ANSYS releases SpaceClaim 2015
By Design Engineering staff
CAD/CAM/CAE ANSYS SpaceClaimLatest version includes new mesh tools for analysis and 3D printing prep.
Regularize triangles to evenly position them across a surface (Image: SpaceClaim)
To assist in 3D printing, for example, SpaceClaim 2015 includes new thickness and overhang analysis tools as well as the ability to direct edit of meshes with the application’s Pull/Move tools. In addition, users gain the ability to scale meshes non-uniformly and evenly distribute triangles across a mesh surface.
Additional SpaceClaim improvements include imprint and wrap tools for easier simulation edits plus new simulation cleanup and detection tools: Short Edges, Overlap Faces, Corrupt Faces. The lastest version also features improved integration with ANSYS Workbench – which, for example, lets CFD engineers quickly extract the fluid volume of designs instead of relying on CAD engineers to edit geometries.
SpaceClaim 2015 also includes new file import/export capabilities including multi-threaded import for more file formats (JT, CATIA CGR); the ability to map CATIA Geometric sets to SpaceClaim groups on file import; OBJ texture export and updated support for Inventor 2015, NX 9, Parasolid 26, Solid Edge ST6 and
SolidWorks 2014.
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