Advanced Surface Modeling for SolidWorks™ Every product design engineer has faced the pressure of looming deadlines while working with a complex, challenging surface design. This is especially true in the bio- medical and industrial design environments. GeometryWorks 3D is the industry’s first freeform surface modeling software to meet this challenge by offering single-window integration with SolidWorks 2003. GeometryWorks 3D can handle the most complex surface design problems accurately and efficiently. Integrated Modeling Makes the Task Faster and Easier As a SolidWorks Gold Partner, 3Ci works closely with SolidWorks to provide a truly integrated design environment which takes full advan- tage of both technologies. This powerful combination allows designers to optimize even complex designs quickly, without ever having to leave the SolidWorks native environment. The results: faster design cycles, shorter time-to-market, and reduced costs. Version 3 Adds New and Enhanced Capabilities New in Version 3: · Helix spline and helix tube creation · Helix tube surface around a helix spline creation · Blanket surface creation, merging multiple surfaces into one regardless of gaps or overlaps · Surface creation using cross sections and guide curves · Access to geometric properties for any point, line, arc, circle, ellipse, conic, spline, plane, or surface · Surface-to-surface QA checking of min-max distance at any angle of deviation between two surfaces · Wrapping a 2D sketch or solid face extraction to a pre-defined cylinder · Wrapping a tube around a cylinder from a 2D sketch · Wrapping a spline around a cylinder from a 2D sketch · Parametric pitch and radius controls for helix tubes · Parametric RHO conic · Spline-driven slope Enhanced in Version 3: · Surface map to a plane · Surface mapping system · Offset line from a line (arc length driven by degrees and radius) · Improved intersection routine using trimmed or untrimmed surfaces