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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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    Constructive solid geometry Implicit surfaces Subdivision surfaces Modeling can be performed by means of a dedicated program (e.g., 3D modeling software by...
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    Solid Edge is a 3D CAD, parametric feature and synchronous technology solid modeling software. It runs on Microsoft Windows and provides solid modeling...
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    Constructive solid geometry (CSG; formerly called computational binary solid geometry) is a technique used in solid modeling. Constructive solid geometry...
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  • SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops and markets solid modeling computer-aided design, computer-aided...
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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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  • Solid Modeling Solutions is a software company that specializes in 3D geometry software. NURBS got started with seminal work at Boeing and SDRC (Structural...
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  • Elements/Pro, as Pro/Engineer and Wildfire, is a solid modeling or CAD, CAM, CAE, and associative 3D modeling application, running on Microsoft Windows. Creo...
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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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    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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  • 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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    shape of solid objects. 3D wire frame computer models allow for the construction and manipulation of solids and solid surfaces. 3D solid modeling efficiently...
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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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  • In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex, regular polyhedron in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Being a regular polyhedron means that the faces are...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Shape Data team in Cambridge, England. It was the first commercial solid modeling kernel designed for straightforward integration into CAD software. Romulus...
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  • Computer-aided design (CAD) (Design) Parametric solid modeling (feature-based and direct modeling) Freeform surface modelling, class A surfaces. Reverse engineering...
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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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    Other 3D solid modeling software programs outside of engineering, such as gameSpace, have similar functions. Welding Visualization, modeling, and graphics...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • expressions. An example of a graphical modeling language and a corresponding textual modeling language is EXPRESS. Not all modeling languages are executable, and...
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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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    In 3D computer graphics and solid modeling, a polygon mesh is a collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object....
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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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  • programming portal Comparison of programming paradigms Domain-specific language Modeling language Programming domain Turing completeness Von Neumann programming...
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