Model simplification

Managing the import process

It is recommended to have a separate DESI DB for importing CAD models, which is not part of the regular project MDB’s for users.

Models can then be imported to this DB with different Model Simplification settings together with a fully detailed model using the MultiCAD Import, and then checks to assess the simplification results with regards to visual fidelity/preservation of necessary details against the performance to find the right balance.

It is then also possible to manually adjust the imported models, for example to copy SUBE or GENPRI from the fully detailed import to the simplified model where any important details have gone missing in the simplification process. Or to delete some complex geometry and manually replace by a box.

Once a suitable level-of-detail has been found, the model can then be copied into the real project DESI DB.

Refer to the recommendations detailed in Control over model creation or export from source tool on how to obtain models most suitable for simplification.