• New "Texture Mapping" added via a new "Visualize" tool bar. Graphical images (all popular formats supported) can be applied to model faces as textures, in the shaded model environment, in real time.

• Assembly Component Light Sources. This novel idea allows the User to create 3D Model components that represent lights (e.g. a spotlight). The lighting components can be dynamically positioned in model space using any of the standard VX component alignment commands as well as commands for dynamically moving and patterning components, taking away the "mystery" of lighting for photo-realistic images

• New image-to-geometry (raster to vector) translator allows import pictures and convert them to sketch geometry

Gap/tangency detection N-sided patches

• New on-the-fly gap detection/reporting for n-blend curve/edge loop during surface patch creation (Perfect for toolmakers that have to clean-up model data received from their customers).
• Enhanced surface merging with better tangency control across boundary edges of merged faces

• Automatically fill-in Title Header using model attributes or variables.
• Improved support for True Type Fonts.
• Aligned cross-section of trimmed part.
• Associate User-defined entities to an (system automatic defined) 2D layout
• 3D model colors show up in 2D view

• A new electrode design wizard is introduced, making the 3D definition and 2D layout/tabulation of electrodes fast and very easy

• Parting line gap checking is enhanced, with auto-zoom
• Wire frame supported parting lines entities

• Zebra stripe, draft check, radii analysis and much more…

3D engraving on solids and surfaces

• Inlay Command. A new command that quickly applies a face inlay based on any wire frame geometry and input of angle/tip radius required.

• 360 degree surfaces on a point cloud now supported.
• A fantastic command to Trim/divide point clouds to planes or surfaces is added. Even multiple slicing/trimming of multiple point cloud sets is supported.
• In order to easily handle extremely large STL files, VX has a utility function that can split an STL file into several smaller "slices"
• Improved boundary edge tracing

• A new design-centric, intelligent, parametric mold library is introduced. All common mold tool component types and cooling channels are supported. A very intuitive interface, designed by mold designers for mold designers

• A new hybrid-based, intelligent method of creating assemblies using in-place modeling. Simply create multiple objects and VX will automatically export each object into separate components thus turning the original object into an assembly.

• 3D curves used for parting surfaces
• Automatic macro recorder
• 2D geometry association in a 3D view

• Individual CAM output files
• Fixture Offset Registers
• Inter Path Move operations
• Profile/Containment preview options
• Solid verify CL data or CNC code
• Support for open surface boundaries and silhouettes in CAM profiles

• Rest milling in 2 axis machining
• Direct 3D curve machining

• New Link/LeadIn/LeadOut for Mill3
• Spiral and wave support for Quickmill
• Dynamic shoulder and shank collision checking with automatic tool path correction
• More options for controlling 3x engraving

• Side cut depth for 5x swarf cut.
• New 5X isocut tool path.