LEDAS Releases Beta of Driving Dimensions for Rhino
Assembly Constraints, Kinematics Simulation Available for Rhino 3D Users
 NOVOSIBIRSK,
Russia, Jun 9, 2009 - LEDAS Ltd., an independent provider of variational design
tools known as Driving Dimensions plugins for different CAD platforms, today
announced the beta release of its new plugin Driving Dimensions 0.1 for
Rhino 3D. With this plugin, Rhino users get a powerful tool for bottom-up
assembly design and kinematics simulation with assembly constraints
compatible with the capabilities of mainstream MCAD software packages.
With Driving Dimensions 0.1, Rhino users can easily position their 3D
parts with respect to each other by specifying assembly constraints
(fixation, concentricity, coincidence, parallelism, perpendicularity, or
tangency) and driving dimensions (distance and angle) between their faces
and edges. Driving Dimensions plugin automatically satisfies all constraints
and dimensions making a consistent assembly from existing parts. An
assembled mechanism can then be animated by varying a parameter of one of
its driving dimensions. A constraint manager tool allows easy navigation
over all assembly constraints and driving dimensions imposed on geometric
elements of a designed model.
"We are happy to share our many-years industrial experience in
development of variational modeling tools with Rhino users,” said David
Levin, the founder and CEO of LEDAS Ltd. "Our Driving Dimensions plugin for
Google SketchUp has been extremely successful - more than 9,000 users
downloaded it in 7 months. We hope for even greater reaction from Rhino
users."
“Being a powerful 3D free-form modeling software package, Rhinoceros 3D
by McNeel and Associates still lacks parametric modeling features,”
explained Dmitry Ushakov, Director of Product Management, LEDAS Ltd.
"Driving Dimensions 0.1 for Rhino is only the first step to our global
objective that is to equip Rhino users with a powerful technology for direct
geometry editing while preserving design intent expressed as implicit and
explicit constraints.”
"We helped LEDAS to develop their first parametric plugin for Rhino,"
added Bob McNeel, the founder and the President of Robert McNeel &
Associates. "There is a big interest in dimension driven
blocks/parts/components in Rhino."
A free beta is available for download at
www.DrivingDimensions.com.
Driving Dimensions 0.1 for Rhinoceros is compatible with Rhino 4.0 and above
and can be run on 32-bit Windows XP and Vista. A detailed on-line help, text
and video tutorials, and a set of examples are provided for the users of
Driving Dimensions plugin for Rhino 3D.
About Driving Dimensions
Driving Dimensions are end-user applications developed by LEDAS as
plugins for popular 2D and 3D modeling systems to provide advanced
parameterization capabilities to their users. Driving Dimensions are based
on the Variational Direct Modeling technology, which uses direct
(history-free) editing model elements, preserving its design intent,
expressed by explicit and implicit driving dimensions (linear, angular,
radial) and geometric constraints. Simultaneous satisfaction of geometric
and dimensional constraints is achieved with LGS variational geometric
solver, which is being developed by LEDAS since 2001 and is available for
licensing to all CAD developers.
For more information, visit
www.DrivingDimensions.com.
About LEDAS
LEDAS Ltd. is an independent software development company founded in 1999; it
is based in Novosibirsk Scientific Centre (Akademgorodok), 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: geometric constraint solvers for CAD/CAM/CAE,
optimization engines for Project Management, Work Scheduling and Meeting
Planning as well as interval technologies for Knowledge-Based Engineering and
Collaborative Design. The company also provides services for PLM market:
software development, consulting, reselling as well as education and training.
For more information, visit www.ledas.com.
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