On-Line Viewer Provides Access to Any 3D CAD Data

By DE Editors

3D engineering software provider CAPVIDIA has announced a new On-Line Viewer that allows users to view any 3D CAD data, without installing software.  The service is accessible through CAPVIDIA website and it is free of charge.

On-Line Viewer is designed to view 3D models in formats not supported by the users’ own software. Customers can access any 3D model with associated meta data PMI, GD&T and more, from both native and neutral CAD data formats such as CATIA V5, Siemens NX, UGS and Pro/Engineer including Creo 1.0. 

The On-Line Viewer has the same functions as the company’s ViewVidia visualization and collaboration solution. Users can rotate, zoom, pan,  change rendering mode, add annotation, dimensions, construct dynamic cross-sections to your 3D models. 

Users can open either single parts or complex assemblies. The entities in the project tree are automatically linked with the 3D entities in the graphical window for easy identification and search. Model surfaces can be colored with individual shades for different types of surfaces including NURBES, SOR, Plane, Cylinder, Sphere, or whatever the project requires. Users can highlight points and vertexes for easy selection and use filters to select desirable parts of the model.

Customers can also add text notes.  The link between the model entity and annotation label is automatically maintained if data is saved to the Capvidia OpenXML data format.  The print option allows documentation of the information displayed in the graphical window.

For more information, visit CAPVIDIA.

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