CADfix 7.1, An Updated Data Interoperability Tool

By DE Editors

ITI TranscenData (Milford, OH) released the latest version of its data interoperability tool, CADfix, which improves its solutions for engineering data exchange / repair; it consolidates the incremental service pack functionality released over the last year.

CADfix tackles the problems of 3D model data exchange and re-use between different engineering software applications. The new features are designed to allow users to import CAD data and then to repair and manipulate it to the optimum form for downstream use, eliminating costly CAD model repair and rework in the process.

Improvements include updated Feature and Fillet Deletion to handle more complex cases, improved Planar Splitter to do partial model splits, Join Bodies tool for overlapping and adjacent parts, ability to browse and select assembly components for import, and the ability to edit imported assembly structures as well as create new assemblies. Its updated interface support is for CATIA V5/R17, Unigraphics NX4, Pro/E Wildfire 3, SolidWorks 2006, Inventor 11, Parasolid 17.1, ACIS R16, and includes updates to specialist exports for SC03, FLITE3D, Centaur, and Xpatch.

In addition to updated import and export interfaces to support the latest CAD system versions, CADfix 7.1 offers new import filters for geometry from the Centaur and FLITE3D CFD systems; STL export has a new advanced option for intelligent control of the triangulation in complex regions.

“This latest version will help to further automate this process, creating a fast, reliable, and accurate solution to the problem of data exchange between the different CAD/CAM/CAE applications that can exist across the engineering supply chain,” said Mark Gammon, CADfix Product Manager at ITI TranscenData.

For details, go to ITI TranscenData.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.