3D Modeling: Technical Articles and Resources
How to future-proof your modeling engine for freeform surfaces
Spatial Team | 04-05-2026
1. Hybrid geometry representations: pick one and lose Why a single representation is a trap Betting on a single geometry representation is probably the biggest architectural mistake we see teams ...
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It’s Easier Using 3D Solids
In my last post I constructed a thin walled 3D body of a teapot from surface data using surfacing operations. Whilst ...
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Making 3D Solids from Surface Data
Recently I was looking at some surfacing operations and I thought it would make an interesting case study to complete ...
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Application Driven Documentation
In this post I’m going to talk about how we use C3D Toolkit to generate 'live' sample code snippets for our CGM ...
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Putting Intel’s HTT to the Test
My comrades and I did a performance analysis of Intel’s Hyper Threading Technology (HTT), using thread-safe ACIS and ...
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A Leap of Faith
In earlier posts I’ve written a lot about the various approaches to multiprocessing and the potential benefits. What I ...
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Scripting: It’s Not Just for Browser Apps
In my last post I mentioned C3D Toolkit, our JavaScript-based demo application, and said I’d discuss it more in another ...
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3D ACIS Modeler R23: What We’ve Done For You Lately
The challenges of a major software release are not unique to Spatial. And like other organizations, the launch process ...
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Double, Double, Trouble
While procrastinating (avoiding writing this blog entry for as long as possible), I debugged an interesting problem. ...
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Application-Driven Development in Action
Today, I’m going to discuss how we’ve been using Application Driven Development (AppDD) principles in our work on CGM.
