User Interface: extremely fast 3-D
graphics, unlimited viewports, shaded
working views, perspective working views, coordinate read-out,
named views, pop-up recently-used commands, customizable pop-up
commands, synchronize views, configurable middle mouse button,
customizable icons and user workspace, customizable pop-up toolbar,
extensive Explorer-like online help, electronic updates, newsgroup
support, and a 650-page color manual.
Construction aids: unlimited undo and redo,
undo and redo multiple, exact numeric input, object snaps, grid
snaps, ortho, planar, named construction planes, next and previous
construction planes, orient construction plane on curve, layers,
layer filtering, background bitmaps, object hide/show, show selected
objects, swap hidden objects, object lock/unlock, unlock selected
objects, control and edit points on/off, and points off for selected
objects.
Create curves: point, line, polyline, polyline
on mesh, free-form curve, circle, arc, ellipse, rectangle, polygon,
helix, spiral, conic, TrueType text, point interpolation, control
points (vertices), sketch.
Create curves from other objects: extend,
fillet, chamfer, offset, blend, from 2 views, cross section profiles,
intersection, contour, section, border, silhouette, extract isopram,
projection, pullback, sketch, wireframe, detach trim, 2-D drawings,
flatten developable surfaces, extract points.
Edit curves: control points, edit points,
handlebars, smooth, fair, change degree, add/remove knots, add
kinks, rebuild, refit, match, simplify, change weight, make periodic,
adjust end bulge, adjust seam.
Create surfaces: from 3 or 4 points, from
3 or 4 curves, from planar curves, from network of curves, rectangle,
deformable plane, extrude, ribbon, rule, loft, developable, sweep
along a path, sweep along two rail curves, revolve, rail revolve,
blend, patch, drape, point grid, heightfield, fillet, chamfer,
offset, TrueType text.
Edit surfaces: control points, handlebars,
change degree, add/remove knots, match, extend, merge, join, untrim,
split surface by isoparms, rebuild, shrink, make periodic, Boolean
(union, difference, intersection), unroll developable surfaces.
Create solids: box, sphere, cylinder, tube,
pipe, cone, truncated cone, ellipsoid, torus, extrude planar curve,
extrude surface, cap planar holes, join surfaces, TrueType text.
Edit solids: fillet edges, extract surface,
Booleans (union, difference, intersection).
Create meshes: from NURBS surfaces, from
closed polyline, mesh face, plane, box, cylinder, cone, and sphere.
Edit meshes: explode, join, weld, unify
normals, apply to surface, reduce polygons.
Edit tools: cut, copy, paste, delete, delete
duplicates, move, rotate, mirror, scale, stretch, align, array,
join, trim, split, explode, extend, fillet, chamfer, offset, twist,
bend, taper, shear, orient, orient planar object on curve, flow
along curve, smooth, project, object properties.
Annotation: arrows, dots, dimensions (horizontal,
vertical, aligned, rotated, radial, diameter, angle), text blocks,
leaders, hidden line removal.
Analysis: point, length, distance, angle,
radius, bounding box, normal direction, area, area centroid, area
moments, volume, volume centroid, volume moments, curvature graph,
surface curvature, geometric continuity, deviation, naked edges,
nearest point, surface analysis (draft angle, zebra stripe, environment
map, Gaussian curvature, mean curvature, and minimum or maximum
radius of curvature), hydrostatics.
Rendering: shade, shade (OpenGL), shade
selected objects, render (with textures, bumps, highlights, transparency,
spot lights, and shadows, and customizable resolution), render
preview (OpenGL), render preview selected objects, turntable,
BMRT (raytrace and radiosity) user interface, POV (raytrace) user
interface.
File formats supported: DWG/DXF(AutoCAD
2000, 14, 13, and 12 ), SAT (ACIS), X_T (Parasolid), 3DS, LWO,
STL, OBJ, AI, RIB, POV, UDO, VRML, BMP, TGA, JPG, CSV (export
properties and hydrostatics)
IGES (Alias, Ashlar Vellum, AutoFORM, AutoShip,
Breault, CADCEUS, CAMSoft, CATIA, Cosmos, Delcam, FastSurf, FastSHIP,
Integrity Ware, IronCAD, LUSAS, Maya, MAX 3.0, MasterCAM, ME30,
Mechanical Desktop, Microstation, Multisurf, NuGraf, OptiCAD,
Pro/E, SDRC I-DEAS, Softimage, Solid Edge, Solids Designer, SolidWorks,
SUM 4, SURFCAM, TeKSoft, Unigraphics).
File management: Notes, templates, merge
files, export selected objects, save small, incremental save,
bitmap file preview, Rhino file preview.
I/O plug-ins: programmer's I/O tool kit
with source code is available on openNURBS
web site.
3-D digitizing support: MicroScribe 3D
and F
