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Viewer Software Assesses Moldability of Parts in 16 CAD File Formats

Kubotek3D’s K-Display View is a multi-CAD visualization software offering mold-specific features such as colored shading based on draft angle and 3D bounding envelope size and measurements.

Grace Nehls, Former MMT Editor

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This image shows a mold built by Basilius in Toledo for an automotive part.

This image shows a mold built by Basilius in Toledo for an automotive part (STEP file exported from KeyCreator). The cursor ToolTip is displaying the radius of a feature which a machinist would need to know when selecting tooling for this job. Photo Credit: Kubotek3D

A simple, intuitive interface enables quoting, manufacturing, sales, support and service departments to all easily view and interrogate 3D CAD files. Initially released in 2018, Kubotek3D’s K-Display View offers mold-specific features, including colored shading based on draft angle, 3D bounding envelope size and measurements of distances, volume, area and thickness. 

According to the company, the product is a local install, read-only program, eliminating the need to save a changed version of the file or to upload sensitive/customer data online. The program has options to read 3D files from all major mechanical CAD programs and standard formats. Advance support includes five native drawing formats, semantic 3D GD&T (PMI) and discovery of duplicate bodies.

Powered by Kubotek’s next-generation Kosmos technology, K-Display employs full multi-threaded processing which is guaranteed to bring a new level of speed when opening larger files, says Kubotek; it is supported on Windows, Mac and Linux. No additional CAD software licenses are needed. Network floating versions and lease or permanent license as available.

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