Clone detection module in seemage can be use to detect same geometries and then create instances (one shared geometry). Usually seemage detects the instances when reading from native CAD files but using some "exotic" formats, it might not be the case. In animation below you can see:
- BOM generation to detect all parts which have the same geometry
- see that instances are not detected (symbol yellow instead of purple)
- run clone module to create those instances
The original file size was 5.3Mo. After this simple action it comes to 3.5Mo so size had been reduced from 34%
Animation
Instances to reduce file size
seemage XML driven style
See how to use create a meta-property, use styles and how to change styles propeties.
Catia V5 import planes
When converting a Catia file, it can happen that planes are converted and imported as well. The reason is that planes are stored in Catia's No Show. You needs to disable the "Import No Show" in the import option pannel.
Another advantage is that the parts will have better triangulation because in relative mode, the chordal error is calculated based on the bounding box of your model. Large planes will therefore prevent the program to calculate an optimum chordal error.
Clearance checking results
It is possible to save the clearance checking results in XML, HTML, CVS, and Microsoft EXCEL formats.
If the result is saved in an XML file, you will be able to reload it later in Seemage.
Search on metadata when geometry is not loaded
Metadata (or metaproperty) can be added to parts or assemblies. usually it comes from the PLM/PDM/ERP or CAD software. In seemage, user can also creates is own metadata. Such information is stored in the XML of the part or assembly. It means that in seemage you can search for a metadata even if the geometry is not loaded. Imagine that you have a big model (60 thousand parts) and you need to search and see just one of them (on a poor laptop...
In seemage you can load the tree structure without the geometry (very fast), then search for the reference and then decide to load the result. And this is also available in seemage free Viewers (EXE, PDF, HTML etc.). The video below will show you how to search ... and find.
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