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NickB  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:18:19 PM(UTC)
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Has anybody got any experience with [URL="http://www.transmagic.com/"]Transmagic[/URL]. It bills itselfg as a universal translator that can read and write to most CAD formats in their native format. The big feature that it offers that other data translation packages do not support is a viewer, and the ability to repair / stitch surfaces back together into a water tight solid. Something I know from experience can be very useful.

Looks like it supports ACIS, but the lowest cost 'basic' package is still $1000. What I would really like to see is a web based service that would do this, perhaps with a per use fee as long as it was not to exorbitant.
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tmay  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:26:57 PM(UTC)
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Nick,

There are some others out there that might be a bit less expensive, (Cinema 4D has an engineering edition that uses Okino Polytrans), but there is only translation from a bulk solid to a bulk solid; no feature translation. I'm hoping that Tim can incorporate the latest translators from Spatial Technologies into Shark, which would add Parasolids and SW translators.

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NickB  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:35:01 PM(UTC)
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Translation to SolidWorks and ParaSolid are the two big ones that I would most like to see, and I know that Tim is working on this.

My understanding is that although Spatial have a translator to SolidWorks, it is only working on the Windows side. I guess this is not a huge deal breaker given Macs ability to run either a virtual machine, or boot into Bootcamp / Windows, but it is an inconvenience that is big impediment to a smooth workflow and it would be great if it could be avoided.
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tmay  
#4 Posted : Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:11:02 PM(UTC)
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Translation to SolidWorks and ParaSolid are the two big ones that I would most like to see, and I know that Tim is working on this.

My understanding is that although Spatial have a translator to SolidWorks, it is only working on the Windows side. I guess this is not a huge deal breaker given Macs ability to run either a virtual machine, or boot into Bootcamp / Windows, but it is an inconvenience that is big impediment to a smooth workflow and it would be great if it could be avoided.


Regrettably, that is as well true for Okino.
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