Alibre Announces 3D Publisher for Google SketchUp
Product meant to expand 3D mechanical models for use in Google
SketchUp, Google Earth, and Google 3D Warehouse
 RICHARDSON, Texas,
April 19, 2007 - Alibre, Inc. today announced the Alibre 3D Publisher for
Google SketchUp, a new add-on for the Alibre Design product line, including
the acclaimed and free Alibre Design Xpress.
The Alibre 3D Publisher creates a "mash-up" of the world's two most
popular free 3D design programs -- Google SketchUp and Alibre Design Xpress
-- thereby greatly expanding the sources of visually accurate 3D mechanical
models for use in Google SketchUp, Google Earth, and Google 3D Warehouse.
Google SketchUp is widely used for conceptual and architectural design
while Alibre Design is primarily used for precise mechanical design.
The Alibre 3D Publisher is a free add-on that can be downloaded and
installed in any of the Alibre Design 3D mechanical CAD applications,
including the free Alibre Design Xpress and the commercial versions Alibre
Design Workshop, Alibre Design Professional, and Alibre Design Expert.
With the new add-on, any 3D model from any CAD or modeling system can be
exported in industry standard formats such as STEP, IGES and SAT, as well as
models created natively in Alibre Design and can be published directly to
the Google SketchUp format, then edited or enhanced in Google SketchUp and
uploaded to the Google 3D Warehouse or placed on Google Earth. This means
millions of visually accurate 3D designs from thousands of popular 3D design
and CAD programs, including SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Unigraphics,
SolidEdge, Inventor, Rhino, Maya, and more, can be used in Google's most
popular graphics programs.
Once converted to the SketchUp format as part of Alibre's unique
publishing process, mechanical models can also be edited directly in
SketchUp via its revolutionary and easy to use "push-pull" interface. Unlike
other conversions that simply dump out a glob of unrelated facets or
triangles, Alibre's 3D Publisher constructs geometrically correct models
which can be directly edited in SketchUp. This provides an excellent
platform to modify or create new conceptual designs relative to existing
precise mechanical models, such as mounting hardware or consumer packaging.
Other examples include precise woodworking models like furniture or
cabinetry that can be parametrically designed in Alibre Design and then
incorporated into a SketchUp model of an entire house or building.
The Google 3D Warehouse is an increasingly popular online data repository
for 3D models. With the Alibre 3D Publisher, 3D designs created in virtually
any 3D CAD or modeling system can now be imported via common industry
standard formats and then uploaded to the 3D Warehouse and shared and
located by anyone in the world using Google's unique search algorithms Since
models can also be incorporated in SketchUp designs, civil and related
design communities working on either conceptual or precise production
models, such as when placing equipment on a factory floor, can now have an
ideal platform that allows them to more easily share and merge work.
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery,
maps, terrain, and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at
your fingertips. Now with the Alibre 3D Publisher visually accurate and
highly detailed models of mechanical products can be precisely placed on
Google Earth. As a result, visual accuracy is taken to an entirely new level
in which product designers can publish completely detailed mechanical models
of actual physical or imagined products. For example, an automotive
manufacturer could publish visually accurate and highly detailed mechanical
models of its automotive components, such as engines, transmissions,
interiors or any other mechanical component within the context of a factory,
dealership, or service facility.
More information about the Alibre 3D Publisher for Google SketchUp can be
found at the Alibre web site at Alibre, Inc. today announced the Alibre 3D
Publisher for Google SketchUp, a new add-on for the Alibre Design product
line, including the acclaimed and free Alibre Design Xpress.
The Alibre 3D Publisher creates a "mash-up" of the world's two most
popular free 3D design programs -- Google SketchUp and Alibre Design Xpress
-- thereby greatly expanding the sources of visually accurate 3D mechanical
models for use in Google SketchUp, Google Earth, and Google 3D Warehouse.
Google SketchUp is widely used for conceptual and architectural design
while Alibre Design is primarily used for precise mechanical design.
The Alibre 3D Publisher is a free add-on that can be downloaded and
installed in any of the Alibre Design 3D mechanical CAD applications,
including the free Alibre Design Xpress and the commercial versions Alibre
Design Workshop, Alibre Design Professional, and Alibre Design Expert.
With the new add-on, any 3D model from any CAD or modeling system can be
exported in industry standard formats such as STEP, IGES and SAT, as well as
models created natively in Alibre Design and can be published directly to
the Google SketchUp format, then edited or enhanced in Google SketchUp and
uploaded to the Google 3D Warehouse or placed on Google Earth. This means
millions of visually accurate 3D designs from thousands of popular 3D design
and CAD programs, including SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Unigraphics,
SolidEdge, Inventor, Rhino, Maya, and more, can be used in Google's most
popular graphics programs.
Once converted to the SketchUp format as part of Alibre's unique
publishing process, mechanical models can also be edited directly in
SketchUp via its revolutionary and easy to use "push-pull" interface. Unlike
other conversions that simply dump out a glob of unrelated facets or
triangles, Alibre's 3D Publisher constructs geometrically correct models
which can be directly edited in SketchUp. This provides an excellent
platform to modify or create new conceptual designs relative to existing
precise mechanical models, such as mounting hardware or consumer packaging.
Other examples include precise woodworking models like furniture or
cabinetry that can be parametrically designed in Alibre Design and then
incorporated into a SketchUp model of an entire house or building.
The Google 3D Warehouse is an increasingly popular online data repository
for 3D models. With the Alibre 3D Publisher, 3D designs created in virtually
any 3D CAD or modeling system can now be imported via common industry
standard formats and then uploaded to the 3D Warehouse and shared and
located by anyone in the world using Google's unique search algorithms Since
models can also be incorporated in SketchUp designs, civil and related
design communities working on either conceptual or precise production
models, such as when placing equipment on a factory floor, can now have an
ideal platform that allows them to more easily share and merge work.
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery,
maps, terrain, and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at
your fingertips. Now with the Alibre 3D Publisher visually accurate and
highly detailed models of mechanical products can be precisely placed on
Google Earth. As a result, visual accuracy is taken to an entirely new level
in which product designers can publish completely detailed mechanical models
of actual physical or imagined products. For example, an automotive
manufacturer could publish visually accurate and highly detailed mechanical
models of its automotive components, such as engines, transmissions,
interiors or any other mechanical component within the context of a factory,
dealership, or service facility.
More information about the Alibre 3D Publisher for Google SketchUp can be
found at the Alibre web site at
www.alibre.com/Products/3Dpublisher.asp.
About Alibre
Alibre Inc. develops and markets Alibre Design™, the fastest growing
parametric 3D solid modeling software for mechanical design and
manufacturing. One-fifth the cost of comparable software, Alibre Design
delivers quick ROI, ease-of-use, rich functionality and unique real-time
support, and is enabling small and medium-sized businesses and workgroups to
put 3D CAD on every engineer's desk, similar to utilities like Word or
Excel. Alibre also delivers Alibre Design Xpress, the industry's only true
3D parametric modeler available free of charge. Alibre Design is available
in thirteen languages and distributed worldwide. Founded in 1997, Alibre
Inc. is privately funded and based in Richardson, Texas. For more
information and for a free trial of Alibre Design, please visit
www.alibre.com.
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