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Open CASCADE Is the Basis for an Open-source Application Framework that Links CAD to Analysis in the SALOME Project

As project leader, the Open CASCADE team will provide development services to eight leading French industrial companies, research organizations and software editors

PARIS, France - January 19, 2000 - Following certification from the National Network of Software Technologies (RNTL), the SALOME application development project has received financial backing from the French Secretary of State for Industry. The SALOME project aims to produce an open-source framework based on Open CASCADE components that will link CAD and analysis applications and allow integration of existing solvers. SALOME partners are CEA/DMT, EDF R&D, Bureau Véritas, EADS CCR, INPG/LEG, Principia, CEDRAT, LIP 6 and the Open CASCADE company. As project leader, the Open CASCADE company will furnish development services to the eight project members, representing industrial companies, research organizations, and software editors.

By September 2002, project members hope to have completed the application framework, which will be created in three steps. Step one centers on defining framework architecture, step two focuses on the production of the different modules needed, and step three concerns validation of the results. The Open CASCADE company will also provide a cooperative development environment on the opencascade.org site that will offer a bulletin board for publishing project results, thereby making them available to the worldwide developer community. The project site (in French) is located on the Internet at http://www.opencascade.org/SALOME/Salome.html.

The CAD-to-analysis link can be integrated within the simulation chain of applications used for industrial purposes. The automated result will allow companies working with digital mock-ups to lower costs and shorten the test cycle by reducing the number of physical tests. For editors of simulation software, the link will enable integrating their products with the CAD solutions used by their customers through facilitated recovery of geometric data.

Within SALOME, the Open CASCADE company will provide the project partners with training and consulting services on the Open CASCADE platform. The SALOME project has led the Open CASCADE company to create a team of analysis professionals who can provide expertise to companies wishing to link CAD to analysis.

About Open CASCADE Services

Open CASCADE is the leading open-source tool for 3D modeling worldwide and is used for the development of trade-specific technical and scientific applications ranging from mechanical CAD/CAM/CAE to AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) and GIS (Geographical Information Systems).

The Open CASCADE business model is based on providing specific developments for industrial customers and services to software editors and on commercializing a broad range of services around the certified Open CASCADE version. These value-added services aim to bring about the optimal implementation of the user's development project and include on-site and online training, technical assistance and support packages that provide 12 months of coverage for different types of customer needs. Customers can also order personalized project follow-up and expert consulting.

The Open CASCADE Company is an independent subsidiary of EADS Matra Datavision. Open CASCADE is a registered trademark of the Open CASCADE company. 

http://www.opencascade.com

About Open CASCADE Certified Version 3.1

Certified Version 3.1 of Open CASCADE includes C++ components for the modeling data structure, modeling algorithms, visualization, data exchange, an application framework, and foundation classes, as well as the automatically configured WOK development environment. WOK allows groups of developers to work simultaneously on different products and optimizes utilization of the Open CASCADE components.

This new version of Open CASCADE also includes Visual C++ projects that enable Windows users to compile Open CASCADE code for their platforms. In addition, export file formats are now available for STL, VRML and HPGL2, and the Open CASCADE Application Framework for rapid development of domain-specific design applications offers increased reliability.

Open CASCADE version 3.1 runs on Linux Mandrake and Red Hat, Windows and Sun Solaris platforms.

 

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