Upgrading from Vellum, Vellum 2D


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Graphite v8 offers:

Mid-point line tool

Updated user iInterface

Resizable dialog boxes

Tear off tool palettes

Dockable tool palettes

New icons

Spacebar pan

Universal Binary support for the Intel Mac

Support for File names over 32 characters long

AutoCAD 2007 DWG/DXF support

Direct, multi-sheet PDF creation with optional imbedded DXF export

New installer

Pen Style Palette

Eyedropper Tool

Full 3D drafting capabilities with X, Y & Z axis

Better performance

Symbols library with preview pane

Improved translators

Spelling checker

Support for Mac OS X

32-bit color interface

Improved performance

Support for long file names

No hardware key

Right mouse click support

Select by line or polygon command

Define line patterns command

Nudge, pan and orbit tools

32,000 ANSI and DIN built-in symbols with preview panel

Enhanced translators

Enhanced copying and pasting between documents

Object rotation

Circle center lines

Auto dimensioning

Snap options settings

234 user-definable colors from a palette of 16.7 million

Support for dual English/metric dimensions

Improved text object handling

Selection mask for grouped objects with various colors

Xenon v8 offers:

Photo-rendered model-to-sheet views

Non-photo-realistic “sketch” rendering for stills and animations (SP1)

Real-time environment maps in edit window

Courtesy license to Graphite v8

Real-time zebra, normal, curvature & draft check in edit window (SP1)

Real-time display in 3D of imported scanned hand sketches or other images

Direct support for imprinting profile sketches onto surfaces and solids to create surface subdivisions

Advanced control of anti-aliasing for objects, edges, shadows and reflections

Independent control of reflections and refractions

Accelerated Phong and Gouraud shading options for fly-by and walk-through animations

Accelerated Phong and Gouraud shading options for render to file

Enhanced Shade Now shortcut

Photo-realistic environment maps for stills and animations

Photo-realistic sunlight (from location and date/time) for stills and animations

Photo-realistic florescent lights and area lights for stills and animations

Photo-realistic material changes displayed in real time in the edit window

Optionally Include wireframe geometry in photo-realistically rendered stills and animations

Enhanced select and transform tools that directly move faces and edges in solids without using the specialized local face tools

Import and export of bitmap images

Imported bitmaps support alpha channel

Spherical, Cylindrical and enhanced Polar duplicate tools

Enhanced Spacemouse-device support (Mac and Windows)

Multiprocessor photo-realistic rendering and animation on Mac OS X

Direct, multi-sheet PDF creation with optionally embedded source and exported files

Optional automatic view scale indicator

Updated ACIS, STEP, IGES and Catia translators

Batch convert tool

AutoCAD 2007 DXF/DWG support

Updated interface with tear-off and dockable tools and palettes (SP1)

Layers optionally override pen properties

User-definable Interface skins

User-definable texture library locations

New installer

Universal Binary support for Intel & Power PC Macs (SP1)

Compatible with ACIS 16 & Parasolids 12 for import and export

Model to Sheet View automatically draws scale as text element

Simplified menus for Text and Dimensions font and size selection

Enhanced import/export dialog box featuring target and source software by product name

Support for Mac OS X

No hardware key

An integrated 3D design environment of free-form wires, ACIS solid modeling and Class-A NURBs surfaces

Associative parametrics

Excellent precision drafting

Sophisticated shape development tools including splines, ellipses and conics

Section Views

Mass properties

Design Explorer Feature Tree for streamlined model management and conveying design intent  

Bill of materials

3D CAM/PRT output

Support for conics

Show/hide menu

More sophisticated spline  and elipse tools

Dimensioning tool to calculate length along spline or curve

Adobe Illustrator translator

Support for QuickTime movies

Courtesy license to Graphite v7

Cobalt v8 additionally includes:

All of the features of Xenon v8

Nested equations

Variables allowed in status line and edit object fields

Real-time section profiles and cutaway views in edit window (SP1)

Enhanced rib tool

Conditional equation parametrics

Relationship- and equation-driven parametrics for more efficient design iteration and greater productivity

Assembly tools to easily maintain relationships among parts

Mechanical parts library for greater time savings

Geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T)

Rib and lip design tools


Vellum, Vellum 2D upgrade to

Electronic Download

Physical Materials

Graphite v8 Commercial

US $1102.31 US $1200.00

Xenon v8 Commercial

US $3602.31 US $3700.00

Cobalt v8 Commercial

US $4602.31 US $4700.00

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