Alias/Wavefront Ships StudioTools 10, a Complete 2D/3D Design Solution; Significant Improvements Made Over Entire Workflow.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 Alias/Wavefront(TM), an SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SGI) company, announced today that it is shipping release 10 of StudioTools(TM), the company's computer-aided industrial design Computer-aided industrial design (CAID) is a subset of computer-aided design (CAD) that includes software that directly helps in product development. Within CAID programs designers have the freedom of creativity, but typically follow a simple design methodology: CAID Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf CAID Clear Accountability In Design CAID Canadian Association for Information Science ) software. Major enhancements include a high quality paint box that integrates with 3D models, improved usability, increased modeling efficiency, plus a PRO/Engineer(R) interface which is included at no extra charge. "This major release delivers a complete, integrated 2D/3D design solution that frees industrial designers to apply all of their creativity to new concepts, while remaining confident that their designs will hold true throughout the engineering and manufacturing processes," explains Peter Mehlstaeubler, vice-president, Product Development at Alias/Wavefront. "We've built greater modeling efficiency, improved data integration with CAD and made StudioTools easier to use, whether you're creating a simple object or working on the most advanced automotive concepts." Darren Blum, resident Digital Designer and Alias(R) guru at Pentagram's San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office says, "I love this new release. Alias/Wavefront has made major functional changes such as the implementation of Undo in many critical tools and the option to use Simple vs. Advanced functionality for surfacing tools. Along with these, more subtle improvements like Expand Instances and a vastly improved Help interface insure that beginners will learn quickly and experts will have at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. more powerful surfacing and rendering tools than ever." Unique 2D/3D Design System StudioTools 10 delivers a complete set of high quality integrated paint tools, created specifically for design-focused sketching. These tools enable designers to sketch concepts from a blank screen or using imported 3D CAD data as a reference. The software's unique paint and shapes functionality enables designers to quickly create and iterate it·er·ate tr.v. it·er·at·ed, it·er·at·ing, it·er·ates To say or perform again; repeat. See Synonyms at repeat. [Latin iter on concepts early in the design process. The brushes for 2D painting and sketching are extremely fast while providing the quality that designers require. StudioTools 10 delivers many new paint functions including flood fill Flood fill, also called seed fill, is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to determine which parts of a bitmap to fill with color, and in puzzle games such as , masking, hide and show, blur, sharpen, smear and clone. For tighter, illustration-like 2D drawings, a new Shapes feature combines the quality of the paint functions with the power of StudioTools curve tools. The new paint and shapes tools are a powerful 2D complement to the 3D tools and allow very rapid concept development that flows right into the 3D modeling workflow. Greater Modeling Efficiency Design modelers typically spend over 75 percent of their time modeling transitions between the main surfaces of their model. Enhancements to modeling tools such as Fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. and Align in StudioTools 10 allow designers to achieve the look and quality of these surfaces much quicker, increasing their productivity. In addition, the enhanced Draft/Flange tool lets a designer grab handles to push and pull depths and angles, a particularly useful aid for injection molded applications. Enhanced Ease of Use New controls streamline the user interface, improving the efficiency of experienced users and shortening the learning curve for new users by only displaying the tools required for the task at hand. The enhanced interface includes menu presets for 2D design, modeling and rendering, plus simple and advanced modes for square, rail, align and fillet tools. In addition, separate modeling and paint panels speed access to commonly used tools. Improved Data Exchange with CAD Tight integration with downstream engineering software allows designers to take full advantage of the digital design process. Chief among the enhancements in this area is the completely new PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. (R) Granite(TM) interface that makes it possible to directly transfer StudioTools 10 files to other applications that support the Granite interface, such as Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/DESKTOP(R). While Direct Connect options for CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. (R), Unigraphics (R) and IDEAS (R) continue to be available separately, the Granite interface is included in StudioTools 10 at no extra charge. Alias has also improved industry standard transfer methods. The IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) An ANSI file format that is system independent and also intended for human interpretation. Evolving out of the U.S. import/export is as much as ten times faster and the STEP translator is redesigned for better handling of analytical data. A new CheckModel feature will review a model for potential data transfer problems in such areas as rational geometry, multiple knots and short edges. Price, Availability, System Requirements StudioTools 10 is available now, with prices starting at $7,500 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . International pricing may vary. Products in the StudioTools family are DesignStudioTM, StudioTM, AutoStudioTM and SurfaceStudioTM. The software runs on Windows(R) XP, Windows(R) 2000, SGI(R) IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. (R), Sun(R) Solaris(R) and Hewlett-Packard(R) HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (R) operating systems. Contact Information For more information on Alias/Wavefront StudioTools 10, please visit the company's website at www.aliaswavefront.com or call 1-800-447-2542 in North America. International contact numbers include: Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, +44 (0) 1494 441273; Germany, East & Southeast Europe, 0049 89 31 70 20; France, Spain and Portugal, +33 1 44 92 81 60; Italy, 39 039 6340011; Japan, 0120 764 088; and other parts of Asia Pacific, 81 3 3470 8282. About Alias/Wavefront As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the industrial design, technical surfacing and visualization markets, and for film and video, games and interactive media. Alias/Wavefront's design customers include AT&T, BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , Boeing, Fiat, Fisher-Price, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Italdesign, Kodak, Mattel, Rollerblade, Trek Bicycle, Teague and Timex. Alias/Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI. To visit Alias/Wavefront, go to www.aliaswavefront.com. Note to Editors: Download digital images at www.aliaswavefront.com/design/press Alias and the Alias/Wavefront logo are registered trademarks and Alias/Wavefront, StudioTools, the StudioTools logo, DesignStudio, Studio, AutoStudio and SurfaceStudio are trademarks of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. SGI and IRIX are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Windows, Windows XP and Windows 2000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. HP-UX and Hewlett-Packard are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Sun and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. I-DEAS is a registered trademark of Structural Dynamics Research Corp. CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systems Corporation. Unigraphics is a registered trademark of Electronic Data Systems Corporation. PTC, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/DESKTOP and Granite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and in other countries. All other products, companies or institutions mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Alias/Wavefront, 210 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 1J7, Tel: 416/362-9181, FAX: 416/369-6140. |
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