Anark Core Workstation
Quickly and easily aggregate and combine 3D CAD models with related product information for use throughout design, engineering, and support organizations.
What is Anark Core?
Anark Core Workstation helps you re-purpose 3D product data for use throughout your enterprise. You can use it to:
- Transform geometry from PDM systems or from a file directory
- Load data from ERP, SCM, MES, or other enterprise systems
- Simplify and tessellate CAD geometry
- Dramatically reduce file size and polygon count
- Add annotations and preset views
- Export geometry to popular 3D CAD formats
- Publish geometry and other enterprise data to interactive 3D PDF documents
- Create recipes to automate all of these tasks whenever designs change
New Features in Anark Core 3
- Native, Adobe 3D PDF publishing with B-rep or mesh models
- Native, Siemens JT file import and export (B-rep and mesh)
- PDM/PLM Data Connectors that allow users to transform CAD files directly from systems like Teamcenter, Windchill, Enovia, and SolidWorks PDM
- Create and save MBD-style view states
- Create text annotations on faces, parts, and assemblies
- Advanced batch automation allowing recursive file-based and part-based processing
- Search complex assemblies for components, instances, or associated CAD attributes
- Export XML documents containing product hierarchy, CAD attributes and product manufacturing data
Use Cases
- Collaboration and Data Exchange: Publish secure, standards-based 3D PDF documents containing manufacture-quality CAD models and related product information sourced from PDM, ERP, SAP, and MES databases.
- Model Based Definition and Interactive PMI: Transform and publish 3D CAD Model Based Definition (like 3D tolerance data) into interactive, PMI enabled 3D PDF's that can be viewed with Adobe's free Reader.
- Visualization and Simulation Applications: Simplify, tessellate, and optimize complex CAD models for maximum playback performance and fidelity.
- Work Instructions: Define 3D camera views and import work steps to produce PDF-based 3D work instructions, maintenance/repair, and field service manuals.
- Part Catalogs: Automatically generate PDF-based 3D parts catalogs with CAD attributes sourced from PDM and supplier databases.
- Technical Documentation: Simplify and isolate CAD geometry for technical illustrations.
Supported File Formats
Anark Core supports these file formats:
Import Formats
- ACIS .sat
- Inventor .ipt, .iam
- CATIA V4 .model, .session, .exp
- CATIA V5 .CATPRODUCT, .CATPART, .CATSHAPE
- CATIA V5 (visualization data) .CGR
- Autodesk DWG (Breps, NURBS, mesh) .dwg
- IGES .igs, .iges
- Parasolid .x_t, .x_b, .xmt_bin, .xmt_txt
- Pro/Engineer .prt, .asm, .xpr, .xas
- Siemens JT (Breps and mesh) .jt
- SolidWorks .sldprt, .sldasm
- STEP .stp, .step
- NX (formerly Unigraphics) .prt
- VDA .vda
Export Formats
- Adobe PDF .pdf
- ACIS SAT .sat
- Autodesk DWF .dwf
- Autodesk DWG .dwg
- CATIA V4 .model
- CATIA V5 .CATPRODUCT, .CATPART
- COLLADA .dae
- HTML Attribute Report .html
- IGES .iges, .igs
- OpenFlight .flt
- Parasolid .x_t, .x_b
- Siemens JT .jt
- STEP .step, .stp
- VDA .vda
- VRML .wrl
- X3D .x3d
- XML .xml
System Requirements
- Intel Core 2 Duo or Quad processor, 2 GHz or faster
- NVIDIA Quadro FX Series 1700 or better
- 4 GB RAM
- 5+ GB free disk space
- Microsoft Windows® XP Professional, SP2 32 or 64 bit
- Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 (installed if not present)
- Full administrator privileges required to install
