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Back in May, 3DVIA was featured in Time magazine. The article mainly talked about 3D coming to Web 2.0, and how 3DVIA.com had amassed over 15,000 users who have generated a lot of 3D content. 3DVIA.com offers several free tools to allow consumers the ability to create 3D content and to leverage that content in several ways. In particular:

Eventually, subscribers will be able to use the software to conceive and create their own online games. Already users can build models of the exteriors of their homes or other buildings and place them in real settings on Microsoft's Virtual Earth.

But that is only the tip of the iceberg… you can use 3DVIA to integrate with Facebook too. And now all that great content on 3DVIA.com can be used in 3DVIA Composer too. So you need a model for your 3DVIA Composer animation? Try searching on 3DVIA.com. What you want is not there and you don't have a CAD system to create a simple little 3D tool? Use 3DVIA Shape to create that model and then bring it into 3DVIA Composer.

Now with over 30,000 users and nearly 3,000 3D models available for free, 3DVIA.com gives 3DVIA Composer the ability to leverage even more 3D content than ever before.

Back in Episode #64, you saw a great example of the power of 3DVIA Sync Integration and the ease and speed by which a SmarTeam integration can be built.

This podcast shows another example of integrating 3DVIA Composer into ENOVIA SmarTeam, in particular the ability to update Composer data with meta data modifications. The combination of Composer's XML structure, associative labels that reflect current meta data values, and the ability to tie it all together into SmarTeam provides exceptionally robust capabilities for just about any customer-specific integration requirement.

 

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Earlier this week, we had a successful launch of the overall V6 architecture at DEVCON in Paris. 3DVIA Composer V6R2009 was released as part of this launch. For details about the enhancements in this version, please click here.

Here is a great sample given to us from Richard Hale of Xype. The effective use of standard icons is prevalent in this example, and is used to ensure efficient information transfer from the author to the consumer of the data. Standardized icons and symbols ensure that the end user has a consistent visual aid to accompany the animated procedure. The icons can also be used as "hotspots" or links to provide an enhanced level of interactivity with the 3D document.

Thanks to Richard for sharing this sample and for showcasing how a simple standarization can further enhance the learning curve to add coherence and reliability for all parties involved.

If you have a sample tip, technique, or just want to share what you are doing, please drop us an email at editor@3dmojo.com. And please feel free to share your ideas in the "Share It" forum.

 

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3DVIA Composer will be presented in three separate sessions at DEVCON next week in Paris.

On Tuesday June 17 at 4:30 pm, take a hands-on test drive of 3DVIA Composer with James DUGALAIS and Christophe DELFINO as your guides. James is head of our R&D and a founder of Seemage. Christophe is a senior member of our professional support team, and is an application engineer extraordinaire. Don't miss this chance to learn about 3DVIA Composer and talk with our experts James and Christophe.

If that session is full, at 5:20 pm you can see Eric PICCUEZZU discuss the topic of "Lifelike experience with 3DVIA for collaborators and creators". Eric is not only our distinguished product manager; he is also a founder of Seemage. You won't want to miss this session! (Unless you are one of the few lucky ones to try our product with James and Christophe.)

On Wednesday June 18 at 10:40 am, Eric will be in another discussion and demonstration entitled: "3DVIA Composer and 3DLive End-to-End Product Demonstration". Learn how these two impressive technologies can be used together to find, access, and add relevant context to your product data, so that you can create great 3D interactive applications and keep them updated with the latest product design.

It looks to be an exciting line-up of events at this year's DEVCON! We hope to see you there.