Parasolid v30.1 Geometric Modeling Kernel

Parasolid v30.1 delivers enhancements across a broad front of classic B-rep functionality to enable application developers to code and maintain sophisticated functionality more effectively for their end-users. Facet B-rep enhancements cover complex modeling with facet data and repair of imported facet data, in addition to architectural foundations to support fully integrated Convergent Modeling in future releases.

Enhancements include:

Blends and Booleans

• Chamfer blend functionality is enhanced to support apex-range chamfer blends in both edge and face blending with constant ranges and angles. No specific edge selection is required and control is provided for chamfer angle and offset distance.
• Improved controls to support face blend preview.

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• Model Editing and Interrogation

   

  A number of classic B-rep operations have been added to enable application developers to manage end-user workflows more easily, including:

   

• Creation of general wire bodies, perspective outlines and symmetric periodic B-curves.
• Mass properties of transformed topologies including reflections.
• Improved diagnostics for swept tool and fill hole.
• Increased case coverage in tapering when creating mitre faces
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• Facet Enabled Modeling
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• A large number of specific, advanced classic B-rep operations have been enhanced to operate on facet B-rep geometry, including:

   

• Enhanced mesh blending and deleting chains of blends.
• Modeling operations such as performing dependent offsets, sewing, transforming faces, tapering faces, deleting faces and creating isocline taper surfaces from polylines.
• Boolean edge-edge matching and Euler operations.
• Intersections between facet B-rep faces and classic B-rep planes in addition to clashes between facet B-rep and classic B-rep entities.
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• Mesh-Specific Enhancements

  
  Several enhancements have been added that are specific to working with mesh data including:

   

• Returning sets of sharp mfins, indicating creases in a mesh surface. Creases are also returned as a new line type in rendering.
• Faceting general facet bodies, including output of connectivity information which is of particular use in CAE applications.
• Repair of tolerant slits between disjoint meshes in order to easily unite fragmented meshes into a single mesh.
• Improved performance, including better caching, for meshes with many facets.
• Embedded mesh data in XT files.
• Incremental faceting of facet B-rep models.