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Example of automatic detection of local features (features are highlighted in red) in an imported B-Rep solid.

Kubotek3D, a supply chain software provider, announced that the Kubotek Kosmos 3D Framework has been updated to version 3.0. The framework is a set of advanced, multi-platform software components which maximize a program's performance and ability to work with complete engineering models and data from all major MCAD databases. The Kubotek Kosmos 3D Framework supports software developers building precise 3D applications that need to work with engineering models and data.

Read Files from All Major MCAD Databases

The Kubotek Kosmos 3D framework provides support for reading engineering models and data from over a dozen major file formats. For the 3.0 release, the framework has expanded its support of STEP files:

  • Added read and write support for STEP AP 242 model-based definition (MBD) data. STEP AP 242 is an ISO standard that defines precise 3D models as well as critical manufacturing annotations, including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and their relationship to the faces of the model. This form of MBD can provide process efficiency by eliminating the need to translate the design into detail drawings and better support automation of downstream activities, such as NC machining and inspection.
  • Added read and write of compressed ASCII STEP files that use the extension .stpZ. Compressed STEP files are around 20% of the size of uncompressed STEP files. The stpZ format has been gaining in popularity since originally released in 2013, especially in the aerospace and automotive industries.

Maximize Application Performance

Kubotek Kosmos offers unconstricted support for multi-threaded processing. For the 3.0 release, additional areas of the code have been further optimized, including:

  • Feature recognition
  • Surface/Surface Intersection
  • Booleans
  • Faceting
  • Multi-threading in additional file readers
  • Transforming assemblies.

Leverage Precise Engineering Data

Automatic geometric feature recognition, such as machined holes, fillets/rounds and chamfers, is a core feature of the Kubotek Kosmos 3D framework.

For the 3.0 release, these capabilities have been improved:

  • Identifying blend/chamfer/rib/slot/boss/pocket features in sheet bodies
  • Improved vertex blend recognitions
  • Improved blend features with cliff edges
  • Improved blend features for surfaces with poles
  • Improved blend boundary conversion
  • Improved the connecting conditions between blends of a feature
  • Improved ruled surface detection for chamfer.

Expand to New Platforms

The framework fully supports development of applications to run on numerous platforms. With the 3.0 release, the following capabilities have been enhanced to enable broad platform support:

  • Python wrapper was added to allow teams developing in the high-level Python programming language to quickly integrate Kubotek Kosmos with existing code.
  • A new Text library was introduced that works with the graphics component for improved support for displaying text objects within the 3D scene.
  • Compiler support updated to include MSVC 2019.

"Our development team has continued to expand and refine the Kubotek Kosmos framework in many important areas," said Ram Eswaran, CTO/COO of Kubotek3D. "Our proprietary STEP translation capabilities have improved to support MBD initiatives in manufacturing supply chains with critical feature, tolerance and surface finish details."

For more information contact:

Kubotek3D

2 Mount Royal Ave., Suite 500

Marlborough, MA 01752

800-372-3872

www.kubotek3d.com

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