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Cadmatic Version 5.2 was released on 29 June 2007 to all direct customers and resellers. Indirect customers will receive the software in August 2007. The release includes many detail level improvements as well as a few totally new design tools, especially in the Plant Modeller module. The most significant changes are the introduction of specification-driven cable tray routing, online collision control, the possibility to use laser-scanned point clouds, advanced 3D reference model management and new rotating working views.

In Version 5.2 cable trays are handled in a completely new way. The software includes native support for cable trays that are modelled with specification-driven design rules. It is much easier to control design components and the trays model more realistically than in previous versions. Online collision control is glued into pipe and cable tray routing, bringing added efficiency and user friendliness. Any collisions with steel plating or other objects are immediately highlighted and the designer can immediately make the necessary changes.

Laser scanning produces point clouds that have traditionally been converted to 3D model primitives through manual modelling and processed separately before being imported into Cadmatic. In Version 5.2 the point clouds can be imported directly into Cadmatic. 

The Import Manager imports 3D reference models from Autocad and other software in an intelligent way in V5.2. When changes are made to a model and imported into Cadmatic, the Import Manager is able to detect which geometries have been modified in the model and only the necessary updates to the current model are done.

Contact Cadmatic for more information regarding the release!