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FreeForm system |
 The
FreeForm® modeling system allows companies to transform the way
they develop products -- from concept creation to finished part.
Modeling with touch enables users to easily create products
typically characterized by challenging and complex free-formed
shapes. The FreeForm system allows companies to move from a
traditional, physical process to a completely digital pipeline.
Using a FreeForm system-based workflow dramatically compresses
cycle time without sacrificing design quality and artisanship. |
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Incorporating the FreeForm system into your workflow provides:
Substantial Business Benefits
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Increase communication and efficiency by creating a completely
digital production process between design, marketing and
manufacturing
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Reduce time-to-market and save money throughout the product
development cycle
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Develop and release products more quickly while creating a higher
design quality
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Shorten approval cycles between OEMs, licensors, clients and
manufacturers
Easy Integration
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Improve modeling productivity without sacrificing the ability to
produce quality artwork
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Easily share models with others involved in the product
development process
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Eliminate long learning curves typically needed to master 3D
modeling software with the FreeForm system's direct model
interaction and familiar sculpting tools
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Accelerate design, bidding, manufacturing, and tooling development
decisions
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Quickly respond to multiple design change requests that come up
during the approval process
Superior Sculpting and Design
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Interact directly with the model via the sense of touch without
the restrictions of traditional computer-based tools
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Create digital models in the same intuitive and direct manner as
physical modeling with clay or wax while taking advantage of the
flexibility and efficiency provided by a digital environment
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Model with precise and fine control while capturing intent through
natural, non-procedural interaction
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Create highly aesthetic and organic designs while complying with
technical design criteria
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Complete more overall designs and design iterations
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Feature Overview |
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The FreeForm® modeling system is unlike anything you have ever
used before. It allows you to fully leverage your sense of touch
to control modeling tools with the simplicity and expressiveness
of physical modeling, yet with the productivity and workflow
advantages of digital modeling.
By providing a touch-enabled interface to a digital modeling tool,
users can very quickly create complex forms that previously could
only be made by hand. These digital forms can then be used
directly in standard downstream processes such as marketing
communication, rapid prototyping, tooling design and CNC
machining.
FreeForm Version 6 offers a full suite of touch-based modeling
tools. FreeForm Plus Version 6 adds advanced design tools for
creating precise features, deforming models and exporting models
via NURB surfaces. Scroll down for an overview of key features, or
view the Technical Data Sheet.
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Sculpting Tools |
Carve
Interactively carve the model, selecting from a variety of tool
shapes.
Tug
Push and pull parts of the model while maintaining detail.
Smooth
Interactively Smooth out rough model surfaces.
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Foam Cutting Tools |
Wire Cut
Cut away material using 2D "profiles," as if using a hot wire on
foam.
Spin
Create shapes by spinning a profile around an axis.
Loft FreeForm Plus only
Create a solid, smoothly flowing shape with profiles and curves.
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Productivity Tools |
Mirror
Mirror the model to duplicate one side to the other.
Emboss with Wrapped Image
Use an image to texture a region of the model.
Emboss with Image
Apply labels, patterns and textures directly from images.
Paste Pattern
Create repeating pattern elements.
Reference Pieces FreeForm Plus only
Use a FreeForm or CAD model as a visual reference or for
rendering.
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Construct Tools |
Emboss With Curve
Raise or lower areas of the model surface.
Groove
Create grooves or ridges by sweeping a profile along a 3D curve.
Deform FreeForm Plus only
Modify an entire model or local area without losing detail.
Shape FreeForm Plus only
Interactively modify the surface area bounded by 3D curves.
Round Edge FreeForm Plus only
Add numerically-defined radii by simply swiping along sharp edges.
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Collaboration Tools |
Render Visual Communication Package only
Create photorealistic renderings of FreeForm system models for use
in marketing material, review meetings, packaging, and catalogs.
Publish Visual Communication Package only
Turn models into .3d viewing files to securely share with
executives, manufacturing partners, licensors and anyone else
unable to use native FreeForm system models.
View and Markup Visual Communication Package only
Review and annotate .3d files created with the FreeForm View
Publish module using the freely downloadable
FreeForm View
application.
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Workflow Aids |
Buck
A solid area that is protected from edits, usually representing
pre-engineered items.
Paint
Add color by painting directly on a model for review, color
studies or production instruction.
Draft Angle
Analyze potential undercuts and fix them interactively.
Mass Properties
Calculate the mass, surface area, and center of gravity of a
model.
Shelling
Create a model that is offset from the original by a specified
distance.
Split Clay with Curve FreeForm Plus only
Separate a model into pieces using curve loops.
Surfacing FreeForm Plus only
Create IGES surfaces needed for downstream workflow and
production. |
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