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News Release from: AutoSolids | Subject: Autosolids Express v4.0
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2006
3D-to-2D automation added to modelling
software
Version 4.0 of modelling software adds parametric 3D solid modelling, visualisation and 3D-to-2D automation tools to Autocad and Autocad based products.
Autosolids has release of version 4.0 of its Autosolids and Autosolids Express products Both add parametric 3D solid modelling, visualisation and 3D-to-2D automation tools to Autocad and Autocad based products
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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AutoSolids has included a special edition of CADalog's Auto-Z 2D-to-3D automation software with its 3D solid modelling program AutoSolids.
They are available for Autocad versions 14.01 to 2006 and all versions of Mechanical Desktop and Architectural Desktop.
Version 4.0 increases Autosolids' solid modelling capabilities with shelling and offset tools and the ability to punch and trim 3D solids with open or closed 2D entities.
The 3D feature set turns Autocad into a powerful 2D and 3D system.
The constraint-free parametric solid modelling system maintains the complete construction history of all solids.
By working without constraints, Autosolids creates 3D models in a fraction of the time required with constraint-based systems.
The parametric editing tools allow solids to be changed in the same way they were created.
Extrusion heights are easily changed, sweep paths and profiles easily reshaped and Boolean operations easily undone.
Shelled solids are easily unshelled, trimmed solids easily untrimmed and punching profiles easily reshaped to change the solid.
The Realview toolset improves the real-time display of 3D solids, and the Quickdraw feature instantly creates multi-view 2D geometry from 3D solids for fast, accurate detailed drawings.
Parametric solid arrays, direct extrusion of text into solids and other utilities reduce design time.
The 3D tools combine with Autocad's 2D capabilities to create a single integrated 2D and 3D system that maintains native DWG format at all times.
Version 4.0 is a free update for existing Autosolids customers.
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