CopyCAD Pro Tribrid Modelling aids re-engineering of existing products

A new version of Delcam’s CopyCAD reverse engineering package, CopyCAD Pro, will offer ‘Tribrid Modelling’, by adding triangle modelling to the combination of surface and solid modelling that is currently offered in many existing CAD packages as ‘hybrid modelling’. This functionality is ideal for the re-engineering of existing products into improved or bespoke designs. Delcam has developed this novel design approach through the integration of its PowerSHAPE surface and solid modelling functionality with the reverse engineering and triangle modelling options that were in earlier versions of CopyCAD. This means that designers can move data captured with reverse engineering into the design environment more easily and so incorporate additional features into any reverse-engineered design more quickly. However, the new combination is not just a simple bolting together of existing functionality. It incorporates a wide range of enhancements to many of the key operations. For example, major improvements have been made to the sculpting and model repair tools previously available in CopyCAD to edit triangle files. These tools allow high-quality models to be produced from poor quality reverse engineering data, or from damaged or defective physical components. For example, uneven surfaces can be smoothed out, gaps in the data can be filled and extra points can be added in areas where only sparse data has been collected.