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LEUVEN, Belgium, January, 2008 – Capvidia announces a new Data Translation product range for SolidWorks 2008, offering a solution for everyone.
FormatWorks2008 Ultimate is designed for companies with limited budget and need to improve existing SolidWorks translation capabilities and get access to unsupported CAD formats like native CATIA V4/V5 data. We offer unlimited translations from/to all Capvidia's data formats.
You can translate single file or multiple data sets (batch mode). When translating single files you have option to preview the data allowing selection of entities you are interested in and want to get in SolidWorks. Multiple data sets are translated in batch mode without user interaction. The translation process can be monitored online. Files can be given priorities to be translated first. The higher the priority, the faster the results will be available. Batch translation is fully automatic and runs without user interaction. In case of SolidWorks crash the process will be restored and problematic data entity annotated in a log file. The translation process does not tie up your SolidWorks license or your CPU resources. You can run your normal SolidWorks jobs while translating large native CATIA data sets.
Supported formats:
Import to SolidWorks from: IGES, STEP, VDA-FS, CATIA V4, CATIA V5 up to R18, Pro/E, UGX, ACIS, Inventor, VRML, STL Export from SolidWorks to: IGES, STEP, VDA-FS, CATIA V4, CATIA V5 up to R18, ACIS, VRML, STL
The annual subscription gives you access to our support team helping you with complex translations and answering all your questions how to get CAD data into SolidWorks.
FormatWorks2008 Standard is modular SolidWorks' add-in for import wide variety of CAD data formats in SolidWorks (some of them are not supported by SolidWorks). Data translators are available as options and can be configured separately. FormatWorks 2008 offers automatic repair & healing eliminating possible incompatibilities preventing SW to form valid solids.
Combined with the manual repair tools, it offers the best solution for SolidWorks users to quickly and easily get valid models. It resolves frustrating problems such as: surfaces that won’t knit together, model errors, deformation, and unusable models when using standard SolidWorks import tools. Automatic repair & healing ensures correct model definition (solid) in SolidWorks. Error classification and specialized manual repair tools provide easy to use work flow to solve most complex CAD repair tasks difficult or impossible to conduct in SolidWorks. You have access to extensive diagnostic capabilities that identify and classify errors which prevent SolidWorks from forming valid solids in SolidWorks. Each problem entity is separated and transferred including the neighbours to a separate SW document. You operate only on a small model part, which greatly simplifies the most complex repairs. The model is automatically updated with the modified parts. FormatWorks 2008 provides an ideal solution for single user requiring CATIA data translation in SolidWorks.
FormatWorks2008 Professional is designed for smooth import of large 3D Models and complex assemblies into SolidWorks. The powerful preview capability allows visualisation of CAD data prior to translation to SolidWorks. Users can select parts of the model for translation to SolidWorks by defining model entity name, colour, groups or picking entity directly on the 3D model. Large and multiple data sets can be automatically translated using batch translation. Batch translation operates without any user interaction. The process is fully controlled and will automatically recover in case of unexpected error or SolidWorks crash. The results are stored in SolidWorks format on selected disc volume together with log file.
FormatWorks2008 Server is designed for multi-user configurations. The data translation is performed on the server. The data translators supporting different CAD formats are installed on the server. The translation results can be shared between different users (FormatWorks 2008 Clients) form one central server. FormatWorks 2008 Client can submit translation job to a server and on-line monitor translation status. The jobs are queued on the server. Each job can be given a priority. The higher the priority is the faster the results will be available. System administrators can also assign priorities to different clients giving faster response to high priority clients. FormatWorks 2008 Server operates as independent application and does not require a SolidWorks license. The FormatWorks Server is an ideal solution for large organisations requiring own central data translation capability. The data translation runs on a separate server not loading SolidWorks seats, which results in better utilisation of SW licenses. The server is modular and can be configured in function of specific data translations needs (CAD formats).
FormatWorks Upgrade Policy:
All FormatWorks products are upgradable. You can start with FormatWorks 2008 then upgrade it to FormatWorks 2008 Professional followed by an upgrade to FormatWorks 2008 Server. The CAD data translators supporting different import/export formats are fully interchangeable between all FormatWorks products.
About Capvidia Capvidia 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: North/South America: Lyle Fischer, +1-507-794-5447 Europe: Wojtek Zietak, +32-16-40-27-47 Japan: Masaki Saito, YM3 Ltd., |
