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Features of GTWorks™ Professional
Note: See the bottom of this page for the differences between
Lite and Pro GTWorks.
2-D Geometric Elements
| • Point |
• Triangle |
| • Line/Chamfer |
• Rectangle |
| • Arc/Circle/Fillet |
• Hexagon |
| • String (Mixed Lines and Arcs) |
• N-gon |
| • Ellipse |
• Loft Conic |
| • Parabola |
• Rho Conic |
| • Hyperbola |
• 2-D Cubic Splines (2 Forms) |
3-D Geometric Elements
| • Vector |
• Curve Mesh (Sculptured) Surface |
| • 3-D Splines (2 Forms) |
• NURBS Surface |
| • NURBS Curve |
• Curve Driven Surface |
| • Machining Curve |
• Fillet Surface |
| • Surface Edge Curve |
• Offset Surface |
| • Surface Intersection Curve |
• Projected Surface |
| • Surface of Revolution |
• Composite Surface |
| • 3-D Tabulated Cylinder |
• Segmented Surface |
| • Ruled/Developable Surface |
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Geometry Manipulation and Grouping
| • 2-D and 3-D Translation |
• Trim Curves |
| • 2-D and 3-D Rotation |
• Trim Surfaces |
| • Duplication |
• Arrays |
| • Mirror |
• Groups |
| • Stretch |
• Composite Curve |
| • Offset |
• Parts |
| • Projected Entities |
• Patterns |
| • Surface Development Layout |
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Scale and View Manipulation
| • Automatic Scaling |
• Dynamic Rotations |
| • Zoom (Windowing) |
• Multiple Viewing (8 Simultaneous) |
| • Auxiliary View Construction |
• Z-Clip |
| • Automatic Isometric Views |
• Blank/Unblank |
| • Construction Planes |
• Independent XYZ Scaling |
| • Drawing Layout (Paper Space) |
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Drafting Functions (ANSI, ISO and Others)
| • Drafting Modal Control |
• Tolerances/Limits |
| • Horizontal Dimensioning |
• English or Metric Units |
| • Vertical Dimensioning |
• Geometric Tolerancing |
| • Point-to-Point Dimensioning |
• Surface Finish Symbols |
| • Parallel Dimensioning |
• General Notes, Labels and Balloons |
| • Running Dimensioning |
• 22 Character Sets (plus User Defined) |
| • Angular Dimensioning |
• Text Input/Output |
| • Radius Dimensioning |
• Text Justification |
| • Diameter Dimensioning |
• Text Editor |
| • Ordinate Dimensioning |
• Drafting Entity Modification |
| • Baseline Dimensioning |
• Associative Cross Hatching (plus User Defined) |
| • Chain Dimensioning |
• Centerline |
| • Arc Length Dimensioning |
• Section Arrow |
| • Automatic Recreation |
• Detail Magnification |
Geometric Analysis
| • Data Verification (Coordinates, Parameters, Angles,
Bearings and 2-D and 3-D Distances) |
• Moment of Inertia |
| • Perimeter/Surface Area |
• Polar and Spherical Moments |
| • Area/Volume/Weight |
• Product of Inertia |
| • Center of Gravity/Mass |
• Dimensional Tolerance Analysis |
| • First Moments |
Data Base Management
| • Part Lists |
• Pattern (Symbol) Management |
| • Part Deletion |
• Part Merge |
| • Rename Current Part |
• Part English/Metric Conversion |
| • Change Directories |
• IGES Interface |
| • Bill of Materials |
• DXF Interface |
System and Font Control
| • Display Tolerance |
• Color Highlighting |
| • Decimal Places |
• Data Capture |
| • Curve Fonts (solid, dashed, phantom, centerline,
etc.) |
• Pen Control (16 pens) |
| • Menu Display Mode Options |
• Color Control |
| • Auxiliary Coordinate Systems |
• Layer Control (1024 maximum) |
| • Macros |
• Calculator |
| • Grid Control (User Definable) |
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Output Methods
| • Windows Printers |
• Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) |
| • PostScript for printers |
• HPGL |
| • PDF |
Advanced Geometry Display
| • Gouraud Shading |
• Hidden Line Removal |
| • Phong Shading |
• Shade or HLR by View |
| • Direct3D Viewing |
• OpenGL viewing |
Applications
| • Numerical Control -- Point-to-point, Punching,
Flame and laser cutting, Lathe functions, Profile and Pocket features,
Wire EDM, Sculptured surface milling, Tool path simulation, and Macros)
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| • Application Interface for writing customer add-ons
in Visual C/C++ or Fortran |
| • Flat Pattern |
| • Nesting |
| • Batch DXF and IGES processing |
Advantages of GTWorks™ Professional vs. Lite version
| • 1024 layers versus 8 |
• Arc Length Dimension |
| • 100 times larger drawings
(up to 100 MB) |
• Chain Dimension |
• Open GTWorks Lite files
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• Baseline Dimension |
| • Numerical Control Machining |
• Automatic dimension |
| • Metric/English/Resize |
• batch DXF/IGES |
| • Drawing Merge |
• Analysis Calculator |
| • Multiple Translation/Rotation/Duplication |
• Surface Development |
| • Fastener Library (DEL) |
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| • Fast Zoom (Ctrl G) |
• Eagle Macros |
| • Customizable Toolbar Buttons |
• Flat pattern |
• User Custom Apps in C/C++
(aihooks.dll)
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• Nesting |
| • Keystroke Logging and Playback |
• Bezier Curves/Surfaces |
Note: GTWorks Lite will not open GTWorks Pro files
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