SCHOTT Systeme has launched an intermediate update for its CAD/CAM software Pictures by PC 3.4, which it claims incorporates enhancements in modelling, machining and technical documentation.
Schott Systeme says it has made modeller improvements to Pictures by PC 3.4, making the construction of complex conceptual features easier than previous models. In addition, when combined with the software’s feature recognition capabilities, a far greater range of model features can now be extracted and directly modified without the need of a parametric feature ‘history’ tree.
The new hybrid suite also has mesh healing, which can be used to help identify and repair problems in imported stl models.
According to Schott Systeme, the software’s CAM component includes a selection of ‘ready made’ machining strategies.
Building on the software’s ability to allow customers to setup and save preferred methods of machining, this catalogue of operations is said to help new users to choose and apply the correct strategy in a few steps.
The company has also integrated 3D PDF into its ‘Business Graphics’ module. Although 3D PDF is not a new technology, this has been integrated into the software’s ‘linked’ PDF’s, whereby all of a project's documentation can be graphically organised and automatically converted into a single PDF.