SpaceClaim Engineer
3D for innovative engineering
SpaceClaim Engineer is the world’s fastest and most innovative 3D direct modeler. SpaceClaim Engineer brings 3D solid modeling to the desktops of engineers and analysts who work in a 3D, with a simplicity and low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) never seen before in CAD.With SpaceClaim Engineer, you benefit from a:
- Short learning curve
- Low entry price and total cost-of-ownership
- Fast return on investment
SpaceClaim enables engineers to easily create concepts and prepare 3D designs for digital prototyping, analysis, and manufacturing. SpaceClaim Engineer is especially suited for engineers and designers who need a tool that enables simulation-driven product design for:
Review the new and improved features in SpaceClaim 2012.
Extending the Value of 3D to Everyday Engineering
SpaceClaim's 3D Direct Modeling technology revolutionizes the way you think about working with 3D solid models because it lets you focus on your design without the complexity of traditional CAD. For example, you can reuse data without planning and remix geometry from other designs, even those created in CAD systems. You can take a design where it needs to go, regardless of how it was built or the CAD system in which it was created.
SpaceClaim helps you get the ideas right without wasting a lot of time with traditional CAD history and constraints. Create new concepts and share them with other engineers before entering the detailed design phase; together, you get the concepts right and avoid expensive last-minute design changes. From a blank slate, start drawing 3D shapes as easily and freely as you should on the back of a napkin. De-feature and simplify parts for analysis or manufacturing and optimize the design without being constrained by original modeling intent.
SpaceClaim Engineer's 3D mechanisms capabilities include gear and tangent
placement conditions and are completely integrated with SpaceClaim's direct
modeling of parts and assemblies.
Capabilities
The world’s fastest and most powerful direct modeler
- Pull, Move, Fill, and Combine tools enable hands-on 3D design
- Quickly create and iterate design concepts
- Create solid models without the complexity of traditional feature-based CAD
- State of the art rendering
Rich environment for engineering and conceptual design
- Create multi-discipline concept models for engineering consensus prior to detailed design
- Perform what-if studies by editing designs, regardless of how they were created
- Powerful capabilities to clean up imported geometry and simplify models for analysis
- Includes special tools to design and flatten sheet metal components
Fits into your existing design process
- Work with popular common formats such as AutoCAD, SketchUp, ACIS, STEP, IGES, ECAD, Rhinoceros, CGR, DWG, DXF, STL, OBJ, XAML, VRML, and 3D PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended)
- Optional modules available to read native CAD data from SolidWorks, Pro/E (Creo), CATIA, NX, and more
- Integrated with many leading CAE and CAM tools
- Create high-quality models for the detailed design team
3D cross section creation and manipulation
- Draw 3D extruded, revolved, and swept geometry without ever leaving a 2D cross section
- Sketch out a new concept assembly without ever having to perform extra work
- Import a complex assembly, section through it, and immediately edit the section using the same Pull and Move tools you use in 3D
Flexible assembly structure
- Turn a part into an assembly or vice versa
- Create assembly structure before you've drawn a shape, or draw a dozen parts and create the structure later
- Never worry about inter-component relationships preventing changes
- Export subassemblies into external file for reuse with other designs, or incorporate an existing design for unique customization without impacting other designs
Parameters without constraints
Change the value of a dimension simply by selecting what you want to move and editing the value: your geometry goes to the right place. There's no need to set up complicated systems of constraints. Different users can set up and save their own sets of dimensions so that others can work with the model the way they want.
Design in any context
The same tools work to edit assemblies, parts, drawing views, and 3D markups enable you to create and make changes wherever you see the need. You don't have to worry about switching to the right mode.
SpaceClaim Engineer includes tools to automatically find and remove small features,
greatly accelerating model preparation.
Interoperability Add-Ons
See the Interoperability page for details on our industry-leading translators to all popular CAD formats and traditional CAD systems as well as descriptions of SpaceClaim's ability to read and write to the industry-standard JT Open format.
Free TraceParts Library Access
All SpaceClaim users (version 2011 or later) receive free access to the TraceParts library of over 100 million standard CAD models from leading parts manufacturers. Read more about this free resource for SpaceClaim users.
Free SpaceClaim Plug-In for Rhinoceros
Starting with any stored .3dm document, the SpaceClaim-to-Rhino Plug-in provides a round-trip that directly exports the current window from Rhino to SpaceClaim and imports the window contents of SpaceClaim back to Rhino. Software requirements include: Rhino 4.0 and SpaceClaim 2008 or later. See Help About for instructions on enabling this Plug-in on your system.
SpaceClaim Viewer
Using the free SpaceClaim viewer, you can share a SpaceClaim design with a client, but your client doesn't need to use 3D or have SpaceClaim itself installed on his or her computer. With a simple 5MB download, anyone on Windows can view your designs from Window Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, and other applications. They only have to download the free SpaceClaim Viewer.
Read the SpaceClaim End-User License and Subscription Services agreement.
System Requirements
Go to the
SpaceClaim Requirements page for details on the system requirements.
Customer Quotes
“A customer sent us a solid model of aircraft cabinets that was created in CATIA V5. We tried SpaceClaim to translate the data from CATIA and we were amazed at how quick and easy the process was with SpaceClaim and how successful we were in using the software the first time out. Clearly, we had found the right tool for the job.”
Michael Lieblich
FAA Designated Engineering Representative
Aeronautic
“We use SpaceClaim to prepare geometries from multiple 3D CAD systems for simulation and to transfer it between the individual CAD systems. For us, it is important to use an intuitively operable tool to simplify geometry and to also generate complex models without having to learn the complex functionalities of other CAD tools.”
Reimar Herrschuh
Calculation engineer
Kirow Ardelt
"We identified a need for a 3D design tool for engineers involved in concept modeling and simulation that was easy to use, didn't require intensive training and yet was precise, powerful, and worked with our existing CAD and CAE tools. SpaceClaim met the key requirements of our global business units..."
"The argument for streamlining by enforcing a single CAD platform is a thing of the past. The goal is to streamline the workflow while introducing the best tools for every job. Although a mix of tools comes at a higher support cost, reducing wasted time in engineering and getting products to market faster is what gives us our competitive edge. We have achieved this goal by empowering our engineers with SpaceClaim.'"
Hiroshi Mizuide
Branch Manager
Hioko E.E. Corporation
"SpaceClaim and Google SketchUp share a long-term vision of enabling everybody to work in 3D. SpaceClaim's ability to turn SketchUp files into precise solids suitable for manufacturing - without remodeling - will enable mechanical SketchUp users to more quickly realize their vision, and help SpaceClaim users take advantage of the millions of models available in our 3D Warehouse."
Tom Wyman
Business Development Manager
Google SketchUp