Okino Computer Graphics licenses HOOPS Stream Toolkit from Tech Soft America; Okino's Popular NuGraf and PolyTrans products now support the HSF file format and the OpenHSF Initiative
Okino Computer Graphics licenses HOOPS Stream Toolkit from Tech Soft America
Okino's Popular NuGraf and PolyTrans products now support the HSF file
format and the OpenHSF Initiative.
See related Okino press release: http://www.okino.com/press/hs070102.pdf
Toronto, Ontario and Oakland, CA July 2nd, 2002 Okino Graphics, a leader
in 3D format conversion and rendering software has licensed the HOOPS Stream
Toolkit from Tech Soft America (TSA), which aids in the concise export of
HSF formatted 3D files. HSF is the format at the center of the OpenHSF
Initiative (www.openhsf.org), an industry-wide effort to establish a common
visualization format.
"For several years I have been actively seeking to support a 3D WEB
streaming file format in our PolyTrans/NuGraf software packages that would
be accepted industry wide as well as impose no broadcast license fees when
the 3D models are displayed from a WEB server," said Robert Lansdale,
President of Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. "With the 3D WEB streaming
industry fragmented between so many file formats and standards it was a
dream come true when Tech Soft America and Spatial announced the OpenHSF
Initiative on October 18th 2001. The next day we pledged our support for the
HSF file format and our involvement with the OpenHSF Initiative. HSF is a
good, all around file format to stream compressed 3D model data across the
WEB to clients on Windows and UNIX machines. HSF is one of the first open
file formats that allows 3D context to be displayed on WEB sites with no
broadcast license fees involved, making HSF an easy to use, dependable and
cost effective 3D WEB publishing file format."
Added Ron Fritz, Managing Partner for TSA, This new support from a
respected 3D format conversion company such as Okino Graphics is a great
complement to the support from content generators such as Dassault Systems,
PTC, SolidWorks, CADKEY, IronCAD, Alias|Wavefront, and dozens of other
software vendors and users. The shipment of NuGrad and PloytTrans with HSF
support will provide yet another boost to the rapidly growing momentum of
the OpenHSF Initiative and the rising popularity of the HSF format.
Related Okino WEB site pages, press releases and software:
http://www.okino.com = Okino home page
http://www.okino.com/conv/exp_hsf.htm = HSF exporter online
documentation and specs
http://www.okino.com/press/releases.htm = Recent Okino press releases,
including this one.
Reasons behind Okino's choice to support the HSF format include:
· Open Format: HSF is an open format that is being implemented across
the 3D software industry.
· No broadcast license fees required to place HSF content on a WEB
site.
· Streaming: HSF is a stream-capable format with support for storing
levels-of-detail, initial camera position, etc - as well as the ability for
developers to apply custom logic for specific streaming prioritization.
· Compression: HSF files are highly compressed for efficient
transmission over networks using both custom geometric and general file-wide
compression techniques.
· Cross-Platform: All major Windows and UNIX platforms (including
Linux) are supported.
· Free Players: Free viewers are already available for the basic
viewing of HSF models.
· Wide industry support from dozens of key companies, including
Dassault Systems, PTC, SolidWorks, IronCAD, Alias|Wavefront, Ansys, CADKEY,
TGS, Informative Graphics, DaimlerChrysler and Transcendata and many
others.
About Okino Computer Graphics
Founded in 1991 and based in Toronto, Ontario, Okino Computer Graphics, Inc.
is an industry leader in the development and deployment of 3D
model/scenes/NURBS/animation translation technology (PolyTrans), 3D
photo-realistic rendering software (NuGraf) and OEM developer software
(NuGraf Toolkit). Okino software is used the world over by all major Fortune
1000 companies, production studios, and 3D content creation, game
development, CAD, engineering and product design companies. For more
information on Okino Computer Graphics, please call 905-672-9328 or visit
Okino Computer Graphics Internet WEB site at http://www.okino.com.
About Tech Soft America
Tech Soft America (TSA) provides premier customer driven development tools,
consulting and support services enabling its partners to rapidly deliver
world-class technical software. TSA develops the HOOPS 3D Application
Framework, HOOPS Stream Toolkit and HOOPS Net Server, all components
designed to dramatically simplify the design, development and maintenance of
high-performance, interactive 2D and 3D applications built for PCs, UNIX
workstations, Linux and the Web. HOOPS technology has been incorporated into
over 125 commercial software applications, including many of the leaders in
CAD/CAM and CAE software. The company maintains corporate headquarters in
Oakland, California and can be reached at http://www.hoops3d.com.
About OpenHSF Initiative
The OpenHSF Initiative supplies the complete solution for engineering
visualization interoperability. It is an industry-wide effort to establish a
common, open and robust format for sharing visualization data between users
of disparate engineering applications through the publishing of the HOOPS
Stream Format (HSF) specification. With the publication of the OpenHSF
Specification document, the entire industry now has complete access to the
robust HOOPS Stream Format (HSF), which allows for the intelligent,
stream-capable sharing of visualization data between disparate engineering
applications. The OpenHSF Advisory Council has been established to ensure
the OpenHSF Specification continues to address the needs of the OpenHSF
community and remains open and available to all interested parties. To find
out more about the powerful HSF format, the OpenHSF Initiative and view
sample streaming files, visit www.openhsf.org.
Tech Soft America Press Contact:
Melle Amade-Vice
510-434-7630 x214
melle@techsoftamerica.com
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