Finally Everyone Can Work With Highly Complex 3D Models

In the past, access to 3D databases was restricted to few specialists having the appropriate CAD skills, software, and graphics hardware. The availability of inexpensive graphics support on personalcomputers, the Internet’s impact on private and commercial communication, and the emergence of multimedia standards provide the basis for linking CAD databases with other personal productivity and communication tools and for making them accessible to everyone at home, in schools, in hospitals, or in the industry. For example, employees that have no design expertise, customers, and suppliers would benefit from having an easy access to the 3D databases of a company for: collaborative design review, 3D-based multi-media problem reports, collaborative problem solving and tracking, online training and documentation, internet-based part purchasing and subcontracting, demonstration to customers, or advertising. This presentation will address three of the key issues that have so far limited the non-specialist’s access to 3D databases.