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nPower Software releases Power SolidWorksToMax

The Premier Solution for SolidWorks Design Visualization!

San Diego, March 20, 2007 - nPower Software (adivision of IntegrityWare) announces native translation of SolidWorks files directly into Autodesk® 3ds Max® / Autodesk® Viz® with the release of Power SolidWorksToMax. Our popular Power Translators plug-in for Autodesk® 3ds Max® has become the premier solution for visualizing, animating and rendering CAD models using the powerful Autodesk® 3ds Max® platform. Now nPower Software further facilitates the rendering of native SolidWorks models and assemblies through its new Power SolidWorksToMax translator. Power SolidWorksToMax greatly improves the work flow efficiency for design visualization; SolidWorks users no longer have to spend days or weeks translating their high quality surface and solids models into imprecise polygonal models or intermediate formats, and then struggling to generate high quality renderings. Now with Power SolidWorksToMax, SolidWorks users can import their high quality models directly into Autodesk® 3ds Max® / Autodesk® Viz® for high quality rendering, animation, etc. without intermediate formats, and without loss of precision. Our native SolidWorks translator leverages IntegrityWare's precise geometric representation to generate extraordinarily smooth, crack free renderings without polygonal artifacts. Power SolidWorksToMax opens a streamlined, direct portal to the advanced 3D modeling and rendering environment of Autodesk® 3ds Max® / Autodesk® Viz®.

Power SolidWorksToMax is the premiere solution for Design Visualization of native SolidWorks models.
Dealing with large data is very important, and Power SolidWorksToMax is designed to handle the large data sets typical of CAD models. Power SolidWorksToMax also contains all the necessary tools to cleanup, prepare and render SolidWorks models. No designer who uses both SolidWorks and 3ds Max / Autodesk® Viz® should be without this essential tool.

Power SolidWorksToMax Features
Power SolidWorksToMax contains the following features:

Native translation of SolidWorks models / assemblies
Import precise trimmed NURBS
User control of tessellation for display / rendering
High quality mesh generation
Cleanup of imported data
Optimized for large assemblies
Intelligent snapping

Native Translation of SolidWorks Files
Now you can directly import native SolidWorks model and assembly files for optimum throughput. Maximize your rendering efficiency and quality using the native translation directly into the excellent 3ds Max rendering environment.

High Quality Mesh Generation
You want to produce the highest quality renderings possible. Power SolidsWorksToMax gives you the power with detailed control over the tessellation quality; he/she can control the level of detail, the maximum edge length, arc length, etc.

Cleanup Tools
Power SolidWorksToMax intelligently imports the CAD data, and will automatically sew disconnected surfaces that should be sewn together. It also includes tools for cleaning up imported data. You can sew together faces, flip face normals, trim and un-trim, project curves, apply materials to faces, and other editing options. You can trim surfaces by curve projections or surface intersections. One of the great things about Power SolidWorksToMax is that even when your SolidWorks data is not correct, you can use the powerful Power SolidWorksToMax editing tools to cleanup the models before rendering or animating.

Large Assemblies
Power SolidWorksToMax includes special memory management tools to effectively deal with the typical large CAD models and assemblies.

Snapping to Imported Data
Users can intelligently snap to imported NURBS surfaces and solids for editing and cleanup operations. You can snap to edges, faces, vertices, edge midpoint and end points, greatly facilitating associative construction techniques

How to Get Power SolidWorksToMax
Streamline your CAD design visualization workflow with Power SolidWorksToMax, and unleash the power of your creativity. Power SolidWorksToMax sells for $1495. Power SolidWorksToMax can be purchased at the nPower Software on-line store (www.nPowerSoftware.com/store.html), and through various resellers throughout the world. A free 30 day evaluation copy can be obtained by contacting nPower Software or one of the nPower Software resellers.

About nPower Software
nPower Software LLC is a company founded by IntegrityWare, Inc. (www.IntegrityWare.com) employees to market the technology developed by IntegrityWare over the past 8 years into the end-user graphics plug-in market.

nPower Software Contact
David Gill, VP of Product Development
858-309-5078
DGill@nPowerSoftware.com

SolidWorks model imported and rendered by Joe Dunne (Director Technical Marketing, SolidWorks). View large high resolution image

Simon McGuire: "This is actually the best software I have seen in a long time. I work as a senior concept designer in the film industry, on very big films (currently Mission:Impossible3)
where speed is very much the order of the day. And your software has greatly increased my productivity. Even more so with CNC machining becoming more and more prevalent in the film industry. Being available to export detailed models greatly increases the turn around, especially when we have often little more than a week from design to presentation prototype."

Translated model from Akira Ota (using Power Translators). View high resolution image.

Joel Fazzi: "What can I say?...It is incredible, you're making us look good out here in the 3d world with minimal effort, I love the new stuff!; there is nothing I can throw at this that it can't handle."

SolidWorks model imported by Joe Dunne (Director Technical Marketing, SolidWorks) using Power Translators. View large high resolution image

Model imported and rendered by Toru Kosaka using Power Translators. View large high resolution image

SolidWorks model imported and rendered by Joe Dunne (Director Technical Marketing, SolidWorks). View large high resolution image