Okino Upgrades SolidWorks CAD Conversion System
 TORONTO, Canada,
Jan 28, 2008 – Coinciding with the “SolidWorks World 2008” conference in San
Diego, and on the eve of Okino’s 20th anniversary of software development,
Okino Computer Graphics announced today that its extremely popular
SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated and is now available, at
no cost, to current customers still within their valid maintenance period.
The conversion pipeline, a de facto industry standard for the last 10+
years, allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part and presentation
files (disk based, or from a live running copy of SolidWorks) to be
converted to all major animation plus authoring packages, 3D downstream file
formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing SolidWorks
solution partner developers, providing excellent and well refined 3D data
translation solutions for SolidWorks users and users of SolidWorks data.
Simply put, our SolidWorks conversion system is our most popular and robust
CAD conversion solution amongst our user base of 10’s of thousands of
enterprise + 3D professional companies – it just works!
Misumi IP44 Spotlight. SolidWorks to Maya via
PolyTrans-for-Maya Rendered with ArtVPS. Product Design Engineer: Stuart
Wells 2008 Astro Lighting Ltd.
Okino's NuGraf and PolyTrans software imports crack-free geometry,
hierarchy and materials (assembly data) from native disk-based SolidWorks
files or from a running copy of SolidWorks, and subsequently provide
high-end rendering, viewing and scene composition of the data, or have the
data optimized and then pipelined into all major 3D file formats, animation
packages and third party/OEM integrations. New for 2008 is support for
.slddrw 3D presentation layouts. Most importantly, SolidWorks assemblies,
parts and presentations can be effortlessly and directly imported into 3ds
Max, Maya, Softimage|XSI, as well as any third party product which
integrates Okino's PolyTrans 3D converters, such as noted below.
CP3 Scooter Concept Image. SolidWorks to Cinema-4D via
Okino’s PolyTrans|CAD System. Artist: Christoph Bodensieck, 2008 Industrial
PDD & Switch Mobility.
Okino has built its reputation on being an open and accessible company,
developing and selling software that is needed in mission + production
critical environments. For those who have never heard of Okino, or of our
SolidWorks conversion solution, the following is some key background
information and facts:
- We use the actual SolidWorks source code, or connect directly into
the inner core of a running copy of SolidWorks, so the conversion
process will always result in crack free and technically accurate 3D
models. We do not use intermediate file formats or hidden toolkits from
unnamed companies. This process will work “out of the box” for all
customers, for CAD expert or animator alike.
- Over the last 20 years Okino has pioneered the entire concept of
bringing complex CAD assemblies into all downstream non-CAD programs, 3D
file formats, animation systems and DCC packages, in particular 3ds Max,
Maya, Lightwave, Cinema-4D and Softimage since the mid 90’s. These are
very refined and efficient CAD pipelines, being used by 10’s of
thousands of our enterprise companies, production houses and 3D
professional users. A typical complex CAD conversion process only takes
a few minutes or less, including full scene optimizations. There is no
concept of spending days or weeks “trying” or “struggling” to get CAD
data into these programs, where no such process existed before, because
this has been Okino’s primary calling card and forte in the 3D industry
for decades.
- The hidden magic in the conversion process is Okino’s unique and
proprietary CAD optimization processor, integrated into each of our CAD
importers. This processor is by far the most complex aspect of our
entire 3D CAD conversion software pipeline. Turn it on and it’ll wrangle
large and unwieldy CAD assemblies into refined datasets for efficient
animation, rendering or interactive viewing.
- You may already be using the Okino’s SolidWorks conversion system
and not know it. Okino licenses, resells and/or integrates its CAD
conversion system with many OEM and third party companies/products such
as: 3DCreate (by Visual Components), Cinema-4D and its “Engineering
Bundle” (by Maxon Computer), EON Reality, NGRAIN military training
products, Pytha (by CATS Software), Quest-3D (by Act- 3D), VirTools
(“4DC” .nmo pipeline by Realicon), and others who wish to remain
anonymous.
- Okino’s core philosophy over the last 20 years has been to “bring
expensive CAD software to the masses, at affordable prices”. A very
important point for our animation users is that for 1/3rd the price of
what others charge for a single SolidWorks converter, Okino licenses its
entire suite of industry standard, native, CAD modules in the
Dual-CAD-Granite/Pack for US$510 (minus native JT and CATIA). The
SolidWorks conversion pipeline is available by itself in the CAD/Pack
for US$245. These are not reverse engineered, second rate CAD modules
but rather de facto industry standard implementations, including: ACIS
SAT, Alias .wire (via .g format), Autodesk Inventor, DXF/DWG 2008
(native AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop), IGES solids, Parasolid,
encrypted and native ProE (from PTC itself), Rhino-3D, SolidWorks, Solid
Edge, STEP solids, STL, VDA-FS, XGL and X3D. Dozens more file formats
are also provided in the base-level PolyTrans, as well as in the DCC/Pack
license, the “JT Open” import/export license, and the native CATIA v4 +
v5 licenses (which are licensed copies of CATIA from Dassault – very
unique in their price range).
- Okino provides free, quick and highly educated support for its
software direct from the main management team and senior developers, and
not from online forums or untrained front-line tech support people. We
know CAD conversion. Unlike faceless companies where support may be
non-existent, we personally know thousands of our customers by first
name, email address and company background.
“Our SolidWorks 3D data conversion system is by far our most popular and
requested CAD conversion pipeline software,” said Robert Lansdale, president
and CEO of Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. “We have dedicated a great deal of
effort into making our SolidWorks 3D import conversion, repurposing and
rendering pipeline the best in the industry over the last 10 years. We have
seen demand grow quickly since the original release of SolidWorks,
demonstrating that SolidWorks is the dominant solid modeler for its price
range and market. Our pipeline solution allows complete SolidWorks parts and
assemblies to be converted cleanly and professionally to all other major 3D
file formats, animation packages and visual simulation programs. It also
allows all disparate departments of large enterprise companies (such as
engineering, design, marketing and support) to easily exchange product data
without the need to rebuild their CAD datasets -- downstream uses include
product documentation and manual creation, animation and rendering software,
visual communication and review of data, and for accessing easier to
manipulate versions of the original CAD datasets. In addition, our software
implicitly provides support for photo-realistic rendering and scene
composition, 3D data and hierarchy optimization and built-in polygon
reduction for handling those truly huge scenes that other downstream
applications can’t handle without reduction. Our solution is particularly
popular for importing SolidWorks assemblies into the 3ds Max, Maya,
Lightwave, XSI and Cinema-4D animation programs, amongst many other OEM and
third party vendor integrations. We also have kept prices affordable for all
of our CAD solutions, including free support and maintenance.”
“SolidWorks is the standard for 3D mechanical design software,” said
Brian Houle, Partner Program manager for SolidWorks Corporation. “Combining
it with Okino’s product line gives engineers the tools they need to do their
jobs faster and better by allowing SolidWorks 3D data to be re-purposed for
additional downstream uses and applications. Engineers and designers can now
re-purpose 3D data to suit their enterprise, including animation and
rendering departments, documentation teams, product manual creation staff,
and external third party services who want to use SolidWorks data in other
3D software applications that may not understand or accept SolidWorks data
directly.”
Optical Re-Export of SolidWorks 3D Data to dozens of
major 3D file format
SolidWorks 'Seadoo' Model Imported into Maya via
PolyTrans-for-Maya for Viewing, Manipulation & Rendering. 'SeaDoo ZS06'
designed and manufactured by Daka Designs Ltd. Hong Kong.
About Okino Computer Graphics
Founded in 1991 (Toronto, Canada), with development starting January 28th
1988, Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. is an industry leader in the development
and deployment of 3D data re-purposing software that allows professional 3D
software users to intelligently and accurately convert/view/render/modify 3D
data and assets between most major CAD, DCC and VisSim software packages.
Okino software is used the world over by all major Fortune 1000 companies,
18 of the top 21 defense contractors, the top 12 automotive manufacturers,
and thousands of production studios, 3D content creation, game development,
CAD, engineering and product design companies.
For more information about Okino, please visit at
www.okino.com.
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