It is sometimes useful, especially for integration or Advanced ActiveX purposes, to convert the coordinates of a part from its local coordinate system to the global one (Root).
The coordinates of a part displayed in the smgXml file are always local. This means that the position of a part is always defined in the coordinate system (frame) of its parent.
Here is a PDF document that will help understanding the matrix convention to turn a local coordinates of a part to a global one.
Local coordiantes to global
Category: integration
Capture camera position only
Seemage views are commonly used to generate technical illustrations (svg, cmg). It is important to keep the same camera position for all views. But usually, user needs to rotate, pan and zoon when he creates those deliverables. It is very easy to apply upon those views a specific view that captures only the camera position.
See animation
Category: illustration, view
ProE® - Assembly cut
To get the results of ProE® assembly cuts, a STEP export of the assembly from ProE® is required. Then it is enough to load the STEP file in seemage
Category: ProE®
Anti-aliasing method
On ATI® video cards, we recommand to use "jittering" instead of "multisample" method for anti-aliasing.
Result with jittering
Result with multisample
Category: graphics
ProE® - Cabling
If you use Cabling module in ProE® (harness), to have the wires in seemage you have to export the assembly in STEP format and enable "surfaces" and "export cable surfaces"
Category: ProE®