Questions tagged [solid-bodies]

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Starting point for learning CAD/CAE file formats?

We are developing some stress and strain analysis software at university. Now it's time to move from rectangles and boxes and spheres to some real models. But I still have little idea where to start. In our software we are going to build mesh and…
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How to represent / Modify 3d solids

In my program I have some cubes (simple, xyz location, xyz size). I want bo be able to take one of these cubes and 'Subtract' another cube from it. So my question, what is a good generic data structure to represent the resulting 3d object, and what…
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