Spatial
Technology acquires InterData Access, Inc.
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Dassault
Systems creates ENOVIA Corp., a wholly-owned company in charge of
developing ENOVIA’s PDM II solutions. IBM creates two new worldwide
organizations to sell and support ENOVIA products.
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In February,
Dassault Systems and IBM announce a new Strategic Alliance to address
the Product Development Management II (PDM II) market.
Dassault
Systems acquires Matra Datavision key software products in the fields
of surface and free-form modeling, numerical control machining (NC)
as well as complementary products dedicated to plastic injection
simulation. The products concerned (EUCLID Styler, EUCLID Machinist,
Strim and Strimflow) correspond approximately to the portfolio acquired
by Matra Datavision at the time of the Cisigraph acquisition in
1994. The team in charge of those products (90 people) will join
the Dassault Systems Group.
- Matra
Datavision will become a service company providing support for the
CATIA, CATweb, ENOVIA and Deneb products lines of Dassault Systems
and the migration of EUCLID 3 to CATIA.
- Matra
Datavision will be appointed an IBM International Business Partner
to market, sell and support CATIA, CATweb, and ENOVIA as well as
IBM's e-business Solutions.
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Autodesk
acquire Genius Software GmbH.
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Unigraphics
Solutions becomes a subsidiary of EDS, takes the name Unigraphics
Solutions EDS
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Unigraphics
Solutions finalizes acquisition of Intergraph's Mechanical CAD/CAM
Business - Solid Edge and EMS software
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Maxon,
the producer of CINEMA 4D animation and rendering program announced
it will no longer support the Amiga platform. |
CADD
Council changes name to Facility Information Council - To represent
a larger base of involvement, NCS Committee operates under this group
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Unigraphics
Solutions Becomes First CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM Organization to be Awarded
ISO 9001/TickIT Certification
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AutoCAD
Mechanical is an integrated mechanical tool in AutoCAD 14.
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Autodesk
Architectural Desktop - integrated architectural solution based
on AutoCAD 14.
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First
version of IronCAD for VDS market.
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IntelliCAD
98 from Visio with support for Visual Basic for Application, AutoLisp
and AutoCAD release 14 files.
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Canvas
6 is released and takes the industry by surprise with the introduction
of Deneba's Sprite technology. This amazing technology allows vector
drawings, images, and text to be blended together with infinite control
over transparency. In effect making it possible for regular folks
to do sophisticated photo-compositing and graphics pros to do things
they could only dream of - compositing vector illustrations with images.
Canvas 6 garners a long list of awards and reviews around the world.
DenebaCAD 1.5 is released. |
Qick
Draw System (AU) ships Qick Draw version 7.
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Visual
Lisp, an Object ARX application that runs inside AutoCAD 14. Consists
of several modules that the developers use to create new applications.
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Autodesk
ships 3D Studio MAX version 2.5
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Lightwave
3D version 5.6 from New Tek, comes with Procedural shades for snow,
water and rust, Stereoscopic rendering, SkiTracer image warping
for real time visualization of generated sky, and more.
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Solid
Edge version 3 from Intergraph with more than 150 new features.
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Solid
Works 98 adds 150 new capabilities.
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TurboCAD
Professional version 5 from IMSI.
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During
1998, DUCT has gradually been replaced with a new incorporated range
of products, which covers the full manufacturing cycle from design
to manufacture. Delcam's new "Power" range of products, which combine
the full functionality of the DUCT suite with the latest user interface
technology offers users many new benefits. |
Visio
Corporation ships Visio Enterprise, a technical drawings and documentation
program, and Visio Technical version 5. The company announced over
250,000 users to date.
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Over
60,000 AMD copies installed worldwide. Customers: Hughes Aerospace,
Lockheed Martin, Philips, Hyundai.
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Upside
Magazine names Bentley to the 1998 Hot 100 companies.
Listed
as largest privately held software company on Softletter 100.
Installed
base of MicroStation reaches 300,000 and that of Bentley SELECT
reaches 200,000
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