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SOLIDWORKS 2018 includes features for handling mesh data for additive manufacturing. Engineers can work with mesh data similar to how they work with surface or solid geometry. Combine, intersect, split, move/copy, cut with surface, and check for interference. In addition, quickly fit surface bodies to regions of mesh models.
The technologies separating additive manufacturing, the Internet of Things, and others are being altered with newer programs that promise to merge design and manufacturing into one function.
Tech Soft 3D offers: • HOOPS Exchange: A fast and accurate CAD data translation toolkit for enabling applications with 3D data access of 20+ native CAD formats Catia V4/5/6, NX, Pro/e, SOLIDWORKS, SolidEdge, Inventor, STEP, IGES and more. • Polygonica: A toolkit for processing polygon meshes – automatic mesh repair, mesh healing and preparation, point cloud meshing, mesh offsetting and Boolean operations. • HOOPS Visualize & Communicator: 3D visualization of engineering graphics for desktop, mobile and web applications; Broad platform support with a framework for rapid application development. • HOOPS Publish: 3D data publishing toolkit for native 3D PDF, 3MF, STL, HTML and standard CAD; Interoperability and Archiving. • Siemens Parasolid Modeling Kernel: solid modeling component; New Convergent Modeling enables import of meshes from elsewhere; Analyze
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and repair meshes; Facet BREP models with topology. • Desktop Metal uses HOOPS Exchange to import 22 native CAD formats into its system. The engineers at the company also use Polygonica for automatic mesh repair, mesh offsetting and Boolean operations. • GrabCAD Print uses Polygonica for automatic repair of polygon meshes, meaning that any damaged models get fixed automatically. • 3D Systems uses Polygonica for automatic mesh repair, mesh offsetting and Boolean operations in both their 3D Sprint and 3DXpert software. • Renishaw chose Polygonica for its dental 3D Printing software for its key features: Mesh repair, Boolean operations, and Simplification. Also, Polygonica is growing in popularity for use in dental. Help with build orientation Many companies are working on developing easier to use software that
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