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(continued...) This level of physical dynamics is unique in a core modeller product and allows intuitive assessment of complex mechanisms.
Performance with large assemblies is greatly enhanced by culling detail during rotation and the ability to specify the threshold number of components at which performance sapping features such as anti-aliasing, shadows and transparency are automatically suppressed.
Control over configurations has been greatly enhanced with nested configurations, and the ability for feature end conditions, sketch planes, equations and sketch relations and dimensions to be configuration specific.
Development continues in the drawing environment to both improve functionality for existing users and to convince 2D migrators that drawing output is not compromised.
Indeed drawings from 3D models do have significant potential benefits such as shaded views that despite not appealing to drafting purists can enhance communication.
New dimension and annotation options include chamfer variants, dowel symbols and fit tolerances.
Dimension styles can be saved as favourites for rapid recall of multiple setting preferences.
Leader lines can be intelligently broken where they cross other lines to aid legibility.
The overall interface style of heads-up working is maintained by editing text labels in edit windows in-situ in the drawing area.
The SolidWorks range of utilities are now available as a bundle.