It’s here, just in time for the holidays… Santa has visited us early and stuffed our software stockings with another impressive release of 3DVIA Composer, full of breakthrough technology and fun-to-use features. You could shake the box and try to guess what’s inside… or take the easy way and watch the preview for more info.
My personal favorite new feature is Smart Outlines. What’s yours?
Enjoy!
Posted in 3DVIA, CAD reuse, News, Service procedures, Technical illustration
Happy first day of summer, here in the northern hemisphere! Down under, the Australian Navy has embarked on a project called REFINE (Realtime Engineering Fleet training Interactive Naval Environment), with help from our partner Invenio.
From this article on PACE news:
Invenio’s REFINE solution specifically addresses naval training requirements by immersing naval cadets in a virtual representation of the ship on which they will serve.
Real-life scenarios that can be replicated include operating navigating equipment, fighting a fire, launching the ship’s boat, responding to damage control or a call to action stations.
Pretty cool concept, a sort of “PLM-connected serious game” thanks to 3DVIA Studio Pro and 3DVIA Composer. Using powerful game engine technology, the user not only has a solid virtual training environment, but can use in-game controls to easily access PLM data and interactive technical publications (check for the 3DVIA Composer Player content appearing at 1:10 of the video, and again at 2:19. Virtual learning helps the sailors get prepared for success more quickly than traditional methods, before they even set foot on a ship.
And here’s a shout-out to our recently released game technology:
Invenio managing director Ivan Meisel says 3DVIA Studio Pro is a game engine with a critical advantage -- it can directly import the Computer Aided Design (CAD) data that has been used to design and build the ships.
“Other game engines require users to completely remodel the highly detailed CAD data into optimised polygons before importing the information,” says Meisel.
“With 3DVIA Studio Pro, the re-modelling of CAD data into optimised polygons is completed automatically in the export process, removing much of the development time and cost.
“Any changes to the source CAD data can be automatically propagated to the 3DVIA Studio project and any training material can be created from it.”
Enjoy the video!
Posted in 3DVIA, CAD reuse, Service procedures
Tagged game engines, game technology, serious game, technical publications
This announcement was posted a few days ago:
“Un Techo Para Mi Pais,” (UTPMP), recognized by the United Nations as one of the non-governmental organizations best suited for public-private partnerships, gives disadvantaged families a new start by offering the security found in a new home, along with the social, educational and micro-financing services needed to create a responsive community or “barrio” where they can thrive.
But like many volunteer organizations, UTPMP faces the challenge of how best to train new volunteers while capturing the lessons learned by others leaving the organization. To do this, UTPMP is creating a real-time and online 3D community for sharing and retaining organizational knowledge.
3DVIA Composer to the rescue! This sort of remote training is ideally suited for strong “Product Explanations” by empowering non-CAD experts with 3DVIA Composer to enrich 3D data — to easily build interactive and animated experiences and deliver them to remote support personnel:
With 3DVIA Composer, UTPMP can efficiently facilitate volunteer training through the use of the latest technical documentation and 3D animation technologies. Leveraging these forms of visual communication enables UTPMP teams to more clearly understand technical content. This also helps UTPMP create online communities that have easy access to project content such as training guides, service and maintenance manuals, and assembly instructions.
You can read the full press release here.
Hello everyone!
Here’s a great new intro video created by the team @ SolidWorks. Let us know what you think!
Posted in 3DVIA, CAD reuse, Service procedures, SolidWorks, Technical illustration
Tagged 3d-animation, dassault-systemes, introduction