New Geomagic Labs Web site shares emerging technologies with community

    Feb. 25, 2009
    Orthodontics design feature among first available for preview.

    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina--Geomagic has launched Geomagic Labs, a community Web site that provides early access to new technologies, innovation and product concepts before they appear in commercial software.

    To access the Geomagic Labs Web site, go to Geomagic Labs.

    Geomagic Studio software is used for a range of medical reconstruction applications in which individualized patient fit is important, including orthopedics, cosmetic surgery, surgery preparation, orthotics and braces, and hearing instruments. 

    In the dental field, Geomagic software is used to develop CAD/CAM applications for general dentistry, orthodontics, and dental implants.

    "Geomagic Labs is a vehicle for tapping into the collective intelligence of medical designers, engineers and manufacturers from around the world," said Karl Matthews, director of product management for Geomagic. "The collaborative conversations opened up by Geomagic Labs will enable us to better understand user needs and tailor our products and solutions to meet those needs."

    The first dental-specific technology for preview and discussion on Geomagic Labs is the American Board of Orthodontics Base Add-On--a new feature that enables the creation of digital orthodontic models for case presentation, model storage, and rapid prototyping.

    Another technology available for preview on Geomagic Labs is Parametric Exchange--a new feature that reduces product development time by enabling seamless transfer of parametric surfaces, solids, datums and curves from Geomagic Studio software to major CAD packages. 

    The Parametric Exchange preview is available currently for Autodesk Inventor and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire.

    Other utilities available on Geomagic Labs include GeoAutoMate for automatically executing user-defined macros, and MakumDatum, a drag-and-drop automation program for creating datum points.

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