Siemens Releases Parasolid 24.1

By DE Editors

Siemens PLM Software announced the latest release of Parasolid, its 3D geometric modeling component for computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE) as well as architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) applications. Parasolid version 24.1 delivers a set of capabilities supporting automated workflows and direct editing in high-end applications.

Parasolid 24.1 includes enhancements in a wide variety of areas with a special focus on three primary categories:

Direct Modeling" Parasolid version 24.1 adds to its range of operations on features comprising a set of faces. Enhancements include the ability to interrogate a model to determine entities related to the one being edited, intelligent repair of complex cases that arise when moving, editing and deleting faces, repair of holes created by face deletion and improved diagnostics when an operation cannot be performed as requested.

General Modeling" The Boolean operations have been enhanced to allow the subtraction and intersection of general models. There are also enhancements to trimming neutral sheets and creating neutral surfaces by offsetting. Each of these enables general models to be edited as the primary design rather than as a model derived from the boundary representation (b-rep) model.

Surface Modeling" A number of enhancements have been added to help application developers identify and remove undesirable surface characteristics at the earliest opportunity in order to optimize performance and robustness in subsequent operations. These include replacing a collection of smooth faces with a single face, simplifying the results of sweep operations and locating and repairing curve degeneracies.

In addition, Parasolid version 24.1 delivers enhancements to blending, rendering, faceting and application support.

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