LEDAS Releases RhinoAssembly v1.1 Plugin
 NOVOSIBIRSK,
Russia, Apr 16, 2010 - LEDAS Ltd., the independent provider of variational design tools, technology
components, and software development services for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM market,
today announced version 1.1 of its RhinoAssembly plug-in module for Rhinoceros
3D modeling software from Robert McNeel and Associates. RhinoAssembly is the
ultimate tool for assembly design and kinematic simulation of mechanisms
composed of rigid parts directly in the familiar Rhinoceros 3D design
environment.RhinoAssembly 1.1 introduces several important features: the
ability to record movies of animated 3D mechanisms, support for seven
languages, integration with several Rhino commands, and general improvements
in stability and performance.
“More than 5,000 Rhinoceros users worldwide have downloaded previous
versions of our RhinoAssembly plug-in,” said Dmitry Ushakov, Director of
Product Management, LEDAS Ltd. “We receive constant feedback from them,
which allows us to improve our product based on user requests.”
New Features in RhinoAssembly v.1.1
Version 1.1 adds the ability to record movies of animated 3D mechanisms.
Any built-in or plug-in rendering module can be used to generate a sequence
of image files corresponding to key frames of the animated mechanism. The
images can be converted to a movie with one of many free or commercial
software packages available on the market. LEDAS provides a detailed,
step-by-step tutorial that describes how to create a simple 3D cartoon from
scratch.
The tutorial is available at
www.DrivingDimensions.com/Rhino/tutorials.php.
Version 1.1 adds several other enhancements to RhinoAssembly. Geometric
constraints and driving dimensions can now be copied and pasted. They also
can be imported into any Rhino drawing from a 3DM file. The plug-in now
supports Rhino’s built-in history (the Record History mode).
RhinoAssembly v1.1 plug-in is now available in the Czech, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, and Spanish languages, in addition to the original
English. The international versions include translations of the installation
wizard, user interface elements, system messages, and all help files. The
translations were performed by professional translators having rich user
experiences with Rhinoceros.
LEDAS invites Rhinoceros users to try out another plug-in called
RhinoDirect, which is currently in beta. The new plug-in differs from
RhinoAssembly in that it allows Rhinoceros to work with non-rigid solid
bodies by modifying them parametrically using geometric constraints and
driving dimensions.
Version 0.2 of the RhinoDirect beta is now available as a free download
from
www.DrivingDimensions.com/labs.php.
Availability and Price
A 30-day evaluation version of the RhinoAssembly plug-in can be
downloaded at no charge from
www.DrivingDimensions.com/Rhino, where visitors will also find detailed
on-line help, written and video tutorials, and a set of sample drawings.
Commercial licenses of RhinoAssembly v1.1 may be purchased for US$395
from the Share-it! online store, accessible from
www.DrivingDimensions.com/store/Rhino. All customers who bought licenses
for version 1.0 may upgrade to v1.1 free of charge.
About RhinoAssembly, Driving Dimensions and LGS
3D
RhinoAssembly plug-in v1.1 is compatible with Rhino 4.0 SR5B and above,
and has been thoroughly tested on the 32-bit versions Windows XP, Vista, and
7.
RhinoAssembly v1.1 is based on the latest version of LGS 3D, a geometric
constraint solver integrated into a dozen commercial CAD packages. The
latest release, version 3.0 of LGS 3D, contains many improvements in
stability and performance, which are also available to Rhinoceros users.
Both RhinoAssembly and RhinoDirect belong to the LEDAS Driving Dimensions
product line. Driving Dimensions are end-user applications developed by
LEDAS as plug-ins for popular 2D and 3D modeling systems. They provide
advanced parametrics to programs like SketchUp and Rhinoceros. Driving
Dimensions are based on the LEDAS’ Variational Direct Modeling technology
for history-free model editing model that preserves design intent. It
is expressed by explicit and implicit geometric constraints and driving
dimensions (linear, angular, radial).
LGS 3D geometric constraint solver, technology that LEDAS has developed
since 2001, is available for licensing to all CAD developers. More
information about LGS 3D can be found at
www.ledas.com/products/lgs3d,
while Driving Dimensions portfolio of end-user applications is presented in
details at
www.DrivingDimensions.com.
About LEDAS
LEDAS Ltd. is an independent software development company founded in
1999. It is based in the Novosibirsk Scientific Centre in Akademgorodok,
Russia at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science. A leader in
constraint-based technologies, LEDAS is a well-known provider of
computational software components for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
solutions. Its solutions include geometric constraint solvers for
CAD/CAM/CAE, optimization engines for project management, work scheduling
and meeting planning software, and interval technologies for knowledge-based
engineering and collaborative design. The company also provides services for
PLM markets, including software development, consulting, reselling, and
education and training.
More information about LEDAS is available at
www.ledas.com.
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