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3D ACIS Modeler Slide 2 ACIS 2005 ACIS is the commercial modeler product of Spatial and Dassault Systemes Development continues to expand Quality and performance increases with each release Growing business, as indicated by continued interest and development Slide 3 3D Modeling Goals - Strategic Commercial Partner Growth Satisfy the specific needs of current partners necessary to support their growth Core Technology Continuous improvement of the ACIS core modeling structures to maximize Modeler robustness, performance, and extensibility Competitive Strength Identify and address competitive deficiencies, and build on existing competitive advantages (functionality and performance) Increase Product Portfolio Seek out and deliver additional technologies needed by our partners Slide 4 R15 Highlights A brief review of major improvements made to ACIS in R15 Slide 5 Local Operations: Adaptive Offsetting New ability to offset surfaces with: Local areas of high curvature Small Non-G1 discontinuities Geometric singularities Illegal parameterization Progenitor Surface with High Curvature Cusp Progenitor after smoothing of High Curvature Progenitor Surface with a geometric singularity Progenitor after flattening to remove geometric singularity Progenitor Surface with an illegal parameterization Progenitor Surface after parameterization change du dv Slide 6 Skinning / Lofting with Lateral Edge Tangency Control Improved shape produced by Skinning and Lofting when the input is a set of tangent curves. Input Green edges are tangent at red vertex Old Result Near-tangent surface intersection New Result Tangent surface intersection Slide 7 Blending Improvement New ability to process Edge Blends when Sidecap faces intersect Miters Slide 8 Remove Faces Performance Improvement Eliminated old n 2 algorithm, no more forever solutions which seem like a hang Removed some limitations around free edges More details in the LOPS presentation Slide 9 Other Improvements in R15 Performance gain in entity box calculations (spline surfaces) Improved performance and robustness in mass properties calculations HA/Bridge enhanced to allow silhouette picking Tolerant Modeling improvement smoother, tighter TCOEDGE generation algorithm New platform support for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (certified on AMD Opteron ) Slide 10 Styling ACIS Functionality Etc Functionality Complexity Surface Modeling Solid Modeling Sculpting Surface Modeling Application Solid Modeling Application ACIS Feature Modeling Slide 11 ACIS Architecture Written in C++ Open, object-oriented architecture Easily extensible Ease of adoption Enables bringing feature and functionality to market rapidly and cost-effectively Platforms supported Windows Linux UNIX Macintosh 3D image of multi-purpose tool modeled in ACIS-enabled IronCAD. Image provided courtesy of IronCAD, LLC. Slide 12 Innovative Features & Functionality Sweeping Skinning/lofting Blending Local Operations Shelling Warping Cellular Topology Patterns More.. 3D images of artificial knee joints created in ACIS-enabled ESPRIT by U. Klein GmbH, Provided courtesy of DP Technology. Screen shot of assembly robot produced in ACIS- enabled SILMA Production PILOT, a virtual factory simulation tool. Provided courtesy of Adept Technology, Inc. Slide 13 Developing with ACIS Application development environment Designed for extensibility and usability Provides tools to rapidly integrate ACIS into your application History Management Attributes Annotations and more 3D image of probe modeled in ACIS-enabled CADKEY by I-DESIGN. Provided courtesy of CADKEY Corporation. Slide 14 Pervasive SAT Format Open file format Provides data exchange between ACIS applications without data translation Backwards compatible ACIS is used on more desktops than any other modeler HOOPS/ACIS 3D Part Viewer 3D image of paint mixer. Provided courtesy of Fluent Inc. Slide 15 Quality Philosophy Underlying philosophy for all Spatial software subsystems and services Quality-driven, continuous improvement approach 3D image of vehicle tire, modeled in ACIS-enabled Gambit, utilized ACIS surface functionality. Provided courtesy of Fluent Inc. Slide 16 3D ACIS PHL V5 Accurate 2D representations of 3D models ideal for technical illustration, manufacturing and architecture Based on same industrial-strength Hidden Line Removal (HLR) technology used in CATIA V5 Twice as fast as legacy PHL Husk, with greater accuracy Direct modeler interface for ACIS-enabled applications Windows and UNIX support Slide 17 Hidden line removal display. Dashed hidden line display. Edge and Silhouette Classification Analyzes surface and solid models to determine which lines and line styles to draw Visible Hidden Occluded Wireframe view of 3D ACIS model. Slide 18 Exact or Polyline Edge B-Representation Curve representation Provides access to actual curve data or provides a polyline approximation for less detail Thickening/thinning Displays exterior edges as "thick" and interior lines as "thin Smoothing Eliminates irrelevant contour lines Example of thickening/thinning Thickened Thinned Slide 19 Adjustable Levels of Accuracy PHL V5 automatically calibrates hidden line calculation accuracy based on model extents Level of accuracy can be manipulated by users needing higher level of control Slide 20 3D Deformable Modeling Interactive curve and surface manipulation tool Results in precision curves and fair surfaces Available for ACIS and non-ACIS-enabled applications 3D image of prototype car created in ACIS-enabled Vertex Mechanical Engineering. Car exterior was imported to Vertex from Alias. Provided courtesy of Vertex Systems Oy. Slide 21 Intuitive creation of free-form NURBS Constraints, forces and pressures Supports default shapes Supports hierarchical patches Allow for control of position, tangent, and continuity between surfaces 3D Deformable Modeling 3D models of a joystick illustrate the use of pressures and loads to locally shape the smooth handle (image 1.) with molded finger-grips (image 2.) 1.2. Slide 22 Thank You.