IRONCAD TECH
Product Comparison
IronCAD was founded in March 2001 to develop user-focused 3D design software to improve productivity and help designers and engineers achieve success in their respective fields. Since then, we’ve created numerous 3D modeling tools that have forged new directions for engineering design software.
3D Modeling
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3D Dynamic Modeling |
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History Constraint Toggle Technology |
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3D Surfacing Modeling – Basic |
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3D Surfacing Modeling – Advanced |
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3D Direct Face Modeling (DFM) |
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3D Direct Face History Modeling (Structured Part Design) |
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Support for 3D Multiple Body Capabilities |
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Top-Down Assembly Design |
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Bottom-Up Assembly Design |
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Assembly Modeling within a Single Scene |
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Assembly Modeling with External Linking Capabilities |
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1 – INOVATE can open and edit structured parts and surface data created in IRONCAD, but it cannot create structured parts. Structured parts support multiple-body capability.
2 – INOVATE cannot create external-linked file associations, however INOVATE is able to open files that have externally linked files associated with them that were created in IRONCAD.
3 – INOVATE can read sheet metal parts created in IRONCAD; however, it cannot edit them with standard sheet metal design tools and must resort to DFM tools to edit.