Author Archives: Bruno Winck

SolidWorks 2012 received

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bruno Winck

Like every year the new SolidWorks is out. Just received our DVD.

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Open Source Initiative

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Bruno Winck

That was a resolution for 2011 to start opening our source code. We accumulated thousands of lines of code some of them only seldom used and of larger interest. Our math libraries, some templates, the geometric engine or unfied CAD API … Continue reading →

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How to obtain the jele of a missing surface from SolidWorks

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Bruno Winck

Jele are integers used to identify indiviual elements in a CATIA V4 model. Some elements are named (solids, mockup) but if you want to identify precisely a face jele is the way to go. This is not for day to … Continue reading →

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Usability of translation results

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Bruno Winck

I reply here to a very recurrent question about usability of models and the alternative to translating features. A customer asks : I am worried about the construction and use of the models. In CATIA we have a hierarchy of … Continue reading →

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CATIA Translation quality taxonomy

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Bruno Winck

I am collecting a list of common translation errors and suggesting a way to describe translation quality.    We are currently engaged in a large migration project combining ENOVIA PDM and CATIA V4 migration. The acceptance process of the geometric … Continue reading →

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Translate CATIA V4 .model files using STEP

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Bruno Winck

We compare the benefits of direct translation and use of intermediate neutral files like STEP for CATIA V4 .model files. Continue reading →

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Free CATIA Viewer

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Bruno Winck

Regularly mails pour into our support mailbox requesting free viewers for CATIA Data. We do have viewers internally but they are either not supported or not free. Now I turn my blog into an open question: What do you readers … Continue reading →

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Software being both Open and Closed.

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Bruno Winck

A good start. Today is day one of this blog dedicated to RadialSoft Corp activities and CAD Data Translation. This week has been dominated by basic stuff. For us getting back to basic means working on surfaces and geometry. What … Continue reading →

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