Geomagic Receives 1999 Innovation Award from Computer Graphics World
Geomagic's third Innovation Award in two years
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., January 3, 2000 - Computer Graphics Worldmagazine, a leading publication aimed at the visual computing industry, has announced that Geomagic Shape™ from Geomagic, Inc. has been awarded the magazine’s Innovation Award for 1999. The award represents a "clean sweep" for the company, whose Decimate and Wrap™ applications each received the 1998 award.
Geomagic Shape employs mathematically superior technology to quickly and easily create accurate three-dimensional (3D) computer models, and do it much faster than traditional solutions. These high-quality digital models are used to provide information for computer-controlled manufacturing devices. They are also employed for cinematic special effects, game development and animation, and have wide-ranging potential applications in medicine, dentistry, and the "mass customization" of consumer products.
In more technical terms, Geomagic Shape takes scanned data gathered from a physical object or polygonal data created in other software packages and converts the data to NURBS (non-uniform rational B-splines) models. The power of the Geomagic solution is its ability to allow both automated and user-directed workflow. Automation of repetitive tasks increases productivity and simplicity and can cut 3D content development time from weeks to hours. User-directed control adds flexibility and allows the operator to have precise command of the finished product, resulting in high-quality designs that accurately reflect the intent of the designer.
"There was a lot of activity in conversion of solids to NURBS in 1999," said Phil LoPiccolo, editor-in-chief of CGW. "We recognized several companies, and tried to distinguish among them. Geomagic Shape's ability to automatically transform polygons to NURBS was the feature that made it stand out, and will make it especially valuable to manufacturers."
"We’re very pleased to be recognized by Computer Graphics World," said Geomagic CEO Jon Fjeld, "especially for the second year in a row. We’re convinced that our products are the best in the world at what they do, but it’s always nice to receive outside validation, especially from a source such as CGW that evaluates and compares all of the products in the industry."
Geomagic creates 3D information technology solutions for manufacturing and graphics enterprises, resulting in dramatic reductions in time-to-market and significant cost savings. The company’s software represents the industry’s only complete solution for taking points to polygons to NURBS, and enables the rapid creation of production quality digital models using data created in other software packages or gathered by scanning existing objects. Fueled by the mathematical research of world-renowned computational geometry expert Herbert Edelsbrunner, Geomagic is creating a vision of the applications and implications of 3D in business and society. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Research Triangle Park, NC.
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