by Brad Strong | Jan 17, 2018 | CAD Repair, CAD Systems, CAD Translation, CAD Viewing
“Access additional formats and the power of TransMagic repair from inside of SOLIDWORKS” The TransMagic PowerPack for SOLIDWORKS allows you to read and write more CAD formats as well as making powerful model repair tools available, right from the SOLIDWORKS toolbar. If you have TransMagic PRO or EXPERT, you have access to the PowerPack for SOLIDWORKS. Who’s A Good Fit For The TransMagic PowerPack for SOLIDWORKS? Designers and engineers who want access to more CAD read/write formats. SOLIDWORKS users who would like additional repair solutions. The Industry Challenge Limited CAD Format Support Difficult CAD Repair Processes Missing Faces and Surfaces...
by Brad Strong | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog, CAD Diagnostics, CAD Performance, CAD Repair, CAD Translation, Polygonal Output, What's New |
We’ve covered a lot of ground in the past two years. Here are the top twelve TransMagic articles from 2016/2017. Actually, it’s hard to measure what the top blogs were in any given year; do you count the number of views? In that case, older articles have a definite edge. In this case we looked at the posts getting the most views during the last 30 days. Here they are: #1 SOLIDWORKS Performance! Optimizing SOLIDWORKS Performance: SOLIDWORKS is still the clear leader in terms of existing MCAD seats, and is always a popular subject. This article goes over several hardware and software suggestions for significantly improving SOLIDWORKS performance....
by Brad Strong | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog, CAD Translation, CAD Validation, What's New |
A Recent CAD Forum Discussion Reading various CAD forums can be illuminating. Here’s a paraphrase of a discussion on a recent CAD forum where a CAD engineer is looking for a way to test if the original CAD model has been changed in any way when translating from CATIA to STEP to SOLIDWORKS. So the question is, if CNC machining or other operations are going to be performed on models that were translated from the original, how do we know that those models are accurate? Let’s look at the question and some of the answers. Question We do aerospace design, and are sending a lot of models to subcontractors for CNC machining. During the CATIA to STEP...
by Brad Strong | Nov 13, 2017 | 3D Printing, Blog, CAD Diagnostics, CAD Performance, CAD Translation, What's New |
This article will demonstrate how materials are applied to models in TransMagic R12, and how parts and assemblies can then be interrogated for Mass Properties. Mass properties are particularly useful if you are generating quotes or estimates, and need to know the weight or volume of materials for the part or complete assembly. Another common use for mass properties is to get the volume calculation for estimating 3D printing print times and material costs. The Mass Properties dialog box also provides moments of inertia and allows you to create three planes that intersect at the centroid. Applying Materials Parts should already have a default material assigned;...
by Brad Strong | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
Assembly Restructuring allows you to work with the parts you have and restructure components as necessary to fit your design or manufacturing objectives. Being able to restructure assemblies gives you viewing and functional flexibility, even if you no longer have access to the originating CAD system. Where necessary, parts can be renamed, instance groupings can be broken, new subassemblies can be generated from existing parts, parts can be removed individually from subassemblies, true assemblies can be flattened and multi-body parts can be turned into true assemblies. Creating Assemblies from Multiple Solid-Body Parts Figure 1 shows a single part (with...
by Brad Strong | Oct 16, 2017 | 3D Printing, Blog, CAD Translation, What's New |
CAD Atomization refers to the process of converting whole assemblies to separate, independent parts. This is a one-button process which can be used for both CAD and polygonal output. 3D printing houses can use Atomize to output all parts in an assembly to STL. If you are planning to do polygonal output, be sure to check Settings and adjust polygon density before outputting STL or other polygonal formats. This article covers various STL output settings. The Atomization process works whether you are using an assembly or a multi-body part (multi-bodied parts are single parts composed of two or more solid bodies); in both cases, parts and bodies are converted to...
