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cadlabsreview assembly, it will move through the complete intended range of motion. If any collisions occur for any reason, all components, or only those selected, will highlight and make a sound. How cute is that? One of the peculiarities of IronCAD is that when you place views on your drawing, it actually creates lines and arcs to represent those views. That’s right, it actually creates 2D geometry on the drawing when you add views. The primary advantage to this function is that you don’t have to load the model to make drafting changes. You also can shade any and all views on the drawing. I would have to say the greatest advancement in IronCAD v10 is in the area of graphics. IronCAD has done a lot of work on real-time rendering. It has some pretty high-end capabilities such as depth of field (objects up front are fuzzy when you are focused on something in the back of the view); high dynamic range image (HDRI) where the image and model take their lighting and reflections directly from data stored in the background bitmap (figure 4, p. 31); procedural shaders, which don’t tend to pixelate; and multithreaded rendering, which means users can work as they generate their final renderings. One User’s IronCAD Story M y story begins with a corrupt part file I received from a vendor. I didn’t have time to wait for the file to be sent again and hoped there was some workaround. I use IronCAD for all my modeling, so I dialed technical support. I was quickly connected to Kevin, a support specialist with the company. After describing my problem, he immediately connected with me via GoToMeeting and showed me how to switch the imported part’s modeling kernel from Parasolid to ACIS. I made the change, and — voila — it was repaired. All this took a matter of minutes to resolve. — Bimal Modi, engineering project manager, Fulham, Hawthorne, California. With an asking price of $3,495 — which includes rendering, animation, 3D modeling, drafting, and even 3D PDF export — IronCAD v10 is quite a deal. For more information about IronCAD v10, visit www.ironcad.com. Highly Recommended. c Mike Hudspeth, IDSA, is an industrial designer, artist, and author based in St. Louis, Missouri. Get ready to ROCK 6.0 © 2008 Bluebeam Software, Inc. on tour 2.19.08 Bluebeam PDF Revu The professional PDF solution with attitude. Redesigned interface Digital signatures Enhanced measurements Typewriter File attachments Advanced bookmarks and more . . . www.bluebeamrocks.com or call us at 866.496.2140 ® 32 February 2008 | cadalyst | www.cadalyst.com http://www.ironcad.com http://www.bluebeamrocks.com http://www.bluebeamrocks.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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Cadalyst - February 2008 Contents Editor's Window CAD Central Tech Trends More than Meets the Eye — A Look at Today's CAD Viewers IronCAD v10 — 3D Modeling Software AcceliArch with AcceliCAD — Add-In Architectural Drawing and Modeling Software CAD Manager MCAD Modeling AEC Insight CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes Hot Tip Harry

Cadalyst - February 2008

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