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View and share sym and brep 3D models files                
Interactive selection of geometry                
View 3D contours                
View vectors                
View streamlines                
View 3D stereoscopic images                
View and compare results from multiple simulations                
Undo/redo                
Context sensitive Drag'n'Drop tools                
Create multiple 3D views of the same simulation                
Drag and drop windows to group and view them simultaneously                
Create multiple camera views                
View multiple 2D plots                
Import/export plot data                
Texture map images onto geometry surfaces                
Automated, online add-on activation and updates                
Export images in standard formats                
Import image backgrounds                
Print results                
Simulate Fluid Flow to Determine Flow Directions and Forces
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Simulate external flow around complex shapes                
Simulate external flow around streamlined shapes                
Simulate complex internal flow                
Simulate simple internal flow                
Heat transfer                
Viscous separation and vortices                
Laminar and turbulent flow                
Incompressible flow                
Compressible subsonic flow                
Transonic flow                
Supersonic flow                
Single and double plane symmetry                
Add automated geometry-based wakes                
Geometry-based physics specifications                
Automated meshing                
Geometry-based accuracy control                
Create residual monitors                
Create derived variables                
Create 3D contours                
Create vectors                
Create streamlines                
Create 2D XY plots                
Create 2D monitors                
Create/Modify Geometry
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Solid modeling with NURBS, primitives and Booleans                
Stitch faces to create volumes                
Loft and fill 2D surfaces                
Create edges using splines                
Extrude, revolve, and sweep geometry                
Create multiple instances of primitives at multiple geometry centers                
Chamfer geometry                
Fillet geometry                
Fix tolerance problems                
Offset surface geometry                
Simplify geometry with join tool                
Unite geometry                
Subtract geometry                
Intersect geometry                
Rotate, scale, and translate geometry                
Orient an object in the X, Y, or Z direction                
Align geometry                
Create annotations                
Create axes                
Create lights                
Export brep files                
Explore Time-Dependent Simulations
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Transient flow                
Simple media player like controls                
Integrated particle animation                
Animate camera                
Record movies (.avi)                
Telemetry posting to TwitPic and Twitter                
Prescribe time-dependent geometry movement (requires Builder add-on)                
Near real-time playback/review of completed simulation visualization and plots                
Exchange IGES, STEP and Faceted File Formats
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Import/export IGES (.igs) files                
Import/export STEP (.stp) files                
Import/export STL (.stl) faceted files                
Import Alias/Wavefront (.obj) faceted files                
Export Results to Renderers and Other Visualization Packages
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Export POV-Ray (.pov) files (a ray-tracer)                
Export Renderman (.rib) files (for use with scan line renders, e.g., Aqsis)                
Export VRML (.wrl) files                
Export Alias/Wavefront (.obj) files