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How to Trim a Mesh using a Curve or Ref. Plane

By Mike Tsang • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Intermediate, Product News, Tech Tips, XOR, XOS, XOV

When you import scan data, the data will be loading in the software, and a new Mesh Feature will be added in the Feature Tree. Sometimes, you can have additional items created after the Mesh Feature, but you will not be able to immediately be able to trim the mesh using these items. This is [...]



White Paper: 3rd Generation Reverse Engineering

By Tom Charron • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Product News

We’ve put together a white paper outlining the techniques and advantages of what we call third-generation reverse engineering. Click here to download a copy in PDF format. Feel free to share this with colleagues as well.
To summarize briefly: 3G RE is the process of making a full CAD model from 3D scan data, [...]



RapidWorks 2.3 Released, adds 64 bit option

By Tom Charron • May 16th, 2008 • Category: Product News

We’ve just released RapidWorks 2.3, which has some nice improvements to hole filling on meshes, as well as a bunch of enhancements throughout the software. The biggest news, though, is that with the 2.3 release, 64 bit is now available. If you ever run out of memory while processing big scan data sets, [...]