ViaCAD 2D/3D

ViaCAD 2D/3D V6 represents a significant upgrade relative to the inaugural release of ViaCAD V5.0.0 with over one hundred documented changes. Features:3D Modeling UpdateThe underlying modeling kernel was updated providing improvements to blending, chamfering, shelling, booleans, and direct face editing. Architectural Tools The 2D architectural tools provides fast drafting tools for creating walls, windows, and doors. Features associated with these tools include: --Automatic healing with neighboring walls --Auto-dimensions --Attach doors, windows, and custom symbols --Support for custom wall styles (user patterns & colors for multiple material regions) Performance Boosts Significant boosts in visualization including: --200X FASTER Hidden Line (Mac & PC) --6X Faster Dynamic Repaints (Mac & PC) --2X Faster Static Repaints --Level of Detail for even faster performance 3Dconnexion Support The SpaceNavigator device drivers are now recognized by ViaCAD. This includes support for Mac OSX (Universal Binary), Windows XP, and Vista. Use the SpaceNavigator to dynamically zoom, rotate, and pan views into your data models. Multiple Viewports Viewports provide a graphical user interface to display the same drawing in multiple views. Each view may have a different orientation, which provides the ability to see an object simultaneously in an isometric, side, front, and top views. Gradient & Image Backgrounds The preference dialog Box now provides features to specify two and four color Gradients. You can also specify a JPEG or BMP file as a background. Color Per FaceUsers can now apply colors per face. Use the deep select tool to select a face and then pick a color from the pen menu. New Using Wizard The New Using Wizard dialog box provides the ability to Create a new drawing file from a collection of custom settings or selection of a existing file from a template.