PDElib

Data Exchange Toolkit for Developers

PDElib is a comprehensive suite of software modules for developing translators and data mapping utilities. The PDElib toolkit enables you to develop import and export translator interfaces for the common CAD neutral formats and achieve greater interoperability for your CAD, CAM, and CAE applications. 

PDElib serves as the foundation for translators offered by the leading CAD/CAM/CAE vendors including ITI’s products, as well as internal data exchange applications for major manufacturing companies.

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PDElib

PDElib Core

Contains common utilities and subsystems vital to all data exchange applications, including:

  • Memory management
  • Model management
  • Messaging
  • Log File
  • Data Structure Utilities
  • Powerful Geometry Conversion Engine for entity manipulation

PDElib Programming Interfaces*

Available for:

  • IGES
  • STEP
  • VDAFS
  • DXF/DWG
  • ACIS
  • Parasolid
  • JT
  • Visualization (Fbx, Gltf, Xgl, Vrml, Obj)
  • Others (xml, Hoops, Qif, Dgn, Open Nurbs, Open Cascade

ITI - International TechneGroup

*Each interface may be purchased separately and is fully integrated with PDElib Core.  

Interfaces provide file parsing and formatting, schema validition, data definition files and compilers, plus entity mappings to and from PDElib Core.