CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 August 2004
Product News
MachineWorks Introduces New Metallic Effect Rendering
MachineWorks Ltd announced that it has developed further enhancements to its latest V6.1 release, using real time OpenGL rendering. MachineWorks is now capable of rendering a realistic metallic effect within its animations.
An advance demonstration of MachineWorks' shiny metallic reflections can be seen at IMTS on Wednesday, September 8, through to Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at McCormick Place in Chicago, USA. MachineWorks' Booth is D-3021, Lakeside Center, Hall D.
MachineWorks' new capabilities will offer users the option to add realistic metallic reflections into their applications, giving further scope to customize the look and feel. The ability to produce a bespoke product is one the many advantages of using MachineWorks and that includes the configuration of analytical functionality too. "After the release of version 6.1, we realized that the CAM market was still demanding a metallic look so we continue to enhance MachineWorks rendering features in order to fulfill customer requirements", comments Mike Nicholson, Business Development Manager of MachineWorks.
Major enhancements of MachineWorks version 6.1 include analytical functions to improve the detection of collisions, gouges and undercuts within the different MachineWorks engines. Version 6.1, not only supports OpenGL rendering with wire-frame, hidden line removal, color shading and transparency but also advanced features such as texture mapping and shadows to enhance the realistic effect.
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