PartXplore

PartXplore is distinguished by having a powerful combination of full feature capabilities, highest overall functionality, and incredible speed. It is specifically developed to dramatically increase collaboration, productivity and effectiveness throughout your cross-functional product development activities including: design, process development, manufacturing, quality, sales and customer communication, purchasing, product documentation and others.

The software is very easy to use and is designed for users who are not necessarily CAD experts to enable them to explore any type of 2D or 3D CAD file.

PartXplore has been created to efficiently import and analyse all file types and sizes at high speed. It often takes less than half the time to open a file compared to the original CAD application.

Both novices and experienced users can build virtual unified prototypes or 3D models imported from a wide range of file formats, including Catia, NX, Parasolid, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, STEP, IGES and many more. The software saves the native CAD data in its own lightweight format, meaning manufacturers can carry out tasks such as calculating surface areas and volumes, and measuring thickness, dimensions and angles without requiring the original CAD information.

Measurements

Even staff who are not CAD experts can quickly master the software’s wide range of 2D and 3D measurement functions, by using predefined selection modes such as points, 2D entities, planes and surfaces. Measurements can be automatically included as entities and anchored to characteristic points of the part. Entity labels automatically pivot to remain visible at all times.

Specialist functions allow more experienced CAD users to recover point clusters from 3D measuring equipment or machine probes, and to quickly check revisions against the original CAD geometry. Point files can also be generated easily for sending to 3D measuring equipment and NC machines.

Annotation

Ideas, observations, instructions and change requests can be conveyed quickly and easily. The need for 2D drawings is minimised, as users add dimensional and geometric measurements, annotations and labels directly to the 3D model.

Analyse

A full range of specialist analysis tools assist with quotes, diagnostics, assembly notes, and preparing 3D models. Much of the analysis functionality is normally only associated with more expensive CAD solutions.

The inside of parts and assemblies can be explored with high performance sectioning; the section plane rotated, panned or following a guide curve, simply by mouse clicks.

Curvature radius and plane face analysis is a valuable tool for providing accurate production times. In addition, draft angles and undercuts can be calculated and displayed extremely quickly, even on large components.

Animation

Timeline animations are set up by initiating basic movements such as translation, rotation or following a guide curve.

Collision Detection

Dynamic collision analysis ensures real-time control of mechanism interoperability or process control. Short videos can also be generated.

Documentation

Screen captures illustrate technical documents and assembly sheets…and a large number of images can be readily managed and distributed.