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Friday, May 29, 2015

Tech Soft 3D Integrates HOOPS Exchange with Siemens Parasolid to Enhance Data Re-Use

Tech Soft 3D today announced a new integration between its market-leading HOOPS Exchange technology and Siemens’ Parasolid® software to help developers enhance data re-use by providing easy access to a broad range of CAD formats. Tech Soft 3D worked closely with Siemens PLM Software to deliver an integrated product that helps developers leverage the full breadth of Parasolid functionality, even when working with imported data.

The integration accomplishes this in a few key ways:

  • Models of any supported format are loaded into Parasolid through a single API.
  • All CAD applications based on Parasolid, including applications such as NX™ software, Solid Edge® software and SOLIDWORKS software have geometry natively imported without any kind of translation, so data remains pristine.
  • For applications not based on Parasolid, the integration uses advanced functionality within Parasolid to map the CAD data format to a valid Parasolid model. This phase resolves issues such as inconsistent tolerances, sliver faces and geometric discontinuities, and enables a set of surfaces to be sewn into a single, watertight solid.

Additionally, HOOPS Exchange precisely imports other important data including advanced assembly/configuration information, PMI, Views and other metadata, giving users access to clean and complete data they can preserve for downstream use.  

“We rely on both HOOPS Exchange and Parasolid in our STAR-CCM+ application, and the integration has made implementation easier and the end result much more relevant,” says Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, Senior Vice President, Product Management, CD-adapco. “This integration will give our users the highest level of confidence in the integrity of their imported data.”

“This type of integration was only possible through our deep technical relationship with the Parasolid team at Siemens,” said Gavin Bridgeman, Tech Soft 3D VP of Products. “Our shared partners can now benefit from two leading technology toolkits that when combined are greater than the sum of their parts - providing a great advantage for developers as well as their ultimate end users.” 

“We saw an opportunity to improve the developer experience through leveraging advanced data access technology from Tech Soft 3D,” says Paul Sicking, senior vice president, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens PLM Software. “This integration lowers the barriers to swift, productive solid modeling within a multi-format environment.”

 

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