Elecosoft Consultec announced today that it has chosen the C3D geometric kernel from C3D Labs for its Staircon software http://www.staircon.com/.
Staircon is the company’s CAD/CAM application for the timber staircase industry. The software provides the best possible support for the simplified, cost-effective production of stairs made of timber – all the way from sales through to manufacturing. By connecting the software to CAM systems, complex handrails and other stair parts are milled to perfection.
To meet the growing demand from users for more flexible design options, Elecosoft Consultec decided to replace its in-house geometry library with a more robust solid modeling kernel. The company evaluated a number of kernels before deciding on C3D from C3D Labs. The top reasons for choosing C3D was its robustness, flexible licensing model, and good support.
“By integrating C3D in our applications, we now deliver robust, high-level functions to our customers in a shorter time than ever before,” said Östen Lundahl, Senior Application Architect at Elecosoft Consultec.
Another key factor for Elecosoft Consultec was the ability to directly employ C3D on the .NET platform. Many clients of C3D Labs use C# as their primary programming language for their projects, and so requested that C3D Labs support it. To adapt C3D to .Net, C3D Labs collaborated with technology partner Rubius http://rubius.com/ , who developed NetC3D in short order.
Elecosoft Consultec became the first customer for the new platform. And starting with C3D V16, the C# wrapper will be available to all C3D users as a part of the base distribution.
“Thanks to their valuable advice and comments, Elecosoft Consultec made a significant contribution to the creation of the first version of our kernel on the .NET platform,” said Anna Ladilova, PhD mathematician and programmer at C3D Labs.
