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Optimize Handling of Large Assemblies



KISTERS has announced the release 2015.1 of the 3DViewStation. The KISTERS 3DViewStation offers a modern user interface, high-performance 3-D viewing, advanced analysis, and Digital MockUp (DMU) and current and mature CAD importers for a broad range of formats, including Catia, NX, Creo, SolidWorks, JT, 3-D PDF and STEP, plus an extensive set of functional tools to view, analyze and communicate 3-D data as STEP, JT or 3-D PDF.

The focus of the developments of 3DViewStation V2015.1 has been set to optimize further the handling of extremely large assemblies and the enhancement of the analysis functions.

The model tree has been replaced in order to accelerate selections in extremely large assemblies, thereby improving filtering and isolation of large assemblies, such as selecting 5,000 parts of a specific color in a 100,000+ part assembly. "The filtering has been cut down now to fractions of a second," said a company spokesperson. "Performance and memory usage have been optimized by migration of the graphics kernel to DirectX 11 while ensuring better support of virtual systems."

There have also been enhancements in the area of analysis functions:

  • A wall thickness analysis displaying color gradation based on the ray method has been added.
  • The calculation of volume and surface will no longer be performed during loading, but is now accessible via a menu item.
  • The presentation of results from the clash detection has been improved.
  • The SVG 2-D vector export of hidden line removed data has been enhanced.
  • Minimum bounding box has been added.
  • PDF-Export has been enriched.
  • ISO-like dimensioning has been enhanced.
  • A new XML based API has been added, which is now available for Desktop, ActiveX and WebViewer.

The KISTERS 3DViewStation is available as Desktop, ActiveX and HTML5 WebViewer product versions. All products are intended to be used together with a PLM, ERP or other management system providing all necessary APIs. For cloud, portal and Web solutions there is an HTML5-based WebViewer solution available, which requires no client installation. All file formats can be used in combination with the intelligent navigation and hyperlinking features to address needs of complex integration scenarios.

For more information contact:

KISTERS North America, Inc.

7777 Greenback Lane, Ste 209

Citrus Heights, CA 95610-5800

916-723-1441

www.kisters.net

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