Ashlar Xenon V8 Win/Mac - ESD (8036)

• Updated Interface
• Unified Associative Drawing & Modeling Tools for Wireframe, Surfaces & Solids
• Vellum Drafting AssistantTM for Intelligent Snaps and Alignments in X,Y, & Z
• Unique Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/Home Licensing
• Complete Set of Precision Import/Export Translators Including ACIS SAT, Parasolid,
• IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, EPS, AI, and more
• Class-A NURBS Surface Modeling

General Features

• Direct or Associative 3D Modeling
• ACIS Modeling Kernel from Spatial
• 16 Place Floating Point Accuracy
• Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/Home License
• 65,000 Hierarchical Layers
• Unlimited Colors
• Unlimited Number of Objects and Drawing Size
• Single File Holds Drawings, Models, Assemblies, etc.
• Direct Multi-sheet PDF Creation
• Universal Binary Support for Intel Mac

User Interface

• Updated Intuitive Vellum Interface
• Drafting AssistantTM for Automatic Snaps and Alignments
• Smart Cursor Changes Shape Indicating Active Tool and Operations
• Strokes and Short Cuts Provide Instant Access to Commands
• Tear-off and Auto-hide Palettes
• Dockable Tools and Palettes
• Palettes can be Flipped Vertically or Horizontally
• Resizable Dialog Boxes
• Status Line to Specify Object Parameters
• Message Line Provides Tool Instructions and Options
• World and User-defined Coordinate Systems
• All Data Entry Fields can Perform Numeric Calculations
• TrackBall for View Selection and Dynamic or Step Rotation
• Show/Hide Palette
• Selection Mask for Easier Selection of Specific Entity Types, Layers, Colors
• Grid (User Definable)
• Object Editor
• Design Explorer Layer Tree
• Design Explorer History Tree
• History Manager
• Support for SpaceMouse Device on Mac and Windows
• Easy Update Installer

• Real-time Object Display Options:
Display Iso Lines
Silhouettes
Transparency
Direction
Curvature Comb
Surface Analysis Display (Gaussian, Mean, Min/Max, Zebra, Normals, Curvature, Draft)
Object Display Resolution (Coarse, Medium, Fine, Very Fine, Super Fine)
User Definable Object Colors

• Adjustable Perspective
• Infinite Pan and Zoom
• Section Profiles and Cutaway View in the Edit Window
• Real-time 3D Display:
Curves
Surfaces
Solids
Meshes
Text
Bitmaps
Dimensions

Object and Group Properties
• Material
• Center of Gravity
• Volume
• Weight
• Density
• Moments of Inertia
• Principal
• Axis

Associative Parametrics
• Parametric Sketch-driven:
Direct Input
Dimensional
Geometric

• Modify:
Wireframe Creation
Surface Creation
Solids Creation
Mesh Creation
Surface Edits
Solid Edits
Mesh Edits
Solid Features

Object Management Tools
• Design Explorer:
Layer Tree
History TreeWireframe Creation Tools

• Point
• Points on Curve
• Points on Surface
• Line
• Mid-point Line
• Connected Line
• Arc
• Circle
• Ellipse
• Conic
• Rectangle
• Polygon
• Arbitrary Polygon
• Star Polygon
• Sketch Spline
• Through-point Spline
• Vector Spline
• Bezier Spline
• Helix
• Spiral
• Object Properties Dialog
• Show/Hide Palette

General Transform Tools
• Move
• Copy Along Path
• Rectangular Array Duplicate
• Feature Array
• Rotate
• Polar Array Duplicate
• Scale (Uniform or Differential)
• Mirror
• Align

Wireframe Creation Tools
• Point
• Points on Curve
• Points on Surface
• Line
• Mid-point Line
• Connected Line
• Arc
• Circle
• Ellipse
• Conic
• Rectangle
• Polygon
• Arbitrary Polygon
• Star Polygon
• Sketch Spline
• Through-point Spline
• Vector Spline
• Bezier Spline
• Helix
• Spiral

Wireframe Editing Tools
• Fillet
• Chamfer
• Trim
• Relimit/Extend
• Break
• Offset
• Join
• Extrude
• Revolve
• Project to Plane
• Extract Edge of Surface or Solid
• Increase Order
• Fair Spline
• Add/Remove Spline Points
• Modify Spline Slope
• Curve by Intersection of Plane and a Curve, Surface, or Solid
• Project Curve onto Surface/Solid
• Intersect Two Curves
• Create Points by Intersecting Surfaces or Solids

Surface Creation Tools
• Surface Primitives:
Sphere
Block
Cylinder
Pyramid
• Infinite Plane
• Lathe
• Extruded Surface
• Sweep:
In Place
Perpendicular
Ridged
• Sweep Along One Rail:
Full Rail
To Entity
Between Rail Points
• Sweep Along Two Rails:
With Maintain Height
• Skin, Skin w/ Guide Curves
• Tangent Loft
• Cover Surface, Tangent Cover
• Net Surface
• Revolved Surface
• Tube Surface
• Offset Surface
• Drafted/Extended Surface
• Fillet Surface

Surface Editing Tools
• Freeform Deformation (Push/Pull Surface Points)
• Deform to a Point, Factor, or Curves
• Add/Subtract/Intersect Planar Surfaces
• Join Surfaces
• Trim/Untrim Surfaces
• Match G1 and G2 Tangency
• Insert Control Points
• Elevate Degree
• Rebuild Surfaces
• Add, Remove, & Replace
• Curves of Associative Surfaces
• Imprint Profile Sketches for Surface Subdivisions

Text Tools
• Normal
• Along a Path
• Keep Screen Horizontal
• At an Angle
• Set:
Font
Size
Style
Color
• Thicken
• Extrude
• Revolve