- 3D InterOp
Infobox Software
name = 3D InterOp
caption =
developer =Spatial Corp oration
latest_release_version = Version R18.SP2
latest_release_date = March2008
operating_system =Windows 2000 (and above), AIX (IBM ), Solaris (Sun Microsystems ),HP-UX (Hewlett-Packard ),Mac OS X (Apple Computer ) andLinux (Red Hat )
genre =CAD data exchange
license =Proprietary software
website = [http://www.spatial.com www.spatial.com]3D InterOp is one of the most used CAD data translation framework from
Spatial Corp . It is an object-oriented software component designed for use as the data translation foundation within an end-user application. In the world onFEA , the initial model data can come from any number of MCAD sources, it’s almost inevitable that some sort of data translation is necessary. Components such as InterOp are used to import data from standards (IGES, STEP) or proprietary formats (CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer).cite web | url=http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaabhw.htm| title=Geometry: The First Element of Analysis| accessdate=2008-04-01]From the developer point of view, 3D InterOp is written in C++, and it provides an
Application Programming Interface (API) called "3D InterOp Connect". This interface allows end-user applications to manage its data exchange. It works independently from the formats being handled. 3D InterOp Connect is based on an open architecture. It can be extended and adapted to support several formats.Formats supported
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ACIS
*CATIA (V4 and V5)
* HSF
*I-DEAS
*IGES
*Autodesk 's Inventor
*Parasolid
*Pro/E
*SolidWorks
*STEP
*Unigraphics
*VDA-FS
* XML-EBOMReferences
External links
* [http://www.spatial.com/products/interop.html Official Spatial's Translators website]
* [http://doc.spatial.com Official Spatial's 3D InterOp Online documentation]
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