Spatial and Tech Soft America Announce FREE HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS; Part Viewer Enables Advanced Viewing of ACIS Part Files.Business/High Tech Editors WESTMINSTER, Colo. & ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002 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 market-leading provider of world-class 3D development technologies, and Tech Soft America (TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). ), the leading provider of component graphics technology to the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, today announced the release of the free HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS, which allows for real-time collaborative viewing of ACIS part files. Developed around the ACIS 3D Geometric Modeler v8.0 and the HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3dAF) from TSA, the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS includes numerous features such as real-time, simultaneous collaboration between multiple users and the ability to visualize large models and precise distance measurement computation. "We are extremely pleased with the development of the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS, particularly because it offers free, real-time collaboration," said Rex Sellentine, visualization product manager, Spatial. "There has been a clear and significant industry demand for collaborative functionality and the ability to view ACIS parts. This free application addresses this demand in a highly effective manner." Gavin Bridgeman, co-founder and member of the technical staff for TSA said, "By making this technology freely available to the ACIS user community, we hope to provide a valuable service while at the same time showcasing the advanced capabilities of the .HSF HSF Human Space Flight HSF Hispanic Scholarship Fund HSF Heat Shock Factor HSF HeatSink and Fan HSF Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Fondation des maladies du coeur du Canada) HSF Heat Sink Fan format and the HOOPS components." "Our close working relationship with TSA has allowed us to develop this viewer quickly and efficiently, and provide the industry with an answer to the request for specific visualization functionality," said Mike Payne, 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. , Spatial. "This effort is an example of Spatial and our partners working together to move the industry forward and provide the solutions that are being requested." The HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS can be downloaded from: http://www.spatial.com/downloads/downloads or http://www.hoops3d.com/downloads/downloads.htm Developers interested in customizing or extending the viewer functionality, or building complimentary products based on the framework may contact Spatial or TSA directly for complete licensing information. For a complete description of the HOOPS 3D Part Viewer for ACIS visit www.spatial.com or www.hoops3d.com About Tech Soft America Tech Soft America (TSA) provides premier customer driven development tools, consulting and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services enabling their partners to rapidly deliver world-class technical software. TSA develops the HOOPS 3D Application Framework, HOOPS Streaming Toolkit and HOOPS Collaboration Toolkit, which dramatically simplify the design, development and maintenance of high-performance, interactive 2D and 3D applications built for PCs, 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). workstations, Linux, Windows CE-based handheld devices and the Web. HOOPS 3D technology has been incorporated into over 125 commercial software applications, from such leaders as SolidWorks, EDS/SDRC, CADKEY, Fluent, Mechanical Dynamics, Tecoplan, SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. , Minitab and Mechanical Dynamics. The company maintains corporate headquarters in Oakland, California “Oakland” redirects here. For other uses, see Oakland (disambiguation). Oakland (IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. and can be reached at http://www.hoops3d.com. About Spatial Spatial Corp., 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. S.A. (Nasdaq:DASTY)(Euronext Paris # 13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) company is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D development technologies. Spatial develops, markets, and supports best-of-breed 3D components and services, to address the exponential requirements of 3D in Internet-based e-commerce and 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. 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 or 800-767-5710. |
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