3D Interoperability: Technical Articles and Resources
CAD Interoperability Done Right: A Technical Guide to Format Consistency
Spatial Team | 09-03-2026
If you build software that touches 3D models, you already know the pain: a CATIA assembly that looks perfect on one end arrives broken on the other. Surfaces tear. PMI disappears. An assembly tree ...
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How Poor 3D Data Translation Can Derail Project Timelines and Costs
To manufacture a design, the engineering or design team must send its computer-aided design (CAD) files to the ...
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How The Best 3D InterOp Helps Reduce CAD File Errors in the Manufacturing Process
Due to different workflows, it is not uncommon to find companies collaborating with one another (e.g. a ...
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STL File Problems: Common Problems Identified in the STL File Healing Process
When coming from a standard format, very often that data has to be repaired or improved, and Spatial does that as part ...
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3D InterOp's Persistent Naming Translation
Let's examine the benefits of using 3D InterOp's Persistent Naming Translation feature in your application to import ...
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Generating Simulation Data from BIM Datasets
One of the important uses of 3D models in the building information modeling (BIM) process is as inputs to analysis. ...
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Rounding Dimension Values from 3D InterOp
Recently I was asked a question about one of the standard test files generated by NIST (National Institute for ...
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Emergence of STEP AP 242
In a past blog, The Impact of Model-Based Definition (MBD) on 3D Modeling and Manufacturing, we discussed the growing ...
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One-Way Associativity for 3D CAD Analysis Applications
Analysis applications often use solid models generated by CAD systems as their input; for example, the structural ...
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The Impact of Model-Based Definition on 3D Modeling & Manufacturing
The beginning of the year is a time for planning, both in our personal lives, as well as professional. It is no ...
