Punch!CAD™ PowerPack - Annual
Enhanced 3D Printing and Modeling Tools
The Punch!CAD™ PowerPack brings over 70 new tools to the existing functionality of ViaCAD®. Prepare and perfect your CAD designs for 3D Printing. PowerPack offers a collection 3D printing repair tools, new modeling tools and general utilities that will increase productivity and make your existing and future designs 3D Printer ready. Example tools include auto repair for dangling vertices, stitch triangles, double and collapsed face removal, correction of simple holes, plus repair for mesh, curves, surfaces and solids, and more! Strengthen your work and increase your efficiency with PowerPack.
$149.99
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SKU
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Broadened Design Capabilities
Expanding the functionality of ViaCAD® Pro and ViaCAD® 2D/3D, the Punch!CAD™ PowerPack adds more than 70 tools for detailed Entity Management, 3D printing editing/repair, and sophisticated modeling. A standout feature is the Mesh to Analytic tool, which converts mesh data from formats like STL and SketchUp into accurate Solid Models. This expansion not only enhances the verification and repair of mesh and entity data but also includes utility features for improved CAD data management.
Comprehensive Modeling Tools
The PowerPack includes a variety of modeling tools to refine your designs:
- Profile Repair and Simplification: Streamline and correct profiles for cleaner designs.
- Surface and Solid Management: Identify and fix free edges, remove duplicate entities, and simplify solids for more efficient models.
- Shadow Projection: Utilize shadow projections to add depth and perspective to your designs.
Advanced Mesh Tools
Optimized mesh tools are provided for reducing triangles, analyzing mesh integrity, and performing comprehensive auto-repairs. Features like vertex smoothing, making vertices planar, and segmenting meshes enhance the versatility of your 3D models. The PowerPack also facilitates the separation of parts, conversion between quads and triangles, and the combination or splitting of selected segments.
Utility Tools for Data Management
A suite of general tools is included to improve the management of CAD data:
- Assorted Colors and AutoLayer: Automatically assign colors and layers to entities for better visual organization.
- File Scale and Unit Changes: Easily adjust the scale and units of your files to match project requirements.
- Layer Isolation and Renaming: Focus on specific layers and rename entities for clarity and ease of access.
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General Utilities
A collection of tools for manipulating entity attributes.
Spur Gear Generator
Creates a Spur Gear based on number of teeth, module, pressure angle, clearance, and involute samples. In addition to creating the 2D curve outline of the gear, an extruded 3D solid model is added to the drawing.
Mesh to Analytic to convert mesh data into precise solids
Converts manifold, water tight, facetted models into solid models with options to simplify into analytical shapes. Suitable for converting low polygon models (<100K) into solids for modeling operations as well sharing to other apps using STEP and IGES translators.
Unroll
Unroll will flatten a developable surface such as a ruled surface into a shape that lies in the XY plane.
HeightMap to 3D Mesh
The HeightMap to 3D Mesh tool will convert a 2D image into a 3D object. The height is extracted from the color components by applying a grayscale conversion and mapping the results into a user supplied height value.
Select Same
The Select Same tool provides mask options for selecting objects including
- Shape
- Color
- Entity Type
- Line Font
- Text Font
Assorted Colors
The Assorted Colors tool assigns up to 20 colors per group of entities selected. The tool is useful for visually identifying file import and other individual parts.
AutoLayer
AutoLayer is a tool that will automatically assign an entity to a layer based on the same shape or by entity name. Use AutoLayer to help organize files imported from other applications that do not support layering.
Preview Layers
The Preview Layers utility provides a user interface to rapidly step through layers. The play button will animate through the layer start and end region. The step forward and backward buttons manually provide control through the layers.
Change File Units
There are many file formats that do not contain unit settings that include STL, OBJ, PLY, 3DS and older DXF files. The Change File Units command allows you to quickly change a file scale based on Units or Scale Factor.
Show Only By Name
The Show Only by Name tool displays just the entity with the provided name. This tool changes the Show/Hide flags of the entity.
Rename
The Rename tool provides a way to rename large number of entities. This tool is especially useful for renaming entities imported from external applications. For example, Inventor attaches the full assembly representation to the part name.
Spell Check
The Spell Check examines all visible text for possible misspellings and provides suggestions.
Isolate Layer
The Isolate Layer command sets the display layers to objects you select.
Curve, Surface, and Solid Modeling Tools
Repair profile, simplify profile, show surface free edges, remove duplicate entities, remove zero length curves, simplify solid
Mesh Tools
Mesh analysis, auto repair, show mesh free edges, remove collapsed facets, identify overlaps, remove duplicate facets, fix flipped normal, weld vertices, remove unused vertices, rebuild normal, close simple holes, rebuild normal, flip on normal, delete facets, combine, split by select, make vertices planar, remove slivers
Split at Discontinuity
Avoid the pitfalls of curve discontinuities that can hinder successful modeling operations like Booleans, blending, and chamfering. The Split at Discontinuity tool, part of the PowerPack suite, intelligently identifies and splits curves at points of discontinuity, ensuring a smoother design process.
Windows System Requirements
ViaCAD® 16 Pro or 2D/3D, Microsoft® Windows® 7, 8, 10, or 11¹, Intel® Pentium® IV or AMD® Athlon64™ class 64-bit processor, 3 GB of hard disk space, 8 GB of RAM, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), OpenGL/DirectX9 Compliant video card with 256MB of dedicated RAM, Internet Connection required2
Mac System Requirements
ViaCAD® 16 Pro or 2D/3D, Macintosh® OS 10.11 through 15¹, Apple Mac with Intel or Apple processor, 4 GB of hard disk space, 8 GB RAM or greater, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), Internet Connection required2
¹ Program compatibility is not guaranteed for earlier operating systems, requires a machine with an operating system using x64 (64-Bit) architecture.
2 User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges.