For specific details about these features, as well as an example workflow featuring these new functionalities, visit Spatial.com.

Enable Industry 4.0 with 3D InterOp: Import of Tolerance Modifiers

In addition to tolerance modifiers for material conditions, free states, and tangent planes, new in 2022 1.0, 3D InterOp now supports the import of common-zone (CZ) and unequal-zone (UZ) modifiers embedded in digital CAD models embedded in CATIA V5/V6, including both graphical (human-viewable) and semantic (machine-readable) data. Furthermore, 3D InterOp now allows the import of more than two modifiers per feature control frame.

3D InterOp’s ability to import a range of geometric and dimensional tolerancing (GD&T) modifiers optimizes manufacturing and measurement processes with tolerance data that simultaneously controls the size, form, orientation, and location in one notation for both graphical and semantic workflows.

For example, the CZ modifier allows the application of the same tolerance and ultimately manufacturing process to different surfaces of a part. Similarly, the UZ modifier provides manufacturing options by providing a non-uniform way to apply tolerances resulting in an almost unlimited variety of shapes and conditions.

Overall, the import and downstream use of tolerance-modifiers in digital applications supports both design and manufacturing flexibility and ultimately reduces fabrication costs.

For specific details about these features, as well as examples featuring these new functionalities, visit Spatial.com.

3D Precise Mesh Extends CFD Workflows: Automatic and Robust Boundary-Layers

The generation of meshes continues to be a time-consuming task in workflows for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Hybrid CFD in Spatial’s 3D Precise Mesh streamlines meshing tasks with a one-step, automatic and robust CFD Hybrid mesh generation technology, including the management of boundary-layer mesh-generation, all controlled by user-defined parameters and functions.

New in 2022 1.0, 3D Precise Mesh now offers new functionality for Hybrid CFD in its quest to streamline the meshing of models for CFD analyses. In particular, Hybrid CFD now supports the mix of prismatic and hexahedral*** elements in boundary layers, automatically referencing input surfaces from CAD geometry, and managing collisions, imprinting, smooth-blending, and adaptation features according to user-defined requirements. Additionally, in this release, 3D Precise Mesh keeps enhancing its capabilities for seamless meshing workflows, either for CFD and any other CAE workflows, by enhancing the management of discrete inputs of CAD geometry to generate quad-dominant surface meshes as well as second-order surface and volume meshes.

For specific details about these new features, visit Spatial.com.

Other Release Highlights

This release also delivers a number of other improvements for various Spatial components. For more information, see the full list of highlights on Spatial.com.

About Spatial Corp

Spatial Corp, a Dassault Systèmes subsidiary, is the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for technical applications across a broad range of industries. Spatial 3D modeling, 3D visualization, and CAD translation software development toolkits help application developers deliver market-leading products, maintain focus on core competencies, and reduce time-to-market. For over 30 years, Spatial’s 3D software development toolkits have been adopted by many of the world’s most recognized software developers, manufacturers, research institutes, and universities. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, Spatial has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, China, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.spatial.com.

*** Hexahedral elements in Boundary layers will be available in MeshGems V2.14, to be released by mid-November 2021.

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