Software update Polygonica 3.4 brings new tools for polygon mesh processing

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MachineWorks Ltd.

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With Polygonica 3.4, Machine Works has released, the latest update to its software library for polygon mesh handling. With improvements such as seamless UV parameterization, enhanced Boolean operations, and optimized tools for medical imaging and manufacturing, the update aims to streamline workflows and solve complex geometrical challenges across various industries.

Software company Machine Works has unveiled Polygonica 3.4, the latest version of its software library for polygon mesh processing. This update brings substantial advancements in functionality, performance, and user control, catering to industries dealing with complex 2D and 3D geometrical challenges.

Key Features and Enhancements

• Seamless UV Parameterisation: A new seamless UV generator now ensures texture continuity across cut edges, vital for quad-based remeshing and textures with rotational symmetry. Users can control scale and feature edge definition, with options to modify meshes for optimal parameterisation.

• Label Feature Detection: Polygonica 3.4 introduces a feature to detect engraved and embossed labels on mesh surfaces, enabling restoration of underlying curved surfaces with improved precision.

• Boolean Operations on Curves and Solids: The release enhances Boolean operations, allowing for intersection and subtraction of 3D polycurves on mesh surfaces. These tools facilitate tasks like internal lattice generation, 2D infill, and 3D path planning.

• Solid Reconstruction from Dense Slices: A new fast mode for reconstructing solids from dense slices has been added, tailored for rapid visualization in medical imaging and additive manufacturing workflows. It balances speed and memory efficiency, especially for high-polygon meshes.

• Enhanced Alignment and Registration: Improvements to solid registration include fine-tune alignment and outlier separation, delivering greater accuracy for medical and industrial applications.

• Boundary Smoothing: Automatic boundary smoothing removes artefacts such as foldovers and thin triangles, improving the robustness of laser scan data and design system outputs.

• Shrink-Wrapping Improvements: New controls allow for better concave angle management, facilitating seamless joins in medical implants and other applications.

• Surface Fitting for Sparse Point Clouds: A new method caters specifically to the dental and medical implant sectors, enhancing surface modelling from sparse data.

• Enhanced Edge Blending and Surface Extension: Polygonica 3.4 removes the beta tag from its fillet and chamfer tools, while introducing angled surface extension capabilities, benefiting dental workflows.

• Embossing Improvements: New techniques split embossed regions at sharp edges, reducing distortion for deep texture patterns.

• Planar Region Preservation in Mesh Simplification: New options preserve planar regions during mesh decimation, ensuring accuracy in metrology applications.

• Advanced Analysis Mesh Tools: New fields simplify selection operations, allowing users to identify regions thinner or thicker than specified thresholds.

• Sequential Boolean Optimization: Performance gains have been achieved by deferring bookkeeping during successive Boolean operations, significantly reducing execution time in complex scenes.

Other improvements include enhanced curve processing, better entity querying, faster serialisation, and new features like bounding sphere calculation and reverse loop orientation.

These updates promise improved workflows, precision, and performance for developers and engineers across a range of sectors.

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