T3Japan Company Overview

DPT Corporation's 3D CAD "ThinkDesign" achieves a high level of coexistence between the "beauty of surfaces (elegance)" pursued by Japanese manufacturing and manufacturing requirements through its unique "GSM (Global Shape Modeling)" technology. Typically, creating smooth surfaces such as "G2 (curvature continuous)" and "G3 (curvature change rate continuous)" required in automotive design and home appliances has been a complicated process in traditional CAD, involving cumbersome post-processing and the risk of data corruption, akin to "artisan skills." However, GSM simultaneously resolves "deformation" and "ensuring continuity" in real-time. By simply moving the constraints (targets) defined by the designer, the system automatically redefines beautiful surfaces that meet the boundary conditions. Furthermore, through the integration with "zone modeling," it is possible to make dynamic local changes while keeping existing design lines intact, all completed with just drag operations. This provides an environment where the intuition of veteran designers can be intuitively replicated by younger engineers. "Technical constraints must not stifle the designer's sensibility." DPT Corporation protects its self-developed kernel as a "sanctuary" and promotes the democratization of the design environment.

3D CAD "ThinkDesign" proposes an innovative modeling method that fundamentally resolves the challenges of "complex fillet processing" and "rebuild errors in past history modifications" that have troubled designers with traditional history-based CAD. The goal of this software is to create a world where the system follows the designer's intent, rather than the human adapting to the system's limitations. By utilizing "Target Driven Design," which derives smooth surfaces from the continuity with surrounding faces instead of numerical input, it achieves fillets without geometric breakdowns. Furthermore, with "ISM (Interactive Solid Modeling)," which goes beyond direct modeling, it allows for direct manipulation of surfaces and redefinitions even with data imported from other CAD systems that lack history. The fusion of ISM, which handles local operations, and "GSM," which excels at large-scale deformations, enables simultaneous execution of overall volume changes and specific location adjustments as mathematically correct solids, even after complex fillet processing. By 2026, fillets and shape modifications will evolve from being a "struggle" that hinders designers to a "joy of finishing" that materializes at the speed of thought.

The reason ThinkDesign's "GSM" continues to be a solitary presence is not merely due to the superiority of its functions, but rather the fundamental difference in its design philosophy. While many CAD systems rely on "borrowed hearts" (general-purpose kernels) like Parasolid or ACIS, which face limitations such as rebuild errors due to their specifications and "the curse of history" when it comes to bold shape transformations, ThinkDesign adheres to its own "in-house developed kernel." This allows for direct deformation of the entire model in a dimension completely independent of the hierarchy of history, akin to tectonic shifts. Furthermore, unlike simple shape distortion in CG, it achieves both "surface quality suitable for molds" and "mathematical rigor" necessary for manufacturing through real-time high-order simultaneous equations. For modern designers constrained by general-purpose engines and rushed to create data tailored to CAD's convenience, GSM represents a philosophy to reclaim the "freedom to pursue the ideal shape," becoming an overwhelming advantage that others cannot easily penetrate.