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CAD Repair and Simplification: New CADfix 11 SP2 available

The latest version of the world's leading 3D CAD repair & healing software is now available

Paris, Wednesday, November 1st 2017. ITI TranscenData announced today the release of CADfix 11 SP2, the latest edition of its leading CAD interoperability tool which tackles the ever present problems of 3D model data exchange and re-use between different engineering applications. CADfix allows the user to import CAD data, efficiently repair and adapt it, and export in the most suitable form for reuse in the downstream system, eliminating the need for expensive CAD model rework.

Some of the many enhancements in CADfix 11 SP2 include:

Import/Export:

  • CAD version: CATIA V5–6R2017, Inventor 2017, JT v8.5, Parasolid v29.1, ACIS 2018 1.0
  • New export to OpenCASCADE (.brep)
  • Improved STL export quality (at cone tips)
  • Improved JT import (vertex normals)

Assemblies

  • Faster display and selection
  • Significant speed-up when exporting

Morph

  • New import of NASTRAN mesh
  • Support for morphing an assembly model
  • Improved mesh matching performance

3D SCAN

  • Point cloud noise reduction/smoothing
  • CAD to cloud comparison (no tessellation)

Facets

  • Facet selection now supports dynamic model rotation when paused

Defeature

  • New hole simplification tool
  • Split face with plane more robust

Build

  • Split face along uv supports additional isoline picking types
  • Boolean subtract now copes with multiple bodies as a valid result

Diagnostic/GUI

  • Improved 3D differ tool
  • Improved healing of grossly sloppy vertices
  • Polygon picking issues resolved
  • Various user driven improvements

We recommend that all CADfix users download and install release 11 SP2.

The new product release is available immediately worldwide and current CADfix customers can easily upgrade to version 11 SP2.