But our extensive testing shows that even older hardware will benefit.
Any recent computer or hardware (less than five years old) will show a serious step-up in 3D performance when running v11.5. New or imported models and clipart can all now be transformed or edited live using new, fully interactive, tools directly in the 3D view. Improved lighting and shading techniques in the 3D view provide consistent visual shape and depth cues whether working on single-sided, double-sided or rotary projects. The 3D material block can be viewed and manipulated dynamically while toolpath cutting is simulated, even in higher resolutions. Toolpath previews draw faster and with more clarity. The result is the smoothest, highest detail, 3D View ever. To make full use of this resource whenever it is available we have completely rebuilt the 3D rendering infrastructure across all the products in our v11.5 range. The power of graphics hardware has increased dramatically in recent years.
