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such as conveyor belts, pulleys, ropes, and bushings. Simulate for Geomagic Design provides fnite element analysis (FEA; stress, strain, defection, vibration, buckling, and heat transfer). Customers can perform FEA on parts by defning boundary conditions manually, or Dynamics for Geomagic Design can automatically transfer the boundary conditions, including dynamic contact, from a simulation. p A fully-modeled car sculpture in Geomagic Freeform shows how designers can sculpt virtual clay as if it were the real thing. The digital "clay" model can then be combined with other solids or exported to other software tools requiring surface data. (Additional rendering in this view was created in the Keyshot 3D rendering and animation software by Luxion.) GeomaGic DesiGn DiRect includes better probed-feature editing with relative measurements; improved ftting statistic readout for each probed point, with the ability to exclude and automatically reft; and audio feedback to indicate out-of-tolerance conditions. QuickAlign lets engineers align 3D data in a few mouse clicks through matching features or geometry. New inspection functions include constrained alignments, CAD model access, and reporting. Combine, mirror, and pattern tools help complete a model where there's incomplete scan data. From the solid model, users can compare the model to the mesh the product is based on. Finished digital models can be exported in a variety of CAD-neutral formats. Probe Sketch, a new module, lets people create sketch profles to generate solids or surfaces using only a hard probe device. GeomaGic DesiGn (formerly Geomagic spark) (formerly alibre Design) Design Direct combines 3D direct modeling, assembly modeling, 2D drawing, live 3D scanning, and pointcloud and mesh editing into one software program. Design Direct lets people convert the point cloud data into a polygon mesh, then perform edits, including sampling, noise reduction, wrap, and mesh simplifcation. Mesh editing includes tasks such as deletion, hole flling, trim, and repair through an intuitive push/pull user interface (UI). There's a one-button modeling tool for extracting curves, surfaces, and solids. Geomagic Design is a suite of mechanical CAD programs. (At the high end of this suite, Design Expert features 3D design, advanced sheetmetal design, 2D documentation, rendering, data and process management, and simulation tools.) Design has two new modules. Dynamics for Geomagic Design is a rigid-body kinematics and dynamics simulation tool. Users can build functional virtual prototypes of their designs and then simulate their fullmotion behavior, including motion types GeomaGic DesiGn X (formerly Rapidform XoR) Geomagic Design X is a reverse engineering program that scans and captures point-cloud data for third-party, history35