Here is an overview of the features you will find in VisualCAM:
•Ribbon-based menu interface •Multiple viewport layouts. •Create, Split, Save, Load and Delete Viewports •Large display icons for context sensitive toolbars •Rearrange and dock multiple toolbars inside each other •(lockable Toolbars - Command Bar, Layer Manager, Property Page, Plug-in browsers - MOPS Browser, Machining Objects Browser) •Auto Hide control for all lockable toolbars •Print Preview and File > Print •File > Open ... (Browse for VisualCAM part files) •Translators include: VisualCAD Part Files (*.vcp) •Save and load C-planes •Construction Plane (C-Plane) tools - C-Plane to a 3D Face, C-Plane by X-axis, WCS and more. •Supports 3D mouse devices from 3Dconnexion •Auto file save with an option to set the time interval for auto save •Recovery of file in the event of application crash •Dynamic view rotates with animation •Save Viewport layout in the part file •Assign hot keys for CAD tools on ribbon bar •Crash Recovery support |
•Selections made easy. Users can select by dragging a window across the geometry in any of the viewports •Select by Layer, Color, Type and Name •Invert Selection •Select Last Created and Previous •Select by geometry types (Points, Lines/Polylines, Arcs/Circles, Polycurves, Dimensions, Surfaces) •Rectangular Select •Selection Mask – To select only certain types of geometries from the viewport •Selection command to select duplicate objects |
•Dynamic Move, Rotate •Array Geometry - Rectangular and Polar •Scaling part geometry on units change •Graphical transformation of objects using Graphical Manipulator •Allow graphical scaling of geometry. •Scaling using fit to rectangle |
•Coordinate input for geometry creation in World and Construction planes •Create Points, Lines, Arcs, Curves and curve editing tools •Point cloud objects •Create NURBS curves •Create Text and Text on a Curve •Curve creation visual aids •Curve editing tools •Surface creation tools. •Surface Edit Tools (Trim, Project curves to surface, Wrap, Reverse Normal, Unify Normals, Explode) •Mesh creation Tools (box, sphere, cylinder, cone, tubes, extrude, revolve) •Mesh Boolean Tools (Unite, Subtract and Intersect) •Solid creation tools (box, sphere, cylinder cone, torus, extrude, revolve, rectangular/circular tube) •Solid editing tools (Unify Normals, Explode, Stitch) •Curve extraction tools – Flat area regions, Create Surface Boundary and section curves. •Dimensioning tools (Horizontal, Vertical, Oblique, Radius, Diameter, Angular, Leader and Annotation text) •Delete holes/cap holes •Tool to detect open loops in curve •Multiple line text input in create Text dialog •Spell check in text edit box •Project to C-plane •Auto Fillet •Creation of boundary curve when a topologically connected set of surfaces are selected •Extend Curve using a distance •Arc fits on a poly-line •Corner rounding of a poly-line •Create silhouette curve around a part or selected geometries parallel to the c-plane •Lock layers in layer manager •Copy one layer to another including all geometry •Reorder layers •Hide and un hide objects using Ctrl H and Ctrl Alt H •Lock and unlock objects using Ctrl L and Ctrl Alt L |