KISTERS has released version 2016.1 of the 3DViewStation Desktop. "By adding 2-D analysis and markup functionality 3-DViewStation continues its expansion to 2-D market," said a company spokesperson. "The KISTERS 3DViewStation Desktop is known for its modern user-interface, high performance viewing, advanced analysis and integration capabilities into leading systems." 3DViewStation ships with current and mature importers for a range of 3-D and 2-D formats including i.e. Catia, NX, Creo, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Inventor, JT, 3-D-PDF, STEP, DWG, DXF, DWF, MS Office and more.
KISTERS 3-DViewStation Desktop already supports reading of various 2-D file formats from different sources, like Autodesk DWG, DXF, DWF, MS Office formats like DOCX, XLSX, PPTX but also Gerber, HPGL and many Bitmap file formats like PNG, JEPG, TIFF and more. With the 3-DViewStation V2016.1 release now important functionality related to 2-D file formats has been added. Similar to the existing 3-D counterparts now 2-D compare is possible, 2-D measurements, 2-D dimensions and 2-D markups. The background of 2-D drawings and also the color of all 2-D objects can be changed now to black or white.
There have also been other enhancements such as:
- New 3-D transform operations have been added:
- Circle axis - circle axis
- Rotate around axis including snap to circle center
- Set and lock movement direction
- Set and lock rotation axis
- Section planes can be defined by three points
- A template DLL is now provided to extend the UI and the functionality of 3DViewStation, i.e. to connect to any system or to add a customer specific special behavior.
"The KISTERS 3-DViewStation is developed by closely following customer requirements," said the spokesperson. It 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 like product configuration or service and spare part applications, providing all necessary APIs. For cloud, portal and web-solutions there is a HTML5-based WebViewer solution available, which does not require any client installation at all. 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
kna@kisters.net
www.kisters.net