DeskArtes

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DeskArtes
3Data Expert
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DeskArtes Oy

• Research
• Helsinki Univ. of Tech 1986 -1995
• Industrial Design Software
• Rapid Prototyping Software
• DeskArtes Oy
• Established 1991, Helsinki
• Distributors in over 20 countries
• 5 employees (ownership 85)

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Customers

• Customers Partners
• Daimler Chrysler, BMW, Metso, Pilkington
  Automotive, ABB, RP service bureaus
• Stratasys and Z Corp distributors in Europe and
  in the USA
• Magma, Sigma, Cadmould, Moldex3d and Novacast
  simulation users
• Kalevala Koru, Wedgwood, Rosenthal,
  AspreyGarrard ...

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Mission

• DeskArtes develops and markets 3D Industrial
  Design software products, Visualization and
  Communication tools, and value adding software
  technology for Rapid Prototyping, Simulation,
  Data Verification and Healing.

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Expert Series

• Software products for 3D Design, 3D Printing,
  simulation and Rapid Prototyping
• Native Windows user interface
• Easy to use
• High quality
• Economical
• Internet download
• software
• videos
• tutorials
• www.deskartes.com
• Mac OS X and Unix products also available

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Expert Series

• 3D Printing and Simulation tools
• Dimensions Expert
• Entry level for everyday 3D Printing data
  preparation
• STL repair and split
• 3Data Expert
• Full 3D CAD data preparation system for RP and
  simulation
• Triangulate, repair, hollow, decimate, refine,
  textures, ...
• Decimation for simulation applications

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View Expert

• CAD Viewing and Checking
• IGES, VDA, Step, UG, CATIA, DXF, OBJ, VRML and
  STL input formats
• Check for gaps, missing surfaces and duplicate
  surfaces
• Measuring
• Annotations
• Easy Communication with Free STL Viewer by email!
• Functionality included in 3Data Expert

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3Data Expert

• Surface/STL conversion and repair
• Surface triangulation for RP
• IGES, VDA, STEP, UG, CATIA, ProE
• Show problems areas
• Fix gaps and holes
• automatic
• manual
• Add missing parts
• CAD for STL
• Complete RP software system
• View, Measure
• Design, Position, Scale
• Boolean, Offset, Slice
• Supports, Platform definition

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3Data Expert Base

• Repair of STL models
• Automatic / Interactive
• Facet editing
• VRML, ZPR, OBJ formats
• 3D Transformations
• Dimensioning
• 3D and 2D
• Real time slices and clipping
• STL texturing
• Separation, joining
• Connected components
• Bad components, Faces
• Parting lines

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3Data Expert Base (cont.)

• Modify models
• Add surfaces
• Split large models into smaller ones
• Repair models
• Trim away excess parts
• Boolean operations
• CAD for STL

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3Data Expert Base (cont.)

• Decimation
• obtain more regular triangulation
• Reduce
• eliminate excess triangles
• remove thin triangles
• Main use with Simulation applications

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3Data Expert Base (cont.)

• Platform definitions
• size, position
• automatic placement
• Support generation
• for liquid based and
• powder based RP systems
• Slice generation
• for surface and
• STL models

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3Data Expert faceting

• Surface Faceting
• Adaptive Fast
• Standard and native formats
• IGES, VDA, STEP
• Catia, ProE, UG
• other formats through separate converters
• Repair tools
• Stitch gaps at surface edges
• Remove duplicates
• Retrimming of the model
• Replacing of missing surfaces

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3Data Expert Offset / Shelling

• Create a solid from an open STL model offset
• Create a hollow STL with a thin shell shelling
• Drain holes