Datakit Announces New 3D Design Release

Datakit has released version 2025.2 of its design software. Functional dimensioning and tolerancing (FDT) information, usually known as product manufacturing information (PMI), are the technical drawing information available in the 3D design file.

They cover a range of entities that Datakit's converters can handle:

1. The cartridge containing all information relative to a part or assembly: its name, company that designed it, designer name, creation or modification dates, revision index, format and scale, weight, material, part ID, tolerances, drawing reference number and unit of measurement, etc
2. Drawing includes all possible geometric curves (line /polyline /circle /nurbs /etc...), which can be used to give a graphical representation of the part and its silhouette from different views; hatchings that indicate a section of the part; images, axis and tapping lines.
3. Linear, diametral, and radial dimensions or quotations, made up of one or several parts (text, extension lines, arrows), with or without tolerance.
4. Datum and geometric tolerances with datum (sometimes occasional) and geometric tolerance data (form, location, concentricity).
5. Annotation entities made up of text with or without arrows, balloons, weld, or roughness symbols and tables (cartridge).

More 2D and PMI Entities

In the new version 2025.2, the list of 2D plan entities or PMIs processed has been extended, with (as examples):

• welding symbols in Inventor,
• view-related information such as cross-sections, images, colors in a table, fonts, in Creo Parametric.

Improvements have been made to the handling of PMI in Revit version 3.0 assemblies.

These 2D entities and PMIs can be used for graphical purposes and for measurement and manufacturing operations.

Promote Traceability of Various Configurations

Recent enhancements also provided SolidWorks users with a high degree of flexibility, enabling them to retrieve different types of configuration, regardless of status. They can also access several views, including assembly views.

Ensuring Interoperability Up to Availability of New CAD Versions

Use of version 2025.2 means compatibility with the latest software versions available:

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• CATIA V5-6R2025
• Fusion 360 till version 2.0.21538
• Parasolid till version 37.1
• Unigraphics/NX till NX 2412 Series (version 2412.3000)
• Writting mode
• IFC 4 in addition to IFC2x3
• Jt 10.10

CrossManager standalone converters, SolidWorks or Rhino plugins for users as well as CrossCad/Ware solutions for software companies are available for download from the website in the account of every Datakit user.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.