Power Pack Documentation

3D Printing Tools 

• 3D Print Check

• Preview Slices

• Overhang Analysis

• Wall Thickness

• Surface Normals Check

Utilities

• Assorted Colors

• AutoLayer

• Preview Layers

• Change File Units

• Show Only By Name

• Rename

• Spell Check

Mesh Tools

• Part Analysis 

• Auto Repair

• Show Free Edges

• Reduce Triangles

• Convert To Quads

• Coordinate Compare (Pro Only)

• Align Mesh to Part (Pro Only)

• Convert Mesh to Analytic (Pro Only)

• Convert Mesh to NURB (Pro Only)

Curve, Surface, and Solid Modeling Tools

Draw

• Line Bisector

• Line Best Fit

• Line Normal To Surface

• Line Perpendicular to Two Curves

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• Circle Best Fit

• Circle Normal to Curve

• Average Curve

• Curve From Two Views

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• Plane Best Fit

• Surface Grid

• Shadow Projections

Modify

• Repair Profile

• Simplify Profile

• Create Outline

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• Remove Duplicate Entities

• Remove Zero Length Curves

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• Convert To Spline Surface

• Simplify Solid

• Part Repair

Verify

• Show Overlaps

• Show Gaps

• Locate Inflections

• Check Curve Tangency

• Locate Minimum Curvature

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• Show Surface Free Edges

• Show Non-Manifold Edges

• Identify Suspect Edges

Feature Selections

• Select Blend Network

• Select Protrusion Network

• Select Depression Network

PowerPack

General utilities to manage CAD entities along with tools to validate and repair mesh objects for 3D Printing.

• Quickly color, layer, and preview files
• Slice and preview meshes
• Spell Check text and dimensions
• Mesh Analysis (degenerative facets, areas, volumes)
• Show Free edges
• Simple Close Hole
• Separate, Combine, Weld, Compact Meshes

PowerPack Pro (Not Available)

• The Pro configuration includes all the features in standard plus:
• Conversion from general mesh to analytic solids\
• Convert from quad meshes to NURBs surface or solids
• Precise coordinate comparison between mesh and NURBS
• Alignment tools between mesh and NURBs
• Profile repair and validate
• Video: Mesh To NURB Solid + Features
 

Demonstrates the creation of a piggy bank using a variety of PowerPack tools. The design starts from a quad mesh that is converted into a precise NURB solid. Downstream modeling operations such as shelling, splitting, booleans, and blending are then added to achieve the final design.