by Brad Strong | Feb 17, 2016 | CAD Translation, CAD Viewing
Key Factors Responsible for Effective CAD Translation To facilitate moving 3D CAD data from one software to another, quality translation is paramount; with a dozen major worldwide 3D CAD formats to choose from, most companies rely on CAD translation every day, whether to satisfy customer requirements, or to facilitate downstream design, engineering, and manufacturing processes. Here are a few considerations when deciding on a CAD translation solution. Licensed Formats vs Reverse Engineering A licensed format gives you the assurance that your translator is going to read or write the CAD format of your choice as the CAD vendor intended. A...
by Brad Strong | Jan 28, 2016 | CAD Translation
“TransMagic COMMAND is an enterprise solution, enabling CAD migration automation. COMMAND can translate to any CAD format instantly and department-wide, empowering entire teams to get to their engineering or design work faster.” TransMagic COMMAND can simultaneously translate to any supported 3D CAD or polygonal format for entire engineering and design departments. Drop one or a thousand files into a folder and instantly your models are in one or a dozen formats of your choosing; with COMMAND, waiting for someone to translate your key files is a thing of the past. Who’s A Good Fit For COMMAND? Engineering and design departments who have CAD...
by Brad Strong | Jan 28, 2016 | CAD Repair, CAD Translation
The entire history of CAD is based on automation; computers made creating and editing 2D drawings faster, ultimately leading to intuitive 3D modeling and automatic drawing view creation. But no matter how fast and intuitive our CAD systems get, users still get tied up doing tedious CAD translation and repair work. CAD automation enables users to automate translation and repair processes without having to open or view the files graphically. Literally thousands of files can be processed automatically at one time, breaking through CAD data bottlenecks in engineering and design departments. Batch Translation and Repair to Any Format Batch Translation saves...
by Brad Strong | Jan 28, 2016 | CAD Repair, CAD Translation
Variance in how CAD systems process data, less than perfect format choices, and poor modeling practices all contribute to the propagation of bad 3D CAD models in the manufacturing industry; bad models lead to downstream issues with design, analysis, manufacturing, machining, 3D printing and more. A Huge Cost Roughly half of all engineers spend over 4 hours a week fixing design data, and for nearly 30% of those, the number is over 24 hours per week, according to the 2013 Collaboration and Interoperability Report. The numbers indicate that repairing design data is a problem that costs the design and manufacturing industry millions if not billions every year....
by Brad Strong | Dec 16, 2015 | CAD Repair, CAD Translation
“Automate and optimize mass translation of CAD data from one format to any other format with instant geometry repair and customizable output options” TransMagic MagicBatch allows you to perform unattended CAD translation of thousands of files per hour to the CAD or Polygonal format of your choice with access to a wide range of geometry and version read/write settings for optimized results. In addition, files can optionally be repaired as they are being translated. Who’s A Good Fit For MagicBatch? Job Shops and service bureaus who need to process large quantities of CAD files quickly. Engineering and design departments who are looking for a solution...
by Brad Strong | Dec 15, 2015 | CAD Translation, CAD Viewing
“Under the hood of TransMagic Expert reside several powerful CAD geometry engines to ensure the highest level of quality and compatibility” Expert is your CAD data exchange solution, allowing your to read and view all major 3D CAD formats, view and manage PMI / MBD data, dimension & measure for quotes, stitch surfaces into solids, extract data for parts lists, mass properties, and parts lists, outputting polygonal data as well as neutral CAD formats (STEP, IGES, Parasolid, ACIS, etc.) and native CAD formats (CATIA, JT, etc.). Who’s A Good Fit For EXPERT? Designers and engineers who need the ability to Write native CAD formats such as CATIA and...
