Elysium’s CADfeature Boosts Automation of Data Translation Tasks

By DE Editors

3D model of apump, translated from I-DEAS to CATIA V5.

Elysium Inc. (Southfield, MI) released CADfeature 8.2.1, a feature-based tool for capturing design intent and remastering design features from one CAD system to another. The latest release includes a capability for 2D drawing translation that supports view associativity with the target 3D model, and a tool that translates existing metadata for CAD files.

CADfeature includes diagnostic capabilities that check source and target files to ensure that translation has been accurate. Where there is a discrepancy, the software alerts the user and guides manual re-mastering of the file. A metadata function can extract data from I-DEAS/TDM (Team Data Manager) and pass it along with the appropriate files, making it possible to update CAD files while still keeping track of each version.

The 2D drawing translation tool recognizes and converts a wide range of typical views,  including base/standard, projected, section, detailed, draft, and general (custom) views. This capability is currently for transfer from I-DEAS NX to CATIA V5. Options for other CAD programs are in development.

New capabilities in CADfeature include a remastering tool, a standard part mapping tool, an incremental translation capability, a metadata attribute mapping tool,  and an automated geometry verification process that compares 3D mass properties and point cloud data between the source and destination CAD systems. Properties checked include center of gravity, moments of inertia, surface area, volume,  and maximum deviation within a surface. The results can be reviewed textually or within a built-in viewer that displays various model comparison views.

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Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.