Now, the time has finally arrived - ATHENA 2009 will be immediately delivered. A fundamentally
new feature is the multifunction bar with which many users will already be familiar as the command
navigator from AutoCAD 2009. 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. Furthermore, there are some great new functions and existing dialog boxes have
been optimized to ensure more productive designing and planning.
Here are just a few of the innovations:
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Approximately 10,000 standard parts have been added (now about 72,000), e.g. precision steel tube, new
Halfen channels and Halfen bolts, new straight, threaded and doweled pins, new EJOT self-drilling, sealed
and countersunk timber screws.
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The command "Facade elevation" has been completely reworked and offers expanded options for the
input of raw shell sizes, the spacing of mullions and transoms, and the automatic insertion of
butt joints on mullions in dependence of their supplied length.
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Drilled holes are now also available in inch sizes and can be saved.
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With sheet metal sections the coated side can now be marked and terminating folds assigned.
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For creating assembly plans, a wire model with position numbers and label texts on the axes
can be generated from a 3D model.
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The new 2D interface to LogiKal facilitates the generation of components such as windows or
doors from LogiKal master data directly in ATHENA. The generated components are intelligent, they
can be modified dimensionally or edited with a double click; sections can also be generated.
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For international planning, the compatibility of drawing data between the metric system and
the imperial (inch) system has again been optimized.
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A 64 bit version is available (under Windows XP/Vista 64 Bit and AutoCAD 64 Bit), which is
primarily advantageous when processing larger 3D designs.
- And there is lots more! You will be surprised!
20.11.2008
