A single geometric feature can be linked to multiple EnCapta objects, and a single EnCapta object can link to multiple geometric features. The EnCapta user interface is optimized for managing all types of specialized non-geometric product information from within the CAD session. EnCapta objects maintain their associative links within the single repository of the CAD model, eliminating the need to re-enter data after making design revisions. Without leaving the modeling environment, engineers can view, edit, sort, and search the design and manufacturing information associated with product geometry. The EnCapta user interface has been optimized to fit the needs of engineers, making it powerful yet easy to learn.
Users can quickly locate the desired information, browse, and edit in form and table views.
EnCapta XML tools extract design information from the CAD model so it can be reported to other systems or databases throughout the enterprise. XML provides an open, flexible, structured data standard that can be used directly by other software, turned into web pages, or processed to generate custom formats for databases or of the applications. As a result, manufacturing, purchasing, quality assurance, and other groups in the organization can receive design data customized for their own use. Because EnCapta data are associative with the CAD model, design information that engineers share electronically with others is always complete and up to date. Engineers can also use XML tools to capture data stored in outside databases to populate EnCapta objects.