3D PDF Consortium Incorporates

By DE Editors

The 3D PDF Consortium formally incorporated this month. The Consortium is a group of end users, software vendors, systems integrators, developers and software toolkit providers whose mission is to "encourage the continued development and adoption of 3D PDF as a truly open standard for visualization, collaboration, data exchange and the long-term archiving of 3D data across multiple industries and disciplines."

Until now, the 3D PDF Consortium has been in start-up mode, said David Opsahl, the group's executive director. Since October we have been establishing this new member organization in the professional manner that our members would expect. We are now ready to begin the process of building a high-value organization deserving of the support of both the end-user and solution provider communities.

 Forming the 3D PDF Consortium is a crucial step in keeping this high-value standard strong and responsive to industry needs, states Phil Spreier, manager of Translation Products for Tech Soft 3D. The 3D PDF Consortium is the ideal forum to both accelerate the adoption of 3D PDF and ensure its continued focus on real-world workflows driven by the entire community, rather than a single entity.

Membership in the 3D PDF Consortium is open to all organizations regardless of size and industry focus. Companies represent a broad spectrum of markets, including discrete and process manufacturing, architecture and building information management, geospatial and medical. The 3D PDF Consortium will hold its first annual meeting in May in conjunction with the 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Conference (3DCIC), May 21-23 in Denver.

For more information, visit the 3D PDF Consortium.

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