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Spatial Corp., the 3D software development toolkit provider for design, manufacturing and engineering solutions and a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, announces the 2025 release and updates across several product lines.
The 2025 release and updates include:
Performance Improvements of 3D Data Import: Fine-tuned parallel processing combined with format-specific reader optimizations deliver reductions in import times. Improvements are seen in many formats including IGES, STEP, Inventor, Solid Edge, Creo, SOLIDWORKS and Navisworks, with SOLIDWORKS import times reduced by up to 50% and average performance gains of 22% for Solid Edge and 24% for Inventor. For files that do not contain native visualization, the performance of faceting imported BREP has improved in formats like STEP, IGES and Parasolid.
Optimization of Memory Usage During Imports: In this release, memory consumption and growth have been reduced, particularly for SOLIDWORKS imports. This improvement enables handling of larger, more complex models and increases the number of operations that can run in batch processes, on desktops and servers.
Data Prep Add-On: This update includes performance and improvements to enhance the data preparation experience. In addition, the part-level Hidden Body Removal feature is available for testing with assembly-level coming soon. This functionality allows users to streamline their workflow by filtering out unnecessary components at the part level.
Automatic Unbending: This new application programming interface (API) automatically detects bends in sheet metal bodies and unfolds them.
The mid-surface operator includes an absolute offset mode. This new mode generates a mid-surface by offsetting the faces on one side of the body. This algorithm is designed to be performant for parts with uniform thickness.
Meshing Improvements for CSM: In this release, mesh quality has been improved for sliver faces. In January 2025, surface anisotropic ratio control will be made available.
Beginning with this release, Spatial now supports Linux ARM for the 3D modelers ACIS and CGM as well as CSM-CVM and CDS. Spatial also supports a pre-release version of 3D InterOp on Linux ARM.
Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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