PowerShape.2013.SP2.Update

Description

According to the company, Powershape provides a comprehensive range of modelling techniques; having all the different techniques in one package is said to reduce the need to transfer data between multiple programs. Powershape enables users to re-engineer existing products into improved designs or to create specialised items. In addition, its combination of quick and direct modelling options, together with flexible surface modelling, makes the software suitable for design-for-manufacture applications, particularly when converting product designs into tooling designs. Key enhancements Replace Face option — this allows a selected face or group of faces to be replaced with another face or group of faces, either from the same solid or from a separate solid or surface material Solid Core command — this automatically selects the smallest rectangular or cylindrical shape that will fully enclose a group of solid faces Simplification of the selection and editing of faces — groups of faces can now be selected by surrounding them with a boundary, either by dragging the mouse or by clicking a series of points Point-cloud data capturing — point data can be displayed on screen instantly as a laser attachment is passed over the object being scanned; this ensures that all the required information can be captured, as any gaps in the data will be immediately apparent 2D nesting of 2D profiles or 3D parts — once the numbers of each component required and the minimum spacing needed between each item have been specified, Powershape calculates the most efficient layout using the minimum amount of material

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