We're excited to announce new updates for both Apps for Autodesk Inventor: DSTV Assistant 1.3.0 and SolidSteel parametric 2.3.0.

A major focus of this release is the continued refinement of the user experience. Both apps receive an overhauled Settings dialog, delivering a more consistent look and feel across all configuration options.

SolidSteel parametric 2.3.0 brings a wide range of powerful new capabilities. The drawing module has been significantly extended, with reworked template management, configurable part lists, and new support for managing different sheet sizes, orientations, and layouts. Custom Connections have been further enhanced with batch build support for a broad set of connection and cut types, as well as improved validation to ensure connection references form a closed system before learning. Additional highlights include a new Assembly Analysis dialog for detecting interferences and missing connections, expanded flexibility for stair modeling, and improved fastener handling at the assembly level.

Table of Contents

• Stairs: Flexible Organization of Step Parts

• New Assembly Analysis Dialog

• AI-Connect for Standard Connections and Cuts

• Overhauled Settings Dialog

• Changelogs

Changelog SolidSteel parametric v2.3.0

Enhancements

• Overhauled the Settings dialog for a more consistent style and improved user experience

• Naming conventions can now be customized, allowing the use of user-defined names as an alternative to GUIDs

• Stairs: Step parts can now be organized either as assemblies or as multi-body parts. Added an option to suppress borehole creation

• Added an Assembly Analysis dialog to inspect assemblies for interferences and potentially missing connections

• Extended batch build support for Custom Connections to the following connection and cut types: Face Cut, Miter Cut, Contour Cut, Cope Cut, Endplate, Miter Plate, Angle Connection, and Gusset

• Custom Connections now validate that all references form a closed system before a new connection can be learned

• Added a setting to allow fasteners to be saved locally within each assembly, enabling per-assembly customization of values such as part data for use in exports like drawings

• Added a setting to control whether weldment assemblies are created as standard assemblies or as weldments

• Drawing: Reworked template management for improved maintainability and flexibility

• Drawing: Added support for managing different sheet sizes and orientations

• Drawing: Part lists are now fully configurable

• Drawing: Added layout management

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue that prevented weld assemblies from being created manually in certain cases

• Fixed an issue that incorrectly prompted users to restart Inventor after any settings change

• Weldment beads can now be used as external components within Custom Connections

• Resolved an issue where the SDNF import did not correctly identify changes in certain cases

Changelog DSTV Assistant v1.3.0

Enhancements

• Overhauled the Settings dialog for a more consistent style and improved user experience

Bug Fixes

• Minor Fixes: Various small bug fixes and improvements.