C3D Blog

21.08.2018 How 3D Models are Stored in DWG. Part 1: The Terminology of B-reps

When we speak of 3D models in the mathematical sense, we usual refer to the “boundary representation” of solid bodies — their skin, as it were. Solids are...

20.08.2018 C3D Modeler for Teigha Updated for 2018

C3D Labs announced it has updated the C3D Modeler for Teigha. This is a lightweight version of the C3D Modeler geometric kernel designed to develop 3D applications...

17.07.2018 The Fall and Recovery of a Mold

Software component developers tend to be far removed from the end users of the products in which their components are employed. Recently, however, we connected...

28.06.2018 C3D Labs Launches C3D Toolkit 2018

C3D Labs is pleased to announce that its updated software toolkit is now shipping. In the latest version of C3D Toolkit for engineering software development,...

20.06.2018 Tera Analysis Implements C3D Toolkit for FEA Simulation Software

Tera Analysis, a Denmark-based developer of simulation software, has chosen C3D Toolkit from C3D Labs to improve the 3D modeling in its QuickField simulation ...

13.06.2018 C3D Geometric Kernel Now Available for FreeBSD

C3D Labs has added FreeBSD, a free operating system, to the list of supported operating systems for its C3D Geometric Kernel. CAD developers who use the C3D Toolkit...

04.06.2018 New Addition to C3D Toolkit Transforms Meshes to Solids

C3D Labs is pleased to announce that it is developing a new product to transform polygonal models into boundary representation (b-rep) bodies. The new module,...

22.05.2018 Why We Decided to Develop Another 3D Engine

In 1995, we began work on a geometric kernel for our then-new MCAD system, KOMPAS-3D. Kernel is a technology component key to developing CAD (computer-aided ...

07.05.2018 Three Takeaways from COFES 2018

One of the most important events for me at the annual COFES (Congress on the future of engineering software) conference is Tech Suites. This is a series of briefings...

09.04.2018 C3D Labs Reports Results for 2017

C3D Labs is pleased to announce that 2017 was its most successful year since entering the PLM components market five years ago. Revenues from the company’s C3D...