Alias/Wavefront Ships StudioTools Major Modeling Functionality Upgrade

New Filleting Tool Adds Surface Blending Features

TORONTO, Canada - July 2, 2001 - Alias/Wavefront, an SGI (NYSE: SGI) company, announced today that it is now shipping StudioTools 9.7, the company's latest upgrade to its CAID (computer-aided industrial design) family. Through a new, innovative filleting tool, StudioTools speeds the process and adds modeling power for rounding edges between adjoining surfaces in the model.

John Gibson, General Manager, StudioTools at Alias/Wavefront says, "This upgrade is a significant step in our continuing process of developing powerful, effective ways to help industrial and automotive designers get their jobs done faster. For instance, at French automaker Renault?, the design team found that the filleting tool in StudioTools 9.7 made important improvements in the company's modeling workflow."

"Combined with some of the other features in StudioTools software, such as construction history, we found the new tool easier to use for complex exterior design modeling," says Jacky Leconte, Surface Lines Senior Manager at Renault.

Faster Experimentation

Used in concert with the construction history feature, the new filleting tool can edit previously constructed fillets and update them automatically, saving the designer time without rebuilding the geometry. By combining this function with StudioTools advanced evaluation tools such as reflection maps, curvature maps, draft angle evaluation and cross-sections, designers can interactively manipulate the fillet and evaluate results immediately.

Availability, Platform, Price

The StudioTools 9.7 family is now shipping and includes DesignStudio, Studio, AutoStudio and SurfaceStudio. Prices start at $7,500 USD. Prices are indicated in US funds and will vary outside the US. Optional reverse modeling software, Spider and Evalviewer, have also been upgraded. The software runs on Windows NT, Windows 2000, SGITM IRIX, Sun Solaris and Hewlett-Packard? HP-UX.

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About Alias/Wavefront

As the world's leading innovator of 2D and 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, interactive media, industrial design, technical surfacing and visualization markets. Alias/Wavefront's design customers include AT&T, BMW, Boeing, Fiat, Ford, Honda, General Motors, Italdesign, Kodak, Mattel, Rollerblade, Trek Bicycle, Teague and Timex. Alias/Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI with headquarters in Toronto and technical centers in Seattle and Santa Barbara.

 

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