Okino Ships New Version of Its SolidWorks CAD Conversion System

By DE Editors

CP3 Scooter Concept Image. SolidWorks to Cinema-4D via Okino’s PolyTrans CAD System.Artist:  Christoph Bodensieck, © Industrial PDD & Switch Mobility.

Okino Computer Graphics’ SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated for SolidWorks 2009. The conversion pipeline allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part and presentation files (disk based, or from a live running copy of SolidWorks) to be converted to all major animation and authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs.

Okino’s NuGraf and PolyTrans software imports crack-free geometry, hierarchy and materials (assembly data) from native disk-based SolidWorks files or from a running copy of SolidWorks. It subsequently provides rendering,  viewing, and scene composition of the data, or the data can be optimized and then pipelined into major 3D file formats, animation packages and third-party/OEM integrations.

SolidWorks assemblies, parts and presentations can be directly imported into key animation systems such as 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage|XSI, Cinema-4D and Lightwave, as well as any third-party product that integrates Okino’s PolyTrans 3D converters and major downstream file formats such as COLLADA, DWF-3D, SketchUp and more.

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