Geomagic announces new versions of its software Geomagic Studio 12 and Geomagic Qualify 12. The new releases bring powerful new features that improve results and save time. Both applications now offer the familiar ribbon-style interface pioneered by Microsoft in Office 2007.

The 3D scanning software Geomagic Studio 12 provides direct parametric model exchange with all leading 3D mechanical CAD packages. The latest version includes major new features for accelerating workflow, including Autosurface, which creates a high-quality IGES file from a polygon mesh at the push of a button.

Geomagic Qualify 12 includes an entirely new report generation and publishing engine that enables colorized and annotated 3D models to be embedded directly in PDF.

"As 3D scanning proliferates in industrial, medical and academic markets, ease of use has become crucial to adoption," says Karl Matthews, vice president of product management at Geomagic. "The state-of-the-art ribbon interface in Geomagic Studio and Qualify 12 not only improves the appearance of the software, it makes it more intuitive to learn and use."

Geomagic Studio and Qualify now support Windows 7 and have been optimized to run up to 40 percent faster. A new start page provides fast and convenient access to files, frequently used tasks, and helpful resources such as a technical support knowledge base and sample data.

Fastest path from points to CAD
Parametric Exchange that enables parametric models created in Geomagic Studio to be transferred directly into 3D CAD software has been significantly upgraded and expanded to directly support all leading mechanical CAD packages (Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, Siemens NX, and SolidWorks). New features in Geomagic Studio 12 for reverse engineering include:

1. Automatic surface and solid trimming via Parametric Exchange, leading to faster creation of full-fidelity CAD models.
2. Enhanced Autosurface capabilities that reliably convert polygon meshes into high-quality, exact NURBS surfaces with one click.
3. More flexible workflows to support faster design iterations.

Point-cloud handling and polygon mesh processing have been upgraded in Geomagic Studio 12, including a fast and intuitive hole-filling feature and improved automatic "healing" of polygon meshes.