list / NC export configurations pulldown menu sorting
Dialog "Production Settings" - Export of parts can now be split to folders based on part's unit groups
Optional, three-sided sizing using a contour
Cutting list export "OpCut" completed
NC-Hops - Drill-through 5-axis drilling carried out from the main face of the part was not rotated properly on the secondary face
New cutting list export configuration "1aOpt"
Maestro CNC - Angled, sawed dado with length correction
XilogPlus - Multi-pass rabbet was not carried out properly (starting with 2019 F9)
HHOS Export - Added option to output NC program path

Release Notes interiorcad 2020 F1/F2:


Topic Description
Cabinet 3D - Change handles Change handle type, position and rotation on multiple Cabinet 3D objects with the new menu command "Change Handles".
Cabinet 3D - Objects in boxes interiorcad 2020 offers additional options to specifiy the placement of objects within a Cabinet 3D design (e.g. to apply additional drillings in the sides, front or back of a box).
Cabinet 3D - Nailers Up to 3 nailers can be placed on the back of a Cabinet 3D object.
Cabinet 3D - Show insertion point The insertion point of Cabinet 3D can be visualized in 3D for easier editing of dimensions.
Drawer 3D - Tool improvements The revamped tool "Drawer 3D" offers substantially improved performance, option to place multiple drawers with one gesture and support for bought-in wooden drawers.
Custom Part 3D / Cabinet 3D - Material properties Material types like solid wood, glued wood or pre-fabricated boards can be handled with ease in interiorcad 2020 - no more workarounds.
Custom Part 3D - Object info palette Material of Custom Part 3D can now be configured directly within the object info palette, thus saving a trip to the materials dialog. Additionally, material configuration of all future Custom Part 3D objects created within the document can be configured in the Custom Part 3D tool's preferences.
Custom Part 3D - Create from Cabinet 3D selection Use either the "Create from selection" mode of Cabinet 3D or the "Convert to Custom Part 3D" menu command to create a Custom Part 3D on top of one or more Cabinet 3D objects.
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (1) Dimensioning individual drillings
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (2) Dimensionig grid drillings
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (3) Miter angle
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (4) Sheet layers - Custom scale or fixed width / height
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (5) NC-Stop
Part Layout 2D - Improvement (6) Filter unit groups to display only parts of Cabinet 3D objects
NC-Export / Cutting list export - Filter by unit group Implement multiple workshop strategies for different Cabinet 3D parts by filtering the output by cabinet unit group.
NC-Export / Cutting list export - Sets Save export configurations including NC tool database as named sets.
Repair object connections In case the object names or connection between Custom Part 3D and associated routings get corrupted, the new command "Repair object connections" will re-configure the affected objects only, so names of other objects in the project are not affected.
Miscellaneous improvements (1) Cabinet 3D - Images optimized for Dark Mode
Miscellaneous improvements (2) Cabinet 3D - Options for back / dado weren't stored properly

Miscellaneous improvements F2.1:


Topic Description
Cabinet 3D External routings applied to back of cabinet were deleted after regeneration of cabinet
Cabinet 3D Front-flush scribe was created with wrong length of for non-standard plinth heights
Cabinet 3D Back dados were created twice for some designs
Cabinet 3D Bottom dado went missing if top dado was turned off
Contour 3D Arcs are now converted to Contour 3D properly
Drawer 3D Material assignment for wooden drawers was not used for creation of 3D geometry
Plinth 3D Miters were created at document origin for some designs
Cutting list New export Ottimo