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  3D Forge CAD: Design Adaptation

Design Adaptation / Reverse Engineering / Library Conversion

Progress happens. 3D Forge CAD can help you meet the challenges of updating your older designs for new applications. Do you still have a library of old paper drawings you'd like converted into modern portable formats, -without- scanning? 3D Forge CAD can help. Would you like to be able to provide accurate, downloadable 3D models of your products for your customers to include in their designs? Do you have a part laying around the shop that you need to make more of or make ECO changes to, and can't seem to find the original drawings? 3D Forge CAD can reverse engineer your part and produce accurate drawings for you. Whatever your challenge, 3D Forge CAD can keep you moving forward.


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Input Formats:

-Voice description, napkin sketches

-All standard document formats: (*.doc, *.pdf, *.txt, etc.)

-All standard image file formats: (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.tif, *.gif, etc.)

-STEP files: (*.stp, *.step, *.ste)

-IGES files: (*.igs)

-SAT files: (*.sat)

-Rhino Files: (*.3dm)

-AutoCAD files: (.*.dwg, *.dxf)

Don't see your file format listed? Contact Us and we can almost surely get it translated for you.


Output Formats:

-Machine/Fabrication shop drawings

-Adobe PDF

-3D PDF, with ability to rotate, pan, hide parts, change colors, etc. on any computer

-Alibre Design native part and assembly files

-Standard image files (for photo-renderings and assemblies)

-STEP AP 203, STEP AP 214

-IGES file

-SAT file

-STL file

-AutoCAD .dxf (14, 2000, 2004, 2007 - 2D only)

-AutoCAD .dwg (14, 2000, 2004, 2007 - 2D only)