KEYCREATOR's entity management system provides a unique and
exceptionally productive workflow to the conceptual modeling and
part information management processes in KEYCREATOR.
- Modeling with Pure Geometry often uses
basic entities such as lines and arcs as building blocks to create
more complex entities such as surfaces and solids.
- Treating entities as equals simplifies
the use of the software allowing a common set of editing and data
management functions to be applied to all types of geometry.
- Extensive entity selection features and
a sophisticated layering system including unique sub-level
capabilities allow simple, unstructured mode of building
model/construction geometry.
- Plan arrangement/fit in the conceptual
stage without concern for the number of separate parts the refined
model will include, or which part each piece of geometry belongs
to.
- Typical Windows-based CAD systems force
each part, detail drawing and assembly drawing to be stored in a
separate file and usually force these structure decisions to be
made at the conceptual stage.
- KEYCREATOR's entity management tools
uniquely allow users to sort geometry by level or attribute during
the conceptual stage and define part relationships and file
distribution strategies at a later stage in the design.
- Associative parts and drawings can be
split off to a select number of files or maintained within in a
single file.
- The associativity between files and
associativity of copies of parts within a file allows automatic
propagation of changes in a part to all assemblies and drawings
where that part has been included.
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