Alias/Wavefront Ships StudioTools Major Modeling Functionality Upgrade

    TORONTO--July 2, 2001--Alias/Wavefront(TM), an SGI company, announced today that it is now shipping StudioTools 9.7, the company's latest upgrade to its CAID (computer-aided industrial design) family.
    Through a new, innovative filleting tool, StudioTools speeds the process and adds modeling power for rounding edges between adjoining surfaces in the model.
    John Gibson, General Manager, StudioTools at Alias/Wavefront says, "This upgrade is a significant step in our continuing process of developing powerful, effective ways to help industrial and automotive designers get their jobs done faster. For instance, at French automaker Renault(R), the design team found that the filleting tool in StudioTools 9.7 made important improvements in the company's modeling workflow."
    "Combined with some of the other features in StudioTools software, such as construction history, we found the new tool easier to use for complex exterior design modeling," says Jacky Leconte, Surface Lines Senior Manager at Renault.

    Faster Experimentation

    Used in concert with the construction history feature, the new filleting tool can edit previously constructed fillets and update them automatically, saving the designer time without rebuilding the geometry. By combining this function with StudioTools advanced evaluation tools such as reflection maps, curvature maps, draft angle evaluation and cross-sections, designers can interactively manipulate the fillet and evaluate results immediately.

    Availability, Price, Platforms

    The StudioTools 9.7 family is now shipping and includes DesignStudio(TM), Studio(TM), AutoStudio(TM) and SurfaceStudio(TM). Prices start at $7,500 USD. Prices are indicated in US funds and will vary outside the US. Optional reverse modeling software, Spider(TM) and Evalviewer(TM), have also been upgraded. The software runs on Windows NT(R), Windows(R) 2000, SGI(TM) IRIX(R), Sun(TM) Solaris(TM) and Hewlett-Packard(R) HP-UX(R).
    For more information, please visit the Alias/Wavefront website at www.aliaswavefront.com or call 800/447-2542 in North America. For the nearest sales office or authorized reseller outside of North America, in Europe call +800 4125 4125 or 800 791 174 in Italy; 353 1 890 2244 in the Middle East and Africa; 81 3 3470 8285 in Asia-Pacific; 0121 764 088 in Japan only and 525 203 0030 in Latin America.