by Brad Strong | Dec 26, 2025 | Blog, CAD Comparison, CAD Translation, What's New
TransMagic R15 is being released on January 1, 2026. Here is a summary of the new CAD format versions, new features, and feature enhancements. The build released on 1/1/26 is numbered TransMagicR15.00.200. You will be able to find the build at https://TransMagic.com/Download/ Please keep in mind that this build is available to all Subscription customers, and all Perpetual customers who are current on maintenance. New CAD Format Versions ACIS R35 (2025) CATIA V5 – R35 Creo 12 Inventor Read 2026 NX/UG 2412 Parasolid 37 TMR R15 SolidEdge R35 (2025) SOLIDWORKS 2025 New Functionality All Products – New Features New Layer Manager Standard View...
by Brad Strong | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
Transmagic R14 SP2 allows you to create a drawing from a 3D model or assembly; in fact there are many ways to do it. In this article we will cover the Export 2D Sheet which is available on the View Browser tool, and is included in all TransMagic products. The purpose of Export 2D Sheet is to create multiple views of parts or assemblies for team members who need 2D pdf or printed output. This can include machine operators and quality control personnel, who may not have access to CAD systems or viewers. Export 2D Sheet also allows the user to add dimensions and annotations to each view on a per-view basis. This massively improves the communications possibilities...
by Brad Strong | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, CAD Performance, CAD Translation, Training, What's New |
Why would you want to remove all the fasteners from a large assembly? There are a few reasons: In order to make the assembly more ‘lightweight’ so that you can zoom, pan, regen and work on the assembly faster. In order to hide intellectual propery (IP) from customers and suppliers. In order to simplify the problem you have been tasked to work on, assuming that the issue has no need for the fasteners. It’s not unusual that you may be given a massive assembly with all kinds of extraneous geometry that simply does not pertain to your design task. What if you could quickly remove all components smaller than a certain size? That’s what...
by Brad Strong | Sep 10, 2024 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
New Format Versions CATIA R34 Read & Write NX 2312 Read Solid Edge 2024 Read SOLIDWORKS 2024 Read & Write ACIS R34 Read & Write Creo 10 & 11 Read Inventor 2025 Read Get the PDF: What’s New in TransMagic R14 SP2 New Features in All Products Retain Texture on Polycam converted to JT Polycam is a free tool that lets you take pictures of manufacturing environments and production facilities, and then automatically generates 3d object files with textures. These textured Obj files can be used in CAD and other visualization tools to represent existing equipment in production work areas. TransMagic R14 SP2 will let you convert the textured...
by Brad Strong | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
STEP AP242 allows for tessellated files to be saved to the STEP format. Tessellated files are polygonal files, or what are sometimes referred to as VisRep files. Most STEP files are true BRep CAD files, with ‘precise’ geometry (as opposed to ‘tesselated’ geometry. To open a tesselated STEP file with TransMagic, click on the TransMagic ‘star’ icon in the upper-left of the user interface, and choose Open QuickView. Then select the file you are interested in. At right you can see an example of a tessellated STEP file being opened with Open QuickView. In this case, the user wanted to convert the tesselated STEP file to a CAD...
by Brad Strong | Nov 28, 2023 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
New CAD & Polygonal Format Versions CATIA V5 2023 R33 CATIA V6 2023 R33 ACIS 2023 NX 2212 Creo 9.0 JT 10.8 SOLIDWORKS 2023 AutoCAD 2022 Inventor 2024 Solid Edge 2024 Parasolid version 35 TMR R14 3D PDF up to 2023 27 New Time-Saving Features Described Below Get the PDF: What’s new in TransMagic R14 and R14 SP1 To get R14 SP1 + Installation Notes – Scroll to bottom of page New Features Available in All Core Products Assembly Explode (R14) Open any assembly and click Explode. Drag the slider for explode distance. Assembly Explode prompts you to flatten the assembly, and then drag a slider to determine how far to explode the assembly components....
