ACIS format goes public.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1995--Spatial Technology Inc. today announced they will make the ACIS(R) SAT format publicly available. The format enables applications created by different vendors to exchange intelligent 3D objects and related attribute data quickly and easily without requiring any translation. The primary objective of publishing the ACIS SAT format is to enable an open environment for the integration and sharing of 3D data among applications. "We have received numerous requests from customers and large software users in the industry to make the SAT format openly available," said Jerry T. Sisson, President & COO of Spatial Technology. "The ACIS format is the logical choice for the exchange of 3D models between applications, because ACIS is the industry's de-facto standard 3D modeling technology, with over 300 licensees representing more than 270,000 end-user application seats," explained Mr. Sisson. "We are fortunate that in our quest to provide users with application interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. we are able to use a de-facto standard rather than invent one", says Yoav Etiel, Vice President of Product Marketing at Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Inc. "ACIS, which we have successfully incorporated in our award-winning MicroStation Modeler product, is proven technology which has already gained wide acceptance." Spatial is also providing a software component for reading and writing the ACIS SAT file format. "To facilitate access to the hundreds of thousands of ACIS models in the market today, we are providing an OLE-enabled Dynamic Link Library A set of program routines that can be called at runtime as needed. See DLL. dynamic link library - Dynamically Linked Library (DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. ) for Windows Developers," said Richard M. Sowar, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Founder of Spatial Technology. "Sharing complete 3D model information in an open environment is the next logical step in creating interoperable 3D applications, and is made possible by the broad industry acceptance of the ACIS file format." The ACIS SAT format is already the industry's most widely used 3D modeling format. Over 300 industry-leading software developers use ACIS today for modeling 3D objects, including well-known companies like 3D/EYE, ANSYS ANSYS Analysis System , Autodesk, Bentley Systems, CAMAX, Cognition cognition Act or process of knowing. Cognition includes every mental process that may be described as an experience of knowing (including perceiving, recognizing, conceiving, and reasoning), as distinguished from an experience of feeling or of willing. , Dynaware, ElectroGIG, Ford Motor Company, Intergraph, MacNeal-Schwendler, MARC Analysis and Sharp. Also, 55 commercial products from ACIS developers already create and share 3D models in the ACIS SAT format. These licensees and many others use the SAT format regularly to communicate 3D objects and related data between applications. ACIS is used in a broad range of 3D applications such as animation, architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , CAD/CAM/CAE, and interactive multi-media. The ACIS SAT format is optimized for sharing 3D geometry, topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. and attributes. It provides a smaller and more precise mathematical representation of 3D objects than conventional faceted models that represent 3D objects with a large number of planar A technique developed by Fairchild Instruments that creates transistor sublayers by forcing chemicals under pressure into exposed areas. Planar superseded the mesa process and was a major step toward creating the chip. facets. In addition, it can quickly provide facets if required for graphically intense applications. The ACIS SAT format specification will be available later this year from Spatial Technology in print or electronically at ftp.spatial.com and http://www.spatial.com/spatial. Spatial Technology Inc., Boulder, was founded in 1986 to facilitate the transition of the computing industry into 3D by providing next-generation, object-oriented, 3D modeling software technology industry-wide. The company has developed into the leading supplier of enabling software technologies for 3D modeling application development. ACIS is a registered trademark of SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY INC. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: Spatial Technology Inc., Boulder David Prawel, 303/449-0649 ext. 353 Email: dap@spatial.com Fax: 303/449-0883 |
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