New features from v. 5.1 to 5.2 include the following new functionality:

Feature:

View
Expert

Render
Expert
Design
Expert
3Data
Expert
Setting materials: ExTrace testobject shown in Material Page for easy ExTrace vs. Render mode material comparison.   X X  
Setting textures: New texture positioning method using bounding surfaces.   X X  
Rendering: Turntable animation file sequence generation.   X X  
Data transfer: New import formats (Catia5, Pro/E, Step and Unigraphics) supported. X X X X
Data transfer: New OBJ import file format supported. X X X X
Data transfer: New Nastran ASCII import format supported.  X X X X
Viewing: Four views viewing according to EU and US standards and unified views. X X X X
Curves: New curve cutting tools (Cut Two Curves, Cut One/Set of Curves, Cut Set of Curves).     X X
Macros: Macro interface improved to accept larger set of commands.  X X X X
STL tools: Splitting STL files now possible with curved or linear split lines.     X X
Triangles: New triangle selection methods for easier manual fixing.     X X
Reduce: New reduction function for very large STL files (even with millions of triangles).       X
Repair: Finding and fixing surface files with degenerated triangular surfaces (suitable especially for models from Catia).        X


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