Entity Management

Entity Management (Workflows)

KeyCreator's entity management system provides a unique and exceptionally productive workflow to the conceptual modeling and part information management processes in KeyCreator.

Modeling with Pure Geometry often uses basic entities such as lines and arcs as building blocks to create more complex entities such as surfaces and solids.
Treating entities as equals simplifies the use of the software allowing a common set of editing and data management functions to be applied to all types of geometry.
Extensive entity selection features and a sophisticated layering system including unique sub-level capabilities allow simple, unstructured mode of building model/construction geometry.
Plan arrangement/fit in the conceptual stage without concern for the number of separate parts the refined model will include, or which part each piece of geometry belongs to.
Typical Windows-based CAD systems force each part, detail drawing and assembly drawing to be stored in a separate file and usually force these structure decisions to be made at the conceptual stage.
KeyCreator's entity management tools uniquely allow users to sort geometry by level or attribute during the conceptual stage and define part relationships and file distribution strategies at a later stage in the design.
Associative parts and drawings can be split off to a select number of files or maintained within in a single file.
The associativity between files and associativity of copies of parts within a file allows automatic propagation of changes in a part to all assemblies and drawings where that part has been included.