Hexagon Buys Geomagic Software From 3D Systems

Hexagon has purchased the Geomagic software business from 3D Systems. The company gains technology that improves productivity for people who are acquiring, manipulating and reverse engineering 3D measurement data for use throughout the product lifecycle and into CAD, according to Hexagon. Hexagon will continue to support all hardware and software partnerships for Geomagic customers.

Integrated into its Manufacturing Intelligence division, the Geomagic software solutions will be supported and sold to the discrete manufacturing market—complementing portfolios in Hexagon’s other markets such as mining and construction. The suite comprises software for measurement and quality control, mesh and surface model creation, and parametric scan-to-CAD workflows for reverse engineering.

“We are delighted that Geomagic has joined Hexagon," says Josh Weiss, president at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. "The software and the team are pioneers in the creation of powerful and intuitive scan-based reverse engineering, inspection and design tools. The suite is imperative to manufacturing industry success, and provides the experience that their global customers, partners and hardware OEMs need.

“We will continue to support all hardware and software partnerships for Geomagic customers," Weiss adds. "We will invest in developing and supporting this software with our considerable expertise and IP to offer our portable metrology device users greater productivity and new capabilities.”

A key aspect of the Geomagic suite is that it works with any 3D scanner or portable CMM. The software supports reverse engineering and metrology workflows with 3D scanning devices from a broad section of optical, laser and LiDAR scanning devices from any vendor, and Hexagon will continue to offer all global customers continued access to the full software portfolio and support native CAD and PMI data import from Dassault CATIA, PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens NX, and Dassault SOLIDWORKS.

Geomagic Design X is a 3D scan-to-CAD solution for reverse engineering and digital documentation of physical parts. Users can reverse engineer data from any scanner, with intuitive guided workflows that provide conversion and recreation of parametric CAD. Design X features automated mesh-to-surface functionality where needed and complements all CAD software workflows.

Geomagic Control X brings 3D scan-based inspection to more people in more places with 3D metrology software that makes it easy to interpret scan data and report results, according to Hexagon.

Other software solutions in the Geomagic suite include Geomagic for SOLIDWORKS, which enables SOLIDWORKS CAD users to reverse engineer scan data directly inside their native SOLIDWORKS workspace, Geomagic Wrap, which provides NURBS surface creation from large point clouds and meshes, and Geomagic Freeform, an organic design solution with applications across personalized healthcare, orthotics & prosthetics and industrial design.

Hexagon’s global hardware customers will benefit from new integrated reverse engineering and metrology capabilities, with direct scanning support from its full range of sensors including the recently launched SmartScan VR800, ATLASCAN Max and MARVELSCAN products.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.