The software enables users to adopt its advanced, fully interoperable 3D design tools.
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Business Area has introduced significant productivity gains for 3D designers producing complex, organic shapes in its first release of Geomagic Freeform
With a subscription model and expanded haptic input device options, the software is more accessible than ever, enabling users to adopt its advanced, fully interoperable 3D design tools.
Geomagic Freeform allows designers to create complex, handcrafted-style sculptural and organic forms that are usually too intricate for traditional CAD systems.
Key applications include:
- Toy and packaging design
- Personalised surgical medical devices
- Orthotics and prosthetics
- Mould and die design
Kevin Atkins, product manager, Hexagon’s Portable Metrology Division, said, "This marks our first Geomagic Freeform release as part of Hexagon, and we’re thrilled to continue delivering impactful releases for users worldwide. With Haply Robotics integration and innovations like Python scripting, we’re making advanced 3D tools for organic and manufacturable design more powerful, intuitive, and accessible than ever."
The new Deform Selection tool allows designers to move, rotate, or scale a selected region of a model while adjacent areas deform smoothly. For example, this makes it easier for a user to change the pose of a toy dinosaur’s head or change the orientation of a patient’s scanned wrist in seconds.
Expanding on Geomagic Freeform’s Dynabot automation capabilities, the addition of Python scripting enables access to a comprehensive library of automation-ready tools. Designers can automate custom workflows without being programming experts using the Geomagic API library. For example, after a cranial implant plate is designed in Freeform, the mould required for an acrylic manufacturing process can be generated through a fully automated Python workflow.
Geomagic Freeform is often used with a 3D haptic device, providing users with an intuitve and interactive digital experience similar to clay modelling. A new solution with Haply Robotics offers the realism of clay sculpting with the power of a digital platform. Geomagic Freeform software supports the Inverse3 and the ultra-portable MinVerse.
For existing users, the latest release offers various productivity enhancements that can streamline tasks such as measuring, sculpting, and deforming, enabling greater precision and efficiency. For healthcare customers, this release extends DICOM standard support to include RTSTRUCT, a format used in radiation oncology treatment planning. This enhancement improved the design workflow for bolus devices, allowing better device design and preparation for 3D printing.
