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It is a real pleasure to begin yet another year with a new amazing demonstration of the power of product information everyware, as implemented by 3DVIA Composer.

One of the questions I hear almost every time we talk to CATIA users is, "what about metadata?" How does 3DVIA Composer re-use this critical CAD data when I want to create compelling product documentation directly from my CATIA V5 3D CAD data?"

And it's an important question because that metadata -- data about the 3D CAD data -- is critical to producing accurate assembly instructions, technical illustrations and more. If you can't easily get the data about the data from the digital product definition into your deliverables, then a significant piece of effectively automating the documentation process would be missing.

As you can see in this video podcast episode, the ability to get all the metadata into 3DVIA Composer created deliverables is incredibly easy.

The fact that it only takes a minute and 28 seconds to show this is an important point in itself. A feature this important also has to be easy. 3DVIA Composer combines the functionality and ease of use people want in a modern product publishing solution.

Thanks again to Jonathan Riondet for showing us how to do this.

 

 3DVIA your iPod #56: "Using CATIA V5 metadata in 3DVIA Composer" [1:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (980)

 

 3DVIA your iPod #56: "Using CATIA V5 metadata in 3DVIA Composer" [1:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (673)

This week's podcast episode is courtesy of super-AE Tod Cruikshank who demonstrates some nifty options and techniques for making superior animations in 3DIVA Composer.

I was especially impressed with how Tod demonstrates the ability to have the rings appear in the animation, then "settle in" to the proper slots on the piston.

As always, we hope you enjoy this video episode. I also want to invite people to our new discussion forums, where increasing numbers of people are participating. Please go there (or post a comment here) to thank Tod for this episode (and to ask him to create more!).

 

 3DVIA your iPod #53: "3DVIA Composer animation techniques" [2:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (930)

 

 3DVIA your iPod #53: "3DVIA Composer animation techniques" [2:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (465)

Next Wednesday, December 12 at 14:30 CET, Idé-Pro, a 3DVIA Composer partner based in Copenhagen, will present a 3DVIA Composer webinar.

Details (in Danish) are in the PDF you can download at the bottom of this post. For those who do not speak Danish, you might want to join in anyway to see the 3DVIA Composer demonstration, as our intrepid colleague, Garth Coleman, will deliver the demonstration in English.

You can register for the webinar (or watch a replay later) here. We look forward to seeing you next week.

 Idé-Pro webinar invite (in Danish): Download (342)

Today, just six short weeks after acquiring Seemage, Dassault Systèmes announced that the former Seemage product has been enhanced and rebranded as 3DVIA Composer. You can read all the exciting details in the press release included in this post.

I would also like to remind everyone that we have a new "mini" website devoted to 3DVIA Composer at http://www.3dviacomposer.com/. Also, our forums are up and running for discussion at http://forums.3dmojo.com/ and, of course, the blog posts and podcast series will continue here.

As part of this news, we have officially retired the Seemage name. So, if you see it anywhere, please let me know so we can remove it. I am enlisting the community's help in this because it can be a little bit of fun, and there are so many, many places we used the name that I doubt we have found them all. (We sure did try, though.)

 Dassault Systèmes Announces 3DVIA Composer: Download (620)

Today's podcast episode is a little different. Instead of focusing on Seemage features, we are presenting a sales success story in both French and English.

To get this breaking story, Garth Coleman interviewed Fabrice of Axemble in France via Skype, one of the EU's largest SolidWorks resellers. As you will hear, Fabrice tells the amazing story of how an important customer was so excited about Seemage, they purchased it on the first sales call.

Now I realize some of you may think this is pure propaganda. (Though when, I ask you, was the last time a PLM company posted such an authentic, unedited story? When we said we were going to continue to using the blog to be completely open about Seemage after our acquisition, we meant it.)

But in reality, this is a story about compelling technology...technology so compelling that customers respond to it instantly. Why? In a nutshell, it's because it can literally transform the publishing process, which until now has been nothing but a source of cost and delay.

So, enjoy listening to the story. Of course, we'd love your feedback.

 

 Seemage your iPod #51: “Cleo success story" (English version) [3:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (719)