Spatial Inc. and Applied Metrology Inc. Announce ACIS-enabled Inquest

24 June 1999

Spatial Inc. and Applied Metrology Inc. Announce ACIS-enabled Inquest; ACIS powers new computer-aided inspection software

    BOULDER, Colo.--June 24, 1999--Spatial Inc. (AMEX: STY), the world's leading developer of open, component 3D modeling technology and product data access, exchange, and sharing solutions, and Applied Metrology Inc., a company specializing in engineering tools for high precision measurement systems, today announced the release of ACIS(R)-enabled Inquest, Applied Metrology's flagship product.
    Inquest is designed as a computer-aided inspection analysis package to be used in conjunction with a wide variety of three-dimensional measurement systems. The ACIS 3D modeling engine enhances Inquest with world-leading functionality and interoperability enabling it to deliver new levels of speed and accuracy to rapid inspection applications.
    "Inquest allows engineers and operators to quickly and efficiently analyze 3D measurement data, by extracting the correct, meaningful information received from 3D measurement equipment such as laser scanners, trigger probe Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs), contact scanning CMMs, and non-contact scanning CMMs," commented Tom Kurfess, president, Applied Metrology. "Having ACIS as the modeling engine provides extremely efficient algorithms that make Inquest one of the fastest analysis packages on the market today."
    "We are looking forward to ACIS having a strong presence in the 3D measurement software market through Inquest," remarked Michael Hansen, director of marketing, Spatial Inc. "ACIS functionality combined with Inquest's line-up of features, result in the most accurate, powerful rapid inspection tool available."

Inquest features include: - Rendering and interrogation of 3D solid models. - Display and manipulation of 3D coordinate data. - Fast, efficient algorithms to register measured point clouds to
    CAD surfaces. - Fitting of geometric primitives (spheres, cylinders, etc.). - Graphical feedback of part errors through color maps of point to
    surface deviations. - VRML output to facilitate automatic web report generation.

    Another significant feature of ACIS-enabled Inquest is its interoperability with a variety of applications via its COM Automation interface, which allows other software packages, such as Visual Basic and Excel to directly call and control Inquest for automated inspection. Inquest's intuitive user-interface allows quick manipulation of data including model to point alignment, data trimming, and visualization results. Additionally, as users of an ACIS-enabled application, Inquest customers will have full model data interoperability with over 185 ACIS-enabled applications.
    Spatial Inc. is the world leader in the development of open, component 3D modeling technology and product data access, exchange and sharing solutions. The ACIS(R) 3D Toolkit, Spatial's flagship product, is universally recognized as the de facto standard 3D modeling kernel for the MCAD, CAM, CAE, and AEC industries. With nearly 500 ACIS licensees and more than 1.4 million end users of over 185 ACIS-enabled applications, ACIS is indisputably the most widely used 3D modeling kernel in the world.
    The open architecture of ACIS and the industry standard ACIS SAT(TM) file format are known as the "ACIS Geometry Bus." The ACIS Geometry Bus is the key to 3D model interoperability among ACIS-enabled applications, including ABAQUS/CAE by Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc., AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop by Autodesk, Inc. , CADKEY by Baystate Technologies, Inc., GAMBIT by Fluent Inc., Grade/CUBE II by Hitachi Zosen Information Systems, GSCAD by Intergraph Corporation , IronCAD by Visionary Design Systems, Inc., Maxwell 3D Field Simulation by Ansoft Corporation , TurboCAD Solid Modeler and Professional, IMSI , Vellum Solids by Ashlar Inc., and Working Model 3D by MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation .
    Spatial's Interoperability Solutions Subsidiary, InterData Access (IDA), is a leading provider of product data viewing, data translation, and digital mock-up software and consulting services to Fortune 500 industrial companies worldwide. Interoperability products include IntraVISION(TM), VisionShare(TM), Data Exchange Manager, and IGES/STEP development tools. IDA's customers include Boeing, Bombardier, Caterpillar, Diebold, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, Hitachi, Lear Jet, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Silicon Graphics.
    Spatial Inc. is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and has offices in Europe and Asia. Shares of Spatial stock are publicly traded on the Nasdaq-AMEX exchange under the symbol "STY" (AMEX: STY). For more information, visit Spatial's Web site at http://www.spatial.com, or call (303) 544-2900.

    Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information. A description of risks and uncertainties attendant to Spatial Technology Inc. and its industry, and other factors which could affect the Company's financial results, are included in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Company's annual report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1997.

    Spatial Technology Inc., ACIS 3D Toolkit and SAT are trademarks. ACIS is a registered trademark of Spatial Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.