We're pleased to announce the release of a new Work-in-Progress (WIP) version of Orca3D. This new version (1.4 WIP 2014-01-07) will expire on April 15th, 2014.
This release contains the following:
- The Stability Criteria Evaluation and the Longitudinal Strength features, both of which were removed from the 1.3 release. Development continues on both of these, and we welcome your feedback.
- The OrcaSelWeightCost function was extended to allow selection by material type (point, curve, surface, solid, none) or by material name.
- Updates to the latest licensing files from Nalpeiron, the vendor that provides the licensing system for Orca3D
- The network installation now contains both 32-bit and 64-bit client setup files.
- A bug was fixed in the Hydrostatics Report, in which the TCB and TCF plot label could inadvertently read 10^0.
As a WIP, there will certainly be feature additions, changes, or removals before the final release, but this is your chance to give us feedback and suggestions. A few important notes to be aware of:
- While this version of the 1.4 WIP will function with Rhino 4, future versions may require Rhino 5.
- Only one version of Orca3D may be installed at a time. Therefore, you must uninstall Orca3D from your computer before installing this WIP.
- No change to your License is required. The new version of Orca3D will find your existing License.
- Portions of the Help file may not be entirely up to date.
This WIP will expire on April 15th. Either the final version of Orca3D 1.4 will be released before then, or a new WIP will be released.If you have questions as you install and use the new release, remember that you can:
- send an email to support@orca3d.com
- read through the Help file which is available from the Orca3D menu in Rhino, and on our web site here
- post a question on the Orca3D forum
To download the new WIP version, please visit www.orca3d.com/wip. To download the Release Version (1.3), please visit www.orca3d.com/update.
Thank you very much for using Orca3D, and we look forward to hearing from you!
Best regards,
Bruce Hays
Principal Naval Architect
DRS Technologies, Inc., Advanced Marine Technology Center
