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Repair
Recognizing that customers need to work effectively with models from many
sources, Kubotek actively develops technology to automate and accelerate the
process of improving the quality of transferred models. Once imported models
have been repaired, the intelligence within the geometry can be leveraged.
There are several sources of errors that can create problems when 3D models are
transferred between CAD/CAM systems. A fundamental problem is that the popular
3D CAD databases used across the global supply chain each generate and define
complex solid and surface entities in proprietary methods and at different
tolerance levels. These systems often require native models to be used for
editing purposes. If the history in the model doesn't support the change
needed, the model ends up getting rebuilt.
Complex solid models that have been passed through multiple CAD databases
frequently end up as a pile of hundreds of surfaces of which a small percentage
have been lost or become corrupt. Kubotek's real editing technology supports
quick stitching of hundreds of adjacent surfaces into a single body. If those
surfaces fully enclose a volume, the result will be a solid. If some areas need
rebuilding, Kubotek provides a full set of tools to do it quickly.
Our advanced cover function handles mixed tangency condition tears and missing
faces.
Model Simplification The newest breakthrough in model repair is simplification
technology. Simplification changes the general approximated spline faces found
in imported models to high-quality analytic faces (cylinder, torus, plane,
etc.) where an analytic face is more appropriate. Analytic faces support
feature editing and speed the evaluation of modeling operations by producing
much smaller files. This technology also re-intersects the faces to add or
correct tolerant edge conditions and allow direct solid modeling operations to
be performed. Our simplification technology also detects and automatically
merges redundant faces and edges. The ultimate result is a more compact,
precise, and higher fidelity design.
Kubotek provides users with automatic and manual modes to run imported models
through a wizard-style healing interface. Kubotek healing technology provides
automated detection of problems in a model and error and tolerance repair.
Model inaccuracies, such as zero-length edges, sliver faces, redundant faces
and duplicate vertices are removed. Face normals and negative face areas are
also corrected.
Kubotek technology allows designers, engineers and manufacturing teams to
immediately leverage imported models, regardless of the originating CAD system.
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