by Brad Strong | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, CAD Translation, CAD Viewing, What's New |
TransMagic’s Technical Data Package solution, TechDocs, gives you the power to deliver a single file to your customer or supplier which has everything they need in one place. In Figure 1, you can see a 3D model which can be zoomed and rotated, automatically generated and attached CAD and polygonal formats, used-defined attachments, all PMI views and captures, User Defined Attributes, file details, mass properties, part details and assembly structure. No more complicated sends to your internal and external customers; with TechDocs, all the key files are in one package, self-contained. TechDocs is available in TransMagic EXPERT. TechDocs are summarized in the...
by Brad Strong | May 4, 2020 | Blog, CAD Translation, CAD Viewing, Training, What's New |
TransMagic is offering Live Online Training for remote manufacturing industry workers affected by the COVID-19 virus. These Zoom sessions will last a total of 60 minutes each, with the first 40 minutes consisting of instruction, and the remaining 20 minutes reserved for Q & A. Since the training will be focused on the TransMagic eval, it will cover SUPERVIEW (for opening, viewing and inspecting CAD files), MagicHeal (the add-on for doing CAD model repair) and MagicCheck (the add-on for comparing CAD models, including revision and validation analysis). Class Times All classes will begin at 11:00 AM Pacific time, 12:00 PM Mountain, 1:00 PM Central and 2:00...
by Brad Strong | Apr 6, 2020 | 3D Printing, Blog, CAD Comparison, CAD Diagnostics, CAD Repair, CAD Translation, CAD Validation, CAD Viewing, Polygonal Output, What's New |
By popular demand, this offer is extended to run until June 30, 2020. To help small businesses to be more productive during the COVID-19 crisis, TransMagic will be supplying 500 90-day complimentary licenses of our CAD viewing, healing and model validation software on a first come basis. This software will open all major 3D CAD formats and will be ideal for estimating/quoting, creating technical data packages, and compliance with Boeing D6-5991 specifications. These licenses will run 90 days. The exact configuration will be SUPERVIEW plus MagicHeal, for repairing geometry and creating water-tight solids, and MagicCheck, for high accuracy comparison between two...
by Brad Strong | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog, CAD Performance, CAD Systems, CAD Translation, CAD Viewing, Support, What's New |
JT is an unusual CAD file format which regularly causes some confusion amongst CAD users. This article will overview the JT format, explain what makes this format so unique, and show how to open a JT file. The JT Format JT is a CAD file format provided by Siemens PLM Software. JT stands for Jupiter Tessellation, which points to the fact that JT files are tessellated, or polygonal – also known as Viz-Rep, for ‘Visual Representation’; but what’s interesting about JT files is that they can also contain precise, CAD Brep geometry. So to be clear, JT files can contain both polygonal and CAD geometry. But, but in our experience, JT files only contain CAD Brep...
by Brad Strong | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
Dear TransMagic Customer: In response to the COVID-19 threat, we want to support the use of TransMagic licenses in any scenario. This notice is to inform you that you can transfer licenses to remote machines as necessary, and how to find additional help, if you need it. The first thing you should know is that TransMagic Standalone Licenses can be checked in and out. The process is explained below. If you need immediate assistance, please see the contact options at the bottom of this page. 1. Transfer Activation When you click on Transfer Activation, TransMagic will remove your license from the current machine, which frees the license up for your laptop or...
by Brad Strong | Mar 11, 2020 | Blog, CAD Performance, CAD Systems, CAD Translation, What's New |
How do you choose the best CAD file format for any given situation? The CAD Format Ladder can help you optimize data exchange with your customer or supplier. At TransMagic we deal with thousands of CAD file translation and repair issues every year. These issues can be minimized by using this rule of thumb: “When sending out CAD data, or receiving CAD data, go as high up on the CAD format ladder as possible.” Your best results will come from requesting a CAD format that is as high-up on the format ladder as they can give you. You’ll also want to send data back to your customer in a format that is as high-up on the ladder as you can write. The higher you go on...
