We have released a new 3DViewStation Desktop version v2019.0 with a series of enhancements, described below. The new version is available for download now...

• New and updated file formats:
• Import 3D: Inventor 2019, SolidWorks 2019, Solid Edge 2019, Parasolid V31, Revit 2019, FBX, glTF, JT 10.2, OBJ, 3DS, Collada, Lidar point clouds
• Import 2D: Catia V5 R28 (V5-6R2018), Catia V6 R2017x, Creo 4.0 / ProE, NX12, SolidEdge ST10, Solidworks 2018
• Export: JavaScript for 3D-PDF, IFC, FBX, JT 10, OBJ
• New and updated functions:
• import dialog (quick settings)
• Structuretree: Remove empty nodes
• neutral axis calculation with tesselated data
• Real time wall thickness measurement
• drill hole recognition
• split
• technical documentation:
  • BOM table: interactive BOM ID generation
  • BOM table: automatic ID generation
  • Ballooning: arrangement as line, rectangle, circle
  • Ballooning: automatic re-arrangement during rotation
  • options for shapes and lines for balloons
  • replace existing SMG files by 3DVS counterparts, limited to supported objects & properties
• Printdialog:
  • Print range
  • Autorotate document
  • Tiled printing
• Selection of all instances of a geometry
• Filtering option: include / exclude unvisible objects
• Rotation mode "Turntable"
• 2D text search enhanced
• Transformation: Align move circle center to circle center
• Export PNG with transparent background
• PDF template: configurable date
• new options for license borrowing
• Performance optimization:
  • tremendous increase in rendering speed of ultra large assemblies
  • calculation of Level of Detail (LoD)
  • possibility to remove normals (space saving)
• optimization of instancing

Our partner Piterion provided this video, showing how a virtual inspection could look like, when using VR technology. They integrated 3DViewStation VR-Edition with Siemens ActiveWorkspace and drive it via voice recognition. Great job! Have look:

Many customers already use 3DViewStation for authoring of content for the technical documentation. Now we are doing the next steps: the BOM function has been re-worked to allow manual or automatic generation of BOM IDs for all visible objects. and we'll get a function to automatically create the callouts including an automated arrangement, following certain layouts. Have a look:

With upcoming 3DViewStation 2019.0, expected in early 2019, we'll add a new split function. Ideal for casting, mold making and plastic injection companies. It allows to determine the splitting direction, manual assignment of faces to certain groups, and also supports multiple splitting directions. Here an impression:

With upcoming updates of the 3DViewStation product family we will add support for AutoDesk Revit. The sample shows how it could look like...

We are the graphics of the new product configurator at DAF trucks. The solution has been nominated for a technology award. And we are proud to announce, that we won in the category "Digital Innovation Of The Year". See also press release on DAF web site.

Find below an impression of a new analysis function, our drill hole recognition. This function just needs tesselation of a geometry and will try to recognize drill holes first plus will compute a set of parameters afterwards.

We are working on a new dialog for the 3DViewStation Desktop product, which should help to quickly choose the most important setting when loading native 3D CAD files. You might have seen this with our WebViewer version before already.

A video showing some of the news of Kisters 3DViewStation WebViewer V2018.0:

We have released a new 3DViewStation WebViewer version v2018.0 with a series of enhancements, described below. 

• File formats:
• Import 3D:
  • NX 12
  • Catia V5-6R2018
  • 3DXML BREP
  • SolidEdge ST10
  • SolidWorks 2018
  • Parasolid v30.1
  • ACIS 2018 (R28)
  • Rhino 6
  • PLMXML
• Import 2D:
  • Ascii Text, reading using a formatting template 
  • Catdrawing reading now requires 2D Advanced license
• Functions:
• optimize instances - results in file size reduction
• new: remove edges of geometries, i.e. due to bad quality
• new: re-calculate edges of geometries, i.e. to allow measurements
• new: calculation of neutral axis of piping objects
• new: scale geometry interactively
• new: measure face without need to extract face first
• new: real time wall thickness measurement
• new: Skybox creator (Windows Desktop App)
• new menu layout, close to MS Office:
  • combine windows to custom layout
  • allow windows / panes to be pinned / automatically collapse at the side
  • allow windows / panes to float
• 2 different menu designs for large PC screens and small mobile devices
• radial menu for touch devices
• enhanced: wall thickness analysis color gradated, i.e. multi selection
• enhanced: mirroring of geometries

A short video showing the news of 3DViewStation Desktop v2018.0...

We have released a new 3DViewStation Desktop version v2018.0 with a series of enhancements, described below. The new version is available for download now.

• File formats:
• Import 3D:
  • NX 12
  • Catia V5-6R2018
  • 3DXML BREP
  • SolidEdge ST10
  • SolidWorks 2018
  • Parasolid v30.1
  • ACIS 2018 (R28)
  • Rhino 6
  • PLMXML
• Import 2D:
  • Ascii Text, reading using a formatting template 
  • Catdrawing reading now requires 2D Advanced license
• Functions:
• optimize instances - results in file size reduction
• save views separate from geometries
• load views independent from i.e. revised geometries
• new: remove edges of geometries, i.e. due to bad quality
• new: re-calculate edges of geometries, i.e. to allow measurements
• new: calculation of neutral axis of piping objects
• new: scale geometry
• new: measure face without need to extract face first
• new: real time wall thickness measurement
• new: Skybox creator
• enhanced: wall thickness analysis color gradated, i.e. multi selection
• enhanced: mirroring of geometries

We will introduce a new option to mirror objects: you can now determine one face of the bounding box, which will be used for mirroring. The mirrored object(s) will then be moved to that face.

3DViewStation also supports 2D file formats, incl. text files. These text files frequently are generated automatically, without any layout. We now added settings to specify i.e. paper size, borders etc. in order to format such text files on screen.