Kubotek Kosmos CAD Utilities v6.0 Now Out

Kubotek Kosmos shares the 6.0 major release of its CAD/CAM software interoperability products: Validate, Revision, Convert and View. These CAD file utility programs use Kubotek Kosmos modeling technology to support transfer of CAD data across the manufacturing supply chain. Version 6 updates support for major CAD files, improves performance, and adds capabilities for product manufacturing information (PMI) data used in model based definition (MBD) workflows, according to the company.

The new software is available for customers to download immediately.

Updated CAD File Support

To ensure customers are prepared for any CAD files sent to them, reading of 3D CAD files across all Kubotek Kosmos software programs has been updated to support new versions of eight major mechanical CAD file formats:

• Autodesk Inventor 2024
• Dassault Systemes (DS) CATIA V5 R2024x
• DS SOLIDWORKS 2024
• DS Spatial ACIS 2024
• PTC Creo 10.0
• Siemens Digital Industries Software (SDIS) NX 2306
• SDIS Solid Edge 2024
• SDIS Parasolid V36

Version 6 adds support for all versions of the Mastercam file formats to read precise 3D solids and surfaces from .MCAM and .MCX files. Reading of CKD files has also been extended to support the KeyCreator 2024 format in the Validate and Revision products.

File read capabilities for all native CAD and STEP have been enhanced to support transparency properties stored on faces/bodies in the model. This improves visualization of interior portions of the model. Also, access to properties metadata for each CAD file has been added to the user interface.

The capability of the Convert product to write models to standard CAD formats has been expanded in version 6. Export of Parasolid X_T files has been enhanced to allow control of the version of Parasolid used in the output file, to support older applications. Additionally, export of solid/surface, point, and curve objects to the JT file format has been added to the Convert 6.0 Premium package. The JT format is a published ISO standard file format used for lightweight visualization data and also as a container for B-Rep solid/surface data closely related to Parasolid.

MBD PMI Enhancements

The Kubotek Kosmos Validate product verifies and documents accurate movement of MBD data through supplier processes and systems. The product is able to quickly read the structure of complex 3D CAD models and PMI from all major MCAD file types. Version 6 includes improved support for PMI objects to assure full semantic associativity of these critical tolerance-type annotations to faces of the part model. Comparison between translated files now alerts users to inconsistencies in model connectivity of these PMI objects, even when they are graphically correct.

Performance Enhancements

The 6.0 release adds full support for high-resolution displays (4K+) across all four products. Users benefit from noticeably crisper model edges/lines and cleaner text in the graphics display area, according to the company.

Free trials of Kubotek Kosmos software are available. 

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.