3D CAD Solution for Mechanical Design

TopSolid'Design, based on Parasolid® Kernel, gives access to powerful solid and surface modeling tools.

Design your ideas without restriction !

• Chronology based design, parametric and associative
• Large set of modeling features for mechanical engineers or complex shape designers
• Direct Editing tools to freely modify 3D geometries
• Complete and automated sheet metal design module

TopSolid'Design is natively integrated with TopSolid'Pdm, providing a unique user experience.

• One Application, One User Interface
• Improves collaboration between sites, teams, and people.
• Streamlines engineering and production processes.
• Reduces the risk of design and manufacturing errors.
• Manages Revisions of all types of documents (part, assembly, etc.).
• Secure access to data (user's rights) and tracks all changes.
• Manages Products Life Cycles.
• Find documents by criteria, by references, by use cases.

TopSolid'Design accelerates the design process of complex assemblies.

• Bottom-up method: assembly by existing components
• Top-down method: starting from conceptual sketches and designing in-place parts without restrictions
• Large assemblies capabilities, with partial loading and simplified representations
• Faster design of welded structures

Save time in case of changes. Associativity keeps up to date all documents, from conceptual sketches to final parts.

TopSolid'Design provides a unique set of features to define and customize smart components.

Smart Components will store and apply your Company Know-How, helping you to standardize your projects, and improve your daily productivity.

• High-End parameterization engine, without programming
• Unlimited fields of application: mechanical, sheetmetal, steel structures, furnitures, …
• Smart Components make their own operations and features, ready to manufacture in TopSolid'Cam
• Build your own Library of Components, design faster, avoid human errors

TopSolid'Design also provides Libraries of smart mechanical components, based on the following norms: ISO, AFNOR, ANSI, DIN, GB.

TopSolid'Design provides a powerful kinematics and dynamics engine, based on rigid groups and mechanical joints. It can be applied on simple sketches for conceptual design, or on 3D assemblies for final simulation.

• Animate and verify quickly your conceptual designs
• Define easily articulated components
• Kinematics definition is independant from the structure of the assembly, giving much more freedom for designers
• Simulate Kinematics and Dynamics, detect and analyze collisions, make measurements (speed, distance, ...)
• Helps you to take better decisions, faster

TopSolid'Design creates all necessary production-ready documents, such as :

• 2D Drawings: Automatic Views and Dimensions
• ISO GPS Tolerancing: on 3D model (PMI) or in 2D Drawings
• Accurate Bill of Materials
  • List of Parts to manufacture
  • List of Parts to buy
  • Automatic Indexing
• Exploded Assemblies with Mounting/Dismounting steps
• Extruded Bars Nesting and Cutting List

All documents are stored and managed by TopSolid'Pdm, and remain associative to the 3D Design.

• A complete immersion for your customers
• Real-time rendering to setup the scene
• Raytracing rendering to produce photorealistic images
• Materials
  • PBR Materials (Physically Based Rendering)
  • Integration of Adobe Substance 3D Generators
• Lighting
  • HDR Environnements
  • Spots Lights, Area Lights, Sun Light, IES Lights
• Camera
  • Match your Rendering Camera to a real Photo

TopSolid'Design opens and works with most types of CAD Data.

• Read Native and Neutral Formats
  • Catia, Creo, NX
  • Solidworks, Inventor, SolidEdge
  • Parasolid, STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, FBX
  • More information
• Read PointCloud Data from 3D Scanners
  • .xyz, .pts, .ply
  • Use PointClouds as construction reference for your Designs
• Direct editing tools to adapt quickly imported geometries