Ashlar-Vellum Xenon Spec Sheet 8X11
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XENONTM v8 3D Power and finesse without constraints .TM • Updated Interface • True Solid Modeling General Features • Unified Associative Drawing & • Surface Analysis • Direct or Associative 3D Modeling Modeling Tools for Wireframe, Surfaces • Full Photo-realistic Rendering & • ACIS Modeling Kernel from Spatial & Solids Camera-based Animation • 16 Place Floating Point Accuracy TM • Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/Home License • Vellum Drafting Assistant for • Design Explorer History Tree Intelligent Snaps and Alignments in • 65,000 Hierarchical Layers X,Y, & Z • Associative 2D View Generation with • Unlimited Colors Auxiliary, Section, and Detail Views • Unlimited Number of Objects and Drawing Size • Unique Hybrid Mac/Windows, Office/ • True Associative Dimensioning • Single File Holds Drawings, Models, Assemblies, Home Licensing etc. • Complete Set of Precision Import/ • Bill of Materials • Direct Multi-sheet PDF Creation TM Export Translators Including ACIS SAT, • License includes Graphite v8 • Universal Binary Support for Intel Mac Parasolid, IGES, STEP, DXF, DWG, EPS, AI, • Associative Assembly Tools User Interface and more • Object & Group Properties (CG, • Updated Intuitive Vellum Interface • Class-A NURBS Surface Modeling Volume, Weight, etc.) • Drafting AssistantTM for Automatic Snaps and Alignments • Smart Cursor Changes Shape Indicating Active Tool and Operations • Strokes and Short Cuts Provide Instant Access to Commands • Tear-off and Auto-hide Palettes • Dockable Tools and Palettes • Palettes can be Flipped Vertically or Horizontally • Resizable Dialog Boxes • Status Line to Specify Object Parameters • Message Line Provides Tool Instructions and Options • World and User-defined Coordinate Systems • All Data Entry Fields can Perform Numeric Calculations • TrackBall for View Selection and Dynamic or Step Rotation • Show/Hide Palette • Selection Mask for Easier Selection of Specific Entity Types, Layers, Colors • Grid (User Definable) • Object Editor Luc Heiligenstein designed this sports watch using both Ashlar-Vellum drafting and 3D • Design Explorer™ Layer Tree modeling software. • Design Explorer™ History Tree “Ashlar-Vellum products bridge the gap between the artistic aspect and the • History Manager engineering requirements with everything needed in between.” • Support for SpaceMouse Device on Mac and Windows Read more about Luc’s success at www.ashlar.com/success. • Easy Update Installer XENONTM v8 Display and Visualization Associative Parametrics Wireframe Creation Tools Surface Creation Tools • Scene Display Modes: • Parametric Sketch-driven: • Point • Surface Primitives: Flat Shaded Direct Input • Points on Curve Sphere Gouraud Dimensional • Points on Surface Block Gouraud w/Edges Geometric • Line Cylinder Phong • Modify: • Mid-point Line Pyramid Phong w/Edges Wireframe Creation • Connected Line • Infinite Plane Hidden Line Dimmed Surface Creation • Arc • Lathe Hidden Line Removed Solids Creation • Circle • Extruded Surface Photo-realistic Mesh Creation • Ellipse • Sweep: • Scene Display Options: Surface Edits • Conic In Place Anti-alias Solid Edits • Rectangle Perpendicular ZBuffer Curves Mesh Edits • Polygon Ridged Clip at Eye Point Solid Features • Arbitrary Polygon • Sweep Along One Rail: Transparency • Star Polygon Full Rail Reflected Environment Object Management Tools • Sketch Spline To Entity • Real-time Object Display Options: • Design Explorer™: • Through-point Spline Between Rail Points Display Iso Lines Layer Tree • Vector Spline • Sweep Along Two Rails: Silhouettes History Tree • Bezier Spline With Maintain Height Transparency • Object Properties Dialog • Helix • Skin, Skin w/ Guide Curves Direction • Show/Hide Palette • Spiral • Tangent Loft Curvature Comb • Cover Surface, Tangent Cover Surface Analysis Display (Gaussian, General Transform Tools Wireframe Editing Tools • Net Surface Mean, Min/Max, Zebra, Normals, • Move • Fillet • Revolved Surface Curvature, Draft) • Copy Along Path • Chamfer • Tube Surface Object Display Resolution (Coarse, • Rectangular Array Duplicate • Trim • Offset Surface Medium, Fine, Very Fine, Super • Feature Array • Relimit/Extend • Drafted/Extended Surface Fine) • Rotate • Break • Fillet Surface User Definable Object Colors • Polar Array Duplicate • Offset • Adjustable Perspective • Scale (Uniform or Differential) • Join Surface Editing Tools • Infinite Pan and Zoom • Mirror • Extrude • Freeform Deformation (Push/Pull • Section Profiles and Cutaway View in • Align • Revolve Surface Points) the Edit Window • Project to Plane • Deform to a Point, Factor, or Curves • Real-time 3D Display: Text Tools • Extract Edge of Surface or Solid • Add/Subtract/Intersect Planar Surfaces Curves • Normal • Increase Order • Join Surfaces Surfaces • Along a Path • Fair Spline • Trim/Untrim Surfaces Solids • Keep Screen Horizontal • Add/Remove Spline Points • Match G1 and G2 Tangency Meshes • At an Angle • Modify Spline Slope • Insert Control Points Text • Set: • Curve by Intersection of Plane and a • Elevate Degree Bitmaps Font Curve, Surface, or Solid • Rebuild Surfaces Dimensions Size • Project Curve onto Surface/Solid • Add, Remove, & Replace Style • Intersect Two Curves • Curves of Associative Surfaces Object and Group Properties Color • Create Points by Intersecting Surfaces • Imprint Profile Sketches for Surface • Material • Thicken or Solids Subdivisions • Center of Gravity • Extrude Continued... • Volume • Revolve • Weight • Sweep • Density • Moments of Inertia • Principal • Axis “Besides being technically perfect, this is a tool that allows us to communicate with clients, suppliers and consumers.” Celso Santos and Christian Albanese, award winning designers at Rio 21 Design. Read more at www.ashlar.com/success. Musician, designer and Ashlar-Vellum aficionado, Greg Morgan modeled and rendered this guitar. XENONTM v8 Solid Creation Tools With Sink Independent 2D/3D Drawing 2D/3D Drafting & Detailing To Depth • Solid Primitives: • Available for Independent and Model- Through Creation Sphere driven Drawings First Blind • Predefined and Customizable Layouts Slab • Smart Dimension Tool Automatically To Face • Complete Professional Drafting Block Creates the Appropriate Dimensions With Draft Available Cylinder • Dimensions: • Bosses: • Create 2D/3D Drawings w/o Building Cone Linear With Specified Fillet Models Torus Angular With Draft • Stored in Same File as Model Prism Diametric • Profile Cutout: Pyramid Radial With Draft 2D/3D Drawing Creation from Ellipsoid Spline Length • Profile Protrude: • Lathe Profile: Models • Standard and User-definable By Vector With Draft • Associative 2D or 3D Views from 3D Tolerances and Settings: To Face Non-planar Profile Wireframe, Surfaces, and Solids ANSI With Draft • Extrude Profile: • Photo-renderings Accommodated in DIN • Split: Distance Views: ISO With Surfaces or Solids Vector As Underlay JIS • Trim: To Entity As Interleave Dual With Curves, Surfaces or Solids Mid Plane • Associative Detail Views Architecture • Shell: Thin Wall • Associative Section Views: Stacked Fraction With Independent Face Offsets With Draft With Auto Hatching • Balloon and Callout Dimensions With Core/Cavity Options Non-planar Profile • Automatic Hidden Line • Predefined and User Created Hatch • Parting Line: • Skin, Skin w/ Guide Curves • Predefined and Customizable Layouts and Fill Patterns With Draft • Tangent Loft • Automatic Labels: • Predefined and User Created Line • Local Operations: • Sweep Profile Along One Rail: View Name Weights, Colors, and Styles Taper/Draft Face In Place Scale • Associative Bill of Materials Move Face/Edge Perpendicular • All Dimensions can be Associative, Offset Face Ridged Dynamic, or Static Remove Face Full Rail Replace Face To Entity Continued... Match Face Between Rail Points Deform Face (By Factor, With Draft To Point, To Curves) • Sweep Profile Along Two Rails: • Bend Solids With Maintain Height • Twist Solids • Pipe Solid • Stretch Solids • Thicken Surface into Solid • Stitch Surfaces into Solid Solid Editing Tools • Boolean Add/Subtract/ Intersect Solids • Constant Blends: Radial Elliptical Vertex • Variable Blends: Linear By Position To Curve To Fixed Width To a Hold Line • Constant Chamfers: By Length Two Lengths Length and Angle Vertex • Variable Chamfers: By Lengths Scott Oshry of Zorbit Resources designed these cosmetics bottles for Oakley. Four Lengths Lengths and Angles By Position To Fixed Width “While initially harder to learn than Graphite, Xenon’s rich 3D capabilities, once learned, provided • Holes: several huge advantages over simply working in 2D wireframe.” With Bore John Bicht loved Graphite’s fluidity for design but found his clients had difficulty visualizing the final product in 2D. So for marketing purposes he rather reluctantly moved to Xenon. Now he’ll never go back. Read more a www.ashlar.com/success. XENONTM v8 Photo-realistic Rendering Output (BMP, TGA, TIF, LWI, EPS) • Bitmap: Available Accessories • Multiprocessor Photo-realistic BMP (with Alpha Channel) • Drag and Drop Materials • Graphite v8 (included) Rendering (Mac SP1) JPEG TM • Drag and Drop Decals (with Alpha • Cobalt Share for Viewing, • User-defined Presets PNG (with Alpha Channel) Channel) Printing and Exporting at Client or PPM • 3D Wireframe Interleave Camera-based Animation Manufacturing Site (Free) XPM TM • Realistic Texture Maps and Procedural • Fly-by • Vellum:environments XBM TM Textures: • Walk-through • Vellum:tracks GIF TM Wood • Sunlight Timeline • Vellum:materials • PICT (Mac Only) TM Marble • QuickTime Object VR • Vellum:decals