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Create Unique and Innovative 3D Applications Faster and with Lower Development Costs

Our 3D ACIS modeling kernel delivers the technological capabilities needed to create high-quality applications with fewer risks and at lower software development costs. Develop market-leading applications and unlock innovation with industry-proven components.

3D ACIS Modeler supports various industrial modeling approaches, including direct and history-based modeling.

Features include proven modeling capabilities, expert solution advisory, expanded application reach through integration with technologies like CAD Interoperability and Meshing, and the ability to create and modify complex 3D models and assemblies.

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Why Choose 3D ACIS Modeler?

Competitive Differentiation

With 3D ACIS Modeler, you can focus on delivering unique product capabilities using the ACIS file format and driving innovation.

Accelerated Development

By providing a foundation of high-quality 3D software components, 3D ACIS Modeler accelerates application delivery by simplifying development efforts and reducing resource requirements.

Lower Costs and Fewer Risks

3D ACIS Modeler is a proven solution for over 350 applications with more than three million seats worldwide. Lower risks mean reduced development costs and greater ROI.

A Proven Solution

ACIS-based applications leverage the recognized quality of modeling operations such as booleans, which are a direct result of 30+ years of Spatial’s collaboration with industry leaders in design, analysis, manufacturing and measurement.

Continuous Success

Spatial experts ensure the continued success of ACIS-based applications by engaging to understand and support customers’ needs and strategies.

Expanded Reach

Benefit from 3DEXPERIENCE® and CGM ecosystem innovation, integrating technologies like CAD interoperability, visualization, meshing, polyhedral modeling, constraint modeling and hidden line removal.

Craft Complex Models With Ease

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3D Model Creation

3D ACIS Modeler supports geometry creation, surface and solid modeling, modification, and query from simple models to complex assemblies. Whether the need is for direct modeling capabilities to support a history-free CAD application or to implement a history-based feature tree, 3D ACIS Modeler’s broad solutions are trusted across a variety of industries.
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Modify 3D Models

Our 3D ACIS software supports applications in customizing their data preparation through its extensive set of robust operations, such as Boolean, Blending, Direct Editing, Thickening, Offsetting and more.
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Topology Tracking and Attributes

3D ACIS Modeler provides complete support for feature modeling applications with annotations for topology tracking from geometrical operations. Applications can also leverage attribute mechanism for attaching custom data to topological objects for tracking them through modeling operations.
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Add-Ons for Specific Applications

Offer incremental value to your customers by adding more functionality. Spatial provides and maintains bridges, or out of the box integration code, so that 3D ACIS Modeler developers can expand their applications with add-ons like ACIS polyhedra, 3D Precise Mesh, CGM HLR and many more.
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Model Analysis

Empower your applications to easily discern model object characteristics. Capabilities include testing model validity, establishing object relationships, clash detection, distance analysis, and physical properties analysis.
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High Performance

3D ACIS Modeler maintains the highest performance and memory management standards, continuously improving and building on its decades of use in various industries. It’s also thread-safe and supports multi-threaded APIs.
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Query 3D Models

Utilize model topology, geometry, and metadata for read-only workflows where creation or modification of models isn’t necessary, for example visualization for xR applications.

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