Technique development ?
in an instant with Imagine3D!

Imagine3D ultrasonic simulation software allows you to completely simulate your inspection method so that you can save time and make fewer errors

Diagnose difficult problems
Because Imagine3D can handle any number of longitudinal and shear mode conversions, it can accurately identify where unexplained echoes are originating.

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Never order the wrong transducer again
Imagine3D will model the sound field of your existing transducer or it can tell you which transducer to buy for any given inspection geometry.  This eliminates expensive errors when a transducer with the incorrect focal length or beam-spread is ordered by mistake.

Clearly and easily communicate your ideas with others
Imagine3D provides simulated inspection A-Scans and B-Scans as well as reports that you can use to better communicate with your technicians and customers.  If fixturing is required, Imagine3D provides a text printout that lists the probe angles, spacing and water-path distances.

Imagine3D is an excellent teaching tool
Imagine3D makes it simple to demonstrate how certain critical angles affect whether longitudinal and shear waves can exist.  Teachers can also ask students to use Imagine3D to prepare and submit a complete inspection simulation demonstrating that they understand the material being taught.

Be more productive
Its nice to be able to experiment and try things out before committing to fixturing. Imagine3D takes you through the same steps as you would experience in the real world with the added benefit of being able to see where the sound is actually going inside your inspection part.

The parts are your parts.  The transducers can be anything that you might have on the shelf or that you can order from a catalog.  Your successful inspection technique is whatever Imagine3D allowed you to discover while experimenting with angles, mode conversions and different focal lengths.

Performing a simulated inspection involves these four simple steps:

2 ENTER THE TRANSDUCER CHARACTERISTICS

4 MOVE THE TRANSDUCERS AS IF YOU WERE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION and Imagine3D can show you exactly where the sound is going in all 3 dimensions as well as present a simulated A-scan

Imagine3D fully models and simulates...

• can be displayed as rays, pulses, wavefronts or beams
• can be reduced to a single main ray to reduce clutter
• can be rendered to show how amplitude is affected by diffraction
• can be advanced or retreated in time to compare the absolute time position of every wavefront
• will change color when a mode conversion occurs, a new medium is entered or whenever a new wave is generated

• can be assembled from a list of primitive shapes such as blocks, rods, tubes and spheres
• can be imported from 3D ACIS^® SAT (Solid Model) CAD drawings
• can be extruded or revolved as solids from 2D DXF CAD drawings
• can be selected from a library of stock objects and modified to match the inspection part

• can simulate both contact and immersion transducers of any frequency
• supports spherical, cylindrical and elliptical focusing
• supports transducer elements that are circular, elliptical or rectangular in shape
• can show any number of rays on the X and Y axes, on the transducer's edge or evenly spaced on the transducer's surface

• supports both Pulse Echo and Pitch Catch ultrasonic methods
• provides simulated inspection A-scans and B-scans
• takes into account material properties such as long and shear velocity
• can link the send and receive transducers together or allow them to be moved separately
• can follow the part surface at a fixed distance and automatically stay normal to the surface

• provides a single button that automatically splits the screen into a front, side, top and 3D view of  the inspection
• allows the inspection part to be rotated, spun or tilted to any viewing angle
• uses a simulated A-scan that can be rectified as RF, FW, HWP, or HWN and convert Time of Flight to distance
• utilizes Workspaces that allow you to save and recall everything on your screen so that you can resume your work later or transfer your simulation to another person
• provides a powerful print preview that displays exactly how the printout will appear
• provides a full text description of probe angles, probe positions, medium, modes and sound path lengths
• can export a simulation to share your results with people who do not own Imagine3D, using our FREE I3DViewer software

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