Actify announces availability of SpinFire Reader 2004 V2.

Actify Inc. has announced the availability of SpinFire Reader 2004 V2, a compact, secure tool allowing knowledge workers to share designs using Actify's proprietary .3D viewonly format for design visualization. Actify Reader 2004 V2 delivers new functionality, cost savings and efficiencies providing users full access to the new .3D WorkSpace feature that was introduced in SpinFire Professional 2004. The .3D WorkSpace allows users to combine a set of documents, including 2D and 3D CAD, Word, Excel, PDF, etc. into a single easily manageable file. With the .3D WorkSpace feature, data-rich documents can be accessed via the reader providing access to an even greater internal and external community of users across the manufacturing enterprise.

"The proliferation of the .3D file to communicate design data around the world has meant increased demand for the SpinFire Professional 2004 free reader," said Randy Ochs, President and CEO of Actify. "No other visualization solution comes close to providing such a rich set of features that can be called 'true' digital design communication."

Ochs added, "Our product offers access to the compact .3D file format, the unique multi-document capabilities of the .3D WorkSpace, all in an easily distributable free viewer. Combined with the ability to easily scale from a single desktop to the visual backbone of an enterprise PLM system makes the SpinFire family of products unmatched."

Launched in February this year, SpinFire Professional 2004 provides a cost savings when compared to the cost of CAD systems or intensive manpower conversion activities. The .3D WorkSpace capability, introduced with SpinFire Professional 2004, has proven itself to greatly increase the value of the .3D file format beyond the initial value of access to native CAD data by allowing the creation of a data pack of design information containing multiple different document formats.

"Any company involved in manufacturing or the manufacturing supply chain needs to communicate digital designs, and the associated data, efficiently," said Lynne Saunders, VP of Marketing at Actify. "I believe that the increased use of .3D in communicating data is due to the ability to include 2D drawings and other Microsoft Office file formats in a single file and email it easily around the world. The efficiencies provided by the SpinFire family of products results in lower costs for these companies by shortening the time-to-market and improving the quality of the final product."

SpinFire Professional 2004 users are able to create a .3D file from any native CAD file and then email it out to non-SpinFire users. Using the SpinFire Reader 2004 V2 reader, knowledge workers can now open the .3D file and view the 3D model along with all associated documents included with that 3D model.

SpinFire Reader 2004 V2 is a no-charge, lightweight viewer for .3D that automatically installs in most browsers and works standalone on the desktop or directly inside a web page.