Creating Reference Geometry using Reference Coordinates

Rapidform offers a lot of different methods to generate Reference Geometry.  From extraction to definition, you can find a description of how to use all these methods by looking at the Help document, or by pressing F1…

Wednesday May 19th, 1:30pm-4:45pm

CAD in Context, How Physical Parts Factor-In to Your Digital PLM World

Do you have physical parts laying around with no CAD? Have you invested substantial amounts of money in PLM or PDM systems, only to have a large portion…

Michael Mock will be presenting at a Reverse Engineering Workshop, sponsered by SME at the 2010 RAPID conference.

Monday May 17th, 8:30am-12:00PM

See how Reverse Engineering can be used, and get up to speed on the latest technology in the industry!

In addition to the AE job opening we just posted, we’re also looking for a talented regional sales manager for the Southeast US:

Southeast Regional Sales Manager, Rapidform 3D Scanning Software

The Regional Sales Manager plays a key role in the sales of Rapidform

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We’ve just posted a new opportunity for anyone with experience in 3D scanning and/or CAD/CAM in the Denver area:

Rapidform Applications Engineer

The Applications Engineer plays a key role in the support and sales of Rapidform 3D Scanning Software to customers throughout North

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One of the great features of XOV is that you can cut cross sections through your model to see the deviation between your nominal model and the scanned part. Once you take a cross section, you can use XOV’s 2D GD&T tools to take measurements…

Using CAD Tools to Edit Your Mesh

There may be times when all you need is a nice water-tight mesh. Scan the part, run the Healing Wizard, maybe a Rewrap command, and presto! But what if you want to add a precise feature? Perhaps…

Using the CTRL Key

While helping a customer with a support call the other day, I came across more proof that the developers are more clever than credited. As part of their strive to make sure the software is intuitive, a lot…

Today we heard about a great use case for reverse engineering from some Rapidform XOR users in Germany:

Since 1981 Rosenberg Ventilatoren GmbH (http://www.rosenberg-gmbh.com), located in Künzelsau-Gaisbach, has developed into an outstanding centre of the air movement and air handling industry by

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If you’ve ever had to manufacture a really complex, organic shape, you may have wanted to split the model along a parting line for machining. Well, this can be a very tough job without a very powerful tool, plus a little guidance. Luckily,…