Our Favorites
- Copy Link to a Physical Product
- Detail View
- Revamped Rendering App
User Experience
[NEW] Copy Link to a Physical Product ⭐
Description: Generate a shareable link to any physical product in xDesign and send it to a colleague. When they click the link, the product will open directly in their xDesign session, allowing seamless collaboration and review.
Benefit: Collaborate effortlessly by sharing direct links to physical products, enabling faster feedback and smoother teamwork within your design projects.
[NEW] Unified Modeling Environment in xDesign
Description: App switching is no longer required for browser-based apps with compatible feature sets. Commands from xShape and xMold will be available in the xDesign action bar when the user has licenses for these apps. Context toolbars, shortcut menus, and shortcut rings for mold design and sub-division design will be available in xDesign when using the respective modeling tools.
Benefit: Streamline your workflow by accessing xShape and xMold tools directly in xDesign, eliminating the need for app switching and improving productivity.
Parts and Assemblies
[ENHANCED] Offset and Shell Commands with Visual Failure Feedback
Description: The Offset and Shell commands now provide visual indicators on the model to highlight faces that fail to offset or shell, making it easier to diagnose and address issues.
Customer Benefit: Quickly identify and resolve offset issues with clear visual feedback, saving time and improving accuracy during the modeling process.
[ENHANCED] Redesigned Material Browser
Description: The new Material Browser UI includes a data grid for listing materials, a search bar to filter results, and an improved info pane for viewing material details.
Customer Benefit: Quickly find and view materials with the redesigned material browser, featuring an intuitive data grid, search bar, and info pane for easy navigation and detailed material data.
[ENHANCED] Visualize Joints and Motion Restrictions Instantly
Description: Breadcrumbs now display relevant joints for selected components, along with new path-to-ground icons that highlight which joints and mates restrict motion to the ground.
Customer Benefit: Quickly understand motion restrictions and joint relationships for selected components with enhanced breadcrumb visuals and clear path-to-ground indicators.
Sketching
[NEW] Fix Sketch Issues Quickly with the Sketch Analysis Tools
Description: The Sketch Analysis command provides tools to correct over-defined sketches, resolve missing or dangling references, and automatically detect and close open sketch profiles, streamlining your design workflow.
Customer Benefit: Save time and ensure flawless designs with tools to identify and fix sketch errors directly in the sketch environment.
[ENHANCED] Easily Edit and Fix Broken Dimensions
Description: The new Edit Dimension command allows you to select or change dimension references and modify values to efficiently repair broken dimensions.
Customer Benefit: Save time by quickly updating references and values for broken dimensions without recreating them from scratch.
Drawings and Model Based Definition
[NEW] Detail View ⭐
Description: New detail view command provides an in-depth view of intricate component or assembly features that may not be clear in the main drawing view.
Customer Benefit: Enhance drawing clarity and ensure precise communication of small, critical features by conveying critical feature and component information with detail views.
[NEW] Silhouette Edges
Description: Enhanced dimension command supports the selection of silhouette edges for cylinders, cones, and other round faces to define a complete product definition for complex mechanical components.
Customer Benefit: Ensure efficient, accurate communication for complex parts by directly referencing and dimensioning to the critical outer boundaries.
[NEW] Isometric Projections
Description: Enhanced projection view capabilities support isometric projections to display parts and assemblies in a three-dimensional orientation.
Customer Benefit: Easily create accurate projections for 3D perspectives to showcase multiple sides of a component. Ensure proper alignment of isometric projections and maintain parent child relationships with 2D orthogonal views.
Rendering
Revolutionize Visual Creation with speed and flexibility
Experience an all new, entirely redesigned next-generation, touch-optimized interface designed for effortless, photorealistic rendering on any device. With intuitive tools, ready-to-use samples, and powerful templates, you can create stunning visuals in minutes. Enjoy seamless mobile compliance, advanced staging flexibility, instant previews, and cutting-edge performance enhancements—empowering you to bring your vision to life with unprecedented ease and efficiency.
Key Highlights:
[NEW] User Experience
Entirely redesigned interface to effortlessly create stunning, photorealistic images on any device with an intuitive, touch-optimized experience.
[NEW] Sample Productions
The role cockpit provides ready-to-use samples, featuring various elements such as area lights, backgrounds, and more—helping you explore and get up to speed quickly in minutes.
[NEW] Mobile Compliance
Fully responsive user interface that automatically adapts to tablets and mobile devices.
[NEW] Templates
Make your product shine with just a few clicks! Take advantage of a wide range of staging helpers, from studio environments to outdoors, with diverse customizable lighting.
[NEW] Staging Flexibility
Emphasize your product’s features with additional area light sources and lighting control to create stunning renderings.
[NEW] Instant Previews
New global illumination previews powered by Stellar Precise directly from the viewport enable rapid previews of the final rendering and instant downloads of full-HD previews.
[ENHANCED] Performance
Rapidly generate renderings with significantly faster load times and handle complex data without any prior optimization setup.
