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Further enhancing the GrabCAD solution, it will now incorporate Polygonica mesh libraries, which will enable automatic mesh repair, mesh offsetting, Boolean operations and analysis functions.
CNC simulation and verification component software provider, MachineWorks has announced a new partnership with Stratasys in which the former’s Polygonica software will work seamlessly inside the latter’s GrabCAD Print.
The deal has been struck in an attempt to further enable 3D printing to be more accurate and reliable.
Designed to simplify and perfect 3D printing, GrabCAD Print resides on the popular SaaS platform and is now powered by a new ‘design-to-3D-print’ workflow application. Further enhancing this solution, it will now incorporate Polygonica mesh libraries, which will enable automatic mesh repair, mesh offsetting, Boolean operations and analysis functions.
“GrabCAD and Polygonica share the same philosophy of enabling a single ‘click-to-print’ methodology for 3D models, in the same way we do with 2D printing,” said Dr Fenqiang Lin, MachineWorks Managing Director. “The user doesn’t want or need to know about what software is used to prepare the file, they just want their CAD model printed with the minimum of fuss.”
Polygonica’s mesh repair functions ensure models are closed and watertight, free of self-intersections, badly oriented triangles, noise shells and non-manifold edges. The algorithms can be applied either fully or semi-automatically to ensure minimal disruption to the printing workflow. Robust Boolean and offsetting operations are vital for preparation tasks such as splitting models, engraving meshes, hollowing and infilling meshes. Polygonica analysis tools such as optimal orientation and clash detection can also be used for build plate optimisation.
“MachineWorks has set an industry standard for CNC simulation and verification software – backed by its robust Polygonica solid modelling toolkit for processing polygon meshes,” said Jon Stevenson, Senior Vice President Global Software, Stratasys. “Combined with the power of GrabCAD Print to streamline and simplify the 3D printing process, customers can dramatically enhance 3D printing design freedom and creativity to accelerate the prototyping, tooling and manufacturing process.”
Polygonica is a solid modelling software toolkit for processing polygon meshes. Built on MachineWorks’ core engines, Polygonica’s unique polygonal modelling technology takes advantage of 22 years of development providing automatic, fast and robust Boolean operations. Other algorithms in Polygonica allow solid healing, remeshing, simplification, offsetting and point cloud manipulation.
