LWCAD 2020 new features

New Updates:

Offset Curve (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for offsetting curves.

  • works also on the edges of surfaces

Offset Edge (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for offsetting surface edges.

  • new surface refitting routines allow precise results with a minimum of control points

Round Corner (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for rounding the corners of curve segments and the corners of surface edges

  • new limit modes for overlapping rounds

Round Edge (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for rounding the corners of curve segments and the corners of surface edges

  • significant improvement on special cases

Refine (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for refinement of NURBS curves and surfaces

Refine Edge (TR)

  • new adaptive mode for inserting knots into most curved parts of geometry

Freeze Edge (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for freezing of NURBS into polygons

  • new adaptive mode based on the Refine tool

Road (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for converting a network of curves into roads

  • optional customization using sketch colors

  • generates helper curves for creating custom road-lines

Topology (TR)

  • new MeshTR tool for geometry topology inspection

  • showing the connections between the curves and the edges of the surface

  • showing the indexes of elements, edges or segments, and points

Quads Patch (TR)

  • new Show Quads-Patch option

Quad To Patch Cmd

  • new quick command to convert quads to NURBS patches

Patch To Quad Cmd

  • new quick command to convert NURBS patches to quads