Think3 enhances global shape modeling.(Thinkdesign 7.0 CAD software)(Product Announcement)

Less than a year ago, think3 released Version 6.0 of thinkdesign, its flagship 3D design software. With innovations such as speech-enabled design and global shape modeling (GSM), which allows users to automate some aspects of product design, Version 6.0 is a tough act to follow. Think3's latest, Version 7.0, doesn't come with such groundbreaking features, but it does include updates to the speech and GSM capabilities, as well as additions to its user interface and modeling tools.

New advanced modeling features make up the bulk of the new features. One of these is a split-view work environment with up to four multiple sketch planes onscreen at a time--an environment that will be familiar to users of Alias|Wavefront's Studio Tools, for example. Another is raster image import, which lets a user open a sketch of a model onscreen and use it as a guiding underlay as he or she begins to model the part. Version 7 also comes with filleting improvements, integration with Immersion Corp.'s Microscribe 3-D digitizing arm, and a model manager that graphically displays complex model relationships.

Thinkdesign 7.0's new GSM features include a ...