Functional Description

Volumes

Appendices

Volume 1. Introduction Introduction To Parasolid Parasolid Concepts Overview Of This Manual Volume 2. Application Development Essentials Introduction To Application Development Application Design And Architecture Supplying A Frustrum Further Implementation Decisions Parasolid Source Code Collateral PK Interface Programming Concepts Tracking And Labelling Using Reports Calling Parasolid From .NET Code Volume 3. Basic Concepts Introduction To Basic Concepts In Parasolid Model Structure Body Types Session And Local Precision Geometry B-Curves And B-Surfaces Nominal Geometry Lattice Geometry Transformations Assemblies And Instances Reading and Writing Parasolid Data Expressions Volume 4. Model Interrogation Introduction To Model Interrogation Enquiry And Output Functions Mass Properties Calculating Minimum And Maximum Distance Clash Detection Of Bodies Checking Volume 5. Manipulating Topology Introduction To Manipulating Topology Euler Operations Controlling Redundant Topology Splitting Topology Volume 6. Profiling And Surfacing Introduction To Profiling and Surfacing Creating Profiles Creating Extruded Bodies Sweeping Sweeping Tool Bodies Along a Path Lofting Shadow Curves Creating Emboss Features Volume 7. Working With Sheets And Wires Introduction To Sheets and Wires Wire Modeling Sheet Modeling Sewing and Knitting Mid-Surface Generation Extending Sheets And Surfaces Volume 8. Imprinting And Booleans Introduction To Imprinting and Booleans Imprinting and Curve Projection Introduction to Booleans Manifold Booleans General Booleans Instancing And Patterning Sectioning Intersections Volume 9. Offsetting Operations Introduction To Offsetting Operations Offsetting Hollowing Thickening Volume 10. Model Editing Introduction To Model Editing Overview of Editing Models Deleting Entities Identifying And Simplifying Model Details Replacing The Surfaces Of Faces Face Tapering Body Tapering Patching Filling Holes In A Body Moving Faces Creating New Bodies From Existing Entities Generic Face Editing Volume 11. Blending Introduction To Blending Edge Blending Overview Edge Blending Options Edge Blend Overflows Face-Face Blending Three-Face Blending Interpreting Edge Blending Error Codes Interpreting Face-Face Blending Error Codes Volume 12. Convergent Modeling Introduction To Convergent Modeling Overview Of Convergent Modeling Facet Model Structure Converting Between Facet and Classic Geometry Creating PSM Data From Foreign Facet Data Checking and Repairing Mesh Data Filling Holes In Facet Bodies Performing Evaluations On Meshes Volume 13. Importing And Exporting Data Introduction To Importing And Exporting Importing Data Exporting Data Volume 14. Application Support Introduction To Application Support Identifying Application Data Attribute Definitions Attributes Partitions Rollback Groups Bulletin Board Archives Debug Functionality Volume 15. Graphics Support Introduction To Graphic Support Introduction To Rendering And Faceting Rendering Functions Rendering Option Settings Display Tolerances Facet Mesh Generation Faceting Output Via GO Tabular Output Of Faceting Parasolid View Matrices Picking Topology Volume 16. Session Support Introduction To Session Support Calling Parasolid From Multiple Threads Symmetric Multi-Processing In Parasolid Session Support Version Controls Implementing Version Control In Applications Update Switches Volume 17. Error Handling Introduction To Error Handling Error Handling Signal Handling

System Attribute Definitions The Mathematical Form Of B-Geometry How the C# Binding is Implemented Persistent Mesh (PSM) Format Glossary Index