InnovMetric announced that PolyWorks|Modeler 2021 introduces a new automatic surfacing technology that produces light NURBS surface models editable in CAD software and a streamlined re-verse-engineering workflow that integrates automatic surfacing within an intuitive curve-based surfacing workflow. In addition to accelerating the creation of models for applications such as milling, high-end 3D visualization, aerodynamic simulation, and mold flow analysis, the PolyWorks|Modeler 2021 next-generation surfacing solution provides CAD designers with ideal patch layouts to initiate a design from a digitized physical object.
PolyWorks|Modeler 2021 proposes an innovative automatic surfacing algorithm that draws characteristic curves over a polygonal surface and partitions the surface into a minimal number of patches: