TGS Ships Internet-enabled 3Space Assistant v2.0 for Windows.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1997-- New version opens URLs, runs inside Microsoft Internet Explorer, and captures VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. worlds Template Graphics Software Inc. (TGS TGS Tokyo Game Show TGS Ticket-Granting Service TGS Ticket-granting Server TGS The Good Shepherd TGS Teen Girl Squad TGS The Gargoyles Saga TGS Texas Gourd Society TGS Tomato Growers Supply TGS Trinity Grammar School TGS Tomographic Gamma Scanner ) is now shipping 3Space(TM) Assistant version 2.0 with full Internet compatibility for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT and Windows 95. 3Space Assistant is an interactive 3D viewer/editor that allows non-technical staff to import, view, manipulate, edit and share 3D CAD, VRML and Open Inventor(TM) files on the Internet and inside desktop applications such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. TGS is demonstrating 3Space Assistant at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community '97 in booth 1005. 3Space Assistant version 2.0 features new integrated Internet capability, giving the user the ability to open Internet Web Addresses (URLs) to view 3D files and navigate 3D worlds on the Web. Moreover, 3Space Assistant allows users to capture VRML 1.0 and 2.0 worlds and save them to a local hard disk for later exploration without bandwidth delays. 3Space Assistant also supports Microsoft's active Document technology, which allows users to view and manipulate VRML, DXF DXF - Drawing Exchange Format and Open Inventor files from within Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. automatically. "In the past, if an organization wanted to make 3D models available to non-technical staff, they had to purchase an additional copy of their CAD software, often for thousands of dollars," said Terry Baker, president and 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. of TGS. "With 3Space Assistant, the organization can give its staff the ability to import, view and work with 3D CAD and VRML files to integrate into sales and technical presentations, marketing literature, Web sites, technical product documentation and training manuals for a fraction of the cost." With 3Space Assistant, users can view files from popular 3D CAD applications, including Autodesk(R) AutoCAD(R), Parametric Technology Corp.(R) Pro/ENGINEER(R), SOFTIMAGE(R), EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Unigraphics(TM) and SDRC (company) SDRC - The company behind VGX. http://sdrc.com/. (TM) Ideas(TM), as well as files from applications that support VRML. 3Space Assistant operates as a stand-alone 3D desktop application, as an embedded in-place OLE server, and within Microsoft Internet Explorer. It supports drag-and-drop for easy file management, and adds true 3D cut and paste To move an object from one location to another. When the operation is complete, there is nothing left in the original location. It may refer to relocating files from one folder to another or to relocating selected text or images from one document to another. to desktop applications. As an embedded OLE server, 3Space Assistant includes a 3D toolbar and a robust set of editing tools, which can be used to change backgrounds, color, materials, and lights. The materials and position of individual objects within a scene can be independently modified, as well. The desired view can then be saved as a bitmap file and imported into other applications as a static image. 3Space Assistant v2.0 includes a Performance Meter Dialog to measure performance, and a Scene Info Dialog to display information about the scene, including a triangle count. It uses OpenGL for superior rendering quality and supports all OpenGL(R) compatible 3D graphics boards and chips. 3Space Assistant caught the attention of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1996 resulting in the bundling of those 3D/VRML desktop tool with every new Windows NT Alpha(R) and Intel(R) system shipped by Digital. 3Space Assistant v2.0 is sold direct by TGS for $150. (U.S.) for a single copy, with quantity and site licensing available. TGS also offers a Kanji (human language, character) kanji - /kahn'jee/ (From the Japanese "kan" - the Chinese Han dynasty, and "ji" - glyph or letter of the alphabet. Not capitalised. Plural "kanji") The Japanese word for a Han character used in Japanese. version of 3Space Assistant v2.0 for customers in Japan. For more information about 3Space Assistant v2.0, visit the TGS web site at http://www.tgs.com or call 619/457-5359. About TGS A pioneer in VRML and interactive 3D graphics, TGS delivers software products to professional developers and end-users. TGS is the largest supplier of PC 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). software products based on Virtual Reality Modeling Language (virtual reality, language) Virtual Reality Modeling Language - (VRML) A draft specification for the design and implementation of a platform-independent language for virtual reality scene description. VRML 1.0 was released on 1995-05-26. http://vrml.org/. Wired. (VRML), ANSI/ISO PHIGS (Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Standard) A graphics system and language used to create 2D and 3D images. Like the GKS standard, PHIGS is a device-independent interface between the application program and the graphics subsystem. +, OpenGL and Open Inventor standards. TGS products facilitate the creation and use of 2D and 3D graphics by developers and end-users. TGS' Open Inventor-based 3D graphics software development tools and 3Space end-user applications have been bundled by Microsoft Corporation for Visual C++(R) and the Internet Explorer Starter Kit, and by Digital Equipment Corporation for Windows NT Intel(R) and Alpha(R) systems. Applications using TGS' 3D technology have been distributed to over 1,000,000 systems worldwide. Teamed with Silicon Graphics, TGS initiated 3D/VRML in April 1995 with the release of WebSpace(TM) Navigator, the first VRML browser. TGS is a founding and Charter Member of the VRML Consortium, a Corporate Sponsor of the VRML Repository, a member of the Microsoft Component Builders program, Digital Internet Innovators, ANSI/ISO X3H3 graphics committees, the OpenGL Advisory Forum, and the VRML Technical Forum. TGS is active in establishing new standards and directions for computer graphics technologies. TGS is located at 9920 Pacific Heights Blvd., Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92121. -0- 3Space and the TGS logo are trademarks of Template Graphics Software Inc. OpenGL is a registered trademark, and Open Inventor and WebSpace are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Visual C++ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies. CONTACT: Template Graphics Software Debbie Herrington, 512/719-8007 E-mail: debbie@austin.tgs.com Fax: 512/832-0752 |
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