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DISCUS 3D
Benefits
A more detailed listing of features and benefits appears below:
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DISCUS 3D Feature |
Pertinent Business Benefit |
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Incorporates native CAD models into the TDP |
Ensures that CAD model along with other documents in captured and organized |
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Open native CAD model formats - CATIA, Pro/E, NX, SolidWorks |
Supports most common formats used to share CAD models. No CAD software or data conversion necessary |
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Interrogate and extract requirements data from 3D models |
Reduces time and labor to understand model and identify characteristics |
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Automatically create Bill of Characteristics from models with PMI |
Reduces time and labor dramatically to identify characteristics |
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Create characteristics by measuring model features |
Reduces time and labor to identify characteristics that are not addressed by PMI |
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Automatically create illustration views with balloons |
Reduces time and labor to create documentation for FAI, in-process inspection, etc. |
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Selectively filter the display of datums, balloons, and other annotations |
Improves communication by eliminating extraneous information from the display |
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Customizable illustration views using multiple model parameters |
Ensures that 3D view of part is sensible to viewers accustomed to simple 2D drawings |
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Export illustrations with balloons to 2D PDF |
Supports the legacy world where users are accustomed to 2D layouts |
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Export ballooned model to 3D PDF |
Provides means for sharing characteristic requirement in the 3D model-based enterprise |
