2017/11/13

3DViewStation Desktop v2017.1

new file formats, new functionality

The Kisters 3DViewStation is an extremly high performance 3D viewer, 3D CAD analysis & Digital Mockup (DMU) tool with modern Office compliant UI. For integrations you can use our Desktop version as well as ActiveX version, which load native and neutral CAD-data extremly fast, which support virtual product structures and provide graphical navigation capabilities for the visual enterprise. There is also a HTML5 WebViewer version and a VR-Edition available.

New in v2017.1 is:

  • File formats:
  • Import 3D:
    • Catia V5_6 R2017
    • Creo 4.0
    • Inventor 2018
    • Parasolid v30
    • Acis 2017.1 (R27)
    • CPIXML
    • FBX
  • Import 2D:
    • Catia V4 Drawings
    • Catia V5 Drawings
    • Catia V6 Drawings
    • Creo Drawings
    • NX Drawings
    • SolidEdge Drawings
    • Solidworks Drawings
  • Export 3D: 
    • 3MF - useful for 3D printing
    • FBX - useful for VR/AR gaming engine based systems
    • 3DVS Fully shattered
  • Functions:
  • Settings search bar
  • Import options for layer handling 
  • Validate coordinates to avoid inaccuracies if geometries are positioned far from the origin
  • Node name replacement
  • play views animated: settings for transition and display duration
  • Create coordinate system via circle center and plane
  • 2D: text search & highlight
  • Fly through
  • IP protection (IPP):
    • IPP: alienate BREP, save as BREP or tesselation
    • IPP: remove unvisible parts
    • IPP: remove unvisible triangles
  • several performance related improvements - we are getting significantly faster again:
    • multi-core sectioning
    • multi-core rendering
    • faster compression
    • support for instancing, import & export
    • smaller files
    • own memory management

With the current set of functions and features the 3DViewStation is the perfect tool for usage in sales, marketing, review processes, change management, work preparation, service applications, product configuration solutions and technical documentation on Windows Desktop, tablet-PCs and Smartphones.