Open Inventor
Applications
Open Inventor is a true cross-platform 3D graphics toolkit. PC
systems are now able to take advantage of 3D graphics, expanding
upon the existing base of Open Inventor applications on UNIX systems.
Corporate developers, researchers and commercial developers are
using Open Inventor to deliver sophisticated interactive 3D to
their applications. TGS has the largest base of Open Inventor
developer customers on UNIX and PC systems, and delivers the most
comprehensive product line of 3D graphics tools.
TGS has a growing number of customers using Open Inventor on UNIX
and PC systems in CAD, AEC, modeling, simulations, virtual reality,
manufacturing, Internet 3D (VRML) and animation markets. Open
Inventor lends itself to viewing and walk-through applications,
and its well defined file format is quickly becoming the standard
for data interchange in 3D applications. Below are a few
applications which use Open Inventor (company name provided by
permission):
Open Inventor for Win32 from TGS is the de facto standard
for the PC!
- In the past year, applications built using Open Inventor for
Win32 from TGS have been distributed to over 300,000 PC systems
throughout the world!
- Microsoft delivers TGS' IVF 3D extension to MFC to over 150,000
developers world-wide, supporting DEC Alpha, Intel, MIPS and PowerPC
developers!
- IBM and Motorola have shipped Open Inventor products to their
PowerPC users
- Digital bundles Open Inventor products for Digital Alpha and
Intel Windows NT workstations!
- Microsoft provides VRML tools based upon Open Inventor for
Win32 to their entire Visual C++ community
- Open Inventor for Win32 is used by more developers
than any other 3D C++ toolkit!
Hot Ideas
- A growing number of PC developers are using Open Inventor
to build new commercial products in game authoring, modeling,
VRML, ActiveX and 3D GUI markets.
- 3D user interfaces are hot!
Data Visualization
- NAG Ltd. - NAG delivers
a powerful data visualization product called Explorer, developed
with Open Inventor products from TGS and SGI.
- Visible Decisions - Visible
has a real-time, real 3D system which utilizes Open Inventor and
is distributed via VRML. 3D on Wall Street!
AEC, Walk-through
- A major interior design firm is using Open Inventor to easily
configure a 3D representation of kitchen re-designs, including
hooks to a CAD database.
- Supermarkets are using Open Inventor applications for store
planning and visualizing buying habits.
- City planners use Open Inventor applications to visualize
city re-development options.
3D GUI, 3D Client Server
- A major entertainment complex is using kiosk systems targeted
at the public which render the building in a 3D scene, with viewpoints
used to allow point-click navigation.
- A large commercial company is using Open Inventor as a front
end to a database application, using a 3D scene as the input model
for SQL queries.
Simulation
- A major bio-med company is adding true 3D model representation
to their molecular modeling application
- A major wireless communication company is using Open Inventor
as part of a network planning program, allowing visualization
of cell locations, including obstructions (buildings)
- A leading process simulation software vendor is extending
Open Inventor with powerful mechanical simulations of assembly
lines. Very cool.
Network 3D, Workgroups
- WebSpace Navigator from SGI and
TGS sparked the VRML market in April of 1995. Still the highest
quality VRML browser for Internet 3D!
- A number of VRML authoring products are based upon Open Inventor
for Win32 from TGS
- A major automotive company uses Open Inventor files on an
intranet (Internal) Web site to share 3D models with a project
team. The models can also be emailed and viewed with 3Space Assistant,
WebSpace Navigator or Visual 3Space from TGS.
Animation
- Open Inventor is the basis for Keystone, the data interchange
format for Softimage, Alias, Wavefront and the rest of the digital
media market
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