LEUVEN, Belgium, Monday, November 29, 2007 – Capvidia announces the latest release of FormatWorks, the leading data interoperability tool for SolidWorks users.  New enhancements for FormatWorks 2008 further strengthen Capvidia’s reputation as a leading solution provider for 3D data translation.

It offers a range of powerful features specifically designed for transferring 3D CAD models stored in all major native and neutral file formats into SolidWorks.

Automatic repair & healing ensures correct model definition in SolidWorks. Error classification and specialized manual repair tools provide easy to use workflow to solve the most complex CAD repair tasks that are difficult or impossible to perform in SolidWorks.

FormatWorks 2008 features and enhancements:

• SolidWorks 2008 Compatibility - Windows XP/Vista - 32 and 64-bit operating system
• CATIAÒ V5 Rev 18 - Supports bi-directional translation up to CATIA V5 Rev. 18
• New STEP Bi-directional Translator with the following unique features:
  • Entity Identification (ID) Tracking – When a model is imported to SolidWorks (over FormatWorks) the user will have access to the object IDs correspondence map which keeps the association between initial and translated model entities.
  • Full Assembly Structure Control – Supports all variations of STEP assembly representation.
  • Preservation of Original Entity Attributes – Parts, faces and edges with original attributes from donating CAD system are correctly translated to SolidWorks.
  • Model Measurement Data - Area, volume, mass center and momentums of inertia are transferred with the 3D data.
• New Bi-directional Open Inventor Translator
• Integrated Repair & Healing - Includes Capvidia’s powerful repair-healing technology that automatically verifies and corrects more then 70 typical geometric and topological inconsistencies.
• New Client Server version - Supports configurations to enable multiple users to utilize FormatWorks.

 “With FormatWorks2008 our customers get access to the latest versions of native CAD formats (like CATIA v5 R18). FormatWorks 2008 repair and healing technology ensures high quality data translation resulting in error free, editable 3D modes in SolidWorks saving our customers time and reducing manual repair in SolidWorks.  New FormatWorks 2008 is available as standalone add-in for SolidWorks or Server/Client configuration providing an ideal corporative data translation solution for multiple SW users” said Lyle Fischer, technical marketing director of Capvidia. “Unique characteristics of FormatWorks2008 make it indispensable add-in for SolidWorks users.”

Supported Formats

Data import formats: CATIA V5 (.CATPart, CATProduct) up to R18, CATIA V4 (.model, .exp), Pro/E, CADDS (explicit model), ROBCAD, ACIS, STEP, IGES, VDA-FS, Afm

Data export formats: CATIA V5 (.CATPart, CATProduct) up to R18, CATIA V4, ACIS, STEP, IGES 6.0, IGES with CAD system flavor, VDA-FS

About Capvidia
Capvidia (http://www.capvidia.com/) develops software for CAD data repair and offers data translation services. We repair models created in any CAD system and guarantee that the results will be compatible with CATIA V4, CATIA V5 and SolidWorks. Our service includes also feature-to-feature translation from a user defined CAD system to SolidWorks.

Capvidia software is available on an annual subscription basis including maintenance and support. For more information on configurations, options and pricing please contact:

Contacts:
 

North/South America: Lyle Fischer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - +1-507-794-5447

Europe: Wojtek Zietak, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , +32-16-40-27-47

Japan: Masaki Saito, YM3 Ltd., This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it