3D-Powered storefronts. (Products).SolidWorks Corp., provider of 3D CAD CAD: see computer-aided design. (Computer-Aided Design) Using computers to design products. CAD systems are high-speed workstations or desktop computers with CAD software. software, VerticalNet, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are to deliver 3D-Powered Storefronts to companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . SolidWorks adds a new dimension to VerticalNet's e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. systems by enabling users to access product information, and interactively zoom To change from a distant view to a more close-up view (zoom in) and vice versa (zoom out). An application may provide fixed or variable levels of zoom. A display adapter may also have built-in zoom capability. , rotate, and pan 3D models. 3D-Powered Storefronts employ viewing technology used by 3D PartStream.NET, a service developed by SolidWorks that enables manufacturers to integrate configurable, downloadable 3D models into on-line catalogues and e-commerce systems. Microsoft is to sponsor one thousand 3D-Powered Storefronts over the next year. When designing products, most engineers refer to large, hard copy catalogue listings when evaluating specific parts for product designs. The new 3D-Powered Storefronts eliminate the need for searching through hundreds of catalogues and guessing what parts will look like once they are placed in a completed product model. Customers can zoom, rotate, and interrogate (1) To search, sum or count records in a file. See query. (2) To test the condition or status of a terminal or computer system. 3D product models bef ore making an online purchase. www.solidworks.com |
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