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(continued...) Cut faces can be coloured and specific views saved for instant recall.
Extended material support enables properties to propagate to Cosmos for FEA, the new PhotoWorks 2 for photo-realistic rendering and general component mass properties.
By default appropriate 2D textures can be displayed on the parts but users of Nvidia Quadro4 and FX cards can benefit from RealView graphics support that displays extremely realistic finishes even as the model view is dynamically manipulated.
Modelling enhancements focus on ease of use, the generation of complex forms and specialist environments for weldments and mould tools.
Historically boss extrudes have always been perpendicular to the sketch plane, but now the extrude direction can be specified as a vector from any existing model or linear sketch entity.
3D sketches can also be extruded.
A new detailed preview option enables new or modified faces to be highlighted or new or modified bodies only to be displayed in order to evaluate the effect of the new feature or edit.
Lofts have been significantly improved with enhancements to tangency, curve and face matching and overall performance.
The old bug bear of the lack of control over how loft profiles are joined, often leading to a twisted form, has been addressed with the ability to manually adjust and create connector lines to ensure correct synchronisation of profiles.
There are similar enhancements in sweeps including path and guide curve following improvements for smoother results.