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Create implicit models with primitives, lattices, point clouds, fields, offsetting, Booleans, inverting, smoothing, morphing, and filleting.
An overview of Inspire's implicit modeling and its benefits.
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Create and assign variables to parametrize a model. This allows you to quickly iterate and compare design concepts by tweaking the values of the variables.
Create parametric sketches, geometry, and PolyNURBS with construction history and variables.
What is implicit modeling and why do we want to use it?
A comparison of designing lattices with implicit modeling versus traditional CAD.
The major advantages of implicit modeling over traditional B-Rep approaches.
Inspire revolutionizes and democratizes implicit modeling for engineers and designers by addressing five common criticisms of existing implicit modeling methods.
In Inspire, you can assign and edit implicit modeling parameters in multiple ways.
Answers to frequently asked technical questions about Inspire Inspire Implicit Modeling.
A list of supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.
Learn how to use the Visualization Quality and Meshing Settings to manage compute times, the visual appearance, and the geometric accuracy of implicit and mesh geometry when working with Inspire Implicit Modeling. This includes working in Implicit Modeling, converting other geometry formats in Implicit Modeling, and meshing implicit geometry for export or other downstream processes.
Use a colormap and contour lines to visualize the underlying field of an Implicit Body.
Create simple geometric shapes that can be used for repetitive tasks or combined into more complex shapes. Implicit primitives include a cuboid, cylinder, and sphere.
Convert an existing surface parametrization or create a new one with complete control over the spacing/layout/position of the lattice unit cells to more easily map a lattice coordinate space onto a target surface.
Fill a body with a surface lattice, which is a cellular structure constructed from one — or sometimes two — surfaces. The body can be a Parasolid, STL, PolyNURBS, or implicit geometry.
Fill an implicit body with a planar lattice, which is a 2.5D cellular structure with a clearly defined 2D cross-section that is drawn or extruded along the third dimension.
Define a custom set of edges and points on a 2D plane to use as a planar lattice unit cell.
Fill an implicit body with a strut lattice, which is constructed from nodes that are connected by beams.
Define a custom set of edges and points in a normalized cube to use as a strut lattice unit cell.
Create a randomized strut lattice by defining points, edges between points, filters to remove certain points and/or edges, a method to thicken edges into struts, and outer body treatments such as combining the lattice with an outer body or shell.
Generate a set of struts to cut holes in an implicit body or join them to the body to create pins.
Construct a conformal coordinate space to make body-fitted implicit patterns and lattices.
To drive a field or create implicit geometry, you can import a point cloud or create one from scratch.
A detailed description of how fields are used in Implicit Modeling within Inspire, with videos and illustrative examples that will help you think intuitively in terms of field-driven design.
A detailed description of how point-edge sets are used in Implicit Modeling within Inspire.
Create a field to define geometry or control the parameters of an existing geometry at every location within the bounds of the field.
Create an implicit field directly from the results of either an analysis run or an imported H3D file. The Create Field button is located at the bottom of the Analysis Explorer.
Create one or more surfaces or volumes that sit between two implicit bodies. This is useful for creating field-driven effects between two parts/surfaces or to create evenly spaced surfaces between two parts or surfaces.
Map a 2D object to 3D coordinates by specifying the warp via two linked UV grids. One grid defines the UV parametrization of the 2D object, such as an imported image or a slice of a 3D implicit body, and the other grid defines corresponding positions in 3D space.
Import data from image files for use in implicit modeling workflows.
Convert parts, surfaces, and curves to implicit objects. You can select CAD, PolyNURBS, meshes, or optimized parts, surfaces, or curves.
Translate and rotate implicit bodies.
Combine two implicit bodies into one.
Carve out implicit bodies ("tools") from another implicit body ("target").
Retain only the intersecting portions of two sets of implicit bodies.
Offset an implicit body. The offset can be made into a hollow shell.
Swap the "inside" and "outside" of an implicit body by reversing the sign of all scalar values in the underlying field.
Create a rectangular, circular, conformal, or point-cloud pattern of implicit bodies.
Mirror implicit bodies across a symmetry plane.
Morph one implicit body into another and vice versa. Physically separate bodies may not produce meaningful results.
Used to denoise objects created in Implicit Modeling. This reduces the size of, or removes, unwanted small and sharp features in an implicit body.
Round edges of implicit bodies to create fillets with a constant or variable radius.
Remap a generic field of scalar values into a signed distance field.
Keep implicit geometry on either side of or on a defined plane.
Export implicit parts as slice files (.cli and .3mf) to slice the native implicit model without meshing.
Extract an isosurface from any implicit body or field.
Set up your model and run a structural analysis or optimization.
Inspire Motion provides Multibody Simulation (MBS) capabilities to analyze the motion, dynamics, and interactions of interconnected rigid or flexible bodies within a system.
Prepare and run a computational fluid dynamics simulation.
Evaluate designs by using geometric variables and applying a design-of-experiments (DOE) or optimization method. We recommend fully constraining your sketch when sketch variables are used in the design exploration.
Set up and run a basic porosity or thinning analysis.
Prepare and run an additive manufacturing simulation, and export a file for 3D printing.
Adjust the materials and environment of objects in the scene to create a photorealistic image.
Learn how to access the Inspire Python API including online help, quick start demos, and the Extension Manager.
View the glossary, frequently asked questions, and errors and alerts.
Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.
