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Monday, July 15, 2024

Ready for version 2024.3 of Datakit technical data exchange solutions?

You will appreciate upcoming functionnalities, full compatibility with new versions of third-party vendors CAD software, and our solution to write PLM XML files*. Note that the solution to read PLM XML was already available.

This written solution for PLM XML files* allows to write the assembly tree with all the nodes and links related to external parts, as well as instances and all metadatas available such as attributs … As a consequence, the use of this compact open format facilitates the access of all the data registered all over the life cycle of a product.

As with every new quarterly release, Datakit improves the reliability, performance and compatibility of its solutions with third-party solutions on the market.

Latest 2024.3 version ensures compatibility with the following software solutions:

  • Creo 11.0,
  • Fusion 2.0.19426,
  • Inventor 2025,
  • Opencascade 7.8.0,
  • Revit 2025.

The aim of additional functionalities included in the V2024.3 is to ease the user works while enhancing once more the exchange of data. Among significant developments:

  • Retrieval of the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of the part designed with STEP or Catia V6,
  • Semantic information of SolidEdge as well as SolidWorks are provided,
  • Options to read CGR mesh data only and to process ProE / Creo Parametric Nurbs surface. Files become lighter and displayed quicker,
  • Improved robustness of IFC even for ifc .ifcxml .ifczip corrupted files,
  • Improved color and visibility management as well as processing of surface elements of Inventor
  • Handle level of Revit detail geometry with additional filter,
  • And for the users of JT write translators, the possibility to write the textures

* PLM XML is a published schema for PLM data represented in Siemens Digital Industries Software applications to facilitate product lifecycle interoperability.

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