For applying a 'pull strap' loop to the back of sports or outdoor type footwear.
Various designs of Loop can be created. Colours, thickness and textures can also be applied.
The positioning, rotation and offset of the loop can also be controlled.
Logos applied to the design can have the option to apply a transparency to the background colour.
Created panels now have the option to apply a transparency to the RGB colour applied to the panel.
A design created and saved on a left or right foot last, can be saved on the opposite foot last.
The last changes to the opposite foot and the design re-applied.
The OBJ format has been included to incorporate a smoother import and export of data between Delcam and CRISPIN software products.
In particular, this improves the interactiveness for applying soles created and imported from Delcam PowerSHAPE
An PSLast and PSStyle import feature has been added for importing MIND 3D lasts and style line data.
The last and style line files are imported together, and the PS-Last converted to a CRISPIN last file.
The style lines from the PSStyle file are converted into CRISPIN style lines on the last, ready to save as a CRISPIN design file.
The flatten panel icon is now positioned below the panel icons in the main Upper Design tool chest.
Clicking the flatten panel icon will prompt the user to select a panel on the last, then flatten into 2D for use in CRISPIN Engineer.
Most of the changes are shown in the linked document.
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Reverse Engineering from Engineer to ShoeDesign will now read Engineer 2.0 pattern file format.
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Now supports the latest DXF format
French language supported
ATI card problem resolved
Shareware graphics manipulator provided. (Licence on request).
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To save duplication/multiplication of effort LicenseWizard help is now only provided with LicenseWizard and the installation CDROM 'Readme'. If you experience license problems after upgrading please refer to the 'ReadMe.chm' file on the release CD (available on XDrive) or LicenseWizard help and look at the 'Network Licenses' page.
A variable panel offset is now defined as: 'The largest length of the panel edge at a particular offset'. So if most of the panel edge is at 5mm then the panel is considered to be at 5mm.
When creating a line in the 2D window on reaching the feather edge, centre line, back curve or top line with the end point, it disappeared. When placed, it was short of the feather line etc. The function now snaps to the line, like it does with the start point at the beginning of a line.
Data points and the cursor are now a simple small square to improve accuracy when selecting points. The colour of the cursor and the colour it changes to at centre lines can now be set by the user in Options Box.
When modifying a feature on last that has more than one entity, there was no highlight to show which part of the feature was being modified. A highlight is now used but is turned off as some values are adjusted.
When inserting a cutout at a height of 3mm in a panel with an offset of 5mm offset panel, the cutout picks up the panel offset. In a previous version the effect was of a circle cutout slightly sunk below the panel surface. This has been repaired and the sunken effect is restored.
A new function to mirror selected panels to the opposite side of the last is added.
The redundant 'Regenerate Panel' icon in the Insole toolbar has been removed.
Values in the Basic sole function are now rounded to avoid problems with settings.
Stitch down dialogue. As the recalculation can be slow the stitch down value field is now enabled when stitch down is off. To change value, switch it off, change the value and switch it on.
The mesh at the back part of the Basic sole has been refined to improve the look of the heel.
When creating an Advanced sole using a 2mm offset line, the thickness that can be applied to this sole can not now exceed the 2mm that initially specified how far out the sole is from the last. If you need to pull part of the sole away from the surface of the last to insert a panel behind it, you can not now increase the sole thickness to fill all of this gap, because it looks wrong with the sole having a variable thickness.
The use of the 'C' shortcut has been added to invert the colour of the cursor in circumstances that would normally make it invisible.
Zoom level is now maintained when moving between the 2D and 3D views in the edit accessory dialogue.
The Edit Tread Dialogue values field in the spin-box has been enlarged to 5 characters as negative 2 decimal place numbers were not completely visible. It is now also possible to enter values directly.
It is now also possible to enter values directly in the spin-boxes of the Shapes dialogue.
The maximum width of the Mid-Sole the Basic Sole Welt Forepart and Seat Width are now all 'synchronised' to the same limits.
If a part barefoot last has been digitised using ModelTracer, converted to *.lst, and then 'Change Last Type' is used, the last now keeps the shape of the barefoot.
Export of the current design in Rhinoceros CAD 3DM format has been added. An import function is pending.
The ability to flatten lines or panels at any selected height has been added.
Conflicts with duplicate 'accelerator keys' (shortcuts) in the File menu have been resolved.
A file sharing conflict when exporting an accessory to Engineer has been corrected to be handled properly.
The display of the two file names in the title bar has been simplified.
The position of the small View control dialogue is now maintained if the main window is resized.
The automatic saving of the last on completion of the creation of guidelines has been dropped but a prompt is presented if the program is ended without the last changes being saved.
'Measure' is renamed to 'Line Length' and is also added to right button context menu.
The shortcut 'V' is added to show or hide the view controls.
The standard Windows shortcut F12 is added for Save As.
The size of the window last set for the program was not being recorded an applied on restarting the program. This is fixed.
Change to the prompt to clarify the options when using the Feature function.
When moving and existing logo cancelling the process actually remove the logo being moved. This is fixed.
Addition of StyleWizard. A way of applying styles onto the last in their correct flattening position.
If you pick lines to delete in the edit Accessory or Tread dialogues you can now use escape without losing the lines.
The 'view speed' slider adjustment has been changed to improve the effect on really fast PCs where the old one didn't slow the system down enough. The new adjustment also affects the 'auto-rotation' speed.
A zoom function has been added to the initial 2D view when importing lines from Engineer.
It is now have a variable insole where the forepart can be a different thickness to the seat.
Unused Lines has been added to the Clear menu.
The ability to convert and import a last from an STL file has been added to the file menu.
this is current released version.
The above icons have been added into last process for last modification. The 3 icons from left to right are "Offset Last Upper", "Offset Last Bottom", "Offset Last Region"
Clicking on the Offset Last Upper button shows the following dialog.
By typing or using the arrow keys to change the value, the last upper will become bigger or smaller overall. The value range is -3.0 to 3.0. We have found that if a bigger or smaller value is applied to the last upper at one time, the last becomes distorted. This may affect the flattening.
Clicking on the Offset Last Upper button shows the following dialog.
By typing or using the arrow keys to change the value, the last bottom will become bigger or smaller overall. The value range is -3.0 to 3.0. We have found that if a bigger or smaller value is applied to the last bottom at one time, the last becomes distorted. This may affect the flattening.
The Offset Last Region button will be inactive, until a guideline, is created into a shape using a single line, with the start and ends points merged. e.g.
On selection of the icon, you will be prompted to select the line with LMB. When selected, the line will be highlighted Magenta, you will then be prompted to either, de-select and select another line with LMB or Set offset value with RMB. When RMB ha been selected, the following toolbar appears,
By typing or using the arrow keys to change the value, the last bottom will become bigger or smaller overall. The value range is -3.0 to 3.0. We have found that if a bigger or smaller value is applied to the last bottom at one time, the last becomes distorted. This may affect the flattening.
This icon is for Last Manipulation. Pressing it gives us the following dialog.
All the above are changeable within the set tolerances. Either, by typing or the Up/Down scroll buttons. Selection of the Green tick applies the change. Selecting OK, will open the save dialog box. When changing the values, you can see it visually change on screen. There are basic view buttons, and visual icons (coloured Yellow) to show what part of the last you are changing.
We are planning to make the above functionality 'optional' in the next release of ShoeDesign.
This function would be used in conjunction with the 3D Viewer. For example; if a designer has created and saved their design, a customer, with the Crispin 3D viewer, would open the design, make a comment regarding for example, Texture. The customer saves the design, sends it back to the designer, who then opens the design, opens the comment, to see exactly what needs to be changed.
On selection of Image Trace, the following toolbar will appear.
You can scale the image bigger or smaller, move it left to right, right to left, up and down. Select Green tick to accept new position. Or, on opening image trace, you can by pass this if not required, by just selecting the Green tick. You can then position the last, if required.
On selection of the following icon,
a default 5mm diameter circle will appear. It is controlled by the cursor and mouse movement. A single LMB click places the circle onto the surface, with the option of another LMB click to duplicate and place another and another etc... Also, when the icon is selected, a single click on the 'C' key, will open a toolbar to change the diameter value, either by typing or Up/Down button keys. The lowest value is 1.0, the highest value is 10.0.On selection of the following Icon,
a single panel can be selected to be mirrored. If you reqiure all the panels to be mirrored, simply select 'A' key with a single click.On selection of the following Icon,
a dialog appears for selection of the required Logo (JPG or BMP) When selected, it will be attached to the cursor on the last surface. Mouse movement will move it around the last surface. The use of the Cursor arrow keys Up/Down will change the offset, the use of the Num-Pad keys, will rotate, scale bigger or smaller and mirror on own axis. Select the 'G' key, select the required Logo, a single RMB click opens a pop-up menu for, move, edit, copy or delete logo.Found in Last Process, and is for a design, where the tongue extends above the height of the last. On selection of the following Icon,
a toolbar appears, for adding a value to extand by, typing or by the arrow buttons. The default is 10.00. The lowest value you can go down to is 1.00, the highest value you can go up to is 50.00. This will extend the tongue area of the last, and blend it to 1.00 at the top of the back of the last.There is now 2 choices of colour for the cursor. Red and Orange. Both have a pencil like shape attached if required. The following dialog box
is found in Options, Miscellaneous. A) If nothing is checked, then the cursor will be a Red square. B) If 'Colour' is checked, then the cursor will be Orange. C) If 'Use Pencil' is checked with 'Colour'unchecked, then the cursor will be a Red square with a pencil shape attached. D) If 'Use Pencil' is checked with 'Colour' checked, then the cursor will be a Orange square with a pencil shape attached.Cursor to middle of workspace. When ShoeDesign has been opened, and a last has been retrieved, select the Reset View Icon. This will the nactivate the cursor to be positioned in the centre of the workspace after selecting a function. When zoomed and a function has been selected, for example move point, hit the Z key. This will activate F6.
The shape of the cursor has changed from a spider like shape to a square shape. This shape will keep the same size, if you are at a zoomed in or a normal viewing level.
The shape of the data point has changed from a spider like shape to a square shape. This shape will keep the same size, if you are at a zoomed in or a normal viewing level. It also matches the cursor shape for easier selection and movement.
There is now a vrml output for designs.
There is now a .X output for designs.
Now in smaller steps.They now go up in steps of 0.1 instead of steps of 0.5. Found in panel toolbar, below Offset Move and Offset Copy icons.
When scrolling through the panels in the sldie-out. An extra Icon has been added in the Texture tab of the slide-out. If panels have textures applied to them, scrolling through the panels tab, was sometimes a little slow. To help scroll through quicker, select the icon to turn off textures while scrolling. When icon is like this,
you can scroll through seeing textures in preview window. When Icon is like this,
you can scroll through without seeing textures.Move shape and Copy shape icons have been added into Accessories dialog box. This icon
for selecting shape and moving, this icon
for duplicating shape and moving.To find cursor below panels that are at a higher offset than the cursor. Holding down the 'Q' key, will turn the cursor Black.
Now goes down to 0.5 diameter. Previously it was 1.0.