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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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