Multiple solid editing capabilities, such as cone manipulation, surface pivoting and distance-by-angle chamfers, extend SpaceClaim’s lead in direct modeling.New SketchUp conversion detects regions where SketchUp’s approximated, facetted geometry was derived from analytic surfaces such as cylinders and cones, and automatically replaces them with precise geometry.Here’s the quick list of all the newness in SpaceClaim Engineer 2012: Some other notable features include a Windows shell extension that allows you to view your model in Outlook and Explorer and the addition of some very nice 2D/3D curve repair tools that make importing, repair and modeling up sketch geometry so painless, it should be illegal in most countries. The coolest bits of SpaceClaim 2012 are the new SketchUp functionality that allows you to automatically convert faceted geometry to solid geometry and a slick Hole recognition option that not only allows you to detect holes, but also update them. They add a few more sheet metal enhancements with this version, but that’s definitely not the best part.

If you recall their last version, they slide deep into the sheet metal pool adding a lot of new functionality there. SpaceClaim 2012 takes geometry manipulation to the level of liquid butter, making older version look cold and chunky. Courter, SpaceClaim Engineer 2012 has a focus on speed. Features? We talked with Blake Courter, co-founder of SpaceClaim, last week and got the squeeze on the new capabilities coming to the 9th version of the direct modeling app.Īccording to Mr. Just kidding, it also works for people who write ‘Engineer’ on a piece of paper with crayon and tape it to their chest. As the name implies it’s for Engineers only. SpaceClaim, the company slapping the history out 3D modeling just launched SpaceClaim Engineer 2012.

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