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Pro/SCAN_TOOLS?

Pro/SCAN_TOOLS?

Pro/SCAN_TOOLS?

(OP)
Can anyone tell me what this, without additional extensions, brings to the table?  Just the ability to import or are there some edit / creation functions as well?  Thinking specifically of facet objects.

(Can I ask this here:  Is mcadcentral's server down?)

RE: Pro/SCAN_TOOLS?

From Pro/Help 2001:

About Pro/SCAN-TOOLS Capabilities
Pro/SCAN-TOOLS provides you with a set of tools to transform imported surfaces, quilts, triangulation data, or raw data into manufacturable models.

Pro/SCAN-TOOLS lets you perform the following tasks:

Import, generate, and filter raw data

Import geometry, including curves, surfaces, and faceted data

Create and modify curves

Heal geometry manually or automatically (with a license for only DataDoctor)

Collapse geometry from later features into the Style feature (with a license for DataDoctor)

Note: When you redefine an Import feature in the Pro/SCAN-TOOLS environment, you can use Pro/SCAN-TOOLS functionality in addition to the standard Redefine Import tools.

Recommended Usage
While the Style application is the recommended environment for parametric styling operations, Pro/SCAN-TOOLS is recommended when creating shapes from nonparametric data (raw data and imported geometry).

Pro/SCAN-TOOLS Objects
In Pro/SCAN-TOOLS you work with quilts, surfaces, curves, and raw data. You can modify only a limited set of non-analytical geometry. You can also use Pro/SCAN-TOOLS to copy and convert any existing curve or surface into a modifiable entity. For example, to be able to modify a cylinder, you must first convert it into a spline surface by using Geometry > Surface > From Surface.

If you have a license for DataDoctor, you can bring old Pro/SCAN-TOOLS objects, such as curves and surfaces, into the Pro/SCAN-TOOLS geometry by collapsing them.

Hope this helps

RE: Pro/SCAN_TOOLS?

(OP)
Thanks, John.  I think it does.  I was expecting it to be exclusively point (raw data?) and facet (triangulated data?) oriented, was assuming some of the additional tools that showed up in WF2 (Foundation Advantage) were attributable to other modules.  Mostly trying to satisfy myself that I wasn't overlooking some facet modeling or editing tools (which as I understand it require additional extension modules; Style, REX, etc.).   Many thanks.

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