Delcam has taken reverse engineering software to a new level of affordability by combining the functionality from its CopyCAD reverse engineering package into the 2011 release of its PowerSHAPE Pro CAD system.
This extended range of functionality, which will be supplied automatically to all users on maintenance, is ideal both for the creation of CAD models from all types of digitised scan data, and for the re-engineering of existing products into improved or customised designs. The complete package is priced at about one third of the cost of current reverse engineering systems with similar functionality. Full details on the new release can be seen on Delcam TV at http://www.delcam.tv/delcam-video.asp?VideoId=142.
“Tribrid Modelling” PowerSHAPE Pro is still the only CAD software to offer “Tribrid Modelling” -; the addition of triangle modelling to the combination of surface and solid modelling that is offered in many other CAD packages as “hybrid modelling”. Having all the different modelling techniques in a single package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product development process. With Tribrid Modelling, PowerSHAPE Pro offers a flexible and pragmatic approach that allows the design intent to be captured from the physical model rather than simply producing a duplicate digital representation.
Three techniques…
- The first technique is most suitable when creating simple geometric entities. PowerSHAPE Pro can use the positions of key points to create arcs and lines, and then convert them into the full range of prismatic solids.
- For more complex shapes, PowerSHAPE Pro now contains all the sculpting and model repair tools previously available in CopyCAD to edit triangle files. The edited triangle data can then be converted into the component features.
- The third approach allows the user to sketch onto the surface of the triangle file and use the resulting lines to create the geometry.
…and a perfect model The solid model can then be completed with the wide range of filleting and blending options within PowerSHAPE Pro. These allow the creation of consistent, smooth fillets and blends, rather than the sets of complex, free-form patches, often with inconsistent radii, that would be produced from the scan data in a conventional reverse engineering system.
For further information on PowerSHAPE Pro, please contact: Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager Direct phone: 44 (0)121 683 1081 [email protected]
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