CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
10 July 2012
Product News
solidThinking Evolve 9.0 Releases with Support for KeyShot
Luxion is pleased to announce that solidThinking Evolve 9.0 has launched with all new file export for KeyShot.
This week, solidThinking, Inc. releases the newest version of their concept design and 3D modeling software, solidThinking Evolve 9.0 and with it, support to save KeyShot .bip files directly from the software interface. With the simple 'Save as...' option, users have the choice of optimizing the file with three tesselation options (view tesselation, fast tesselation or custom) and the additional option to open the file immediately in KeyShot. With this, all materials assignments by part or layer are retained with the hierarchy of materials that is brought directly into the KeyShot scene tree.
“The new option to save models from Evolve 9.0 and open them directly in KeyShot creates a much smoother design workflow.” said Thomas Teger, VP, Products and Strategy at Luxion. “solidThinking users can now save out a KeyShot file, creating a standard file format for any solidThinking Evolve user. On top of that, the .bip file maintains the material assignments, the assembly structure, part level appearance and the orientation of the model. It also speeds up the process by allowing users to send files in the KeyShot format rather than sharing IP in the form of actual geometry.”
Features of the solidThinking Evolve 9.0 KeyShot save option include:
- Materials and layers retained on save
- Tesselation quality options on save
- Option to open with KeyShot on save
- Hierarchy of materials created in KeyShot scene tree
- All objects retain applied materials (can be unlinked)
- Hidden layer will not be imported
Additionally, the exported .bip files may be opened in KeyShot 3, available on both the Mac and PC platform. A video showing the workflow from solidThinking Evolve 9.0 to KeyShot is available for viewing here. This new capability is included as part of the new features in solidThinking Evolve 9.0 available now at solidThinking.com. To find out more about KeyShot and see what sets it apart, visit keyshot.com/features.
About solidThinking
solidThinking, Inc. develops and markets innovative software tools that are revolutionizing the creative process for the design, engineering and scientific communities. Concepts for new solidThinking products and enhancements are conjured from a lively partnership with the ThinkLabs Design Studio and parent company Altair Engineering, Inc.
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