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4D_Additive Now Includes Features to Repair 3D Files
French-German company CoreTechnologie is adding new features to its CAD software, 4D_Additive, which is designed specifically for additive manufacturing. 4D_Additive 1.4, the latest version of the software, can now repair and simplify 3D scan data and STL files with a…
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French-German company CoreTechnologie is adding new features to its CAD software, 4D_Additive, which is designed specifically for additive manufacturing. 4D_Additive 1.4, the latest version of the software, can now repair and simplify 3D scan data and STL files with a single click. Called Marching Cube, this new feature ensures error-free printing of the highest possible quality.
CoreTechnologie regularly improves its CAD software for additive manufacturing in order to offer its users an easy and efficient modeling experience. As we know, the design part in 3D printing is a key step in the value chain. Several design rules have to be taken into account, with a range of tools available to optimize the amount of material needed, the printing time, the part performance, etc. Among them are solutions for repairing the file and ensuring that the part will be printed without the slightest error. This is what 4D_Additive 1.4 offers.
4D_Additive allows you to add textures to 3D files (photo credits: CoreTechnologie)
The New Version of 4D_Additive 1.4
In CoreTechnologies’ press release, they note: “The 4D_Additive 1.4 software has revolutionary functions to close the tessellated models into ‘watertight’ solids and intelligently mesh reduction functions in order to reduce the number of triangles without loosing accurracy. These new features called ‘Marching Cube’ and ‘Mesh Simplification’ allow any type of triangulated, mostly STL data, to be automatically corrected and simplified at the touch of a button.” By adding these two features, the company offers quick and easy repair without time-consuming manual intervention.
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