Profiles of elements placed from catalogs can be edited in just the same way as profiles that have been generated manually from scratch. Again the SmartSnap constraint solver provides intelligent graphical cursor feedback. Shapes, predictably called Intellishapes, have both geometry and behaviours so that as they are dragged they can be constrained to maintain contact with a face or remain perpendicular to a curved surface. Although most mechanical parts can be created using the feature based approach, Direct Face Modeling allows non-history based editing of individual faces. The graphical nature of the interface extends to a novel Triball that enables parts to be moved, rotated or constrained interactively with a minimum of command inputs.
Many operations have wizard dialogs to step through the procedure.
Ironcad part files are called scenes. By default they include multiple light and camera positions and can contain multiple parts and assemblies. A scene browser gives a familiar tree view of all elements in the scene and provides access to construction features of parts. A full range of graphically applied assembly constraints are available together with options for exploded views that can even be animated if required. Predefined catalog SmartMotion animation paths or custom paths can be used to generate keyframe animations that can be exported as GIFs or AVI movies.