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(continued...) Tapered threads can now be applied to pipes with the ability to set an accentuated angle for model representation to aid visibility.
These tapered threads are supported in drawing views.
Significant new modelling functionality includes Excel driven curves and the ability to create a cut-out or protrusion that is normal to a face wherever the profile contacts the face.
Multiple construction surfaces can now be stitched together into a single surface.
The Make Base Feature command takes this a step further by allowing surfaces containing a volume to be converted into a solid feature.
This has obvious applications for the import of legacy data.
It will even attempt to heal minor gaps with tangential patches for which a user defined tolerance can be set.
Physical properties can be calculated to user defined co-ordinate systems or even specified manually to allow true properties to be applied in assemblies for parts such as bought in items that need not be fully modelled.
This ability can also be used in an assembly for non-physical parts such as glue.
The ability to model and view both formed and flat pattern versions of sheet metal parts is a significant benefit of working in 3D.