, IGES, Parasolids, ProENGINEER, ProDESKTOP, STEP and VDA-FS CAD File Formats for Data Translation, Viewing, Rendering & Animation
Okino Computer Graphics Ships Third Generation of Affordable, Precise, Solids-Based CAD Import Converters based on PTC Granite 3.0 Interoperability Kernel
Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) September 2, 2004 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a
leading provider of 3D photo-realistic rendering, visualization and data
translation solutions to the enterprise Fortune 1000 market for over a decade,
announced that its third generation ‘Granite/Pack' series of precise
solids-based CAD importers are now shipping and available for US$395. The
‘Granite/Pack' is a concise set of powerful CAD importers based on Granite
interoperability technology from PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development
Company.
Please visit Okino’s Pro/ENGINEER and PTC Granite solutions
page at http://www.okino.com/proe.htm ac .
PTC Granite is the
interoperability kernel based on the unmatched geometry, feature and data
exchange capabilities at the core of Pro/ENGINEER, PTC’s market leading
mechanical computer-aided design software. One of the key advantages of
solutions built on Granite is the ability to interoperate associatively,
providing updates to downstream applications based on any changes in an original
solid model.
The ‘Granite/Pack V3' license includes file import support
for ACIS SAT, IGES (from solids), Parasolids, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/DESKTOP, STEP
and VDA-FS for Okino's PolyTrans, NuGraf, PolyTrans-for-MAX, PolyTrans-for-Maya,
PolyTrans-for-XSI and PolyTrans-for-Director products. Okino offers the most
cost effective access to this PTC Granite technology in one low cost license.
These formats play a pivotal role in bridging the CAD and industrial design
markets with the non-CAD worlds of 3D multi-media animation packages, VisSim
packages, WEB publishing and polygonal modelers via the tried-and-tested Okino
data translation pipelines.
“Okino is bringing rich CAD data to an
extended marketplace which makes our users’ investment in Pro/ENGINEER more
valuable and ultimately helps companies enhance their product development
process,”
said Carsten Hochmuth, director of Partner Programs, PTC. “Our
partnership with Okino also validates how Granite advances product lifecycle
management capabilities by removing historic barriers that have prevented even
the highest fidelity CAD data from being truly universal and fully
cross-functional.”
"The V3 release of the PTC Granite CAD importers in
our Granite/Pack license will become a welcome upgrade for our existing and new
CAD, DCC and VisSim customers this summer," said Robert Lansdale, President
& CEO of Okino Computer Graphics, Inc., "The breadth of advanced CAD
converters available in our Granite/Pack and the functionality it offers cannot
be beat at US$395 price. It has become our most popular suite of precise
BREP-based (crack free) solids-based CAD importers since we initially released
v1 in 2001.
The availability of the Granite 3.0 interoperability kernel
from PTC, and their integration into Okino software, has closed the circle on
our list of extensive file formats with the availability of native Pro/ENGINEER
(up to WildFire v2), Pro/DESKTOP, ACIS SAT, IGES, Parasolids, STEP and VDA-FS.
The use of Okino’s PolyTrans or NuGraf plus the Granite/Pack allows all forms of
3D CAD geometry to be re-purposed for downstream applications and
enterprise-wide uses, including product documentation and manual creation,
animation and rendering software, visual communication and review of data, and
for accessing simpler and easier to manipulate versions of the original CAD
datasets.”
Says Richard Papasin, Deputy Lead at NASA Ames Research
Center's Smart Systems Research Lab, "We have utilized Okino's PolyTrans and
their integrated Granite converters to develop a custom application which allows
a large variety of 3D file formats to be imported and viewed for the Intelligent
Virtual Station project (see http://ssrl.arc.nasa.gov/ivs.html ). We are using Okino's
PolyTrans!ProServer COM interface to directly access their wide selection of
converters inside our application. This method of direct integration is very
unique and powerful to us, and at a low cost. The addition of the PTC Granite
3.0 interoperability kernel to PolyTrans is exactly what we have been looking
forward to for some time. We will be able to seamlessly import from the
additional file formats of Pro/ENGINEER, ACIS SAT, IGES solids, Pro/DESKTOP,
Parasolids, STEP, VDA-FS and others, all in their native file formats with great
fidelity."
Says Glen Pfeifer, R&D, Training Software Systems at
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, St. Louis, "We use Okino's Granite CAD
importer solution to translate Unigraphics engineering CAD data into formats
that we use in our virtual environments for training. I use a process that
initially exports UG .prt files as STEP files, then I import them into Okino's
NuGraf environment using Granite. The Granite importer solution enables me to
efficiently build from engineering source data the 3D model content I need for
my virtual environment prototypes."
Says Dirk Jan Kiljan, Civil
Engineering Division, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management,
The Netherlands, "We use Okino's PolyTrans and Granite to convert our models
from Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 to 3D Studio Max 6. We found PolyTrans to be the
best solution, allowing very large and complex Pro/Engineer models to be meshed
properly and imported into 3D Studio Max for immediate manipulation. Materials
and colors are converted perfectly, as is the assembly hierarchy, accelerator
files and geometry units matching. At our department we are responsible for the
design of civil engineering projects like traffic tunnels and bridges. The
imported models are used in many different ways: communication with
project-partners, communication with civilians, visualizations and drawings for
contractors, calculation of costs and so on. Before incorporating PolyTrans and
Granite into our pipeline it was a big hassle to export our data for
visualization purposes but now with the whole process is done with 3
mouse-clicks! This is a big improvement!"
Product Pricing
The
"Granite/Pack" is an optional add-on component for Okino's NuGraf &
PolyTrans base packages. It is priced at US$395 for all of the Granite import
converters. A full technical description, as well as discounted pricing when
purchased along with other Okino add-on converter licenses, can be read at http://www.okino.com/conv/order/order.htm. To locate an
authorized VAR or for customer inquiries, please email e-mail protected from
spam bots or contact Okino Computer Graphics at (905) 672-9328 or toll free at
(888) 3D-OKINO (1-888-336-5466).
About Okino Computer Graphics
Founded
in 1991 (Toronto, Canada), with development starting in 1988, Okino Computer
Graphics, Inc. is an industry leader in the development and deployment of 3D
data re-purposing software that allows professional 3D software users to
intelligently and accurately convert/view/render/modify 3D data and assets
between most major CAD, DCC and VisSim software packages. Okino software is used
the world over by all major Fortune 1000 companies, production studios, and 3D
content creation, game development, CAD, engineering and product design
companies.
PolyTrans and NuGraf are registered trademarks of Okino
Computer Graphics, Inc. Okino is a trademark of Okino Computer Graphics, Inc.
PTC, The Product Development Company, Granite, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/DESKTOP, and
all PTC product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Parametric Technology Corporation or it subsidiaries in the United States and in
other Countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to
their respective holders.
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