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News Release from: Schott Systeme GmbH | Subject: Pictures by PC
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 November 2003
Schott Systeme showcase ACIS R12 at
Euromold 2003
Using the Euromold 2003 fair held in Frankfurt during December, Schott Systeme GmbH will be showcasing some of the new modelling features being implemented into their CAD/CAM system
Using the Euromold 2003 fair held in Frankfurt during December, Schott Systeme GmbH will be showcasing some of the new modelling features being implemented into their CAD/CAM system Pictures by PC through the use of the ACIS R12 modelling kernel Skinning
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Skinning has always provided the main means of sculpting a shape between a number of given cross sections.
The upgrade from the old version of the ACIS modeller to the all new ACIS R12 release means users have far more control over the final shape of the solid.
This includes the addition of multiple guide curves within the skinning and control over the tangency conditions of the skinning.
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Lofting.
Already included within Pictures by PC is the ability to create a lofted transition that blends between two differing surfaces.
However with ACIS R12 this functionality has now been extended to include solids.
Here two solid bodies can be selected, the faces to blend chosen, and an automatic loft generates a transition between these two solids that requires no path or guide curves.
Importantly the initial blend maintains all tangency conditions and creates a smooth transition between what can be two entirely different shapes.
However the user also has control over altering the weighting of these tangencies.
Bending and Warping.
Functions such as Bending and Warping form the beginnings of what will be a larger collection of deformation tools found within Pictures by PC.
Ideal for many aspects of design from jewellery makers through to concept designers wanting to sculpt 'curvy' shapes, these tools enable the user to take a solid and deform this in a number of different ways.
The first of these tools to be implemented, that of 'Bending', enables an angle or radius to be entered, and the solid body is then deformed around a neutral axis using these values.
Tolerant modelling.
Improvements within tolerant modelling can be witnessed in two major areas.
Firstly the robustness of Boolean operations has been improved, enabling more complex solid definitions to be joined together and subtracted from each other to form new models.
Secondly, helping to improve the import of data from outside sources, many advancements have been made to the healing functions found within the ACIS kernel.
Being somewhat more tolerant in dealing with the errors it finds, models can more easily and reliably be stitched together as an ACIS solid enabling the user to work with volumes as opposed to surfaces.
General performance.
As with every new release of the ACIS modeller, customers can witness an increase in performance when dealing with solid and surface operations.
Generally these speed increases can be seen in all areas of modelling, however this release gives significant gains when lofting surfaces and when working with deformables.
Annual contract with Spatial.
Schott Systeme GmbH have recently signed an agreement with Spatial to subscribe to all new releases of the ACIS kernel as they are developed.
This is seen as a major advancement in ensuring their customers are supplied with the latest technology in 3D modelling.
This agreement has already started to show its merits as Schott Systeme start to implement some of the latest 3D modelling technologies such as surface and solid deformation.
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