The Interoperability Booster for your 3D Software!
3D_Kernel_IO SDK is the ultimate CAD data exchange library.
Revolutionise your 3D software solutions with our SDK’s new high-performance geometry kernel. Import and export 3D data effortlessly – with constantly updated interfaces for 42 native CAD, VR and standard formats.
- Maximum compatibility: interfaces for CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Creo, Solid Edge, Inventor, STEP AP 242, JT… and many more…
- Fast integration: a single powerful, simple and flexible API that adapts to your requirements.
- Best-in-class performance: highest precision, maximum speed and absolute reliability.
- Smart simplification: automatic removal of details and holes and creation of envelope geometry for lightweight VR/AR models.
With 3D_Kernel_IO, you can transform your applications into true universal platforms for 3D data exchange – and offer your customers an experience that is faster, more efficient and limitless.
We’re excited to see how 3D_Kernel_IO enhances our CAD conversion technology within OneCX – enabling access to a wide range of file formats with enterprise grade precision and reliability.
Mikael Sundell, Rapid Images AB
All major CAD Formats
Embedding our API makes 42 CAD formats available in your application, fast and cost efficient. By deploying 3D_Kernel_IO, software developers benefit from the expertise and entire experience of the leading CAD interoperability experts.
3D_Kernel_IO’s precise, reliable, and fast interfaces handle assembly structures, attributes like names and layers, as well as all entities like points, curves, B-REP solids, skins and also tessellated models. Furthermore, features, and the history-tree, PMI, attributes, and metadata are directly accessible.
3D_Kernel_IO also provides our unique advanced healing technology to ensure perfect model quality. During the conversion process, 3D models can be adapted to the tolerance and the mathematics of the target system to provide exceptional quality. If activated, the healing functions will automatically correct failures, such as gaps, overlaps, twisted and mini faces.
In addition, the API offers many interesting functionalities that have been developed to satisfy the specific needs of our customers developing leading CAD, CAM, FEA, Virtual Reality and Metrology software products.
Smart data simplification
Thanks to a fast and highly precise algorithm for the automatic removal of details such as drill holes and pockets, as well as for generating lightweight envelope geometries, optimized, high-quality models are created. These are ideally suited for use in VR and simulation applications.
The unique Simplifier function reduces data size by up to 95%—without the typical drawbacks of polygon crunching. The original shape of the models is fully preserved while excellent visual quality is maintained.
With the new 3D_Kernel_IO API, it is also possible to generate extremely lightweight models that meet the highest quality standards despite minimal data volumes and effortlessly handle even the most demanding high-end rendering requirements.
Native Interfaces
All standard and native interfaces are developed and maintained by CoreTechnologie assuring support of the newest CAD format versions. 3D_Kernel_IO reads assembly structures, attributes like names, curves, or layers; entities like points, B-REP solids and skins as well as tessellated models. Furthermore, features with history, PMI, attributes, and metadata (e.g., DC Master, publications) are directly accessible without the need for a CAD license or application. Supported Formats:
• NX™ • CATIA® • Creo® • SOLIDWORKS®
• ProE®/Wildfire • Inventor® • IDEAS™
• JT-Format • XT-Format • STEP AP 203/214/242
• ACIS® • IGES
• OBJ, FBX, GLTF, GLB, STL, 3MF, IFC, XGL
• and many more…..
During the conversion process, 3D models adapt to the tolerance and mathematics of the target system to provide exceptional quality. Healing functions will automatically correct failures such as gaps, overlaps, twisted and mini faces. Even a set of single surfaces can be sewn together automatically into watertight solids with user-defined accuracy.
The sample application’s GUI makes it easy to test the SDK’s functions and options, as well as its super-fast read and write interfaces. In addition, developers can create a dump of the data structure of CAD files or directly use the source code of the sample application for their own integration.
CAD Interoperability SDK
Embedding our API makes all current CAD formats available in your application: Cost and time efficient. Today engineering software companies and their customers are looking for new ways to read a variety of 3D CAD data formats. 3D_Kernel_IO is the leading API with native readers based on C ++ programming language. Allowing efficient, accurate, and independent access to all native and standard formats.
3D_Kernel_IO provides unique and proven functions and modules with automatic healing, PDQ checker, assembly management, precision tessellation and model Comparison to expand the capabilities of your software.
PMI Information
3D_Kernel_IO native interfaces also read PMI information like dimensions, tolerances, annotations, datum planes and text. All links to the geometry are provided; which is required for downstream applicattions like metrology and CAM. Generalized interrogation functions allow easy access to PMI data of any CAD format providing important information for a seamless PLM process.
Special functions
Providing specific functionalities for CAD, CAM, CAE, VR and metrology: Globally 3D_Kernel_IO is the unique tool for history and features. This extraordinary tool maps the construction history and parameters directly from the binary file without requiring access to a license of the source CAD system. Additionally, 3D_Kernel_IO native interfaces read feature information and PMI of threads, holes, chamfers, filets, patterns, drafts, pockets, extrusions, other feature types, as well as assembly features. The data structure represents all feature types used by today ́s CAD systems.
Associated faces of each feature on the B-REP model will be indentified by 3D_Kernel_IO and can be easily traced. Thread information is provided, which is important for annota-tions and PMI that reference construction elements like sketches, planes, or datum axes.
Tesselation
3D_Kernel_IO can find geometric differences between two objects. The kernel conveniently allows for comparison of objects to part solid, body or face; while setting minimum distance detected. The parameters can be set for the comparison of distance of minimum and maximum color variance by the type of part solid, body or face.
The accurate and fast tessellation of 3D models, as well as healing functions for triangulated models opti-mize CAD data for digital mock-up, virtual reality, and high-end rendering. Parameters for maximum chord deviation, triangle size, and the angle between adjacent triangles are used for B-REPs or recalculation of triangulated models. VRML, JT and STL formats are available.
Easy to Integrate
Available on Windows, Linux, Mac and ARM Platforms. The interrogation functions are standardized for all formats. Therefore, 3D_Kernel_IO can be embedded quickly and very easily into your application.
3D_Kernel_IO also includes a simple sample application, easy-to-use and useful, to verify the results of your integration and test various options and commands that the API offers. It also comes with complete documentation as well as descriptive programming samples.
Flexible Licensing
3D_Kernel_IO allows software editors to satisfy all their interoperability needs, dealing with only one vendor, one API and one predictable and affordable annual licensing fee or per license cost. The licensing system can be adopted as an open library with code protection, or optional locked API based on a Code License service.
