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(continued...) BlueDots are persistent so subsequent editing of one curve can be used to update a dot-connected network of curves.
BlueDots can be manipulated in 3D using another jargonised tool, OrientXpres, to lock movement to a single axis or plane.
Importantly curves can be connected irrespective of where they appear in the history tree and the BlueDot overrides any existing associativity so the edit is construction order-independent.
Similarly, Dynamic Edit continuously calculates model results, providing dynamic feedback of actions such as dragging features around, including the impact on downstream features.
The BlueSurf command available in the part and sheet metal environments blurs the distinction between lofts and sweeps, using sections and guides based on existing sketches or part edges, and offering end and side tangency control and G2 continuity.
Additional control can be exerted over the surface by inserting a new sketch where the surface intersects with a reference plane.
Fillets and blends can also be G2 continuous and both curvature and zebra stripe analyses are available.
There have also been significant developments in assembly modelling.
Parts can now be constrained to sketches so that editing an assembly sketch can be used to analyse motion of the 3D mechanisms.
EDS describe the associativity as intelligent links, with Uplinks allowing assembly sketches to be driven from existing parts and Downlinks allowing parts to be driven from assembly sketches.