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Improved Polygon Functionality in Latest Build
New WebGL Capabilities The latest TransMagic build (12.31.400) has both a home button and an assembly tree display to improve viewing and CAD data access in a browser. The image at right was captured from Google Chrome, but any HTML5 browser will support the WebGL...
New CATIA 2022, Creo 9.0 Format Support
The latest build of TransMagic, 12.31.300, includes the ability to read and write to CATIA V5 2022 (R32) and CATIA V6 2022 (R32), Creo 9.0, and ACIS 2022 (R32). There is also support for Inventor View 2023, which leverages the ability to read Inventor 2023 files. Also...
TransMagic R12 Enhancements
TransMagic has just released a new build - R12.31.200. For installation instructions, please see Installing TransMagic R12 SP2 and SP3 on our support portal. The latest round of TransMagic R12 enhancements include updated CAD format versions, new polygonal...
Dealing with Polygons in a CAD World
CAD files are typically boundary rep files, or B-Rep files. They’re intelligent, in that they can be altered parametrically (in their native CAD system), they can be interrogated for mass, volume, surface area and edge length, they can have materials assigned, which...
System Requirements and other FAQs
While most of the questions you might have about TransMagic products and capabilities can be found at TransMagic.com, there is a support portal available. To reach the support portal, just click on Support on the main menu, or go to https://support.transmagic.com. At...
Rhino Support, New Format Updates for TransMagic R12 SP3
Version 12.30.702 of TransMagic has added a new CAD format and nine updated CAD format versions, as well as some powerful feature enhancements. New CAD Format: Rhino! Supports versions 2 through 7 (read only). Updated Format Versions to keep you up to date with your...
Exploiting Marginal Gains in Design and Manufacturing
How did the British Cycling team go from only a single gold medal from in 84 years (1920 to 1996), to dominating Olympic cycling from 2008 to 2016, with a total of a total of 24 gold medals in three Olympics (8 in 2008, 8 in 2012, and 6 in 2016)? And how can...
How to Dimension Polygonal Models
TransMagic now allows you to dimension polygonal models; previous releases limited you to true CAD Brep models only. Now, in version 12.30.500 or later, you can dimension between polygon facet nodes with linear dimensions. This can be useful to assess polygonal models...
Are Your CAD Tools Enough?
Are your CAD tools empowering you to... Work faster and more efficiently? We have customers who have saved hours every week by batch translating, or simply converting massive assemblies to multibody parts for easier insertion into CAD PDM systems. What could speed...
View CAD Files Faster
TransMagic’s new ‘QuickView Document’ option lets you open large parts and assemblies significantly faster than the standard ‘File Open’ – a few times faster, in some cases! I opened up several different formats at random, including STEP, CATPart, ACIS and Parasolid,...
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