Spatial Inc. and Datranet Ltd. Sign IntraVISION Distribution Agreement
27 August 1999
Spatial Inc. and Datranet Ltd. Sign IntraVISION Distribution Agreement
BOULDER, Colo.--Aug. 27, 1999--Expands UK Access to IntraVISION -- A Premier Visualization Solution,
Offering Enterprise-Wide Access to All Major CAD and Product Data
Spatial Inc. (AMEX:STY), the world's leading developer of 3D modeling technology and interoperability solutions, has appointed Datranet Ltd. as a UK distributor for IntraVISION(TM), a full-featured, comprehensive 2D and 3D visualization solution.
This agreement enhances the presence of IntraVISION in the UK market, offering companies cost-effective, enterprise-wide access to all major CAD and product data.
"We consider this to be an excellent growth opportunity for Datranet. As Spatial continues to strengthen its position as a global developer of interoperability solutions, the IntraVISION distributorship will open up new opportunities for Datranet and expand our own leadership position," said Martyn Davies, sales director, Datranet Ltd. "Partnering with Spatial is a critical step in providing customers with a comprehensive visualization solution that streamlines the design review process, throughout all stages of product development. Spatial's IntraVISION has proven itself, around the world, as a solution that accelerates the enterprise-wide sharing of essential 2D and 3D CAD product data, both internally and throughout the supply chain."
"Adding Datranet to our roster as a major IntraVISION distribution partner is a big plus for us," said Kay Denninger, director of Central Europe, Spatial Inc. "Datranet's core competencies are firmly rooted in the area of CAD data viewing and translation. Their strengths will allow us to better support existing UK IntraVISION customers and capitalize on new opportunities. Datranet has already delivered IntraVISION to several companies in the automotive, aerospace and defense sectors. These initial victories demonstrate that Spatial has chosen a successful distribution partner for the UK market."
IntraVISION enables users to visualize, mark-up, measure and convert raster files, documents, drawings, 3D CAD/CAM models, configuration data, assemblies and part files -- without requiring native applications. These features provide key benefits to users in product design and manufacturing, allowing them to collaborate on designs, review models and drawings for dimensional accuracy and support concurrent product development processes. IntraVISION supports over 300 file formats, including ACIS(R) SAT, DXF/DWG, STEP, IGES, and VRML. The software is available as a stand-alone application or as an integrated viewing component for PDM, CAD, CAM, ERP, shop floor, and MES solutions.
About Datranet Ltd.
Datranet is a leading independent supplier of CAD data viewing, translation, and communication products and services. The Company specializes in implementing and managing CAD Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) products and services, enabling data interoperability with the use of data translators and file format viewers. Datranet provides services to companies who must translate data between different CAD packages and data management systems, view CAD and other files without a licence of the originating native system, and communicate CAD and other data between themselves and other companies.
Headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, Datranet has customers in Europe and the United States. For more information, visit Datranet's web site at www.datranet.u-net.com, call +44 (0) 113-242-5151, or e-mail sales@datranet.u-net.com.
About Spatial Inc.
A leading innovator of 3D modeling technology, Spatial provides advanced component and interoperability products for creating, viewing, exchanging and sharing high-fidelity 3D digital geometry.
The ACIS 3D Toolkit(TM), Spatial's flagship product, is the de facto standard 3D modeling kernel for the MCAD, CAM, CAE, and AEC industries. With more than 500 ACIS licensees and 1.4+ million end users of over 200 ACIS-enabled applications, ACIS is indisputably the world's most widely used 3D modeling kernel. ACIS-enabled applications include 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 by IMSI, Vellum Solids by Ashlar Inc., and Working Model 3D by MSC.Software Corporation. Spatial offers a diversity of production-proven 3D modeling component products, like Spatial Deformable Modeler(TM), a 3D surface modeling tool for high-level artistic design and industrial styling.
Spatial's Interoperability Products enable developers and end users to optimize engineering processes by providing efficient methods of communicating 3D models and product data across multiple CAD/CAM/CAE systems throughout the design-to-manufacturing process. Interoperability Products include comprehensive visualization solutions, like IntraVISION and JetScream(TM), data translators for IGES, STEP, and VDA-FS; 3D model healing technology; PDM integration modules; and 3Dmodelserver.com(TM).
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Spatial has offices in Europe and Asia. Spatial stock is publicly traded on the NASDAQ-AMEX exchange under the symbol "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, 1998.
Spatial Inc. and SAT are trademarks. ACIS is a registered trademark of Spatial Inc. IntraVISION is a trademark of InterData Access, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.