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Innovation in Athena 2013 Carefully developed further, ATHENA 2013 now boasts numerous innovations to increase productivity. We have again taken the wishes of customers into account and more practical and useful functions have been added, enabling you to solve every-day design tasks more efficiently. The addition of our Elevations Plus allows the users to add parts directly to the 2D Elevation. Production time for multiple Elevations have been dramatically reduced.
In view of the significant increase in international planning, in ATHENA 2013 we have further optimized the compatibility of the drawing data between the metric and imperial (inch) systems.
A small selection of new features
Multi-Function Bar
 In AutoCAD 2012 a new multifunction bar is now being employed which many users will recognize as the command navigator from AutoCAD 2007 and 2008. All tools and options are clearly grouped in so-called ribbons, which means that the desired commands are accessible with a minimum of clicks, enabling more efficient drawing production.
ATHENA 2012 takes up this innovative user guidance. Now ATHENA commands can also be accessed in a dedicated ribbon via the AutoCAD multifunction bar - an attractive alternative to the well-known toolbars.
Sheet metal processing
This dialog box now has new tabs:
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Under "Coating" you can now define coating lines on both sides and on the face side of the sheet metal.
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Under "Termination" terminating folds can be attached to the start and finish of the sheet metal.
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Familiar from other ATHENA dialog boxes, "Manager" offers you the option of saving sheet metal sections in a dedicated library
Standard parts
 The dialog box has been reorganized with new register buttons. About 10,000 standard parts have been added so that a total of approx. 72,000 parts is now available. The following important standard and manufacturers' parts, for example, have been supplemented: Precision steel tube DIN EN 10305-1, -2 and -3; Setscrews DIN 915 and DIN 916; Thumbscrew DIN 316; Straight grooved pin DIN EN ISO 8740; Dowel pin DIN EN ISO 8752; Single screws for Fischer frame fastening dowel; EJOT countersunk timber ; EJOT self-drilling and sealed screws have been supplemented.
MFC dialog boxes
Now even more commands in ATHENA are controlled via MFC dialog boxes. The MFC boxes are more flexible and react
more quickly than the classical AutoCAD DCL boxes.
Facade Elevation
The dialogue for producing facade elevations has been completely revised and now has new functions.
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It is now possible to optionally specify a raw shell size.
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The mullion and transom spacing can now be automatically apportioned. Additionally, you can specify the spacing optionally as unit spacing, as clearance dimensions or as absolute dimensions.
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For exterior and interior profiles you can specify different properties (e.g. profile facing widths).
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With the optional entry of a mullion supplied length ATHENA automatically produces butt joints if the supplied length is less than the mullion total length.
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You can insert infills.
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The facade elevation can be provided with sections and symbols for the section and profile joints.
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Our brochure Innovations in ATHENA 2012 (PDF 1,6 MB) wil give you an extensive overview.
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