Explosion in the ACIS community - over 75 ACIS-powered applications now shipping or announced.BOULDER Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 1996--Spatial Technology Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :STY sty, in medicine, acute localized infection of one or more of the glands of the eyelid, with pain, swelling, and redness of the lid margin, usually caused by a staphylococcus infection. An external sty usually releases its pus and disappears in a day or so. ) today announced a new milestone in their drive towards delivering on the promise of open systems for CAD/CAM/CAE users. There are now over 75 shipping or announced ACIS-enabled applications, with Corel's CorelCAD(tm), Baystate's CADKEY(tm), ElectricImage 3D Modeler(tm), and IMSI's TurboCAD being the latest newcomers. "There's no disputing it. The number of 3D modeling applications powered by ACIS(R) 3D Toolkit are out there in significant numbers, particularly in the Windows/Intel part of the market," asserted David Prawel, director of marketing at Spatial. "This growth benefits developers and end-users alike. As more and more ACIS-enabled products become available, end-users benefit from interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. 3D models between their favorite applications and developers can build better products faster." ACIS 3D Toolkit dominates FEA/FEM & CAM cam, mechanical device cam, mechanical device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating, or back-and-forth, motion, or for changing a simple motion into a complex one. software markets Of particular note in the long list of ACIS-enabled products and companies, is that the vast majority of FEM/FEA and CAM software companies are ACIS 3D Toolkit licensees. These companies are enabled by the superb precision, renowned interoperable data structures and proven dependability dependability - software reliability of the ACIS modeling engine; characteristics that are particularly important in downstream applications. In the FEM/FEA market, for example, 29 companies have licensed ACIS, including well-known industry leaders such as Ansoft, ANSYS ANSYS Analysis System , FEGS FEGS Federation Employment and Guidance Service, Inc (Long Island, New York) , Flomerics, Fluent fluent /flu·ent/ (floo´int) flowing effortlessly; said of speech. , Fluid Dynamics fluid dynamics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of applied science that is concerned with the movement of gases and liquids. International, MacNeal-Schwendler and MARC Analysis. Similarly, 44 leading companies in the CAM market, including Camax, CAMCentre, Delcam, Surfware, Teksoft and Pathtrace have licensed ACIS to enable CAD model interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. in their manufacturing software The following list of software modules are the manufacturing components of Baan's ERP (BaanERP) system, acquired by SSA Global in 2003 and subsequently by Infor at the end of 2006. It is listed here because it provides a comprehensive overview of the required software. See MES. . The Pace Keeps Picking Up There are currently over 350 licensees of ACIS 3D Toolkit. And, this number is growing at a pace of about 20 more licensees per quarter. As for the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of ACIS models, there are well over 600,000 seats of ACIS-enabled CAD products in use today in the worldwide market. This includes many of the most popular CAD products available today, especially for Windows/Intel PC users. (See list below). In addition, a broad range of other ACIS 3D Toolkit licensees provide a host of fully compatible ACIS-enabled CAD-related products - open systems is a reality today in CAD/CAM/CAE! The ACIS Community: Over 75 shipping or announced applications -0- 3D/EYE Inc. TriSpectives Advanced Graphics Systems Visionael 3D AlliedSignal Aerospace Feature Based Machining Husk Feature Based Tolerance Husk Altair Computing Hypermesh Ansoft Maxwell Strata Maxwell Eminence Maxwell Spicelink Maxwell Extractor Maxwell EM System Simulator Ansys Inc. Ansys SAT Connection Data Translator Applicon Bravo Armonicos Co. Ltd. (Japan) CATACIS Autodesk AutoCAD Release 13 AutoCAD Designer AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop Cadzooks/Reality Check Baystate Technologies CADKEY '97 Bentley Systems MicroStation Modeler CADCentre Ltd. (UK) SolidCAM CADSoft Solutions Inc. CADDPro CADTECH SOLIDCAM Modeler SOLIDCAM Machinist Camax Manufacturing Technologies SmartCAM Freeform Machining Caroline, Division de S.I.I.E. MTEL Toolkit CETIM Castor Concept Cimio Ltd. (UK) CAD++ CN Industries (France) Architrion Goelan V4 Cognition Mechanical Advantage Concurrent Technologies Rapidcast Control Data/ICEM Systems ICEM DDN PART STEP, Pro-E Data Translators Corel Corp. CorelCAD C-Solutions Inc. GMS/SMART GMS Advanced Machining Husk dCADE GmbH (Germany) Source Assemblies NC Vision E-Systems DAMS Eagle Precision Technology Eagle Tube Cam Electric Image ElectricImage 3D Modeler Enterprise Software Products FEMAP (Automeshing Module) FastSURF FastSOLIDS FEGS Ltd. (UK) FAM FEM Engineering Inc. ASEMS Metal Forming Simulation Ford Motor Co. PDGS Frantic Software SATViewer Geometric Software Svs. Co. Ltd. VDA/FS, IGES Data Translators Hewlett-Packard PE/SolidDesigner Hitachi Zosen Info. Systems (Japan) GRADE/Shape Informations und NC Systeme GmbH PRIAMOS VDA/FS,IGES,STEP(AP214) data translators Intergraph Corp. Solid Edge International Technegroup Inc. VDAFS,IGES,STEP, Data Translators Knowledge Revolution Working Model 3D Kockums Computer Systems Tribon Initial Design Lambda Research Corp. TracePro Logotec Software, GmbH (Germany) LogoCAD MARC Analysis Research Corp. Mentat II MacNeal-Schwendler Corp. MSC/Aries MSC Nastran Windows Mercedes-Benz AG (Germany) SYRKO Solids PBI Software for Engineers STAR Rapid Prototyping Corp. STL Data Translator Schemers 3DScheme for Windows Sharp Corp. Design Modeler Spacetec IMC Panacea 3D-EYE Always SPI GmbH SPI 3D Sheetmetal STEP Tools Inc. STEP/ACIS Data Translator STI Strassle AG (Switzerland) FeatureM TechnoSoft Inc. Adaptive Modeling Language (AML) Theorem Solutions Ltd. CADDS,CATIA, UG, STEP Data Translators Vertex Systems Oy (Finland) ARGOS Visual Computing Inc. AutoMesh VREAM VRCreator Western Technical Products (WTP) T-Flex Parametric Pro Background Information Spatial Technology Inc. introduced ACIS in 1989 as the world's first commercial, object-oriented, 3D modeling toolkit. Since then, ACIS has become the dominant 3D modeler. ACIS is used as the foundation for applications in CAD/CAM/CAE, animation, virtual reality, entertainment, multi-media, education, architectural engineering Architectural engineering A discipline that deals with the technological aspects of buildings, including the properties and behavior of building materials and components, foundation design, structural analysis and design, environmental system analysis and , industrial design, and geophysical ge·o·phys·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The physics of the earth and its environment, including the physics of fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and seismology. modeling. With headquarters in Boulder, Spatial also has wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. in Tokyo and Monchengladbach, Germany. Visit Spatial Technology on the Internet at http://www.spatial.com -0- Note: Spatial Technology Inc. and the company logo are trademarks of Spatial Technology Inc. ACIS(R) and ACIS(R) 3D Toolkit are registered trademarks of Spatial Technology Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Spatial Technology, Boulder Editorial Contact: Arlene Moskowitz, 303/449-0649, ext. 323 |
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