SpaceClaim Engineer 2009: Hybrid Modeling

摘要

This past March marked the launch of SpaceClaim 2009, the fourth release of the hybrid-modeling program. The software lets you deploy a mix of direct-modeling methods (pushing and pulling on faces) and parametric input to create or modify CAD geometry. It's a paradigm representing the desire among some CAD users to bypass the complexity of feature-based or history-based modeling systems and, as such, takes up some space between parametric programs like Solid-Works and freeform modelers like Calig-ari's TrueSpace.