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MachineWorks Ltd, provider of CNC simulation & verification and polygonal mesh processing software has launched a brand new website for its latest software technology, Polygonica.

The new Polygonica website has been created independently from the current company MachineWorks website.

Polygonica was born out of MachineWorks core technology.  Since 1994 MachineWorks has been developing and optimising a Boolean engine to heal solid models and run CNC simulation in the demanding CAD/CAM environment.

Additive manufacturing is just one of the many markets that has to deal with complex polygon meshes files and has to make 3D models watertight in order to successfully produce a part.

David Knight, Polygonica Sales Manager "We felt that Polygonica could fill the gap in the market for automatic STL fixing.  The unique performance of the Boolean engine behind Polygonica meant that dramatic time savings - from hours to minutes - could alleviate bottle necks that software was causing in the 3D printing industry. Further, the robust algorithms behind Polygonica can heal extremely challenging meshes that other technologies could not reach."

Fast processing of polygon mesh does not only apply to 3D printing.  Many other industries such as medical,engineering, design and 3D animation struggle with large numbers of polygons.

Polygonica is now a product on its own right with its own audience and as such it needed its own web presence Now Polygonica has its own url at http://www.polygonica.com/.  Designed for easy navigation, the Polygonica website presents an overview of what the technology can achieve but of course the best way to see what Polygonica is capable of it is to actually try the software.

One of the exciting features on the new website is a chat facility to allow visitors to talk to the team instantly and resolve any immediate queries.

You can also meet the Polygonica team in person at Euromold on hall 8, stand G111  or listen to Dr David Knight's presentation about Preparing CAD Models for Additive Manufacturing at the Design+Engineering Forum, on Wednesday, the 4th of December at 10.00 am in hall 11.0, stand F68.