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Flatten Assembly and Convert to Assembly
Some of the tools in TransMagic can be lifesavers when you need them, and they often can work together like a Swiss army knife; two such tools are Flatten Assembly and Convert to Assembly. It is important to note that usually our customers either use one or the other...
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What’s in the SuperView Eval?
What's in the SuperView eval? Many people think that the TransMagic Superview eval must be some kind of limited version of TransMagic, but the standard SuperView eval is exactly the same as the one our customers use; it's just limited to 7 days of use. Overview In the...
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Split Body and Trim Body
Split Body and Trim Body are features built into TransMagic Expert, which allow you to set a split-trim body, and use that body to affect a second body by spliting the body, or trimming the body. In the overview image at right, you can see an example of each; in the...
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Welcome to our first edition of AbraCADabra™
Scroll below to subscribe. At TransMagic our life is 3D CAD data. And our mission is to make your life easier when it comes to sending it, receiving it, repairing it, creating documentation from it…well, you get the picture. The use of 3D data is continuously growing....
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More Formats for SOLIDWORKS Users
Many people don't realize that when they buy TransMagic PRO or EXPERT, they automatically gain access to the PowerPack for SOLIDWORKS. TransMagic's PowerPack for SOLIDWORKS provides thirteen more formats for SOLIDWORKS users, including CAD and polygonal...
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Bounding Box Calculations
This article will describe how you can get an accurate minimal material estimate for your part using the Bounding Box tool. A Bounding Box is a 'box' that tightly encompasses your part geometry, giving you height, width and length values for the part....
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CAD File Extensions
As a company that specializes in CAD Translation, we often get questions about a wide range of CAD file extensions; to make this easier on our customers, we've compiled a list of the most common Brep and Visrep formats. Brep stands for Boundary Representation, which...
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How do you Compare CAD Models?
The need to compare CAD models Imagine you are an estimator who works for a mold development company; a prospective customer sends you a CAD file and asks for a quote to have a mold made. You pull up the model on your CAD or viewing system, make a few measurements,...
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3D Printers Under $4000 Compared for Industrial Usage
"The 3D Printer market is exploding. With dozens of affordable 3D printers, arbitrary categories, endless specifications and variations, how do you choose the device that will best meet your industrial 3D printing needs?" By Brad Strong and Todd Reade The...
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3D Printing Priorities
Recent survey results from a 2017 Sculpteo survey highlighted the top priorities of 3D printing for the industrial sector, in terms of what they want to achieve with 3D printing. It seemed to us that these 3D printing priorities implied that they are also benefits of...
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