Overview
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2D and 3D modeling including NURBS, Solids, Surfaces & Meshes
VisualCAD 2017 with its modern user interface, makes creation of 2D and 3D curves as well as 3D surfaces, solids and meshes easy and efficient. With a complete geometry creation and manipulation tool-set and fast shaded graphics and rendering, VisualCAD 2017 is a perfect system for first time CAD users and/or educational users. It includes numerous file importing capabilities such as DXF/DWG, IGES, STEP and other file formats making it also an ideal companion system for your mainline CAD system. Most of all VisualCAD 2017 is a completely free!
Resources
| Overview video of VisualCAD |
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| Learn how VisualCAD serves as the host system for the VisualCAM and Visual3DPRINT plug-in products |
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| Learn about the features in VisualCAD |
Data Sheet |
| Watch a feature presentation overview of VisualCAD |
Feature Presentation |
| Learn about the new features in VisualCAD 2017 |
What’s New Document |
Feature List
The table below summarizes the various features of VisualCAD.
| Ribbon Interface |
Windows standard ribbon interface for easy access to all VisualCAD functions |
| Viewports |
Use multiple viewport layouts for easy visualization |
| Modern Icons |
Large display icons for context sensitive toolbars |
| Docking Toolbars |
Rearrange, dock and auto-hide multiple toolbars where desired |
| Customizable UI |
Customize UI to suit customer needs |
| VisualCAD Part Files(*.vcp) |
| 3D Studio Files (*.3ds) |
| Adobe Illustrator Files (*.ai) |
| AutoCAD (*.dxf;*.dwg) |
| IGES Files (*.igs;*.iges) |
| LightWave Files (*.lwo) |
| OBJ Files (*.obj) |
| Parasolid Files (*.x_t;*.x_b) |
| Point Cloud Files (*.csv;*.txt;*.asc) |
| RAW Triangle Files (*.raw) |
| RHINO 3DM Files (*.3dm) |
| SAT Files (*.sat) |
| STEP Files (*.stp;*.step) |
| SLC Files (*.slc) |
| Stereo-lithography files (*.sla;*.stl) |
| Universal 3D Files (*.u3d) |
| VRML Files (*.wrl) |
| Construction Planes |
Use C-Planes for construction. Use various tools to manipulate C-Plane |
| 3D Mouse Support |
Supports 3D mouse devices from 3DConnexion |
| Hot Keys |
Assign hotkeys for CAD tools on ribbon bar |
| Layers |
Use layers and layer management tools for data management |
| Hide/Show Objects |
Use Hide/Show tools for easy data visualization |
| Lock/Unlock Objects |
Lock/Unlock objects to prevent inadvetent edits to geometry |
| Select by dragging a window on screen |
| Select by Layer, Color, Type and Name |
| Invert Selection |
| Select Last Created and Previous |
| Select by geometry types |
| Selection Mask – To select only certain types of geometry |
| Selection command to select duplicate objects |
| Dynamic Move, Rotate |
| Array Geometry – Rectangular and Polar |
| Graphical transformation of objects using Graphical Manipulator |
| Allow graphical scaling of geometry |
| Scaling using fit to rectangle |
| Coordinate input for geometry creation in World & Construction planes |
| Create Points, Point Clouds, Lines, Arcs, Curves, NURB Curves |
| Create Text and Text on a Curve |
| Curve editing tools (Trim, Offset, Split, Merge, Chain, Chamfer, Fillet) |
| Surface creation tools |
| Surface Edit Tools (Trim, Wrap, Reverse Normal, Unify Normals, Explode) |
| Mesh creation Tools (box, sphere, cylinder, cone, tubes, extrude, revolve) |
| Mesh Boolean Tools (Unite, Subtract and Intersect) |
| Solid creation tools (box, sphere, cylinder cone, torus, extrude, revolve, tube) |
| Solid editing tools (Unify Normals, Explode, Stitch) |
| Curve extraction tools(Flat area regions, Create Surface Boundary and section curves) |
| Dimensioning tools (Horizontal, Vertical, Oblique, Radius, Diameter, Angular, Leaders & Annotations) |
| Delete holes/cap holes |
| Tool to detect open loops in curve |
| Multiple line text input in create Text dialog |
| Spell check in text edit box |
| Creation of boundary curve when a topologically connected set of surfaces are selected |
| Auto Fillet curves |
| Arc fits on a poly-line |
| Create silhouette curve around a part or selected geometries parallel to the c-plane |
| Corner rounding of a poly-line |
