CAMIO Studio From LK Group to Include Spatial's 3D InterOp CATIA V5 Product.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTMINSTER, Colo. and DERBY, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003 Leader in Coordinate Measuring Machine Market to Provide Improved Programming Accuracy with Aid of Spatial Solution Spatial Corp Spatial Corporation was founded in 1986, and had one main product: ACIS, the first commercially available 3D modeling kernel. Through subsequent years, Spatial added products to its portfolio that enabled ISVs mostly in the CAD/CAM industries, to build applications. ., a Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. (Nasdaq: DASTY)(Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) company and market-leading provider of 3D subsystems and the marketing and support network for Dassault Systemes CAA Caa See CCC. V5 open software development platform, and LK Group, a pioneer in the coordinate measuring machine market, today announced that the latest version of CAMIO Studio will incorporate the power and accuracy of Spatial's 3D InterOp 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) V5 product. A global leader in the manufacturing and development of coordinate measuring machines (CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. ) and software, LK Group focused on selecting the CATIA V5 InterOp Product to increase the programming effectiveness of CAMIO Studio for their clients in the automotive, aerospace and other manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation . The CAMIO Studio product from LK Group redefines the CAD interfacing world of CMM programming, providing a Windows interface that provides direct use of ACIS(R), CATIA, Unigraphics, and Pro-E CAD model data. "This is another major step forward in the development of the LK CAMIO Studio Software," commented Alex Chisholm, Technical Director of LK Group. "Customers have been crying out to get design data direct from their CAD system. With the CATIA V5 InterOp product from Spatial this is now a reality for LK customers. This has been achieved without the need to purchase another CATIA V5 license (or sacrifice an existing one) and without having to train Inspection Programmer in the CATIA V5 product." "Spatial is committed to providing superior InterOp solutions and our ability to deliver a native CATIA V5 product is just one example of our commitment to excellence," said Keith Mountain, vice president of marketing for Spatial. "LK Group's reputation in the CMM market and their desire to provide a superior and market-leading CMM CAD programming solution is a great match for our technology." About LK Group LK was founded in Britain in 1963 initially to supply granite inspection components and inspection tooling to the engineering industry. Since the early days, LK has been a pioneer in the metrology market and is recognised as a market leader, credited with a long list of firsts, such as the first to: design a bridge style CMM, integrate a computer with a CMM, develop software specifically for CMMs, produce a high accuracy, horizontal spindle CMM, and produce a truly thermally stable CMM. With offices in the UK, USA, Germany and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , plus agents and distributors world-wide supporting thousands of installations, LK is the premier manufacturer of CMMs and CMM software. About Spatial Spatial Corp., a Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris # 13065, DSY.PA,) company is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D software subsystem technologies. Spatial develops, markets, and supports best-of-breed 3D subsystem technologies and services, to address the requirements of 3D in Business-to-Business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) applications. Spatial's component products for 3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability have been adopted by some of the world's most recognized software developers, manufacturers, research institutes, and universities. In addition, by working as the premier marketing and sales organization for the Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5, Spatial now provides companies with the opportunity to develop advanced solutions complimentary to the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design ) solutions offered by Dassault Systemes. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, Spatial has offices in the USA, Germany, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit Spatial's Web site at www.spatial.com, or contact Spatial by email at info@spatial.com or by phone at 303-544-2900. ACIS and SAT are registered trademarks of Spatial Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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