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News Release from: nPower Software | Subject: Power Translators Maya
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 08 January 2008
CAD data go visual without polygons
Autodesk Maya users no longer have to spend days or weeks translating their high quality surface and solids models into imprecise polygonal models.
nPower Software has released of its popular Power Translators product on the Autodesk Maya/AliasStudio platform Power Translators for Autodesk 3ds Max/Viz has become the premier tool for design visualisation
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Power Translators Maya is the most accurate and efficient solution for importing CAD data into Autodesk Maya.
Power Translators Maya imports precise NURBS data into Maya instead of transferring imprecise polygonal representations.
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Autodesk Maya users no longer have to spend days or weeks translating their high quality surface and solids models into imprecise polygonal models, and then struggling to generate high quality renderings.
Power Translators Maya leverages IntegrityWare's Solids++ precise geometric representation to generate extraordinarily smooth, crack free mesh and produce renderings without polygonal artefacts.
Power Translators Maya leverages the high precision Solids++ geometric modelling kernel from IntegrityWare, to provide the most precise data translation of CAD models and assemblies.
Solids++ understands the native NURBS-based format of CAD models, so it can import that data accurately into the Autodesk Maya environment without having to convert to imprecise polygonal formats.
Power Translators Maya allows the user to control the mesh quality.
Through simple user interface controls, users can increase or reduce the mesh precision to obtain the perfect visualisation quality.
For the highest quality renderings possible, Power Translators Maya provides water tight, crack free mesh generation.
Power Translators Maya uses the advanced adaptive tolerancing and sewing tools from the powerful Solids++ modelling kernel to automatically sew together surfaces that belong together, but may not have been exported properly.
Thus Power Translators Maya can even improve the quality of CAD data.
Power Translators Maya includes special memory management tools to effectively deal with the typical large CAD models and assemblies.
Power Translators Maya sells for US $495 at the nPower Software online store, and via various resellers throughout the world.
A free 30 day evaluation copy can be obtained from the nPower website.
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