Spatial Corp. announced today that Numerical Innovations, a division of Caneberra Technologies, Inc. has leveraged Spatial’s 3D InterOp data reuse software suite to launch ACE 3D, the first all-in-one 3D/2D translator specifically targeted for the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. ACE 3D makes it easy to convert between 3D and EDA formats by importing a wide variety of EDA and computer-aided design (CAD) formats directly into customer 3D modeling environments. Geometries and layers are intelligently organized as individual assemblies for easy editing.
By integrating 3D InterOp’s data translators, ACE 3D provides mechanical engineers with the flexibility to construct entire designs and layout assemblies, while still remaining in their preferred 3D environment. Non-CAD experts now have the ability to quickly convert and create 3D geometries without weeks of training. ACE 3D also includes a full-featured and powerful editor that can be used to clip regions, generate anti-areas (i.e. negative polarity), perform Boolean operations, fill complex polygons, and optimize data before final export. The 3D files output from ACE 3D are tested and fully compatible with Dassault Systèmes’ SOLIDWORKS applications and the latest versions of other modeling engines.
“Leveraging Spatial’s proven and fully tested 3D interoperability software development toolkit provided us with a means to truly differentiate our solution and deliver an even greater quality product to our end users,” said Simon Garrison, CEO, Numerical Innovations. “Spatial has been an excellent development partner, providing good and continuous technical support and enhancements.”
“Typically, it's very difficult to get a usable 3D file such as STEP, ACIS or IGES from a 2D electrical CAD-layout design environment and it is also difficult to generate a usable 2D EDA/CAD file such as Gerber, DXF, GDSII or ODB++ from a 3D mechanical CAD environment,” stated Vivekan Iyengar, Vice President, Research & Development, Spatial Corp. “ACE 3D provides seamless translation for users to migrate their designs between various 2D and 3D environments for all design phases: mechanical, electrical and analysis.”
