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Encore Software has announced the availability of ViaCAD 2D/3D v8 design product in the Apple App Store. The software now includes a new push/pull tool for planar objects and faces of solids. It also allow users to interactively translate, rotate, and scale faces with the Gripper, and dynamically create linear and polar arrays of features.
Based upon the ACIS modeling kernel from Dassault, ViaCAD provides over 300 design tools for hobbyist and professional designers, including associative NURBS-based modeling with skins, covers, and nets; constant and variable radius blending and chamfering; twist, bend, boss, hole, Boolean, and shell features; history-based solid modeling; and more.
ViaCAD also provides an extensive set of interoperability solutions for professional industry standard data sharing through IGES, STEP, and SAT. Additional formats include SketchUp, AutoCAD DXF/DWG, Adobe Illustrator, Rhinoceros, STL, 3DS Max ®, and more.
For more information, visit Encore Software.
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