Data Verification

The comprehensive verification capabilities of KeyCreator include:

General

  * Measure actual and projected distances between selected entities and positions.
  * Verify area, centroid and perimeter of selected closed chain of curves.
  * Verify entity type, attributes and level of selected entities.
  * Verify diameter/radius of circular entities.
  * Verify length of linear entities.
  * Verify radius of curvature at select locations along a spline.
  * Optionally store Verify data results as user defined variables.
  * Automated removal of overlapping entities.
  * Simple viewing and reversing of entity direction.

Solid/Surface

  * Report volume, surface area, center of gravity and moments of solids.
  * Create a point at the center of gravity of solids.
  * Display diameters and depths of standard hole types (drill, cbore, etc.).
  * Verify diameter/radius of circular edges.
  * Verify length of linear edges.
  * Check solid/surface(s) for common import problems and errors (sliver faces, face-face intersections, short edges, free edges, non-manifold edges/vertices), highlight problem areas and/or automate clean up.
  * Display surface normal and U and V directions of selected face or surface.
  * Display curvature extremes via gradient shading of face/surface.
  * Measure deviations between a surface and select curves, edges and points.
  * Place points, vectors (normal, tangent and cross) and flowlines at selected locations on a surface or face.
  * Create a plane entity tangent to a surface or face at a selected location.
  * Generate polygon entities from facets.
  * Generate silhouette curves along the outside edge of a solid/surface as projected along a selected vector.

Toolpath

  * Solids-type machining simulation supporting dynamic rotation
  * Wireframe-type tool motion simulation
  * Crash detection*
  * Cutting time*
  * Graphical compare of CNC files (G-code)*
  * Paired highlight of a single line of CNC code and resulting faces cut by that line*
  * Use in-process or cast parts as stock for simulation*
  * Chip volume graph*

* Via The MetaCut Utilities program from Northwood Designs included with all NC levels of KeyCreator