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DE Editors · May 3, 2024 · …toolkits, has acquired the Actify core business including SpinFire, CAD Publisher and Centro from Actify, Inc., a company in advanced CAD viewing and collaboration technology. This move underscores Tech Soft 3D's commitment to accelerate growth, as it establishes an End-User Solutions division and broadens its product portfolio through…
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Brian Albright · July 6, 2023 · …Mayco International is deploying Actify SpinFire Enterprise to enable collaborative access to CAD files, allowing all team members across departments to instantly open any CAD file in any format, the company says. Michigan-based Mayco provides design, engineering, tooling, manufacturing, assembly, sequencing, logistics, and systems integration services as a…
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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 · 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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Admin · April 4, 2017 · Actify’s SpinFire Ultimate 11.5.0 CAD Viewer adds integration to the MS-Office documents, 2D callouts, grids and rulers, the SolidEdge 2D importer, a new shortcut toolbar and a host of bug fixes.SpinFire 11.5.0 will provide faster response when interacting with large assemblies using the static model according to the…
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DE Editors · February 20, 2012 · …PLM platform. Developed by Actify, Centro enables Aras users to access and distribute a wide range of 3D and 2D CAD file formats, making it easy to convert, view and share CAD files throughout the enterprise and global supply chain. Embedded in Aras Innovator 9.3 Service Pack 1,…
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DE Editors · February 6, 2012 · …data published by Centro. Actify also released SpinFire 10.2, which contains the 3D PDF Export plug-in. Catalog is an exciting addition to Centro, said Chris Jones, Actify CEO and president. Because Centro can be integrated with PLM/PDM or data storage systems with the Catalog, it provides users throughout…
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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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DE Editors · October 1, 2010 · …developed in collaboration with Actify, Razorleaf and Microsoft. The collaborative product development (CPD) solution enables product data assets normally constrained within PLM or product data management (PDM) systems to be shared throughout the enterprise as well as with its customers, suppliers and partners globally. The solution combines the…
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DE Editors · June 24, 2009 · By DE Editors Actify Inc. has forged a technology partnership with the vdR Group, a developer of integration solutions for manufacturing and engineering applications. The partnership incorporates a subset of Actify’s SpinFire visualization offerings into vdR’s Partrieve v5.0 product, allowing the search-based business application (SBA) to provide access…
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DE Editors · April 13, 2009 · …the file. The new Actify importer solves this problem. Actify CAD importers allow users to access native CAD files without the use of a CAD system. Importers open and read files from all major CAD systems, allowing SpinFire Professional, SpinFire Publisher, or DesignShare Foundation to publish major CAD…
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DE Editors · February 13, 2009 · …a technology partnership with Actify, Inc. in order to embed SpinFire visualization products in every download of the PLM software suite from Aras. The move is intended to deliver seamless 3D and 2D file translation, publishing, and distribution.Actify’s SpinFire technology is designed to enable access, communication, distribution, and…
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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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DE Editors · May 2, 2008 · …This plug-in, developed by Actify, enables users to examine if parts can be machined. This adds an important functionality for moldmaking and tooling, states the release. Draft angles are used to make sure that a part can be released from the mold without distortion or damage. The draft…
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DE Editors · April 22, 2008 · …fit the page. For a free trial version, visit Actify. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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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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Mike Hudspeth · August 1, 2006 · …you create by using Actify SpinFire 8.0.Collaboration Is the KeySay you use some powerful enterprise 3D modeling software. You work hard to make sure your models are the best they can be. You build parts and assemblies. You assign attributes and properties. In short, you define your product…
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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 · 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 · 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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