Introduction

SpaceClaim Professional 2008 is the 3D productivity tool for engineers who need to focus on their core competencies while also benefiting from working in 3D. The software provides a highly flexible design environment coupled with a modern user experience that speeds contributions to the product development process. SpaceClaim Professional 2008 is for those who collaborate in the design and manufacture of mechanical products across a broad range of industries.

The online help, tutorials, and training materials are provided to help you become productive with SpaceClaim as quickly as possible. We strongly recommend that you review the Getting Started section and step through the tutorial provided in the online help before beginning your own work. Additional self-paced tutorial videos are available on MySpaceClaim.com. You can also begin by exploring a library of SpaceClaim models.

User's Guide

This User's Guide begins with a focus on the basic tools and on simple concepts. SpaceClaim is all about adding and manipulating the faces of a design model, primarily through pull and move operations. If there is a face, you can pull on it. If you need a new face, draw an edge or copy an existing one. Design clutter is minimized wherever possible. This guide communicates these simple, but powerful concepts so that you can extrapolate them to your real-world designs. This guide also provides useful shortcuts to use as you progress, as well as animations of tools in action to help you understand their function.

SpaceClaim is different, and we encourage you to open your mind and enter into a world where you can focus on the design, not the software. SpaceClaim appreciates your feedback, so let us know where we have succeeded and what we can do better. Thanks for your purchase and we look forward to working with you!