Advanced Feature Package

Build advanced engineering workflows on top of instant3Dhub’s 3DSpaces. The Advanced Feature Package covers APIs for markups and digital mock-up operations — from annotating and drawing in 3D to inspecting detailed topological structures, making it the next step beyond basic visualization.

With the Advanced Feature Package, you can:

  • Communicate intent with markups, drawings, and polylines

  • Guide users to relevant locations using points of interest

  • Perform precise, multi-entity measurements to support engineering decisions

  • Inspect inner details using clipping planes, clipping rooms, and capping

Note

Features marked with Experimental are not yet generally available (GA) and may still change.

Markups

Drawing

Use the DrawingAPI and DrawingPlaneAPI to add freehand markups and sketches onto drawing planes in the 3DSpace:

  • Sketch directly on configurable drawing planes

  • Communicate review notes and ideas visually

  • Combine drawings with annotations for richer context

See also

Markup — annotations and drawings as 3DSpace entities.

Polylines

Use the ViewerPolylineAPI to draw polylines as markups or measurement aids along geometry:

  • Trace paths and contours on the model

  • Use polylines as visual guides or measurement references

Points of Interest

Use the PointOfInterestAPI interface to define and navigate to marked viewpoints and hotspots in the model:

  • Mark relevant locations within the 3DSpace

  • Guide users along a sequence of points of interest

  • Support guided reviews and inspection workflows

Digital Mock-Up

Advanced Measurements

Use the MeasurementAPI to perform complex measurements across multiple entities and analyze and validate geometric properties and relationships within your 3DSpace:

  • Evaluate dimensions, distances, and angles across multiple entities

  • Analyze relationships between faces, edges, and points

  • Support engineering workflows such as inspection and validation

For single, quick measurements, see Single Measurement.

See also

Measurement — measurement types and how they work in a 3DSpace.

Clipping

Use the ClipPlaneAPI to inspect inner details of complex 3D data by selectively cutting through geometry using clipping planes and volumes:

  • Define clipping planes by position and orientation directly in the 3DSpace

  • Derive clipping planes from geometry features such as surfaces, normals, or edges

  • Combine multiple planes into clipping rooms to isolate volumes of interest

  • Interactively generate clipping volumes from nodes within the InstanceGraph

See also

Clipplane — clipplanes and clipping rooms in a 3DSpace.

Capping

Experimental

Use the ClipPlaneAPI to maintain visual continuity and clarity when inspecting clipped geometry by closing open surfaces created by clipping planes:

  • Automatically generate capping geometry from clipped surfaces

  • Associate capping surfaces directly with the originating assembly nodes

  • Preserve spatial orientation and context while inspecting internal structures

Capping geometries are derived from clipping planes and remain tightly coupled to the corresponding nodes in the assembly structure.