Geomagic Studio 12 first to offer parametric exchange for top five MCAD software packages; Geomagic Qualify 12 introduces 3D PDF for quality inspection reports
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA. 14 April, 2010 – Geomagic today announced new versions of its flagship 3D software for reverse engineering and quality inspection: Geomagic Studio 12 and Geomagic Qualify 12. The new releases bring unparalleled ease of use to the market for 3D scanning software, along with powerful new features that improve results and save time.
Simpler, faster, more compatible
Geomagic Studio 12 is the only reverse engineering software to directly integrate with all leading 3D mechanical CAD packages. Geomagic Qualify 12 includes an entirely new report generation and publishing engine that enables colorized and annotated 3D models to be embedded directly in PDF.
Both applications now offer the familiar ribbon-style interface pioneered by Microsoft in Office 2007.
“As 3D scanning proliferates in industrial, medical and academic markets, ease of use has become crucial to adoption,” says Karl Matthews, vice president of product management at Geomagic. “The state-of-the-art ribbon interface in Geomagic Studio and Qualify 12 not only improves the appearance of the software, it makes it more intuitive to learn and use.”
Geomagic Studio and Qualify now support Windows 7 and have been optimized to run up to 40 percent faster. A new start page provides fast and convenient access to files, frequently used tasks, and helpful resources such as a technical support knowledge base and sample data.
Geomagic supports the industry’s widest range of scanners and input devices, representing more than 80 percent of all digitizing devices sold, with new devices and integrations added continually.
Fastest path from points to CAD
Parametric Exchange – the exclusive Geomagic feature that enables parametric models created in Geomagic Studio to be transferred directly into 3D CAD software – has been significantly upgraded and expanded to directly support all leading mechanical CAD packages (Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Siemens NX, and SolidWorks). New features in Geomagic Studio 12 for reverse engineering include:
• Automatic surface and solid trimming via Parametric Exchange, leading to faster creation of full-fidelity CAD models.
• Enhanced Autosurface capabilities that reliably convert polygon meshes into high-quality, exact NURBS surfaces with one click.
• More flexible workflows to support faster design iterations.
Point-cloud handling and polygon mesh processing, essential steps in reverse engineering workflows, have also been upgraded in Geomagic Studio 12, including a fast and intuitive hole-filling feature and improved automatic “healing” of polygon meshes.
Ease of use, groundbreaking reporting
Geomagic Qualify, well-known in the digital inspection market for its ease of use, has extended its advantages in that area in the latest release. In addition to the ribbon interface, usability enhancements include quick feature creation to speed up the creation of inspection plans, and new algorithms for aligning test models with reference models.
The most groundbreaking new feature in Geomagic Qualify is the ability to embed colorized and annotated 3D models directly in a PDF report. This new feature enables a quality inspector, for example, to use Geomagic Qualify to create a PDF report for a design engineer who, using only the free Adobe Reader, can rotate the model inside the PDF, zoom to a highlighted area, or select a predefined view.
Also new in Geomagic Qualify 12 is a WYSIWYG report template designer that makes simple customization easy, but has the power to support the most complex customization needs.
Coming in late May
Geomagic Studio and Qualify 12 are scheduled for release in late May. They will ship with both 32- and 64-bit editions on the CD, and support English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. Visit 12.geomagic.com for a sneak preview and to sign up for a free trial version of Geomagic Studio 12 and Geomagic Qualify 12.
About Geomagic
Geomagic (www.geomagic.com) is a leading provider of 3D software for creating digital models of physical objects. Professionals involved in the design, reverse engineering and inspection of parts and products use Geomagic Studio and Geomagic Qualify to shorten time to market and improve quality. Geomagic software is also used in the dental and medical markets to create customized restorations, appliances, prosthetics and treatment plans that help improve patient care. Some of the leading companies around the globe using Geomagic software include Ford, Harley Davidson, Richard Childress Racing, Timberland, Fisher Price, Pratt & Whitney, NASA, Alcoa Howmet, Danaher and Invisalign. Geomagic is based in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, with subsidiaries in Europe and Asia and distributors worldwide.
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Geomagic®, a global company providing 3D technology for digital reality, today announced the 2013 release of its leading 3D metrology and inspection software, Geomagic Qualify® and Geomagic Qualify®Probe at the EuroMold 2012 exhibition (Hall 11. C132, November 27 – 30, 2012).
The 2013 versions build upon Geomagic’s robust inspection capabilities, delivering improved automation, GD&T and hard-probing functions. The combined new features will make it even easier to quickly measure and verify manufactured part size and perform automated inspection and measurement in quality checking and assurance processes.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC-Geomagic, provider of digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) software, has launched a new online support center to more efficiently serve, support and engage with customers and partners on a 24-hour a day basis. “Geomagic’s support has always been a great asset. Geomagic Qualify is the first inspection software that allows you to embed 3D models with annotation and 3D deviation color mapping directly in a PDF report. Share your inspection results with your colleagues, customers and suppliers.
Geomagic qualifygeomagic qualify softwaregeomagic qualify 2013geomagic qualify 2012geomagic qualify tutorialgeomagic qualify manualgeomagic qualify 12geomagic qualify. Geomagic Qualify is also the first inspection software that allows you to share your results with fully interactive 3D models that can be viewed by Adobe Reader. Collaborate on the inspection process Geomagic Qualify outputs detailed reports with numeric inspection data, multiple views, annotated user-defined views, notes and conclusions.
Geomagic Qualify is the industry’s most comprehensive, robust and accurate 3D metrology solution and automation platform for use with both probe and scan data. Geomagic Qualify Probe, on the other hand, makes Geomagic Qualify’s wide toolset available in a simpler, probing-only measuring environment. Innovative, flexible and extraordinarily customizable, the Geomagic Qualify products deliver reliable and innovative solutions that save customers time and help them consistently manufacture top-quality products.
“Today’s manufacturing environment demands not only the best metrology toolsets, but it also needs to be automated and customized for some very complex processes,” said John Alpine, vice president of engineering, Geomagic. “Geomagic Qualify 2013 delivers a comprehensive set of tools for advanced Python scripting which allow customers to create inspection workflows that meet their specific needs – and save time This release delivers a really full set of probing and reference data creation tools, plus CAD-free workflows that will continue to meet their evolving needs.”
The Geomagic Qualify products have been enhanced to deliver more intuitive interactivity between the engineer and the software, especially in the QuickFeature™ and QuickProbe™ toolsets.
Geomagic Qualify Viewer
Features (i.e., reference data) form the core functionality of any measurement system, and significant advances have been made in this area to enhance the workflows for engineers. The new QuickFeature enhancements include CAD-less feature creation and fast, intuitive creation of features using the new pre-selection highlight. The QuickProbe functions now include better probed feature editing with relative measurements; improved fitting statistic readout for each probed point, with the ability to exclude and automatically refit; and audio feedback when probing, which indicates real-time out-of-tolerance conditions without the engineer having to watch the monitor.
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) enhancements have resulted from the improved feature editing and include definition of nominal geometry without a CAD model; improved prompts to probe test data to satisfy callouts in walkthrough mode; and a more detailed Measure Features command that delivers measured and nominal features plus deviations.
Enhanced annotation tools provide better appearance, content and customizability of annotations.
Expanded automation platform and command line-driven applications
Automation and custom development, especially of complex and massive metrology workflows, is becoming more important to many customers. Python scripting tools were initially released in the Geomagic Qualify 2012 platforms, and they have been enhanced significantly in the Geomagic 2013 releases. Inspection functionalities, including constrained alignments, CAD model access, reporting, and more, are now available in the platform toolset. These tools enable rapid creation of custom functionality and automation of previously labor-intensive processes.
In addition, a major new feature of Geomagic Qualify 2013 is the access to a version of the software that enables command line-driven versions of the applications, execution of macros, and scripts to be run without using the additional computing resources required by a GUI.
“The automation platform in Geomagic Qualify enables us to quickly automate any inspection process, no matter how complex, with industry-standard Python scripting,” said Bill Greene, CEO, Level 3 Inspection, expert practitioners in automated 3D scanning and computer aided inspection technologies. “Geomagic Qualify gives us massive power for the manufacturers wanting to dramatically improve productivity through highly automated Computer-Aided Inspection (CAI), while saving time to market and improving product quality.”
Improved alignment controls with QuickAlign™
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The new alignment commands work with and without a probing device and enable quick alignment of the 3D data through matching features or geometry. Now engineers can align with just a few clicks, and these tools are flexible enough to handle simple 3-2-1 or more complex feature-driven alignments. In addition, N-point alignment allows for dissimilar objects to be aligned using point pairs.
Additional improvements in the Geomagic Qualify interface include a new Connect button to initialize digitizers and keep them connected. Geomagic Qualify 2013 also boasts a 20% faster start up time, and improved handling of compensation vectors is now available in the probing functions.
Geomagic Qualify 2013 and Geomagic Qualify Probe 2013 will begin shipping to new customers, and will be available for maintenance customers to download at the end of January 2013. After its release in January 2013, free trials of Geomagic Qualify will be available at www.geomagic.com.
Geomagic Qualify is also available as part of Geomagic’s Enterprise Bundle, which also includes Geomagic Studio® and Geomagic Spark™. The Enterprise Bundle offers significant savings for those who require 3D scan-to-CAD capabilities, advanced point and polygon processing, and cutting-edge metrology applications.
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