Alibre Issued Patent for 3D Solid Modeling on The Internet; Multi-tiered, Distributed Processing Architecture Facilitates CAD Collaboration.RICHARDSON, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. -- Alibre Inc. today announced it has been issued a patent for an invention enabling 3D solid modeling for mechanical design and engineering in high-bandwidth, distributed processing The first term used to describe the distribution of multiple computers throughout an organization in contrast to a centralized system. It started with the first minicomputers. Today, distributed processing is called "distributed computing." See also client/server. networks such as the Internet. The invention is embodied em·bod·y tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies 1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate. 2. To represent in bodily or material form: in the currently shipping Alibre Design Alibre Design is a parametric feature-based three-dimensional Solid modeling CAD software created by Alibre, Inc. Overview Alibre Design is a mechanical engineering and design CAD tool capable of creating complex 3D models, assemblies, and 2D drawings. 3D CAD product and consists of three components: the design application, the design server and the repository server. The multi-tiered architecture separates the CAD application's user interface from its core modeling engine, or design server, and data storage, facilitating the computing computing - computer of intensive 3D CAD tasks on a series of servers. In a common configuration the design application is installed on each user's PC, just like other traditional desktop applications, but that is where the similarity stops. One or more instances of the architecture's design and repository servers can then reside on the same computer or be distributed among multiple computers, depending on the computing task's complexity and available resources. This enables processing tasks to be directed to the computers best suited for them, providing increased options for corporate infrastructure investment by allowing outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. of the various components. "Alibre has been an innovator in Internet-centric CAD and data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. since the company was founded and this patent is an exciting milestone for us," said Greg Milliken, 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. of Alibre. "Our vision of pervasive, easy to use design tools that enable spontaneous collaboration is gaining momentum, and it's clearly just the beginning. Alibre Design's architecture is extremely flexible and scalable, and with widespread access to high-bandwidth, the Internet offers a virtually unlimited distributing processing environment that will deliver unprecedented growth in computing power and productivity." This patented technology enables Alibre Design to offer the most powerful and flexible collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. of any CAD application. In addition to allowing designers and engineers to share and edit product designs in real-time over the Internet, it also provides the foundation for Alibre's unique collaborative support service, the Alibre Assistant, that delivers live technical guidance from Alibre support engineers to all Alibre Design customers. Alibre develops and markets Alibre Design, a parametric 3D solid modeler for mechanical design and manufacturing. One-fifth the cost of comparable software, Alibre Design delivers ease-of-use, rich functionality, extensive tutorials and unique real-time support via the Alibre Assistant. Customers may also share and edit product designs in real time with integrated online tools. Alibre Design is available in seven languages and distributed around the world. Founded in 1997, Alibre Inc. is privately funded and based in Richardson, Texas. For more information, visit www.alibre.com. Alibre and Alibre Design are trademarks of Alibre Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective holders. |
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