nTopology 5.20.2 Win x64 English

Arc by Tangent
- The Arc by Tangent block creates an arc from a start point, tangent vector, and end point input.
- Location: Create > Curves
. Start Point: Start point of the arc.
. Start Tangent: Vector representing the tangent direction of the arc at the start point.
. End Point: End point of the arc.
. Output: Arc



Extruded Cut
- The Extruded Cut block extrudes, and boolean subtracts a profile from a solid. The Profile will be cut through the entire Target Body input.
- Location: Modeling > Operations
. Profile: The profile to extrude and cut into the Target Body.
. Target: The Implicit Body to cut
. Blend Type: The Blend Type where the Profiles are cut from the Target Body.
. Blend Radius: Radius of the blend.
. Draft Angle: Draft angle applied to the extrusion.
. Direction: Direction of extrusion. Uses the normals of the Profiles' plane by default.
. Output: Implicit Body



Polycurve from Curves
- The Polycurve from Curves block combines a list of curves (connected set of arcs, lines, and splines) and creates a Polycurve. The input curve list should have shared endpoints. The input curves can be open or closed, planar or non-planar, but not disconnected or branching.
- Location: Create > Curves
. Curves: List of curves to join into a single polycurve
. Output: Polycurve



Polyline
- The Polyline block creates a polyline from an input list of points.
- Location: Create > Curves
. Points: List of points to connect with line segments
. Output: Polycurve



Profile from Curves
- The Profile from Curves block creates a single profile from an input list of curves.
- Location: Create > Curves
. Curves: List of Planar curves.
. Normal: Direction to view the curve plane and orient open curves with respect to.
. Output: Profile



Get CAD Faces by Name
- The Get CAD Faces by Name block extracts the CAD Faces from the CAD Body, Component, or Part based on the Face Name.
- Location: Modeling > Utilities
. Part: Part from which to get Faces.
. Face Name: Name of faces to get.
. Output: CAD Face List



Usage Improvements
- We've implemented lazy loading for Toolkit blocks, resulting in faster initial load times. The Toolkit blocks will now load only when added to your nTop notebook. As a result, you may not see the start-up loader with a progress bar when you launch nTop.
Block Updates
- We have updated our curve and profile modeling blocks to allow more modeling in nTop. Many blocks have also been updated with name changes, input/output type changes, or both, but their behavior has not changed. This support article has all the information regarding this update.



- We have added the Name property to the CAD Face type to allow users to extract CAD Faces based on the Name.
Bug Fix
- We fixed an issue with the Topology Optimization block that errored out when multiple Flexible connectors shared nodes on an FE Boundary.

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