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Cleanup geometry imported from CAD or similar system. Geometry might include following cases: 1. Geometry is in wrong scale or in wrong orientation -> SCALE Single geometry or NODE/FEATURE structure geometries -> ROTATE & TRANSLATE geometry to right orientation or/and to position -> ORIGIN...

Visual Components software uses OpenGL for 3D rendering. The actual OpenGL pipeline is processed by graphics hardware drivers. These drivers are specific to the type of graphics hardware and are delivered by the manufacturer of the hardware. A problem in the graphics driver may result in rendering artifacts...

STL file format does not preserve hierarchical relationships between geometries. To be able to use imported STL geometry nicely in Visual Components applications geometry should to be post prosessed. There are three commands that you need to execute. 1. Select all the geometry sets belonging to the imported...

If you ever receive a COM error while importing from an Autodesk Inventor file, or any error in general then: (1) Make sure you have Autodesk Inventor 2009 (or newer) installed on your computer, or Inventor View 2009 (or newer) from www.autodesk.com/inventorview -- that is the only requirement for a...

Polytrans is a product developed and supported by Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. , and is used together with Visual Components' Polytrans Exporter to grant the user access to over 40 different CAD formats. Registered users of Polytrans Exporter have direct support from Okino, and can get support questions...