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How to get a watertight solid model in CATIA

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR

Rapidform XOR/XOS can create a body on a mesh using “Auto Surfacing” command. This method can quickly and automatically wrap the mesh and create a surface/solid body with just one click of a button, but it might be possible for gaps to be created between patches on complicated and sharp areas of a mesh. [...]



How to extract real scaled section profile from the CAD data and scan data

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOV

In the Application, you can obtain several inspection results such as deviation map, section profiles, result image etc during the inspection process. However the results will be recorded as captured images. In case if you want to print sections out in its original scale, you can export sections as *.dxf file format.
Method
First of all, you [...]



How to generate an accurate mesh from line type scan data

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR, XOS

When you create a mesh, Mesh Buildup Wizard is typically used. If scan data consists of line type point clouds, then it is not easy to maintain the original shape of its boundaries while generating the mesh.

If you use the manual way of using 3D triangulation command in the Addins menu, you will get [...]



How to copy poly-vertices from a mesh

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR, XOS

The application has no command to convert a mesh to poly-vertices.
So, you may easily think that you need to import the existing mesh data using the “Point Only” option in the Import dialog box or export the existing mesh data by point type file format and import it again.
Through this technical tip, you will understand [...]



How to transfer XOR model with Boolean operation to UGS NX

By Som Valliyappan • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: By Product, Success Blog, Tech Tips, XOR

How to transfer XOR model, which is applied Boolean operation, to UGS NX
CAD system has own kernel and specific interface. So, sometimes, liveTransfer may not perfectly forward a redesigned data to CAD system because of the difference between Rapidform and CAD system.
Of cause, if liveTransfer cannot perfectly forward all information, you can model in CAD [...]



How to Activate Rapidform Licenses

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: XOR, XOS

Activating Rapidform on your PC is generally a straightforward process, but you may have a few questions about how to activate, especially for floating licenses or when your PC isn’t connected to the internet.  We’ve put together a PDF installation guide that covers license activation that we recommend you read. If you still have trouble activating [...]



How to Region Group a mesh in XOS and XOR

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Novice, XOR, XOS

Objective:
Region segmentation is a way to group set of poly-faces that belong to one feature. Regions assist in alignment of the mesh data to the global coordinate system and in the selection of a region of interest for extracting the design intent and converting it to a surface. This example in detail will give instructions [...]



How to make a simple solid model in XOR

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Novice, XOR

Objective:
This is perfect example to explore the parametric modeling capabilities of XOR. This covers few basic concepts on how to convert a mesh into a feature based solid model. It includes sectioning the mesh by planar method, basic sketching, extruding up to a region, performing cut operations and finishing up the model with constant as [...]



How to Autosurface a mesh in XOS and XOR

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Novice, XOR, XOS

Objective:
This example primarily focuses on how to autosurface a part. one of the quickest way to get NURBS from a mesh data. The airbag part is first aligned using interactive alignment method and then autosurfaced to get NURBS as displayed in the image above.
Pre-requisites:
Align
Estimated Time:
30 minutes

Files Available for Download:

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Autosurfacing.pdf
Autosurfacing.stl
Autosurfacing.avi
Pdf Document
Mesh File
Video
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3.08 MB
95.5 [...]



XOR Tutorial: CCTV Camera Housing

By Som Valliyappan • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, XOR, XOV

In this module, we create a CAD model of a plastic security camera housing from 3D scan data using XOR. The redesign techniques used assume we’re going to liveTransfer the model to SolidWorks. Incorporating various solid modeling techniques in XOR, we can RE the part in about 2.5 hours. This is a good exercise for practicing parametric modeling methods. This is a highly recommend tutorial for intermediate users.