Web-based translation of complex CAD files

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 26, 2001

A new web-based service, CADCAM-S.COM, provides manual translation of the most complex CAD files, such as files containing feature-based solids and parametric histories

A new web-based service, CADCAM-S.COM, provides manual translation of the most complex CAD files, such as files containing feature-based solids and parametric histories, whose translation can't be economically automated.

A highly experienced team of automotive, mechanical, manufacturing and plastics engineers with access to the latest software tools translate the toughest files and provide large-scale conversion of legacy data.

These engineers also comprise a virtual engineering team that is continuously on call to provide design, re-engineering, finite element analysis, mold design and analysis, manufacturing process simulation and analysis and other engineering services.

The new web site is owned by the same two top providers of CAD interoperability solutions, Compunix and Cimsoftek, that are also behind CADCAM-E.COM, the leading web-based provider of automated data translation solutions.

"While dramatic improvements in automated translation products and services have revolutionized CAD/CAM/CAE interoperability, certain advanced solid models, such as those containing feature-based solids, history trees and parameters, cannot be automatically translated.

A combination of automated translation tools developed by CADCAM-E.COM with the expertise of our engineering team, now provides the most accurate, consistent and economical method of translating these models.

The models are simply uploaded to the CADCAM-S.COM web site and quickly, overnight if necessary, translated by our skilled team of engineers using the latest data conversion tools to the target CAD system." says Greg Hebert, Manager of Engineering Services.

CADCAM-S.COM works with all the most popular CAD/CAM/CAE native data formats, including Unigraphics, CATIA, Pro/Engineer, Mechanical Desktop, Parasolid, ACIS, STEP, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, AutoCAD, Varimetrix VXVision, Inventor, VisiCAD, MasterCAM, SURFCAM, EdgeCAM, Pro/Mold, MoldFlow mpi, ANSYS, NASTRAN, COSMOS, VeriCut, Pro/Mechanica and Adams.

CADCAM-S.COM also offers a full range of design engineering and analysis services including 3D modeling, detailing, assemblies, design optimization, assembly and manufacturing redesign, modifying a design for new standards, reverse engineering, stress and vibration analysis, material substitution, thermal analysis, fluid structure interaction, design sensitivity analysis, multi-disciplinary design optimization, field problems, 3D mold design, parting of core/cavity, mold slider and lifter design, mold cooling system design, mold gate and runner system design, injection molding parameters, CNC code generation, CNC toolpaths, integration between CAD and CAM software, tool design, plastic product design, material substitution based on FEA, dynamic motion simulation of assemblies, converting a physical model to a CAD model, 3D scanning, converting point cloud data to CAD models and virtual prototyping.