SMART Edit
The Engineering Solution for Dynamically Editing Designs
As a designer you know that the majority of your time and effort is spent on modifying existing drawings – people change their minds, ideas don’t work in practice, or errors need to be corrected…What you need is a tool that approaches editing challenges in an intuitive and intelligent manner, and works the way engineers do, addressing engineering issues without a huge learning curve.
SMART Edit, introduced with M4 Rev 2, is a completely new and innovative concept in dynamic design, fully integrated with M4 DRAFTING. Developed by engineers for engineers, it is firmly based on engineering principles to deliver results quickly and accurately.
Parametrics on Demand
SMART Edit was designed to offer many of the capabilities of constraints-based and parametric (variational geometry) systems, without the need to define a full set of constraints. And because of its novel approach, it can typically handle at least 10 times more data than traditional solutions.
The tool allows you to edit any drawing directly, without using a sketch. You can apply SMART Edit to imported data (such as DXF files), newly created geometry, or your existing designs. Simply select and drag lines, or enter precise values for sizes and positions of geometric elements to effect change dynamically. Alternatively, drag or edit existing dimensions to create the correct geometric changes.
SMART Edit lets you edit lines more intelligently than just points in lines, because it draws its conclusions based on the dimensions you have provided, deducing your intent for the geometry as a whole. SMART Edit even handles overdimensioned drawings with ease. The tool colour-codes the defining and dependent relationships between elements, giving users a visual pointer as to how a change will affect their geometry.
Because the tool is so intuitive and easy to use, it should require little or no training time. SMART Edit lets you make changes in moments rather than hours.