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Posts Tagged ‘XOS’

The Panning Problem When Using ATI Graphic Card Drivers

By Mike Tsang • Aug 22nd, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOR, XOS

Problem:
When you pan a model in XOR/XOS, based on ATI graphic (Radeon or FireGL series) and Preferences > Hardware > OpenGL > Frame Buffer Save/Restore is “FBO” in the application,

Fig1. Preference Setting
the model unpredictably moves in the Model View as shown in the image below - fig2 and fig3.

Fig2. Before Panning

Fig3. After Panning
Solution:
You [...]



Dual-core and multi-threading support in Rapidform

By Tom Charron • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips

We recently had a customer ask us this question:
I’m currently building a new machine for running RapidWorks, and we will have a great deal of scanning data to process, taken from very large objects requiring the merge of dozens of scans. We need to find a sweet spot between cost and performance, and it would [...]



3D Scanning & Rapidform XOS Provide New Hope for Burn Victims

By Tom Charron • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Application Stories

You’ve seen pictures of burn victims, maybe you know one. The scarring can be horrendous, but CIMMED and Rapidform XOS are working to make those debilitating scars a thing of the past. Steve Kidd, President of CimMed spoke about using Rapidform XOS for creating burn masks to help burn victims heal more quickly and with [...]



IGES Import options in UG NX

By Som Valliyappan • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips

If you’re importing reverse engineered models into UG NX via IGES, there are some settings you’ll want to pay attention to.  (Note: we recommend using XOR’s liveTransfer tool when possible, rather than IGES files)
Problem
When you import an entity in IGES format from Rapidform, it may import into NX with many split bodies even when you export it as [...]