The client-server edition of AutoVue 18 is now available for versions 8 and 9 of  Sun Solaris servers. Clients can access data using browsers for Windows, Mac and UNIX.

Provides native viewing, printing, markup and real-time collaboration support for engineering drawings, 2-D CAD, 3-D drawings, parts and assemblies, EDA/PCB layouts and schematics, and office documents.

New features include:

Digital Mockup (DMU)

* The ability to import and combine any number of native CAD files, regardless of file format, to create a virtual assembly

* The ability to combine native MCAD and EDA (3-D PCBs) in a digital mockup

* Precise part alignment and constraint definition

* Interference and clearance checking

* The ability to save state information

3-D/2-D MCAD

* 3-D BOM

* Support for PMI and GD&T data

* User-defined coordinate systems

* Shaded wire render mode

* Fill and measure section edges

* 2-D precise measurement and snapping

EDA/ECAD

* Test PCB layouts for design and manufacturability violations

* Cross-probe layouts, schematics and PCBs in 3-D space

* Filters to hide/show entities based on type