Toolbox Features

• Imports CAD models directly into MapleSim, automatically recreating the model components using MapleSim components
• Automatically extracts inertia, mass, and available frame properties from the CAD model
• Automatically groups rigidly attached parts on import from many popular CAD systems, so they easily function as a single group within MapleSim
• Offers feature detection, allowing users to easily add new coordinates at points of interest, such as the center of a hole or along the edge of a component
• Makes it easy to share coordinate frames between separate bodies, ensuring the bodies will be properly aligned when joined
• Automatically creates STL files from the imported model, which are attached to the corresponding MapleSim components
• Updates your MapleSim model with a push of a button when the underlying CAD model is changed
• Allows you to easily share the MapleSim version of your CAD model with other MapleSim users, even if they do not have access to the original CAD file, CAD program, or this toolbox
• Imports directly from Inventor^®, NX^®, SOLIDWORKS^®, CATIA^® V5, Solid Edge^®, 3D ACIS^® Modeler, Pro/Engineer^® / PTC^® Creo Parametric^™, Parasolid^®, AutoCAD^® 3D, and I-deas^®
• Imports STEP and STL files, which can be exported from virtually any CAD system