Features

Scan to CAD

RapidWorks makes it easy to create scan-guided sketches, and then extrude / revolve them into life as 3D solids.

As you work, RapidWorks snaps to the mesh to make your job of reproducing the object easy.

RapidWorks is a hybrid modeler, which means that it has full support for both solid modeling and surface modeling. Surfaces are a very powerful way to represent complex curved and organic shapes.

With this powerful combination, it’s possible to reverse engineer any scanned object.

Full Feature Tree

During reverse engineering, you will create features based on your scan: sketches, axis, extrusions, revolutions, surfaces, etc.

RapidWorks stores all these features in the feature tree, allowing you to edit them at any point in the process.

Go back and edit a sketch created earlier, and the solids generated from that sketch will automatically be updated.

Rollback in time or suppress features to understand the effect of an operation on the final model.

The Best Part: you can edit these features in your CAD system with Direct to SolidWorks, IGES, and STEP export methods.

Shape Recognizer

RapidWorks analyzes your scan, identifying features of interest, and segmenting your scan into regions with similar properties.

RapidWorks can recognize many features, including: revolutions, extrusions, planes, freeform areas, and many primitives

While you’re creating sketches and solids, this knowledge is used to provide intelligent snapping.

For example, when extruding a sketch, RapidWorks will automatically extend the extrusion to the right point.

If you’re creating a fillet, RapidWorks uses the scan data to automatically determine the proper radius and fillet type.

Tools are provided for automatically extracting revolve profiles + axis, extrusion axis, feature center points, sweep paths, pipe centers, parting lines, and many other feature properties.

Accuracy Analyzer

One of the key challenges of reverse engineering is keeping your design accurate to the original.

RapidWorks makes this easy to do with a tool called the Accuracy Analyzer.

The Accuracy Analyzer compares the CAD model that you are building with the original scan, providing instant visual feedback.

Real-time analysis while you sketch shows you any deviation you may be introducing in your design.

You can also use the Accuracy Analyzer to track changes through prototype and assembly line iterations. You can compare scans with each other, and with any CAD models you’ve built inside RapidWorks.

Direct to SolidWorks

Transfer your parametric model + full feature tree into SolidWorks 2006, 2007, and 2008.

All editions of SolidWorks are supported: Standard, Professional, and Office Premium.

Your sketches + solids will be fully editable in SolidWorks, allowing you to make design changes to the scanned part. You can save the result as a standard .SLDPRT file.

RapidWorks is based on the same Parasolid core as SolidWorks, making this direct transfer highly accurate.

Standard File Formats

RapidWorks exports parametric solid models using the IGES and STEP standard file formats.

This allows users to open and edit their reverse engineering models in the CAD system of their choice: Inventor, Pro/E, CATIA, SolidWorks, Alibre, and others.

RapidWorks also exports STL files and IGES surface files, ideal for machining and rapid prototyping.

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