|
|
|
Press Release
Informative Graphics® Announces Support For OpenHSF Format
ModelPress™ v4.1 Includes Reading of Emerging Open
Visualization Standard
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - April 21, 2004 — Informative
Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in content visualization,
publishing, and collaboration technology, announced that the new
version (v4.1) of its free ModelPress™ 3D model compression,
publishing, and viewing system includes support for the OpenHSF
file format. Through OpenHSF, ModelPress supports lightweight
visualization files generated from OpenHSF enabled applications
such as CATIA v5, SolidWorks and IronCAD.
About ModelPress
The free, award-winning ModelPress 3D model publish-to-view
system uses a powerful, proprietary compression algorithm to
optimize large 3D data sets for network distribution. ModelPress
Publisher converts a wide range of 3D formats into the new 3DF
(three-dimensional format) format for display using the free
ModelPress Reader. The 3DF format is designed to identify IGC as
the provider of secure, PDF-like publishing of 3D models to the
web, email, and other forms of electronic file sharing. 3DF
publishing incorporates IGC’s Visual Rights® persistent security
technology, allowing content authors to apply a full compliment
of security controls to their model files, including password
protection, hard or relative viewing expiration dates,
allow/disallow printing and copying, and the ability to hide the
interior details of a model completely.
Gary Health, CEO and President at IGC commented, “The OpenHSF
standard is a widely accepted and well-proven technology for
delivering high fidelity model data from the best CAD
applications, and we are making it a part of our 3D strategy
going forward. We plan to incorporate OpenHSF support into
subsequent versions of ModelPress and other IGC products that
feature 3D model publish and read capabilities.”
Ron Fritz, Executive Director of the OpenHSF Initiative
added, “ModelPress is an excellent example of a solution
leveraging the open, industry-wide OpenHSF file format and
adding significant value for end users through their free
ModelPress technology. We are confident that rich solutions such
as ModelPress will help enterprises to efficiently use and share
3D visualization data by building upon the base foundation of
the OpenHSF format.”
About the OpenHSF Initiative
The OpenHSF Initiative supplies an open, interoperable
solution for engineering visualization. It is an industry-wide
effort to establish HSF as a free, common, open and robust
format for sharing visualization data between users of disparate
engineering applications. Members include Informative Graphics,
Dassault Systemes, PTC, SolidWorks, MSC.Software, ANSYS, Fluent,
IronCAD, CoCreate, Alias, CFDRC, Kubotek USA and dozens of other
software vendors. End user members include companies such as
Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Intel, Bombardier, Daimler Chrysler
and Tenneco Automotive. To find out more about the HSF format,
the OpenHSF Initiative and view sample streaming files, visit
www.openhsf.org.
About Informative Graphics
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), founded in 1990, is a
leading developer of commercial software products for content
visualization, web publishing and collaboration. IGC products
are renowned for their cost-saving value, ease-of-use, features
and scalability. With its products deployed by hundreds of
corporations, OEM partners and service providers worldwide, IGC
is an international company maintaining offices in the United
States, as well as key distribution partners in Europe, Japan,
Asia and Latin America. The company maintains a Web site at
www.infograph.com.
Press Contacts:
Melle Amade-Vice
OpenHSF Initiative
510-434-7630 x214
Email:
melle@techsoftamerica.com
Bill Gould
Informative Graphics Corporation
Tel: (602) 971-6061, ext. 144 Fax: (602) 971-1714
Email:
bgould@infograph.com
###
Note to Editors: Informative Graphics, Brava!, MYRIAD and
Net-It are registered trademarks of Informative Graphics
Corporation. All other names are property of their respective
owners. |
|
