ViaCAD Pro 5.0.0 Build 737

Punch! ViaCAD Pro - designed with the professional in mind. Gives you all the features of our revolutionary ViaCAD 2D/3D, plus increased high-end modeling power and a more robust collection of materials and textures for interactive visual realism!

Here are some key features of "ViaCAD Pro":

· Precision Digital Models
Use ViaCAD Pro as your foundation to create precise 3D digital prototypes suitable for concept-to-manufacturing solutions. Explore and develop new product concepts using a variety of modeling methods including tools unique to ViaCAD Pro for complex shape design.

· Usability
Whether your designing jewelry, furniture, mechanical parts or consumer products, ViaCAD Pro offers an environment that lets you focus on the design and not the software. The innovative user interface allows you to work freely in 3D with the intuitive snaps and intelligent work planes. Combined with the innovative tool prompts, hints, and online help, even the novice designer can quickly get up to speed with ViaCAD Pro.

· Versatile, Intelligent Modeling Method
ViaCAD Pro supports an integrated collection of 2D, 3D, surface, and solid modeling tools. You choose the tools or combination of tools you need for the task at hand. The different construction methods work together with transparent associativity and a history tree to provide rapid design modifications. Or use our local face modeling tools to modify parts without history such as those imported from other CAD applications.

· State of Art Modeling Tools
ViaCAD Pro includes a strong foundation of NURB surface and solid modeling tools. For complex shape design, ViaCAD Pro provide tools for skinning, lofting, covering, capping, filling, and G1/G2 surface edge matching. Check out the ViaCAD Pro Advanced Features for more information about these unique tools.

· Share Data with Other Solutions
ViaCAD Pro shares data with AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator. ViaCAD Pro uses a precise kernel that shares data using SAT, IGES, STEP, and DXF/DWG. For facet based systems, ViaCAD Pro exports to OBJ, STL, and VRML formats.

Advanced Features:

· Surface Analysis
Surface analysis tools in ViaCAD Pro provide feedback as to smoothness characteristics of the underlying NURB definitions. These tools include curvature and zebra plots. Curvature plot options include Gaussian, Mean, Minimum Radius, and Maximum Radius. Zebra plots are especially useful for examining surface continuity between adjacent surfaces.

· Bending Along Curve
This feature will bend a solid along an axis or along a curve. The along curve option will automatically stretch or compress the new shape to precisely flow along the curve. The resulting bend is a precision NURB body, not an approximated facetted body.

· Trim Surfaces
ViaCAD Pro supports high end surface trimming options. Trim to projected text or curves, imprint edges, or intersections. Keep, delete, or move trim portions based on design requirements.

· Offset Surfaces
Offset surfaces maintain a constant distance normal to a referenced surface. ViaCAD Pro includes offset complex trimmed NURB surfaces.

· Deformations
Modify a face using inflate or deflate terminology. Or move a portion of a face to a specific location using the face deformation tools of ViaCAD Pro.

· Skin with Guide Curves
Skin between multi curve profiles of any type or orientation. Control take off parameters including angle and magnitude. Add further control by defining guide curves to shape definition between profiles.

· Surface Matching
Perform "Class A" surface matching operations on neighboring surfaces with either G1 (tangent) or G2(curvature) continuity operations.

· Tangent Covers
The tangent cover tool creates an n-sided surface that is tangent continuous to its surrounding surfaces. The tool is useful for filling voids between surfaces and for capping objects.

· Surface Booleans
ViaCAD Pro supports Boolean operations on open surfaces or closed solids. Perform addition and subtraction operations to quickly merge or remove surface areas.


Requirements:

· OpenGL
· G4 or greater Processor


Limitations:

· 14-day trial