3D Systems has just launched Geomagic for Solidworks. This new plug-in solution will allow users to load and process large-point cloud and polygon models that would traditionally be too large for Solidworks to efficiently handle. Geomagic has specialized in processing point clouds from 3D scan data for many years. Now that powerful tool can be used directly in Solidworks, streamlining the engineering workflow.

This new software plug-in working directly inside Solidworks includes many of the traditional features you would find in Geomagic, including scan registration, advanced smoothing, NURB wrapping of polygons models, general hole filling and mesh editing, mesh error detection and cleanup, surfacing, and automated tools for extracting solid features. When modeling, an engineer can receive real-time feedback showing the deviation from the scanned model and the Solidworks model being created.

 
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Artec 3D has officially launched Artec Studio 11. Developed for use with their Artec EVA and Space Spider 3D scanners.

The new software boast an Autopilot post-processing mode that will assist less experienced users generate quality 3D models.

Other improvements include:

• Auto alignment now uses geometry in addition to texture
• Memory efficient real-time meshing
• New gloss rendering modes
• Direct import to 3D Systems DesignX
• Direct import to Solidworks

 
More information: Artec Studio 11 press release

Innovmetric has just launched Polyworks 2016. Click here to see the Quality Digest press release.
 

 
This is an exceptional release for many reasons but we are most excited about the new Surphaser plugin. This will allow uers to scan, align, and build polygon models all inside IMInspect. With this release it eliminates the need for Surphexpress Standard and Process C3D.