CADKEY 19 DEBUTS HYBRID MODELING/BLENDING FEATURES.CADKEY Corporation, Marlborough, Mass., a developer of mechanical PC-CAD solutions for the global marketplace, has released CADKEY 19, a new version of its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. line available for Windows 95/98/00 and NT 4.x. CADKEY 19 assembles new customer-driven features for hybrid modeling and blending, 2D drawing and detailing, data translation, display and graphics. The software also includes six new CDE (1) (Computer Desktop Encyclopedia) What you are reading at this very moment. See About this product. (2) (Common Desktop Environment) A user interface for desktop computing from The Open Group. (CADKEY Dynamic Extensions) Utilities with hundreds of productivity tools to enhance 2D layout, dimensioning, plotting, file management and more. CADKEY Corporation reports significant performance improvements in three key areas: 1) solid model shading See Phong shading, Gouraud shading, flat shading and programmable shading. is up to 100% faster, 2) on average, blending and lofting reveal 20% increases in speed, and 3) optimal NURB (NonUniform Rational B-spline) A type of b-spline that is very flexible. NURB curves can represent any shape from a straight line to a circle or ellipse with very little data. computation results in accelerated surface modeling, sweeping and lofting. "In a nutshell nut·shell n. The shell enclosing the meat of a nut. Idiom: in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell. Adv. 1. , we have sharpened our hybrid vantage point for CAD users ready for 2D-to-3D migration," states Robert W. Bean, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CADKEY Corporation. "The CADKEY 19 release is all about refining our hybrid toolset, streamlining CADKEY's interoperability, and elevating performance levels in anticipation for CADKEY 20. We have incorporated many customer- driven requests that are sure to please both the 2D and 3D sides of the house. The product's ability to create and modify 3D models or 2D engineering drawings imported from a variety of sources has never been more impressive." \ CADKEY 19 Upgrades Data Translators; Spins Up New Hybrid Modeling Features The CADKEY 19 data translation lineup now includes support of ACIS(R)-SAT 6.2 import and export of solid models. The DWG/DXF(TM) translators offer AutoCAD(R) 2000 file support, improved dimension and spline In computer graphics, a smooth curve that runs through a series of given points. The term is often used to refer to any curve, because long before computers, a spline was a flat, pliable strip of wood or metal that was bent into a desired shape for drawing curves on paper. See Bezier and B-spline. mapping, and a progress indicator This article is about a concept in computing. See also the Genuine Progress Indicator metric in economics. A progress indicator is an element of a command line interface, a textual user interface, or a graphical user interface that is intended to inform the user that an , which visually displays the status of the translation process. Utilizing CADKEY's interoperability tools, solid body healing and tolerant modeling capabilities, users can either repair less precise "imported" model geometry or work directly with imprecise im·pre·cise adj. Not precise. im  pre·cise ly adv. models. CADKEY 19 significantly expands support for the editing of
tolerant (partially) healed solid models. Advanced blending has been
upgraded with options such as constant width, rotated ellipse ellipse, closed plane curve consisting of all points for which the sum of the distances between a point on the curve and two fixed points (foci) is the same. It is the conic section formed by a plane cutting all the elements of the cone in the same nappe. , and thumb
weighting options. Users will find a new blending option allowing for
interference with holes/bosses contained within blended faces. Blending,
lofting, and sweeping functions perform up to 20% faster in CADKEY 19.
New to CADKEY are the Twist Body and Stretch Body functions. The Twist Body function allows for solids, surfaces or wireframes to be twisted about an axis for any given angle. For added design flexibility, the Stretch Body function allows a specified region of a solid, surface or wireframe An umbrella term for a general outline of some structure. For example, the rough design of Web pages may be called wireframes. See wireframe modeling. to be extended in either or both directions along an axis by given distances. Users will note a tremendous performance gain in visualization, as solid shading is up to 100% faster over the prior release. The newly updated Shell Solid function now automates the creation of a lip around open faces, allows for different offset distances to be applied to specified sets of faces, and yields inward/outward offset at the same time. Detailing Productivity Features Deserve a Look CADKEY 19 is sure to please engineers who require more automation for 2D detailing and drawing. The product includes a solid line-up of functionality and plug-ins that integrate instantly into the software. The Smart Layout utility enables drawing borders and multiple view layout drawings Layout drawing A design drawing or graphical statement of the overall form of a component or device, which is usually prepared during the innovative stages of a design. to be automatically created. Users can rescale Verb 1. rescale - establish on a new scale resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate scale down - reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down" scale up - increase proportionally; "scale up the model" existing layouts, and also import and export between model and layout modes. CKTools for CADKEY 19 contains dozens of productivity tools driven from a logically organized standard CADKEY icon palette and a pull-down menu Also called a "drop-down menu" or "pop-down menu," the common type of menu used with a graphical user interface (GUI). Clicking a menu title causes the menu items to appear to drop down from that position and be displayed. . These functions offer many additional wireframe construction, detailing, editing and entity management methods. CKTools icons can be added to CADKEY toolbars and keyboard files just like any other fully integrated enhancement product. The new Dimension Wizard tool packs in new features like automatic dimensioning (horizontal, vertical, ordinate ordinate: see Cartesian coordinates. (mathematics) ordinate - The y-coordinate on an (x,y) graph; the output of a function plotted against its input. x is the "abscissa". See Cartesian coordinates. , diameter, radius and tabular) on selectable geometry in either model or layout mode. Users can reposition extension lines of regular dimensions, merge serial linear dimensions, and much more. CADKEY 19 sports a new PlotDate CDE utility for customizable date/time stamp during printing. A PlotFast for Windows CDE is included for the plotting of CADKEY Uniplot format (.plt) files allowing older plotters to function under Windows. New File Management, Display and Graphics Tools Promote Usability CADKEY 19 introduces new "single button" incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. pan functions moving the display at 5% increments in a specified direction. The window zoom functions quickly increase or decrease the view scale by 10% increments. The view rotate function rotates the view in 10-degree increments in a designated direction about a specified axis. The pan, zoom and rotate display functions all support single key keyboard mapping. Also included in CADKEY 19 is a File Manager utility providing a dialog- based browsing tool with a user-selectable "thumbnail" preview, a file property data listing, and conditional searching of the property database. Other CADKEY Corporation Products CADKEY WIREFRAME and CADKEY DESIGN SUITE each deliver an ascending ascending /as·cend·ing/ (ah-send´ing) having an upward course. ascending progressing to higher levels, usually used in reference to the nervous system. level of mission-critical CAD functionality required for the bulk of mechanical applications performed by engineers. This product line's ease-of-use, high end 3D design capabilities, 2D drafting, and "in the box" data translators provide three winning CAD choices for migrating 2D-to-3D CAD users and professionals who require a 3D hybrid modeling environment. Users can easily add other CADKEY-integrated products such as FastSURF(R), an advanced surface modeling program, and DRAFT-PAK(R), the exclusive "Machine Design Handbook for CADKEY". CADKEY POWER-PAK(TM) includes advanced modeling and detailing utilities capable of 3D assembly management with pattern file referencing and exploded assembly creation. CADKEY TRUE TEXT(TM) allows the user to create characters and text as standard CADKEY geometry using TrueType(R) fonts, which can be output to engraving engraving, in its broadest sense, the art of cutting lines in metal, wood, or other material either for decoration or for reproduction through printing. In its narrowest sense, it is an intaglio printing process in which the lines are cut in a metal plate with a or general machining applications. Pricing and Support CADKEY 19 is sold for US $1,995 through Authorized CADKEY VARs and via the CADKEY WebStore at www.cadkey.com/webstore. For VAR referral in USA/Canada, call CADKEY Corporation at +1-800-372-3872. For International Distributor referral call +1-508-229-2020. Free technical support is available via the Web site: www.cadkey.com, Email: support@cadkey.com and via FAX: +1 508-460-0724. Technical support programs are also offered through Authorized CADKEY VARs. About CADKEY Corporation CADKEY Corporation, a Boston-area company, develops and markets the price/performing CADKEY and CADKEY-integrated 2D/3D PC-CAD product lines -- CADKEY DESIGN SUITE(TM), CADKEY(R) 99, CADKEY PARAMETRICS(TM), CADKEY WIREFRAME(TM), FastSURF(R), DRAFT-PAK(R), CADKEY POWER-PAK(TM), and CADKEY TRUE TEXT(TM). First in its industry to fully embrace e-Commerce, the company offers its entire product line, training materials, and best-in-class e- Partner products for engineers at www.cadkey.com/webstore. Dedicated to the mechanical CAD marketplace, CADKEY Corporation's software development efforts focus on innovative hybrid modeling advancements. With over 265,000 copies shipped worldwide, CADKEY Corporation's award-winning products are widely used in the global marketplace in more than 40 countries. For For more information, visit http://www.cadkey.com or call 508-229-2020, Liz@cadkey.com, |
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