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by Lawrence S. Gould
> Contributing Editor
The latest enhancements in Geomagic's
software for metrology, mesh editing, and
3D modeling include new features, enhanced
capabilities—and new product names.
As 2013 dawned, 3D Systems Corp.
(3dsystems.com), a leader in additive
manufacturing and prototyping
equipment and services, acquired
Geomagic, Inc. (geomagic.com), a
developer of computer-aided design
(CAD) software for reverse engineering
and for creating and inspecting digital
models. The two companies had been
working together for years "to accelerate
the adoption of 3D content-to-print
solutions." A major consequence of
the acquisition: multiple updates to
Geomagic's software for capturing point
clouds, mesh editing, and designing,
sculpting, and inspecting digital models.
This software, says Kevin Scofeld,
Geomagic's senior product manager, is
targeted for "a world that is increasingly
moving to digital reality, where physical
objects become digital and digital
objects become physical." Two of the
u Parts can be as accurate as needed,
when needed, in Geomagic Design X
2014 because the program features realtime deviation checking.
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primary goals in this march of updates
are the automation of labor-intensive
inspection tasks and seamlessly fusing
the capture/modify/design process when
making physical objects.
Here's an overview of Geomagic's products that might be of interest to automotive designers and manufacturers.
(Another consequence is an array of new
names for some of the products, which
we'll note, too.)
GeomaGic control
(formerly Geomagic Qualify)
The latest versions of Geomagic
Control, a 3D metrology system for
both probe and scan data, provided
advanced Python scripting for creating,
automating, and customizing repetitive,
large-scale inspection tasks. Add to
this several new tools. For example,
QuickFeature lets designers create CADless features, as well as features using
pre-selection highlighting. QuickProbe