<s>
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
that	O
converts	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
files	O
from	O
one	O
native	O
file	O
format	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
translation	O
process	O
,	O
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
performs	O
“	O
geometry	O
mapping	O
”	O
,	O
mapping	O
from	O
one	O
CAD	B-Application
kernel	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
conversion	O
,	O
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
avoids	O
what	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
“	O
stitching	O
errors	O
”	O
by	O
repairing	O
geometry	O
via	O
techniques	O
such	O
as	O
correcting	O
slightly	O
overlapping	O
or	O
misaligned	O
surfaces	O
,	O
removing	O
duplicate	O
control	O
points	O
,	O
and	O
duplicate	O
vertices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
are	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
Autodesk	B-Device
Inventor	I-Device
,	O
Cobalt	B-Algorithm
,	O
Form-Z	O
,	O
Pro/ENGINEER	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
major	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
are	O
expensive	O
—	O
several	O
thousand	O
dollars	O
or	O
more	O
—	O
and	O
require	O
great	O
skill	O
and	O
time	O
to	O
master	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
common	O
for	O
individuals	O
and	O
companies	O
to	O
own	O
just	O
one	O
type	O
of	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existence	O
of	O
many	O
different	O
file	O
types	O
presents	O
no	O
problems	O
when	O
engineers	O
and	O
designers	O
share	O
files	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
that	O
has	O
standardized	O
upon	O
a	O
common	O
CAD	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
file-transfer	O
problems	O
can	O
arise	O
when	O
files	O
must	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
outside	O
individuals	O
who	O
are	O
using	O
a	O
different	O
type	O
of	O
CAD	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
file	O
is	O
exported	O
by	O
one	O
CAD	B-Application
program	I-Application
into	O
an	O
intermediate	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
opened	O
in	O
another	O
CAD	B-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
unusual	O
for	O
translation	O
errors	O
to	O
occur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
inability	O
to	O
reliably	O
transfer	O
files	O
between	O
disparate	O
programs	O
is	O
especially	O
problematic	O
with	O
3D	O
solid	O
modeling	O
software	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
behind-the-scenes	O
technical	O
complexities	O
that	O
arise	O
whenever	O
complex	O
surfaces	O
abut	O
or	O
blend	O
into	O
each	O
other	O
;	O
surfaces	O
no	O
longer	O
align	O
or	O
some	O
features	O
do	O
not	O
translate	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
employ	O
different	O
approaches	O
to	O
handling	O
certain	O
object	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
minimize	O
translation	O
errors	O
,	O
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
typically	O
—	O
but	O
not	O
always	O
—	O
translates	O
directly	O
from	O
one	O
native	O
CAD	B-Application
kernel	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
's	O
“	O
Auto	O
Repair	O
Wizard	O
”	O
corrects	O
these	O
flaws	O
while	O
translating	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
plug-in	O
for	O
many	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
so	O
that	O
the	O
Open	O
and	O
Save	O
dialog	O
boxes	O
are	O
extended	O
with	O
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
's	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
TransMagic	B-Algorithm
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
file	O
types	O
:	O
</s>
