Whereas in previous releases, you were pretty much stuck with the mesh as is and had to work off that, you now have a greater spread of tools. What SpaceClaim has done is integrate the Polygonica libraries from MachineWorks and extend those tools. Work on mesh repair and rework continues with this release. SpaceClaim has, since its earliest incarnations, had an interesting set of tools for manufacturing-specific operations.įrom the sheet metal tools (driven by the company’s partnership with Trumpf) to the use of direct editing to assist with adding stock to models and such. This picks up many of the updates made with respect to working with mesh data over the last couple of release cycles and formalises a set of tools to assist in taking a mesh, creating a series of sections and having the system create fi tted curves where those sections intersect with the geometry. There’s also been work done on reverse engineering. From updates to improving surface extension (either tangential or normal led), through improvements to fi llets (which now support filleting to a point) and ordering of fillets (so you can get the form you want, rather than it being prescribed by the system). Many of these are generally applicable to everyone.
There have been a few major enhancements to the core modelling and data editing tools in SpaceClaim. So let’s explore what SpaceClaim 2015 has to offer users in all areas. SpaceClaim 2015 is the first major release since then and it’s interesting to note that the acquisition hasn’t steered the system in a particular direction (in other words, toward simulation), but rather, the updates are across the board. It made huge sense as, while Ansys has always had its own modelling system (Design Modeler), it was showing its age and SpaceClaim offered a much more modern, all encompassing, set of tools for preparing models for simulation. So, it was with little surprise that 2013 saw Ansys acquire the company and bring it into the fold.
This saw SpaceClaim added to Ansys’ price book and sold alongside its wealth of simulation specific systems. This last area has been a particular success, especially since the company linked up with simulation heavyweight, Ansys in 2009.
This could be on the shopfloor for pre-processing before machining, in the sales office for big creation and quotation workflows or in the simulation office for model prep prior to meshing. Its combination of direct modelling with a wealth of data import and export options meant that the system quickly found a home in those areas where there’s a need for occasional 3D CAD use, but without the overhead of more traditional parametric and history-based modelling systems. SpaceClaim continues to add to its sheet metal and manufacturing preparation tools
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