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    Solid modeling (or solid modelling) is a consistent set of principles for mathematical and computer modeling of three-dimensional shapes (solids). Solid...
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  • SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand of software used for solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE). It...
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  • A geometric modeling kernel is a solid modeling software component used in computer-aided design (CAD) packages. Available modelling kernels include: ACIS...
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    parametric. CSG can be contrasted with polygon mesh modeling and box modeling. The simplest solid objects used for the representation are called geometric...
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    modeling software. It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modeling, assembly modelling and 2D orthographic view functions for mechanical designers...
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    Constructive solid geometry Implicit surfaces Subdivision surfaces Modeling can be performed by means of a dedicated program (e.g., 3D modeling software like...
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    Ray casting is the methodological basis for 3D CAD/CAM solid modeling and image rendering. It is essentially the same as ray tracing for computer graphics...
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    dimensions. A major application of solid geometry and stereometry is in 3D computer graphics. Euclidean geometry Shape Solid modeling Surface The Britannica Guide...
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    a solid modeling or computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and associative 3D modeling application...
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    In solid modeling and computer-aided design, boundary representation (often abbreviated B-rep or BREP) is a method for representing a 3D shape by defining...
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    shape of solid objects. 3D wireframe computer models allow for the construction and manipulation of solids and solid surfaces. 3D solid modeling efficiently...
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  • Solid Modeling Solutions (SMS) was a software company that specialized in 3D computer graphics geometry software. SMS was acquired by Nvidia Corporation...
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  • The standard linear solid (SLS), also known as the Zener model after Clarence Zener, is a method of modeling the behavior of a viscoelastic material using...
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  • SpaceClaim is a solid modeling CAD (computer-aided design) software that runs on Microsoft Windows and developed by SpaceClaim Corporation. The company...
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  • description of shapes. The shapes studied in geometric modeling are mostly two- or three-dimensional (solid figures), although many of its tools and principles...
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    interference between components. There are several types of 3D solid modeling Parametric modeling allows the operator to use what is referred to as "design...
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  • PLaSM (Programming Language of Solid Modeling) is an open source scripting language for solid modeling, a discipline that constitutes the foundation of...
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    construct applications with hybrid modeling features, since it integrates wireframe model, surface, and solid modeling functionality with both manifold...
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    Windows and provides software for 3D CAD parametric feature solid modeling, 3D direct modeling, 2D orthographic views, Finite Element Analysis and simulation...
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    software for solid modeling, computer-aided architectural design such as building information modeling, computer-aided engineering, assembly modeling, and other...
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  • Computer-aided design (CAD) Parametric solid modeling (feature-based and direct modeling) Freeform surface modelling, class A surfaces. Reverse engineering...
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    IRONCAD (category Solid mechanics)
    primary focus is on 3D CAD design using solid modeling technology. IRONCAD uses both Parasolid and ACIS modeling kernels to provide computational methods...
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    BRL-CAD is a constructive solid geometry (CSG) solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) system. It includes an interactive geometry editor, ray tracing...
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  • demarcation of geometrical characteristics between two or more entities or solid modeling bodies Constraint (mathematics), a condition of an optimization problem...
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    online 3D modeling program that runs in a web browser. Since it became available in 2011 it has become a popular platform for creating models for 3D printing...
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    more specifically, the solid modeling side of CAD. Before solid modeling was introduced in the late 1980's, three-dimensional models were created with wire...
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    Other 3D solid modeling software programs outside of engineering, such as gameSpace, have similar functions. Welding Visualization, modeling, and graphics...
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  • solid modeling environment that allows one to model basic, primitive based models using Boolean operations as well as freeform surface's based models...
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  • products were the solid modeling packages—Romulus (ShapeData) and Uni-Solid (Unigraphics) based on PADL-2—and the surface modeler CATIA (Dassault Systèmes)...
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  • Romulus is boundary representation (b-rep) solid modeling software, released first in 1978 by Ian Braid, Charles Lang, Alan Grayer, and the Shape Data...
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