API Utility Details

• Gauge Thickness - exclusively for sheet metals; changes thickness, radius and K-factor.

• Configuration extract - handy when stand-alone parts are needed from different configurations of the same part; can easily save as new parts.

• Show hidden parts - can be extensively used on large assemblies where some parts are hidden; save time and effort involved in selecting each component to unhide.

• Export mass properties - for assemblies; exports data pertaining to mass properties of each part to Excel.

• Colorize drawings - creates layers for each unique part and allows the user to change the color by editing the layer.

• Insert drawing notes - includes common notes that are added to drawings and allows users to define their own notes.

• Insert table - creates a table in the drawing for positioning manually anywhere on the drawing sheet.

• Colorize assembly - selects random colors and applies them to different components of an assembly for presentation; effective on assemblies that do not have suppressed parts and/or light weight components.

• De-colorize assembly - for assemblies; removes the color applied to components in an assembly and changes them back to the originally created colors.

• Copy and paste color - copies the specific color of a component to the clipboard or pastes a copied color to the desired part or assembly.

• Copy and paste custom properties - copies the specific color of a component to the clipboard or pastes a copied color to the desired part or assembly.