MCAD & CAM Customers
Tech Soft 3D components have proven to be valuable building blocks in a wide range of MCAD & CAM applications such as heavyweight MCAD design, CAM, CMM, Lightweight Viewing - and every type of solution in between. Below are just a few of the ways firms in the MCAD and CAM sector make use of our suite of robust components:
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When Autodesk, the world’s leading design software and digital content company, needed to accelerate addition of 3D capabilities to its hugely popular DWF file format and DWF viewer, the company drew on HOOPS technologies and enlisted the aid of TS3D’s expert consulting team. |
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Autodesk Intent™ is a sophisticated, automated system for the creation of engineer-to-order, custom, and customized products that works in conjunction with Autodesk® Inventor™ to document and define engineering rules, configurations, and best practices. In the standalone version, HOOPS powers the display to enable users to rapidly visualize new product configurations “on-the-fly”. Visit: www.autodeskintent.com > |
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Dassault Systèmes is the world leader for Product Lifecycle Management software solutions (PLM) using the power of three-dimensional (3D) representation. The company’s popular CATIA v5 application takes advantage of HOOPS/Stream to read and write the OpenHSF file format, giving its users fee web publishing and open sharing of lightweight visualization data. Visit www.ds3d.com > |
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Delcam is among the world’s leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM software solutions for the manufacturing industry. Based in Birmingham, England, Delcam has differentiated their applications in many ways, including robust geometric translation. TS3D is proud to supply Parasolid Communicator to further bolster the accuracy and completeness of geometry import within Delcam’s successful PowerSHAPE solution. Visit www.delcam.com > |
With IronCAD v10 the primary areas of focus were speed and new visualization capabilities. IronCAD chose to revamp their product using HOOPS as their graphics engine and as a result, they are seeing 10x performance boosts in their 3D display. In addition to this, HOOPS has allowed IronCAD to deliver support for both Direct3D and OpenGL, PDF export, rapid lightweight file loading and much more. |
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Serving 35,000 manufacturing companies worldwide, PTC develops and supports superior Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. HOOPS/3dAF provides robust graphics within the company’s venerable CADDS5 product line to handle its extensive and diverse requirements for 2D drafting, 3D MCAD, ship design, analysis, plant design and more. Visit: www.ptc.com > |
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In metrology, motion control, machine calibration, dental CAD/CAM and spectroscopy, Renishaw innovations enhance precision, efficiency and quality. The company’s Machine Tools division sought to further enhance the value of their metrology hardware with complementary software. Using a combination of Tech Soft 3D components, Renishaw developed Productivity + ™, a solution for tool setting, part set-up and inspection, on-machine verification, as well as in-office programming and simulation. Productivity+ uses HOOPS for display, Parasolid for geometry modeling and query as well as 3D InterOp for accurate CAD data import. By starting their development with leading components, Renishaw’s software team was able to produce a high-value solution that improves customer productivity and helps drive hardware sales. Visit: www.renishaw.com > |
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SolidWorks – a leading provider of software for mechanical design, analysis, and product data management – leveraged the entire suite of HOOPS components and worked closely with TS3D consulting experts to create the award-winning eDrawings 2.0, a unique standard for expressing and sharing Design Intent. |
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SpaceClaim provides a CAD-neutral modification solution for the extended enterprise, enabling multi-CAD interoperability and 3D collaboration. In addition to remarkable ease-of-use, a key strength of SpaceClaim is the ability to smoothly handle geometry from a variety of sources. By licensing Parasolid Communicator from TS3D, SpaceClaim is able to easily and accurately import geometry data in Parasolid’s XT format. View www.spaceclaim.com > |
