If you want to change an isolated part file and re-link your assembly to it or change the assembly it is located in, you can do that, too with ease. The structure is flexible and is really a simple concept of grouping and ungrouping. You can design in the context of a multi-part assembly comprising hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of parts. IronCAD lets designers decide which approach they want to take thanks to its Unified Design Environment, where part and assembly files are treated essentially the same. Making assembly structure changes becomes difficult as well as making positional changes of an assembly or groups of assemblies.
While this makes sense from a certain perspective (e.g., during manufacturing the assembly will, in fact, be built out of parts), this setup limits a user’s ability to work on the assembly in its entirety and stunts assembly design work. The assembly itself is built in the 3D environment through a tedious mating process that joins these constituent part files. These parts live in their own files, which are then linked into the assembly file.
Reuse parts in multiple assemblies and automatically update when changes occur.Configurations – allow for different versions of an assembly in the same scene.Positioning assemblies with ease using the patented TriBall design to work in 3D space.Build 1 part or 1 million parts all in the same file, you don’t need all the part files and data management systems.Bottom-up or top-down assembly design with IronCAD, it’s your choice.IronCAD accelerates your design, saving you time and development costs, and making you more productive. With IronCAD, you get an intuitive 3D CAD system with a flexible design structure that combines ease-of-use with powerful modeling capabilities to handle your most complex design projects. With traditional CAD design systems, which create assemblies out of separate part files, it becomes nearly impossible to make any fundamental changes to a CAD assembly structure without also modifying constituent part files, re-linking to the assembly file, and then re-mating parts within the assembly. Still, you want 3D CAD tools that you can use every day while being powerful enough to handle all the aspects of your design process. 3D CAD modeling offers several advantages over traditional 2D design. Effective product design involves a wide range of tasks that demand flexibility in your software.