Bentley announces MicroStation Modeler II productivity boost; Desktop solid modeling gaining fast on high-end systems.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1995-- Bentley Systems, Inc. today announced the upgraded MicroStation Modeler(TM)II solid modeler for desktop mechanical design. The newest version of the sophisticated product now contains advanced geometry-creation tools and unified solid/surface design. MicroStation Modeler II is also optimized for the "Class of 95", meaning that it now takes advantage of the new, high-productivity MicroStation(R) 95 environment. The "Class of 95" capabilities alone significantly raise the productivity benefits of MicroStation Modeler II. The new product inherits the industry's most modern user environment, the renowned AccuDraw(TM) (patent pending) drawing technology, and MicroStation BASIC. AccuDraw, in particular, boosts MicroStation Modeler II productivity by introducing innovative, fast methods for dimensioning of parts and placement of precise 2D/3D data points. Bentley vice president of product marketing, Yoav Etiel, comments, "Our desktop solid modeling solution continues to gain on the high-end systems. In fact, all things considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , I would wager that mechanical design teams equipped with MicroStation Modeler II are more productive than those equipped with high-end systems." Etiel continues, "More teams are considering the usability, the programmability, multi-platform support, and the affordability of design products -- all factors that favor MicroStation Modeler II." The union of solids and surfaces in MicroStation Modeler II means that users can be more productive and precise in creating solids. Users can join surfaces or a network of parametric curves to form solids. This shape-creation flexibility extends to creating solids from extrusions along parametric paths. Advanced geometric creation tools in the upgraded product include parametric feature locations and enhanced cutting, Booleans, and mid-plane thicken. MicroStation Modeler II, an ACIS(TM)-based product, has been upgraded to support ACIS version 1.7, the newest version of the solid modeling technology from Spatial Technology. It also now supports OpenGL. Separately, Bentley announced a line of desktop mechanical design automation products for professional designers. The six "best-of-breed" products combine with the new MicroStation Modeler II to create the industry's first integrated solid-based design and analysis environment at a revolutionary, desktop price. MechanicalSpace MicroStation Modeler II also offers full access to MechanicalSpace, Bentley's full-featured integration platform for mechanical applications. Based on an open systems architecture, MechanicalSpace provides advanced solid, surface, and wireframe An umbrella term for a general outline of some structure. For example, the rough design of Web pages may be called wireframes. See wireframe modeling. programming functionality using the MicroStation Development Language (MDL MDL - (Originally "Muddle"). C. Reeve, Carl Hewitt and Gerald Sussman, Dynamic Modeling Group, MIT ca. 1971. Intended as a successor to Lisp, and a possible base for Planner-70. Basically LISP 1.5 with data types and arrays. (TM)), MicroStation BASIC, or Visual BASIC. The platform supports key standards in mechanical design including ACIS, DWG (filename extension) dwg - The filename extension for Autodesk drawing files. http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part3/. , DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) , 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. , OLE Automation as well as the Windows(TM), DOS, and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms. Overall, developers and end-users benefit through application excellence and tool interoperability. Pricing and Availability MicroStation Modeler II runs on a full set of PC and workstation hardware platforms including Windows 95, DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows NT(TM), Sun SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill , HP RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. , 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. , and DEC Alpha machines. MicroStation Modeler II is priced at $5370, which includes the development capabilities of MechanicalSpace. As an upgrade to MicroStation 95, the product is $1650. MicroStation Modeler II will be available in the first quarter of 1996. For more information on MicroStation Modeler II, MicroStation 95, or other MicroStation products, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY, +1 610-458-5000 (US), +31 2503-85588 (Europe), +61 3-699-8699 (Asia), via e-mail at jen.mcwilliams@bentley.com, or through the World Wide Web at http://www.bentley.com/. More on Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc. is the leader in professional computer-aided design products and services to engineering organizations where CAD is mission-critical. The company's MicroStation product range is relied upon by over 200,000 professional users and over 600 commercial application developers worldwide in the architecture/engineering/construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ), geographic information systems (GIS), and mechanical design markets. Founded in 1984, Bentley has now become one of the world's fastest growing software companies. -0- MicroStation is a registered trademark; and Bentley, MicroStation Modeler, AccuDraw, and MDL are trademarks of Bentley Systems, Inc. ACIS is a trademark of Spatial Technology Inc. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boston Communications Michelle Allard, 617/247-1112 E-mail: mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. @bcomm.com |
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