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DE Editors · March 1, 2005 · …an already familiarapplication suite.” Actify will consider additional Microsoft Office applications for inclusioninSpinFire for Microsoft Office later this year, and the company has already developeda Visio plug-in for Microsoft Japan for use in a pilot program with a largeJapanese manufacturing customer. The plug-in was created so manufacturers couldembed…
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DE Editors · June 25, 2007 · …that provide traditional viewers. Actify’s DesignShare provides a way for manufacturing personnel and others to access design data without having to use a full-fledged PLM system.The system is based on Microsoft’s SharePoint platform and uses Actify’s SpinFire viewer,which saves MCAD data in the company’s proprietary .3D format. Acrobat…
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DE Editors · March 1, 2005 · …has selected and implemented Actify Inc.‘s SpinFireProfessional 2004v2 as its visualization component for its new hostedcollaboration service. The ENGINEERING.com Collaboration Suite is ahosted solution designed for manufacturers to help them manage newproduct introductions across distributed design and manufacturingteams. The suite includes file viewing, web conferencing, projectmanagement, and document…
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DE Editors · March 1, 2005 · …Makes Design Communication Automatic Actify also plans “significant announcements” at National Manufacturing WeekActify Inc. (San Francisco, CA) last week made digital design communication across the enterprise and supply chain easier when it announced Actify Publisher 2005, an automatic batch publishing application that converts native MCAD files into company’s…
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DE Editors · June 1, 2006 · …suppliers and customers. This Actify image shows 3D CAD data embedded in a Microsoft Word file. Manufacturers spend a lot of money creating valuable 3D product data assets, but the clear advantages of using 3D can’t be realized if the data isn’t available to anyone who could benefit…
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DE Editors · March 12, 2019 · …CAD data into 3D PDF files, including Aras, SolidWorks, Actify, Theorem Solutions, PROSTEP, Tetra4D and more. More Info Tech Soft 3D Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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DE Editors · April 1, 2005 · …how you can use Actify’s SpinFireto create a variety of new 3D-enabled Microsoft Office documents.A print resolution bitmap image for use in a product specification is createdby importing the .3D file into a Word document. A selected part’s volume is computed and the value placed into Excel automatically,together…
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DE Editors · April 1, 2006 · …SpinFire rights backward PMI data.Actify Inc. (San Francisco, CA) recently announced SpinFireProfessional 8.0, its digital design communication application. Newfeatures are said to include the ability to interact withGD&T/Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), a new user interfacedesign, and improved analysis capabilities.The idea behind SpinFire Professional 8.0 is to make 2D…
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DE Editors · May 1, 2005 · …easier when it released Actify Publisher 2005, anautomatic batch publishing application that converts native MCAD filesinto the .3D file format.Publisher 2005 lets you define andmanage all aspects of the digital design publishing process, includingwhich source MCAD files to automatically publish, where to post thenewly published files, and who…
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Kenneth Wong · September 30, 2011 · …also held posts at Actify and Stereographics. At Lattice, his latest vocational home, Barnes is responsible for shepherding a suite of software. The company specializes in technologies that let you redistribute 2D and 3D design data to the extended manufacturing enterprise—those who need to read, review, and understand…
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Kenneth Wong · November 8, 2019 · …such as Techsoft’s HOOPS, Actify SpinFire (uses HOOPS components), Siemens’s JT and others. It also prompted many CAD developers to add lightweight viewing, annotation and collaboration tools into their product offerings. While others remain as the ancillary add-ons they were intended to be, some such as eDrawings from…
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DE Editors · April 1, 2005 · …in Chicago last month, Actify Inc.,announced SpinFire for Microsoft Office, a plug-in that works withMicrosoft Office. According to Actify, the plug-in allows knowledgeworkers to leverage the company’s .3D file format to embed anddistribute 2D and 3D CAD design data across the enterprise.With SpinFire for MicrosoftOffice, users can leverage…
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DE Editors · July 1, 2006 · By David Prawel and Wolfgang GeistIn Part 1 of this article, we looked at how the vision of PLM suffersfrom a critical lack of effective communication and collaborationfunctionality throughout the complete enterprise and extendedenterprise, including suppliers and customers. The root cause of theproblem is that PLM and PDM…
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DE Editors · December 1, 2004 · …2004 Version 2 from Actify Inc. (San Francisco, CA; actify.com). It adds 2D CAD visualization capabilities to its powerful 3D CAD visualization without requiring a CAD system. Version 2 enables access, communication, and distribution of multiple CAD formats throughout an enterprise, helping to cut costs and improve productivity…
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Mark Clarkson · January 1, 2009 · …neat too.” Visualization Resources Actify Inc. San Francisco,CA AccuRender Seattle,WA Adobe San Jose,CA Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Waltham,MA Advizor Solutions Downers Grove,IL ALGOR, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA AMD Sunnyvale,CA ARTVPS Cambridge,UK Autodesk, Inc. San Rafael,CA AutoDesSys Columbus,OH Blue Ridge Numerics Charlottesville, VA Bunkspeed Carlsbad,CA CA, Inc. (formerly NetViz) Islandia,NY…
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