Join us at the IFAI Expo 2005 - Booth #7156

If you are planning to attend the IFAI Expo 2005 in San Antonio, TX, please visit us in Booth #7156. The Expo is taking place from Oct.27- 29 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center. 

As a member of the Lightweight Structures Association, we would also like to encourage you to attend  Fabric Structures 2005, which will be held on Oct. 26-27. Among many distinguished speakers, Mahesh Senagala, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, will explore a full-scale design/build experiment carried out by his fourth-year architecture students. This project was conducted in partnership with over a dozen IFAI members, including Meliar Design and CAD Effects, with the use of MPanel as the design software. For a complete program and schedule go to www.ifai.com.

IFAI Expo 2005 and Fabric Structures promises to be one of the most interesting and informative meetings ever. Our MPanel Support Team will be on hand to demonstrate our latest release of MPanel, and to thank you for your continuing interest in MPanel.

Coming Soon...MPanel v11.5

MPanel v11.5 will be released in early November.  This newest version has a number of features that make MPanel easier, more consistent, and more intuitive to use. Some of these new features include:

Choose 'panel based' or 'screen based' orientation for all panel tools.

Improvements in the Compensation and Merge functions.

"Panel Output" can now draw interpolated ploylines based on splines and can rotate the panel through 90 degrees to fit a cutting table orientation.

Line conversion tools enhanced to cover conversions from lines, arcs, circles, polylines or splines, and will draw interpolated polylines based on splines.

Mesh to Polyline Conversion

The improvements in this version of MPanel are intended to ease the design process by automating some common design processes.

An example is the “Mesh to Poly” conversion, which can be used to extract mesh edges or the seam lines.

This used to take several steps, using both MPanel and AutoCAD commands, but both of the drawings on the left can now be produced in a single mouse click.

The left hand drawing is the mesh  edges, that may be used for fixed boundaries or embedded cables.

The right hand drawing shows the intended seam lines when the mesh is panelled.

If you would like a fully functional evaluation copy of the new MPanel v11.5, contact us at support@mpanel.com. If you would like to set up an interactive web conference and let us show you how it’s done, then Timothy Akes of CAD Effects LLC in St. Louis, will be pleased to arrange a convenient time for you and your staff to sit in on a live demonstration session that can be tailored to  your own individual projects.

Timothy Akes

CAD Effects, LLC

10805 Sunset Office Drive,  Ste 300

St. Louis, Missouri  63127 USA

(314) 631-6300 voice

(314) 754-9388 fax

takes@cadeffects.com

Alan Stewart

Structureflex

280 Bay Road

Cheltenham, 3192 Victoria, AU

(03)9581 6150 voice

(03) 9581 6177 fax

alan@structureflex.com.au