CADFIX 9.0 Q4 2012

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CADfix 9.0 SummaryImport/Export

– 3D PDF import– CATIA V5 .cgr export– Creo View import & export– 3D Studio Max OBJ import (facets)– CAD system updates– STL export: assembly/multi-solid/labels– CATIA V5 export of hybrid V4/V5 assemblies– CATIA V4 i/o preservations of for layer filters– CATIA V4 export: generation of mirrored parts

Wizard– Auto small part filtering– Auto centreline creation

Assemblies– Localised exploding of selected instances– Removal of mirrored transforms– Improved selection/editing– Improved attribute handling on exploding– Generation of mirrored parts– Rearrangement of tree

GUI– New Hide/Show visibility controls– Revamped Probe & Selection tools– Updated look and feel. Better Linux support

Defeature– New chamfer removal tool– New degenerate NURBS fix– New simplification of bodies to aligned bounding box– Improved delete features– Improved hole/protrusion finding

Facets– New facet to analytic conversion tool– Improved shrink-wrapper– Improved interactive repair/selection– C1 (smooth) FROGS

Join/Split/Offset– New manual offset shell tool– Smarter auto-zoning– Improved zone parameterisation– More robust joining/imprinting

Build– Axial plane creation

Misc.– Faster database access– Faster graphics. Better Linux support– Bugfixes. Large model issues.

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CADfix 9.0 - Service Pack Roll Up

Consolidation of all 8.1 service packs– CATIA V5/R22, NX8, Creo1.0, SW 2011, Inventor 2012, AutoCAD

2010, 3DPDF, JTOpen import, CATIA V4 *PIP import

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CATIA V4 SOLID & PIPES

External Visibility Filter

Axis-aligned clipping planes

Thin/Thick, Shell, Mid-surf Protos

CADfix 9.0 - Import/ExportImport– 3D PDF import– 3D Studio Max OBJ import (facets)– CATIA V4 preservation of layer filters and SOLID line type– Creo 2.0 & Creo View support (.ed & .ol files)

Export– CATIA V5:

• .cgr export• hybrid V4/V5 assemblies

– CATIA V4:• Generation of mirrored parts on export

– Improved STL of assemblies/multi-solids• Export creates folder of separate .stl file

– Creo 2.0, & Creo View support (.ed & .ol files)– Tecnomatix MLP

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CADfix 9.0 – 3D Studio Max Import

New import of facetted models from 3D Studio Max (3DS).OBJ file format

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CADfix 9.0 – STL Export

Auto-grouping of faces in to ‘solids’– New export option for ASCII STL that

automatically groups faces based on colour,layer or label attributes

– ASCII STL ‘solid’ entities created for each group– Useful for partitioning STL export for boundary condition application

Assembly export– Multiple .stl files auto-created from assembly– STL has no assembly tree

so filenames derived fromCADfix tree node names

– .stlman file is a manifest describing files and theirlabel attributes

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CADfix 9.0 - Wizard

Filtering out of small parts– New Transform option to detect and delete small parts– Size based on volume or bounding box

diameter (faster)

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Use case:Culling out small items from large assemblies to improve visualisation speed, e.g. DMU

CADfix 9.0 - Wizard

Auto-generation of hole centre lines– New Transform option to create centre lines for holes

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Use case:Downstream system requires centrelines for hole identification e.g. Siemens Tecnomatix MLP tool

CADfix 9.0 - Assemblies

Assembly exploding– Localised exploding of selected instances– Replicates an instance and

local tree in order to makeit unique

– If low down in the tree mayalso require partial explosionof sub-assemblies above

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Use case:When one instance of a part needs modification but other instances remain unchanged

CADfix 9.0 - Assemblies

Assembly tree re-arranging– Cut-and-paste of components and sub-assemblies– 3D position of components/sub-assemblies unchanged,

only relative position within tree altered. Tree re-arranged.

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CADfix 9.0 - GUI

New Hide/Show visibility controls– Selected entities hidden via Ctrl-h key, or model tree menu– Selected entities un-hidden via Ctrl-u key or model tree/view menus– Hidden entities greyed-out in

model tree list

– Hidden entities not processed byCADfix tools (option to control this)

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CADfix 9.0 - GUI

Re-vamped Probe tool– Richer layout of entity data– More compact

– New full-width “pinned” mode

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CADfix 9.0 - GUI

Smarter, quicker-to-use selection tools– Embedded along top of graphics

window– New icons for quick activation

and changing between types– Box select and polygon select

icons for quick activation andcontrols

– Assembly instance pickingmode

– Icon for picking “All” entities ofcurrent type.

– Smart selection icons forquick acceptance

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CADfix 9.0 - GUI

Updated GUI appearance– Native look-and-feel widgets– Better Linux support

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CADfix 9.0 – Defeature: New chamfer removal tool

Chamfer Removal– Find chamfers of varying size and shape– Remove chamfers to reintroduce sharp edge

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CADfix 9.0 - Defeature: Min. Volume Bounding Box

New tool for converting bodies/facetted surfaces in to minimum volume bounding boxes – extreme defeaturing

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Use case:Detail suppression in large assemblies for visualisation performance, e.g. DMU

CADfix 9.0 - Defeature: Degenerate NURBS

New Degenerate NURBS Surface fix– Split face at set back from degeneracy, trim back and refit

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Original degenerate surface

Split face near degeneracy and trim back surface

Refit smaller degenerate tip surface

Resulting two faces with compliant surfaces for meshing

CADfix 9.0 - Facets

Facet Management– New facet surface to analytic conversion– Improved shrink wrapper– Improved facet selection and interactive repair– New C1 smooth FROGS

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CADfix 9.0 - Facets

New facet surface to analytic conversion

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Use case:Reverse engineering of STL models or legacy CATIA V4 SOLIDM models

CADfix 9.0 - Join/Split/Offset

Join and Split tools– New manual offset shell generation tool– Improved narrow face split+join tool– Smarter auto-zone finding– More robust body joining/imprinting

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CADfix 9.0 - Offset shell tool

New manual tool to generate offset shells– Works on selected faces (open shell) or whole body

* Manual tool must be used with care to avoid self-intersecting shells

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CADfix 9.0 - Build tools: Axial Splitting Planes

New creation method for axial planes– Available in planar splitting tools and surface builder

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CADfix 9.0 - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Enhancements– Major overhaul of the database access routines for speed and

future parallelisation– Faster graphics performance with better Linux support– More robust processing of very large models– Bugfixes

Platform support– Windows XP, Vista and 7 – 32bit and 64bit– Linux RHEL5 – 64bit

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