New Web Tool Displays 3D CAD on Any PC.New "3D Instant Website" software from SolidWorks Corp., Concord Concord, cities, United States Concord (kŏng`kərd, kŏn`kôrd'). 1 city (1990 pop. 111,348), Contra Costa co., W central Calif.; settled c.1852, inc. 1906. , Mass., lets designers, processors, end users, and materials vendors share and manipulate manipulate To cause a security to sell at an artificial price. Although investment bankers are permitted to manipulate temporarily the stock they underwrite, most other forms of manipulation are illegal. 3D solid CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. files without the need for CAD software. Viewing software is downloaded and installed automatically on virtually any PC. Unlike previous web-enabled CAD tools that provide only static 2D images, the new software creates interactive 3D images that users can rotate, zoom To change from a distant view to a more close-up view (zoom in) and vice versa (zoom out). An application may provide fixed or variable levels of zoom. A display adapter may also have built-in zoom capability. , and pan. The software lets SolidWorks CAD users put their 3D solid models on the Web with a single click. SolidWorks 3D Instant Website is available free to SolidWorks customers using Service Pack 8 or later versions. The web software will also be included in all future shipments of SolidWorks CAD packages. |
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