PowerPREP Specifications

Scripting

PowerPREP supports full scripting of all features via extensions to the Python language. Scripts can be recorded as the user performs actions in the GUI. Scripts are commonly used to:

Check for all the basic problems in a surface mesh
Run the decimator on a surface mesh with defined tolerances

Data Import & Export

Geometry may be imported using one of these geometry formats:

ABAQUS
ANSYS
NASTRAN
PATRAN
STL BINARY
STL ASCII

Geometry may be exported using one of these geometry formats:

ANSYS
NASTRAN
STL BINARY
STL ASCII

Supported Platforms

IRIX/MIPS, HP-UX/PA-RISC, Solaris/Sparc, Linux/x86 and Windows

License Requirements

Requires PowerPREP license.