Hexagon — a global leader in precision technologies — has completed the acquisition of the Geomagic software business from 3D Systems Corp, thereby gaining technology ‘that improves productivity for people that are acquiring, manipulating and reverse engineering 3-D measurement data for use throughout the product lifecycle and computer-aided design (CAD) workflows’.
Integrated into Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, the Geomagic software solutions will be supported and sold to the ‘discrete manufacturing market’ and complement portfolios in Hexagon’s other markets such as mining and construction. The suite comprises software for measurement and quality control, mesh and surface model creation, and parametric scan-to-CAD workflows for highly efficient reverse engineering.
Josh Weiss, Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division’s president, said: “We are delighted that Geomagic has joined Hexagon. The software and the team are pioneers in the creation of powerful and intuitive scan-based reverse engineering, inspection and design tools. The suite is imperative to manufacturing industry success, and provides the experience that their global customers, partners and hardware OEMs need.
“We will continue to support all hardware and software partnerships for Geomagic customers. We will also invest in developing and supporting this software with our considerable expertise and IP to offer our portable metrology device users greater productivity and new capabilities.
“A key aspect of the Geomagic suite is that it works with any 3-D scanner or portable CMM. Indeed, the software supports reverse engineering and metrology workflows with 3-D scanning devices from a broad section of optical, laser, and LiDAR scanning devices from any vendor. Moreover, Hexagon will continue to offer all global customers continued access to the full software portfolio and support native CAD and PMI data import from Dassault CATIA, PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens NX, and Dassault Solidworks.”