Released May 2009
Siemens PLM Software announces the latest release of the D-Cubed Hidden Line Manager (HLM), a software component that accurately and rapidly computes hidden line views. New enhancements specific to version 40.0 are listed below. See the full product description.
An optional thread-safe version of the HLM was made available with version 39 to enable multiple instances of the HLM to run on parallel processors. However, each thread-safe instance of the HLM had slightly worse performance compared with the non-thread-safe version. In this release, the necessary changes have been made to eliminate this performance disadvantage, enabling the thread-safe version to be the standard version.
Furthermore, version 39 only supported thread-safety on PCs running Windows®. This new release is thread-safe on our full range of supported operating systems, including Unix, Linux and Apple platforms.
The HLM has always had the capability to compute the correct hidden line view of a scene consisting of more than one part where some of the parts interpenetrate each other. However, significant computational resources are required to detect such interpenetrations. However, some applications only require interpenetrations to be computed in specific cases, and it is wasteful to compute all cases. This release enables an application to specify which faces and parts are relevant to computing the hidden line view where interpenetrations are involved.
First released in 1999, the HLM is the most widely deployed hidden line solution in the CAD market. It accurately computes hidden line views, engineering drawings and technical illustrations of parts and assemblies with exceptional performance, reliability and functionality. The HLM is compatible with any application as it is independent of any particular modeler or model format, operating on exact, faceted, solid or surface representations.
PLM Components are software tools that support innovation and promote interoperability in CAD, CAM, CAE and PLM applications. Siemens PLM Software develops these components, uses them throughout its own applications and licenses them to independent software vendors and end-user organizations. PLM Components include the Parasolid and D-Cubed products, widely used technologies that provide 3D part and assembly modeling, editing and interoperability, 2D/3D parametric sketching, motion simulation, collision detection, clearance measurement and visualization functionality. Applications include mechanical CAD, CAM, CAE, mold design, sheet metal, AEC, GIS, structural, plant and ship design, CMM, reverse engineering and sales configuration. For more information, please visit www.siemens.com/plm/open/
Neil Howarth
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