Breakthrough CAD Visualization
Julie Donnellan
DESIGN VISUALIZATION: FIRST ENOVIA(tm) DIGITAL MOCK-UPS
IN IMMERSIVE CAVE(r) ENVIRONMENT
Collaboration With Dassault Systemes Enables Fully Interactive Large-Scale
Design Review Capability Using ENOVIA DMU (Digital Mock-Up) Solutions
Kitchener, Ontario - October 15, 2001 - Fakespace Systems Inc., a leading
provider of interactive immersive displays, today announced a demonstration
of the latest release of ENOVIA DMU Solutions, Dassault Systemes' leading
solution for collaboration and visualization, supporting full immersive
environment capabilities in the CAVE(r) (CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment).
The company demonstrated the results of a collaborative program with
Dassault Systemes, in order to enable DMU users to work with stereoscopic
imagery, last week at Fakespace Systems headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada. DMU users can now work with advanced visualization and virtual
reality (VR) capabilities in the Fakespace Systems CAVE. To view a short
video of DMU in the CAVE please go to www.fakespacesystems.com and click on
the "What's New" icon.
"We have worked closely with Fakespace Systems for several years, with the
goal of enabling true VR capability for DMU users," said Rodolphe Aymard,
Director of Interactive Architecture Division, at Dassault Systemes. "The
impact of visualizing full-scale Digital Mock-ups with ENOVIA DMU Solutions
in the digital CAVE is very impressive. This system provides DMU users
with the ultimate realistic 3D environment, which represents a huge
breakthrough in the ability to design, review and interact with
computer-generated models."
The demonstration showed that CAD Models in ENOVIA DMU Navigator can be
fully displayed and manipulated in stereoscopic view, using easy menu
commands within the multi-walled CAVE environment. The full immersive
capability supported in ENOVIA DMU Solutions includes head and motion
tracking, and six-degree-of freedom interactivity.
Dassault Systemes and Fakespace Systems collaborated to develop native
CATIA( and ENOVIA support for a variety of large-scale visualization
systems, including the WorkWall(tm), CAVE and ImmersaDesk(r). An
executable driver now available from Fakespace Systems, called CDVi(tm)
(CATIA Drivers for Virtual Interface), is used to link ENOVIA DMU solutions
with these advanced visualization environments. CDVi is the only
commercial product in the world that makes the majority of high-end VR
input devices and motion tracking systems compatible with DMU.
The power of immersive viewing and navigation was illustrated using
full-scale automotive models. These models were viewed in the new digital
version of the Fakespace CAVE, a fully immersive, walk-in environment that
makes life-size virtual prototypes and digital mock-ups appear to really
exist in three-dimensional space. High-brightness stereoscopic Mirage(tm)
DLP(tm) projectors display images on three walls and the floor surface, for
an environment that appears three times brighter than previous CAVE systems.
A head-motion tracking system maintained the correct perspective for true
sense of presence within the virtual space, and the motion tracked
Fakespace V-Wand(tm) allowed users to intuitively navigate around and
manipulate models. The CAVE was driven by an SGI(r) Onyx2(r) workstation,
which provides the graphics power to display high-resolution, real-time
multi-CAD models in ENOVIA DMU Navigator within a multi-planar, tracked
environment.
"We are very pleased to demonstrate the results of our work with Dassault
Systemes." said Steve Fine, VP Engineering for Fakespace Systems Inc. "It
has highlighted the benefits of large-scale interactive visualization,
which include improved collaborative work processes, and better
understanding of design concepts and design flaws early on, which are now
readily available to DMU users."
The ENOVIA Solutions are a set of Product Lifecycle Management products for
the management and distribution of development data and knowledge. ENOVIA
- DMU Solutions transform product information into business intelligence,
providing support for fast and decisive business decisions in the product
development process. The ENOVIA - DMU Navigator Solutions extend design
review capabilities to technological, spatial, and motion synthesis to
facilitate the full integration of Digital Mock-up processes.
For more details, existing and prospective DMU users can contact Fakespace
Systems for an immersive visualization consultation.
About Fakespace Systems Inc.
Fakespace Systems provides products for better insight, communications and
collaboration in automotive, manufacturing, military, aerospace,
geophysical exploration, and scientific research organizations. The
company designs and manufactures immersive displays and interactive
devices, and integrates complete visualization solutions providing Better
Ways to Create and Communicate(tm). Fakespace Systems is headquartered in
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The company has U.S. offices in Novi,
Michigan; Mountain View and San Diego, California; Rockville, Maryland; and
a European office based in the United Kingdom. More information on
Fakespace Systems Inc. is available at http://www.fakespacesystems.com.
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(r) and tm - CAVE and ImmersaDesk are registered trademarks of the
University of Illinois Board of Trustees. WorkWall and the phrase, "Better
Ways to Create and Communicate" are trademarks of Fakespace Systems Inc.
ENOVIA(tm) is owned by Dassault Systemes and used under license. CATIA(r)
is registered in the US Patent and Trade Mark Office by Dassault
Systemes. All other trade names or marks are the property of their
respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
Jeff Brum
Fakespace Systems Inc.
519-749-3144
jb...@fakespacesystems.com
Wendy Lewis, Miranda Brady
FS Communications
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Julie Donnellan
FS Communications
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Mountain View, CA 94041
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