DELCAM has launched the Solid Doctor software to repair CAD models, as part of its PowerSHAPE CAD software and the CopyCAD Pro reverse engineering program.
Both programs will incorporate Parasolid software, a geometric modelling component from Siemens PLM Software.
According to Delcam, the Solid Doctor application and read in and repair models from all sources, including IGES and native CATIA files.
The file output can be read directly into all software based on Parasolid, including IronCAD, SolidWorks, TopSolid, T-Flex and VisiCAD, as well as Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge software and NXTM software products.
Delcam claims Solid Doctor is a major step toward interoperability between the many popular CAD systems. A large part of this is contributed by the Parasolid component modelling engine, which allows the exchange of data without translation.
Delcam says Solid Doctor allows users to tackle all the common problems that can be found when translating low precision and incomplete data, including gaps and overlaps between surfaces, or duplicated and missing surfaces.
Solid Doctor uses the automatic data repair tools that are provided as part of Parasolid, together with the surface creation and editing options that are available from PowerSHAPE.