They can also therefore drive associative detail views or use the broken view functionality for long components. Dimensioning is comprehensive including the SmartDimension tool that enables any elements to be dimensioned with a single command. Dimensions that fail if a model feature is deleted or the dimensioning scheme is altered can be reattached so that formatting such as tolerances can be retained rather than recreated. Hole tables can be generated for rectangular, polar or multiple origins. They are fully associative so that they update automatically if a hole is moved.
Hatching is a point a click command, again updating automatically as the region changes.
Many of the complex modelling options are classified as having a plastics industry focus. Using the Parasolid lofting functionality, guide curve vertices can be manually mapped and their end point conditions set to give tangency, curvature continuity or normal to a planar cross section. It is even now possible to loft to a point in order to achieve dome forms. The round command allows multiple edges to be rounded with different radii if required in a single feature. An excellent soften corner option allows a step back to be specified as a distance or a ratio of the round radius in order to reduce the harsh corner highlight created by a standard round.