A movable, resizable ring can be placed over or adjacent to the model with associated controls to locate the centre of interest. The Digger tool, readily accessible on the spacebar, provides powerful ways to create detail views. Component visibility control is crucial to effective work and can be managed in many ways ranging from selection in the assembly tree, including highlighting even if hidden, to handy temporary hiding of selected geometry to show underlying components using the tab key. Model and view manipulation will be intuitive to CAD users and comprehensive help topics together with standard Windows and Office shortcuts will aid non-technical users be rapidly productive.įor convenient multi-use, once selected, commands remain active until cancelled with Esc. So, parts, assemblies, and components of the 3D model are ‘geometry actors’ while annotations, measurements, and other mark-ups are ‘collaborative actors’. Somewhat theatrically, objects in the viewport are called ‘actors’. In addition to SolidWorks and CATIA, 3DVIA Composer can import native Pro/Engineer data, and other design data sets through the STEP and IGES exchange formats. Groupings of functionality are described as workshops and, when selected, relevant settings appear in a further pane down the right hand side. Below that, a pane displays properties of any selected elements. The Composer interface comprises a central graphics area that toggles between the standard page view mode and the animation interface complete with timeline appearing along the bottom.Ī pane down the left contains Assembly, Collaboration and Views. With silhouette options, dynamic and punchy images can be readily generated

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