Design Extension overview sub-tab — Before January 2026

Expand your 3D design capabilities

Automate complex geometry to enhance the performance and aesthetics of your products with the Design Extension. Access advanced 3D design and modeling tools for an automated, manufacturing-aware approach to creating complex product designs.

Benefits

Here's how this extension can benefit you:

• Manufacturing-aware functionality: Improve your product development process with manufacturing-aware capabilities.
• Feature-based automation: Focus more time on design with access to specialized tools for your industry.
• Geometric patterning: Apply highly customizable geometric patterns with user-defined or predefined objects.
• Organic mesh conversion: Convert organically shaped meshes to solid, surface, or T-spline bodies.
• Volumetric lattice: Modify existing solid or closed mesh bodies to create complex volumetric lattices that alter the shape and appearance of a design.
• Design advice: Identify manufacturability concerns based on industry best practices and company standards, and receive recommendations to improve the manufacturability and performance of your design.