E& Forms Strategic Partnership With Leading Design Automation Software VAR; Avatech Solutions to Deploy E& RAPIDsite Across 13 States.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 Evans &Sutherland (E&(R)) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity ), Monday announced a new partnership with Avatech Solutions(R) Inc., a leading national provider of Computer-Aided Design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD) technology, training, and services. Avatech will deploy E& RAPIDsite(TM), the world's most revolutionary land development visualization tool, throughout 13 U.S. states. In addition, Avatech will train customers how to use E& RAPIDsite and provide installation and implementation services. With 19 locations in 15 states, Avatech is ranked as one of the top five largest CAD resellers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Avatech sells leading design automation software, hardware, and peripherals required by architectural, engineering, GIS/mapping, document management, computer graphics, and other design professionals. Avatech also provides comprehensive consulting services ranging from complex network integration services to day-to-day technical support. &uot;Avatech is a perfect partner for E& RAPIDsite,&uot; said Robert Ard, E& group vice president, Applications Group. &uot;Avatech's broad sales reach, experienced sales force, and national training system is an ideal vehicle to provide E& RAPIDsite technology and services to land development professionals. &uot;E& RAPIDsite is a quick and easy tool for land developers, civil engineers, and architects to combine CAD and GIS data with digital photography to construct a 3D photo-realistic model of a proposed development site. The photo-realistic 3D rendering can then be used to show planners, the public, and potential customers what the project will look like before it is built, speeding the approval process and enhancing marketing and sales efforts.&uot; E& RAPIDsite will be offered as one of the courses through Avatech's national training system, which consists of 23 classrooms, a mobile training lab for on-site training, and a series of proprietary self-training programs. Through its training system, Avatech enables customers to take full advantage of software capabilities, thereby maximizing productivity. Ronald C. Diegelman, president of Avatech Solutions, stated, &uot;We are very excited about adding E& RAPIDsite to our product line. It truly is a state-of-the-art visualization package that will be a valuable tool to our customers in the architectural and civil engineering arenas. &uot;Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , serving as an E& RAPIDsite Sales Affiliate and VAR is consistent with our goal of offering products and services that will improve our customers' competitiveness in the market place.&uot; Availability/Pricing Avatech will start distributing E& RAPIDsite in February 2000 across 13 states including: Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , plus the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Customers can contact Avatech at 800/706-1000 or log on to the company web site at www.avat.com for E& RAPIDsite sales, training, and consulting. The base price for E& RAPIDsite is $1,995. About E& RAPIDsite E& RAPIDsite is the first and only software solution expressly designed for land development visualization. E& RAPIDsite features fast 3D-model construction, fast graphics rendering performance, and interactive exploration of a proposed development on a Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) computer with an OpenGL graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. . Cost effective and easy-to-use, this new tool enables the development of a photo-realistic model of a site and its surroundings, new and existing buildings, and new and existing landscape in a fraction of the time required by other visualization tools. Avatech Solutions Avatech is the largest national supplier of Autodesk software and offers an expanded product line produced by such companies as Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) Inc., Intergraph, Hewlett Packard, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, Novell, Rebis, Motiva, CYCO CYCO Cycle Code , Xerox, and Vidar. Avatech customers include AlliedSignal, Bell Atlantic, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rockwell, Texaco, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Union Pacific, U.S. Navy and US WEST Communications--all leaders in their respective industries. Evans &Sutherland Evans &Sutherland develops and manufactures hardware and software to produce highly realistic 3D images. E& business units deliver high-quality visual systems for simulation and training in defense and commercial applications; graphics systems for high-performance workstations; and related applications throughout the world. Visit the E& web page at http://www.es.com. E& RAPIDsite is a trademark, and E& is a registered trademark of Evans &Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. All other trade names or marks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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