A more detailed listing of features and benefits appears below:
| DISCUS 3D Feature | Pertinent Business Benefit |
|---|---|
| Incorporates native CAD models into the TDP | Ensures that CAD model along with other documents in captured and organized |
| Open native CAD model formats – CATIA, Pro/E, NX, SolidWorks | Supports most common formats used to share CAD models. No CAD software or data conversion necessary |
| Interrogate and extract requirements data from 3D models | Reduces time and labor to understand model and identify characteristics |
| Automatically create Bill of Characteristics from models with PMI | Reduces time and labor dramatically to identify characteristics |
| Create characteristics by measuring model features | Reduces time and labor to identify characteristics that are not addressed by PMI |
| Automatically create illustration views with balloons | Reduces time and labor to create documentation for FAI, in-process inspection, etc. |
| Selectively filter the display of datums, balloons, and other annotations | Improves communication by eliminating extraneous information from the display |
| Customizable illustration views using multiple model parameters | Ensures that 3D view of part is sensible to viewers accustomed to simple 2D drawings |
| Export illustrations with balloons to 2D PDF | Supports the legacy world where users are accustomed to 2D layouts |
| Export ballooned model to 3D PDF | Provides means for sharing characteristic requirement in the 3D model-based enterprise |