First update for D3PLOT Viewer

18th October 2021

Helping engineers to review, communicate, and deliver engineering analysis on the web

This new version of D3PLOT Viewer has exciting new features and updates that focus on performance and usability improvements to support your 3D visualisations.

Key Highlights:

• Transform the way you dissect models with improved cut sections, featuring
  new grab handle interactivity
• Switch between dark and light theme colour schemes to suit your preference
• View the new animated feature guides while loading models
• Improve control feedback with new cursor modes

Learn more about transforming your workflow with D3PLOT Viewer.

Visit the D3PLOT Viewer home page to get started.

Cut sections

• Enhanced cut targeting to deliver accurate cuts in local model space
• Improved cut plane visibility to give clearer model insights
• Upgraded x- and y-axis rotation translations to rotate around point targets
• Improvements to three-point cut interactivity
• Additional interactive blanking capabilities to blank parts through a cut plane

Cut section grab-handles

The addition of cut section grab-handles to rotate or translate a cut-plane in local space interactively:

• Drag to translate a cut section plane along the local x, y, or z-axis using the position handles
• Rotate the local of the cut plane on the x, y, or z-axis using the rotation handles

Dark theme

Customise the look and feel of D3PLOT Viewer with dark and light themes. The Viewer theme automatically inherits from your browser – or choose to switch between themes to suit your preference.

Loading animations

We’ve improved the loading experience, to give you a better idea of how long your model is taking to load – and we’ve provided some helpful tips for you to watch while you wait.

Feature mode cursors

Addition of new cursor designs to provide visual feedback of navigation mode and action states:

• Visual cursors for Multi-Navigation, Panning, and Rotation modes
• Cursor feedback for interactive blanking mode and zooming in/out
• Grab-handle cursor feedback for cut sections to aid manipulations