Visualization of CAD and CAE Files using VTK and MFC

Abstract

This software is capable of reading the file formats like - .OBJ, .WRL, .STL, .STEP, .IGES and3D scenes can be rendered with an inclusion of the properties viz. applying variousLights,Material Color, and Options for Solid, Wire frame, Points and Transparency viewing, TextureMapping, Transformation, Walkthrough, Cut Sections, Background color selection, Backgroundand Base image selection, Markup features such as Sealing and Measurements, Different cameraviews, Parts selection and deletion, Copying the rendered object to the clipboard and enabling toview more than one models through multiple tabbed windows.Stereovision feature has beenadded to this software, which gives better 3D visual effect at lower cost. This software is alsointended to incorporate ease of use and portability so that it can run on any low end workstationhaving windows operating system.