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Kitware Inc. The company supports The Visualization ToolKit (VTK), an open source, software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization. VTK consists of a C++ class library, and several interpreted interface layers.
Lattice Technology, Inc. (Japan) The company produces XVLŪ (eXtensible Virtual world description Language), a highly-compressed 3D data format for most popular CAD files. A plug-in allows XVLŪ files to be included within Adobe Acrobat pdf files.
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.
Anthony D. Martin ADMesh is a program for processing triangulated solid meshes. Currently, only reads the STL file format, but can write STL, VRML, OFF, and DXF files. ADMesh is free but Copyrighted software and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Materialise Magics RP application enhances rapid prototyping and rapid tooling productivity with triangle manipulation, support generation, automatic tool design. Mimics application permits Interfacing from CT or MRI Imaging to RP, CAD or FEA. STLzip compresses rapid prototyping files more compactly than zipping and is available as freeware. The company also offers an online file repair service called STLfix.com. and server-side online quoting software called Electronic Parts Ordering System (EPOS)
Robert McNeel & Associates Starting with a sketch, drawing, physical model, or an idea, Rhino provides tools to model designs for rendering, animation, drafting, engineering, analysis, and manufacturing. It creates, edits, analyzes, and translates NURBS curves, surfaces, and solids in Windows. The application also supports polygon meshes and point clouds.
MeshLab An open source application for processing and editing of 3D triangular meshes. It's aimed at processing of large, unstructured models generated by 3D scanning. It provides tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and converting meshes.
Micromouse Productions (Canada) Accutrans 3D file translation software for numerous formats, including reading and writing to STL.
Okino Computer Graphics Offers PolyTrans and NuGraf for file conversion, viewing and rendering of 3D models and scenes. Interfaces to many CAD application and provides STL translation.
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.
Paraform Software Paraform allows users to build parameterized surfaces from a wide variety of unstructured, complex, organic 3D polygonal objects. It can be used to create freeform surfaces from STL data. The company's Points2Polys is a freeware point cloud to polygon mesh converter operating under Windows NT and is intended for use on unstructured, raw point data of medium size (about 500K points). Imports industry standard file formats and handles extremely large or complex source geometry.
POGO International, Inc. No Website found. Contact info: 7607 Eastmark Drive, Suite 242, College Station, Texas 77840, (800) TRY-POGO, Fax (409) 696-2143; 71773.3150@compuserve.com or Peter_Gien@msn.com. Pogo 3.0 renders, rotates, scales, converts and concatenates STL files. Runs under Windows 3.1, Windows NT and Windows 95.
ProtoMarket.com ProtoMarket.com and partner, International TechneGroup Inc., provide web-based CAD translation and file repair services.
