Pro/CONCEPT

Complete digital brainstorming

Don't let great product ideas go unfulfilled. With Pro/CONCEPT, you can quickly capture your best thinking. Think of it as a combined 2D and 3D digital sketchbook. From Pro/CONCEPT, you can directly export designs to rapid prototype machines, or to CAD solutions for refinement. Fast and flexible, Pro/CONCEPT enables stellar product ideation and dramatic presentation.

Capabilities & Benefits:

  • Seamless blend of rich 2D and 3D toolsets, for rapid exploration of innovative designs
  • Intuitive environment allows constraint-free modeling of the most extreme product ideas
  • Import trace sketches and CAD geometry as reference; export SLA/CAD data for prototyping
  • Develop striking presentations with realistic photo rendering
  • Supported for Windows and MAC OS X

Latest Enhancements

New Instance Option
Create instances of curves and facets with the new Instance option that is available with the Duplicate, Mirror, and Pattern tools. The following new commands are included for instances in Pro|CONCEPT:
  • Edit > Instance with which you can edit the instances that you have created.
  • Edit > Unlink with which you can break the association of the instances to the parent geometry to create independent geometry.




New Section Tool
Cut planar sections through facets using the new Section tool on the Tools menu.



New Tool, Curvature > Plot
Evaluate curve quality with the new tool, Curvature > Plot, from the Analysis toolbar or the Tools menu. You can clear the display of the curvature plots with the Clear and Clear All commands.



New Light Type
Use the new light type, Sky in the Lights editor, to simulate natural outdoor lighting and light up a scene.



New Brightness Option
Adjust the brightness of a scene of a PhotoLux rendering using the new Brightness option from the Advanced tab of the Render Setup dialog box. Use Brightness to lighten a dark scene or darken a light scene.



Enhancements to the Curve Editing Capabilities
Enhancements to the curve editing capabilities enable you to:
  • Align a tangent to another tangent.
  • Constrain a tangent to be tangent to a facet.




New Command, Delete Unused
A new command, Delete Unused, is added to the Material editor. Use Delete Unused to remove all materials that are not applied to the existing geometry.



New Option, Smooth Boundary
A new option, Smooth Boundary, is added to the Mesh tool. Use Smooth Boundary to achieve a smoother transition between the selected and the unselected facets.



Standard Rooms have been Updated
The default room that is automatically loaded into the Room editor is now a studio room with a neutral backdrop in gray color. The library of standard rooms has also been updated with a more representative set of rooms.



Customize the Toolbar Shortcuts
By default, toolbar shortcuts are displayed for the Analysis tools, such as Measures, Curvature Plot, Curvature Clear All, and Sections. You can customize the toolbar shortcuts.



Interactively Zoom a 3D View
You can use the roller wheel of the mouse to interactively zoom a 3D view.