Delcam Unveils PowerSHAPE Pro With 'Tribrid' Modeling
BIRMINGHAM,
UK, Nov 24, 2008 - Delcam has extended the range of triangle modeling
options within its PowerSHAPE Pro CAD software to create a more
comprehensive Tribrid modeling system. Tribrid modeling enables CAD models
to be created from solids, surfaces and triangles and so offers a more
complete design solution than hybrid modeling using just solids and
surfaces. Full details on the new version can be found on the PowerSHAPE
Release Centre at
http://releasecentre.powershape.com/.

Delcam’s PowerSHAPE Pro can perform Boolean operation
between solid models and triangle files
The Release Centre provides customers and prospective users with a
comprehensive overview of the enhancements to the software. Chris Lawrie,
PowerSHAPE Product Manager explained: “With any new release we create a huge
amount of written material. Often, users are only interested in a small
number of the enhancements that might be critical to their application.
Finding specific details through print can be quite difficult. The Release
Centre provides an interactive video experience that lets the user pick and
choose the sections that they want to watch. There are video demonstrations
that show the user the key new features, and, more importantly, how to use
them. This will help users get up to speed with the benefits of the new
version much more quickly.”
The main applications of the new version of PowerSHAPE are expected to be
in the medical area, since most data from medical scanners is generated as
triangle files, both when creating internal prostheses and when
manufacturing external customized aids like orthotics. Haptic arms and
similar sculpting devices also produce triangle files so PowerSHAPE Pro will
be able to combine designs from this equipment with extra solid or surface
data, for example when producing moulds from the sculpted models.
The key addition in the new release is the ability to undertake Boolean
operations between pairs of triangle files, or between triangle models and
solids or surfaces. PowerSHAPE Pro was one of very few CAD systems able to
perform Boolean operations between solids and surfaces. The ability to
combine all three file types makes the software even more flexible. The new
release can also offset triangle files, making it possible to add thickness
to a scanned surface.
The new functionality provides a considerable expansion of the previous
ability to add triangle files of logos, branding, textures or other 3D
decorations onto the surfaces of PowerSHAPE Pro models. This effect was
rather like sliding a transfer over the surface of an object, although it
did give the added advantages that the decoration could be scaled or
stretched to fit any given area and that the result would be fully
three-dimensional. Tribrid modeling enables all three forms to interact
within any design, limited only by the imagination of the user.
The other main development focus has been on improving the ease of use of
the software. This becomes apparent as soon as the user starts to sketch the
outline of any new design. The Intelligent Cursor both speeds and simplifies
geometry creation by giving constant feedback, automatically highlighting
items such as the centre-points of lines and circles, plus any potential
intersections between lines.
The outline sketch can be converted into a fully-surfaced model using
Delcam’s unique Smart Surfacing technology. Like other CAD systems,
PowerSHAPE Pro provides a number of alternative methods for constructing a
surface from a given set of lines, arcs or points. With Smart Surfacing, the
choice of method is made automatically by the software to give the best
possible surface. If the user is unhappy with the automatic selection, or is
simply curious to see other options, he can scroll through the alternative
solutions.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Smart Surfacing is that the
software’s choice of surfacing method is updated automatically as extra
information is added to the selection. As any additional lines or
points are selected, the chosen surfacing method is reviewed and the surface
regenerated if an alternative solution has become more appropriate.
Any set of surfaces can be converted into a finished model with a variety
of powerful and reliable filleting and blending commands. The user simply
needs to specify the desired fillet radius and the software will show a
series of tracks where fillets of that size will fit. Some or all of the
possible fillets can then be created with a single command. In PowerSHAPE
Pro, even variable-radius fillets and intersecting or overlapping fillets
can be created quickly and easily.
“The addition of triangle modeling represents another significant
development for PowerSHAPE Pro,” claimed Delcam’s CAD Product Manager, Chris
Lawrie. “It adds even more flexibility to a design system that was already
one of the most powerful products for the creation of complex shapes in a
fully-detailed 3D format. It really does open infinite possibilities to the
creative designer.”
For more information, visit
www.delcam.com.
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