DesignSpark Mechanical v2 is out!

[sgraber]

www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/page/mechanical/

[jimustanguitar]

Downloading, now. Thanks for the head's up!


From their email announcement:


What's new?





DS Mechanical New improvements



Simplified interface: Easier to use and easier to learn with a streamlined experience and tool tips



In-software help: No more navigating away from the software to search for tutorials. Plus, we've added new Getting Started guidance



Example designs: Explore the possibilities of DesignSpark Mechanical with a new list of example designs



New 3D catalogue: Choose from over 100,000,000 free-to-use 3D component models for your designs



Enhanced part number handling: Direct connection to the RS catalogue and improved Bill Of Materials functionality, including easier editing

[jimustanguitar]

www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/discuss/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=12705

People are having bad luck logging in to activate the software.

[jimustanguitar]

Looks good so far.

They've added the stl export to the main toolbar (instead of having to "save as") they also have an export dxf option there too.

Added the measure and dimension tools to the main page.

They also have a pretty extensive help section now. I like the quick reference guides:
help.spaceclaim.com/dsm/pdf/2.0/QRC.pdf
help.spaceclaim.com/dsm/pdf/2.0/Gesture_card.pdf

Interesting that they have so many touch gestures, I'll definitely have to play with those!

[bvandiepenbos]

thanks for the heads up
I am looking forward to trying it out.

[sgraber]

Just installed v2 and didn't have a problem.

[navkram]

anyone else have the problem that you cannot get to the website???
I am getting
"The server at www.rs-online.com can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.
Access a cached copy of www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/page/mechanical"

so I got the file from brian that he downloaded.
now when I start DSM it cannot register because it cannot find the website..........and will not run.

is this something with my computer or my internet server, router etc. etc. just want to try DSM and cannot.

[ZionPhil]

I fixed this for Mark.

[bvandiepenbos]

Dec 27, 2014 21:25:12 GMT -5 ZionPhil said:

I fixed this for Mark.

what did you have to do?
one of my pc's won't register DS 2 either

[ZionPhil]

I went into his router and updated his DNS numbers to Google Public DNS numbers. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

There is a problem with the DNS servers the ISP down there is automatically supplying to the modems. It will not translate DS's website properly.