3D-Tool software serves as your premier solution for the Viewing and Conversion of 3D CAD models. Our versatile and user-friendly tools give you the ability to view, assess, and annotate 3D designs originating from a variety of other CAD systems. Whether you’re a Designer, Engineer, or Project Manager, 3D-Tool enhances your workflow by providing powerful visualization and measurement capabilities without the necessity of costly CAD software. The commercial versions have compatibility with over twenty distinct 3D file formats and the ability to publish annotated models to downstream users who may only need our free-viewer, 3D-Tool is the ideal application to maintain the efficiency of your planning and operational processes.

Experience the financial benefits of collaboration with 3D-Tool’s Free-Viewer, which can open native 3D-Tool file versions created from the commercial software, and STL files from any source. Share your design models and enhanced viewables with your team, customers, and suppliers, and visually conveying your feedback with precision and clarity.

Our Premium version takes it a step further with the 3D-NativeCAD Converter, which facilitates the conversion and exchange 3D CAD data to STEP or CAT files for downstream use by NC, CMM, or other systems that lack the ability to open native CAD model files. Try it today and observe the transformative impact it can make in your projects.

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The Free Viewer greatly improves team cooperation, allowing all members to view 3D models. It is free, supports native 3D-Tool and STL files; and has all of the 3D-Tool measurement and analysis functions as the other versions.

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3D CAD Viewer of STL, STEP, NX, CATIA and many more

Open and examine 3D part and assembly models without an expensive CAD system. 3D-Tool reads more than twenty different 3D file formats; from STL to STEP to CATIA and Siemens NX.

Easily zoom and rotate models, show and hide parts and assemblies and create cross-sections and exploded views.

You can use the simple and powerful measurement and analysis tools without any special CAD skills.

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Teamwork Collaboration

3D-Tool Viewer lets you share your design models with your team, customers and suppliers. You can also use 3D-Tool to visually communicate feedback and coordinate changes on the models.

3D-Tool can publish models as a single directly executable EXE file with an embedded free viewer, or as a DDD file which can be opened by the 3D-Tool Free Viewer. Either viewer can be used free of charge and without restrictions, including measurement and analysis functions.

3D-Tool also creates 3D PDF files viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader. In this way, even those people who are not allowed to install software can view the models.

Information

3D-Tool provides information and measurement tools to make your order processing tasks easier.

The model information tool with material database provides dimensions, surface, volume and weight of parts and assemblies quickly and easily. 3D-Tool Premium also supports the display of product manufacturing information (PMI).

Analysis

Get the information you need to estimate material volumes, tool sizing, packaging dimensions, etc.

The Tooling Analysis shows draft angles, and identifies undercut issues, along with the projected area of ​​your models.

Perform Wall Thickness Analysis using the 'ball method' (maximum sphere size); which provides much more insight to make better design decisions. The results show wall thicknesses as a color scale and the model comparison makes differences between models obvious.

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The 3D-Tool Premium Interfaces

3D-Tool Premium offers interfaces not only for common 3D files such as STEP, JT and IGES but also for native CAD files directly from CATIA, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Creo, AutoCAD, Inventor and Rhino.

The option to access the graphic visualization data in native CAD files, allow the 3D-Tool Viewer to open very large assemblies on the average personal computer.

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Viewer and Converter

In the three licensed versions Basic, Advanced and Premium, the 3D-Tool Viewer always offers all functions for measuring and analyzing 3D models and 2D drawings.

All models can be published in the 3D-Tool format, as well as an EXE file or a 3D PDF. The export formats available include STL, OBJ, 3DS and VRML.

The three licenses types differ in the supported import interfaces and the 3D-NativeCAD Converter only comes with the Premium version.

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"I use 3D-Tool to collaborate with suppliers and customers. Especially exporting an exe file with custom views and notes is very useful..."
Erik Raun Jensen, Danfoss Electronic Controls & Sensors, Denmark

"Collaboration locally, nationally, and internationally is critical to developing successful products. 3D-Tool facilitates fast, efficient, detailed collaboration..."
Paul Schwendinger, Honeywell, USA

"Regarding 3D-Tool - we believe it is a great product and I was recommending it to our business partners..."
Constantin Tiba, Presstran Industries Cosma International, USA

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