| C4W (France) |
3D Shop ModelFix is composed of 3D Shop ModelDesign plus 3 plug-ins applications: 3D Doctor which repairs shells and B-rep faces; 3D STL which allows the creation of airtight mesh from approximate geometry, and 3D ReBuilder which allows reverse engineering from clouds of points and repair of mesh files. |
| CAD Repair |
Low-cost, web-based translation and repair of CAD files. |
| Delcam PLC (UK) |
Trifix - verifies and repairs STL files.
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| DeskArtes |
Expert Series applications are used for verification of 3D models, repair, and conversion. Rapid Tools covers a wide range of functions, including verification, conversion, and repair of IGES and VDA-FS to STL. The company also provides its Online DataFix Service for preparing IGES, STL and VRML files for 3D printing, RP and simulation. |
| FEGS Ltd. |
CADfix permits repair and exchange of complex 3D solid and surface models, reuse of CAD geometry for downstream applications and recovery of legacy data. |
| FIT - Fruth Innovative Technologien GmbH (Germany) |
Supplies modular software, including some freeware, for general additive fabrication applications through subsidiary NetFabb. The company also supplies commercial software for converting CAD models into complex lattice structures for medical and other high-performance applications through its Selective Space Structures (3S) subsidiary. |
| Floating Point Solutions |
Provides Meshworks for generating meshes from point clouds, and manipulating and editing the resultant files, and PointCloud for reverse engineering applications. |
| Geometry Systems Inc. |
Offers GSI Studio and GSI Mesh Studio for entertainment and engineering applications. The SW can directly control Minolta or Roland digitizers and has tools for mesh alignment, merging, smoothing, repair and other operations. Also provides GSI Crystal Studio for 2D and 3D laser sub-surface engraving applications, and GSI Viewer Studio for general 3D model viewing and display. |
| Imageware |
Imageware offers 3D surface modeling and verification technology for the automotive, aerospace, consumer products and entertainment industries. |
| Indeed - Visual Concepts (Germany) |
The company's product amira® offers 3D file generation, surface modeling and rendering. It provides image segmentation and geometry reconstruction tools for creating 3D models from 3D image data such as CT, MRT, and confocal microscopy. Data can by output in various formats, including STL. Other fuctionality includes mesh editing and simplification, polygon reduction, file viewing, import and export of data in various formats.
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| ITI TranscenData |
Produces CADIQ which identifies potential shape and fit geometry and topology problems within CAD models that may affect their reuse in downstream applications, such as simulation, data exchange, rapid prototyping and tooling.
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| IVECS - Interactive Virtual Environment for the Correction of STL Files |
Shareware from Clemson University. Ensures shell-closure of STL files using intuitive visual aids. Allows parts to be virtually prototyped and can be viewed as a the equivalent of a "print-preview" function. |
| Marcam Engineering GmbH (Germany) |
VisCAM RP prepares CAD/CAM data for any rapid prototyping function, from the verification and repair of the source files to the generation of build-ready RP slice files, including hatches and support structures. VisCAM RP also offers direct processing of CAD surface data and RP slice data and support for color.
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| Materialise (STLfix.com) |
Magics RP suite incorporates extensive file repair and verification capabilities. The company also offers an online file repair service called STLfix.com.
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| Robert McNeel & Associates |
Rhino provides tools for STL repair in their Bonus Tools package. Rhino is used a basic design program for creating, editing, analyzing and translating NURBS curves. |
| OpenRP |
A non-profit initiative spearheaded by Floating Point Solutions which aims at offering the RP industry an alternative mode of data exchange while maintaining compatibility with the industry standard STL file format. The idea is to provide a file format with expandable properties and backward compatibility. OpenRP offers free software to read and write RP files, plug-ins for widely used CAD applications, STL to RP converters, and more. |
| ProtoMarket.com |
ProtoMarket.com and partner, International TechneGroup Inc., provide web-based CAD translation and file repair services. |
| Igor G.Tebelev |
StlView is a Windows program for analyzing, fixing, embedding or linking 3D solid models to documents that support OLE. Imports STL format files and can peform numerous functions. Exports to several popular file formats. |
| Tesis Software (Belgium) |
3D/Vision provides automatic translation and repair of CAD Neutral files. Easily handles very large part files and assemblies ( > 100 MB). Interprets and operates on IGES models from CATIA, Pro/E, IDEAS, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, SolidEdge, etc. Stores results as IGES, VDA-FS and STL. |
| TransMagic, Inc. |
TransMagic BASIC offers a suite of translators that support CAD data exchange among industry standard file formats such as IGES, STEP, Parasolid, ACIS, HSF and STL. STL PRO enables viewing, repair and conversion of 3D CAD models into STL files for uses such as additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and FEA.
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| Virtual Grid |
VRMesh Studio is designed for reverse engineering and mesh modeling and includes a set of tools for smoothing, decimating, merging, and marking point clouds. VRMesh Reverse provides reverse engineering workflow to wrap point cloud data into a meshed model. VRMesh Design is used for STL repair and conceptual design. It provides tools to create original models or modify scan data for rapid prototyping. |
| Ztech Solutions |
Provides Ztech-STL for viewing and repairing STL files. Multiple files can be handled simultaneously and the program is said to offer advanced tools to prepare data for rapid prototyping. |
