SensAble Technologies (Wilmington, MA) has introduced the FreeForm Version 11 software release, a 3D modeling program for designers to apply changes to multiple pieces of a model simultaneously. Instead of holding a computer mouse, users hold a 3D “Virtual Touch” stylus that provides force feedback to “feel” the 3D model they are designing and viewing on the computer screen. Parasolid editing features enable seamless transference of detail onto a solid model from virtual clay. With the new “sculpt and refit” process, FreeForm eliminates any need for surfacing, cutting, trimming, or stitching of the original solid-based model. The new Lattice Deform tool provides an interactive way to target and restrict deformations to specific areas of the model – or allow multiple pieces to be deformed as a single unit.

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This article first appeared in the April, 2011 issue of Medical Design Briefs Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3).

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