nPower Software Releases Power Translators Universal Plug-in

By DE Editors

nPower Software,  a division of IntegrityWare, has announced Power Translators Universal, a plug-in product for Autodesk 3ds Max/Autodesk 3ds Design. Power Translators Universal was designed to provide native translation of Pro/Engineer, Catia, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Unigraphics, Rhino,  JT, Parasolid, STEP, IGES, and SAT files directly into Autodesk 3ds Max/Autodesk 3ds Design.

Man Diesel’s 35MC-C Marine engine translated &  rendered by Danish designer Morten Edvars

Power Translators Universal is an extension of the Power Translators plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max.  With Power Translators Universal, CAD designers can import their models directly into Autodesk 3ds Max/Autodesk 3ds Design without intermediate formats, and without loss of precision, according to the company.

Power Translators Universal is designed to handle the large data sets typical of CAD models. Power Translators Universal contains tools to cleanup, prepare, and render Pro/E models. 

Power Translators Universal contains the following features:

• Native translation of Catia, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, ProEngineer, Rhino models / assemblies
• Import STEP, IGES, SAT formats
• Import precise trimmed NURBS
• User control of tessellation for display / rendering
• Mesh generation
• Cleanup of imported data
• Optimized for large assemblies
• Intelligent snapping
 

Power Translators Universal sells for $2,995.

For more information, visit nPower Software.

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