This update supports more 3D drawing data, improving compatibility and workflow integration.
Datakit has announced the release of version 2025.2 of its data exchange solutions, bringing expanded support for 2D entities and functional dimensioning and tolerancing (FDT) data. This update allows users to capture and process a wider range of technical drawing information embedded in 3D design files, improving compatibility, interoperability, and usability across design, manufacturing, and documentation workflows. The new version includes support for additional PMI elements in formats such as Inventor, Creo Parametric, and Revit, as well as configuration traceability improvements for SOLIDWORKS users.
FDT information, usually known as PMI (product manufacturing information), are the technical drawing information available in the 3D design file. They cover a wide range of entities that Datakit’s converters can exploit:
- The cartridge contains information related to a part or assembly, including its name, the designing company, designer’s name, creation and modification dates, revision index, format, scale, weight, material, part ID, tolerances, drawing reference number, and unit of measurement.
- The drawing may include various geometric curves (such as lines, polylines, circles, and NURBS) used to represent the part and its outline from different views, as well as hatchings for section views, images, axes, and tapping lines.
- Dimensions, including linear, diametral, and radial, are represented using text, extension lines, arrows, and may include tolerance values.
- Geometric tolerances and datum references indicate aspects such as form, location, and concentricity. Some datum references may be optional.
- Annotation entities include text with or without arrows, balloons, weld or surface finish symbols, and tables containing structured data.
Exploiting even more 2D and PMI entities
In the new version 2025.2, Datakit has further extended the list of 2D plan entities or PMIs processed, with, for example:
- welding symbols in Inventor,
- view-related information such as cross-sections, images, colours in a table, fonts, in Creo Parametric.
Improvements have also been made to the handling of PMI in Revit version 3.0 assemblies.
These 2D entities and PMIs can be used both for graphical purposes and for measurement and manufacturing operations.
Promote traceability of the various configurations that have been chosen
Recent enhancements also provided SOLIDWORKS users with a high degree of flexibility, enabling them to retrieve different types of configuration, regardless of their status. They can also access several views, including assembly views.
Ensuring interoperability right up to the availability of new CAD versions
Use of version 2025.2 means compatibility with the latest software versions available:
Reading mode:
- CATIA V5-6R2025
- Fusion 360 till version 2.0.21538
- Parasolid till version 37.1
- Unigraphics/NX till NX 2412 Series (version 2412.3000)
Writting mode:
- IFC 4 in addition to IFC2x3
- JT 10.10
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