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Friday, October 03, 2014

IMSI/Design Releases DesignCAD 3D Max v24

IMSI/Design announced New DesignCAD® 3D Max v24.

DesignCAD 3D Max, named for the second year in a row by TopTenReviews.com as one of the top 2 consumer-based CAD products, offers budget-minded professionals and hobbyist a versatile 2D/3D precision design solution. 

"DesignCAD continues to be a price/performance leader in CAD," stated Bob Mayer, COO of IMSI/Design. "We've put in additional GPU-accelerated functionality for version 24, this time with a focus on 3D viewing, shading and rendering."

New DesignCAD 3D Max v24 now includes:

  • New GPU-Accelerated Drawing Performance - New RedSDK mode allows users to zoom, pan, and rotate designs in wireframe, shaded, and hidden-line up to 30 times faster!
  • New Match Properties Tool - Lets you select some entities, than pick another object whose properties you want to apply to the selected ones.
  • New "Solid Surface" Entity Type - More versatile than grids and memory-efficient than a bunch of planes, the Solid Surface also tends to triangulate complex planar faces.
  • New DWG/DXF Export Option - There is now an option to export Solid Surface entities as 3DFace objects to DWG and DXF files.
  • New Solid to Surface and Surface to Solid Commands - Convert selected solids to surfaces or vice versa with one simple click. These commands can also be run via the Command Line.
  • BasicCAD Enhancements - New system functions and drawing commands.
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