A Quantum Leap in Engineering Productivity

SpaceClaim empowers engineers and industrial designers to be more creative and deliver products to market faster. Throughout the product development cycle, SpaceClaim makes it possible for engineers to easily explore their ideas and problem solve in 3D, reuse and quickly edit models from any CAD system, and simplify models for analysis, prototyping, and manufacturing.

 

 SpaceClaim Engineer enables innovation and improves
efficiency throughout the product development cycle.

Optimizing Engineering with 3D Modeling

The rules of product development are changing.  Smart manufacturers are realizing that by realigning product design activities, they can guarantee that final testing will validate expected results.

By empowering engineering with easy-to-use and powerful, 3D conceptual design tools together with access to CAE, engineers can optimize their designs before committing them to the labor-intensive detailed design process in traditional CAD.

The untapped opportunity for most manufacturers is that CAE isn’t involved until late in the product development cycle - when the fixes are often very costly.  Up-front simulation avoids last-minute compromises.

Enabling Creativity to Foster Innovation

SpaceClaim is the only 3D direct modeler designed from the ground up to be the fastest tool available for concept design and 3D problem solving.  Easily visualize and evaluate designs.  Achieve new levels of creativity and product innovation.

• Quickly create new designs and easily change them later
• Use groundbreaking 3D modeling tools
• Reuse almost any 2D or 3D CAD file
• Have complete control over assembly structures and bill of materials

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Improving CAE Productivity to Reduce Lead Times

SpaceClaim Engineer improves simulation productivity by giving engineers total control of model preparation, editing, and optimization.

• Easily prepare CAD models for meshing and analysis
• Quickly improve and manipulate the design
• Seamlessly share design changes with the CAD team
• Fix STEP, IGES, and other imported CAD files

SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling is easy to learn and use and
includes basic 3D commands like Pull and Move.

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Streamlining Product Design to Improve Quality and Lower Cost

SpaceClaim Engineer and CAE work together to optimize product designs before detailing in CAD. Engineers can get the engineering right and the CAD teams can produce a better detail design for manufacturing.

• Optimize against opposing design parameters, honing the understanding of ideal solutions
• Change materials, design approaches, and manufacturing processes without starting from scratch
• Reuse existing parts and designs as a starting point for new ones, applying knowledge as you discover it in CAE
• Provide accurate, solid models to the CAD team to maximize process efficiency

Learn more about SpaceClaim and Simulation-Driven Product Design.

SpaceClaim in Industrial Design

SpaceClaim marries the simplicity of a surface modeler with the robust power of solid modeling. Use SpaceClaim to create quick assemblies for surfacing in your favorite surface modeler. Or, turn surface models into solids, adding rich detail.

• SpaceClaim’s direct solid modeling is the fastest way to create forms, basic concepts, and massing studies.
• Directly create and edit surface curves, even if the surfaces weren’t created in SpaceClaim.
• Create beautiful anti-aliased layouts of your concept and use HyperShot integration to explore textural choices and aesthetic ramifications. 
• Interoperate with your favorite surface modelers and enjoy direct copy-and-paste integration with Rhino and MOI. 

 

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Getting the Job Done in Prototyping and Manufacturing

SpaceClaim lets anybody modify a CAD model, regardless of the constraints and history that can get in the way of finishing a project. Make last-minute edits to prepare parts for manufacturing and rapid prototyping.

• Change face offsets to suit your manufacturing process
• Add or remove rounds and draft as needed
• Reconstruct underlying surface geometry for surface machining and packaging
• Create scale models by adjusting size and change wall thicknesses as needed
• Quickly check draft and create cores and cavities
• Create bend-compensated sheet metal flat patterns from imported designs

Learn more about SpaceClaim in prototyping and manufacturing.