Revware Announces RevWorks 8.0, 2 in a Series

By DE Editors

Revware, Inc. (Raleigh, NC), developers of RevWorks CAD-driven reverse engineering (CADDRE)  software and a SolidWorks Gold Partner, announces the pending release of RevWorks 8.0. RevWorks integrates data captured from existing parts using leading 3D digitizers with SolidWorks computer-aided design (CAD) software. The new RevWorks software, available mid-March 2008, features an updated user interface, new part stacking and alignment capabilities, and support for the Metris MCA (Manual Coordinate measuring Arm).

RevWorks’ new user interface utilizes SolidWorks’ CommandManager interface and features “one-click”  alignment changes. Version 8.0 offers more immediate and interactive access to RevWorks’ feature configuration while preserving the enhanced workflow security of the RevWorks server architecture. The updated Alignment Manager tool enables users to align digitized parts to any SolidWorks plane. (Similar software offerings only allow alignment to three planes.) Alignment Manager now allows users to freely switch between multiple, reproducible part alignments during digitizing sessions.

“Updating the user interface to utilize CommandManager reinforces RevWorks tight integration with SolidWorks,” said Tom Welsh, president of Revware. “The additional functionality included in version 8.0 is part of our ongoing commitment to the SolidWorks community. Expanding the supported digitizers to include Metris reflects our dedication to making reverse engineering accessible to a very diverse marketplace.”

With RevWorks, users capture design intent more quickly and closely from existing parts that have no native CAD data. Using 3D contact digitizers allows users to capture only the data they need without having to sort through complex point cloud data, including open spaces that 3D scanners cannot process. Those selected data points and resulting geometry are immediately displayed within the working SolidWorks model.

RevWorks 8.0 includes

• Screen Mode, which allows users to create features from selected points and mix live and existing data.
• Sketch Tools, with 2D features, such as points and ellipses, and 3D features, such as planes and surfaces.
• Measure Tools, which take measurements directly from parts, including depth, distance between points, circle radii, and draft angles.
• Probe Manager, which quickly and easily sets up and calibrates multiple digitizer probes. RevWorks is the only solution that offers a MicroScribe calibration wizard, enabling users to switch between multiple probes during a single digitizing session.
• Direct Surf, which creates a smooth NURBS surface from digitized point data.
• Snap Scan, which creates sectional planes through a part by limiting data collection to a defined virtual plane.
• Support for popular digitizers including MicroScribe, Metris, ROMER, FARO and 3DCreator.

RevWorks 8.0 will be available in mid-March for $6,995. For more information on RevWorks, visit www.revworks.com

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