Adobe Standard Signals Turmoil Ahead for Proprietary CAD Vendors



Seemage's8482;, the leader in facilitating communication by making product data interactive, today announced that it is releasing a plug-in for 3D PDF. Seemage will support not only the current Adobe 3D PDF activities but also the 's8220;future's8221; of 3D PDF.

With this release Seemage users have the option of publishing 3D PDF files in either Adobe's8217;s u3D file format or Seemage's8217;s .smg file format. 3D PDF files published in the Seemage format provide up to a 10X performance improvement over u3d. As well the Seemage PDF Plug-in provides additional tools.

's8220;Our strategy is to be open and agnostic to file formats and PLM integration so it makes simple sense to support the de facto standard,'s8221; said Chris Williams, CEO, Seemage. 's8220;It is great to see a company with such a strong history of driving standards enter a market where the users and customers have been dictated to by their software partners.'s8221;

To experience the performance of the Seemage 3D PDF plug-in download at www.seemage.com/freedl/SeemageAcrobat.exe, Acrobat 7 is required. In order to see performance examples you can download a u3d example at www.seemage.com/freedl/samples/pdf/u3d.pdf and a .smg example at www.seemage.com/freedl/samples/pdf/smg.pdf.

's8220;We are at an exciting time in the industry as we witness the proprietary hold by CAD vendors over their file formats being eroded by new technology from independent vendors such as Seemage,'s8221; said Williams. 's8220;It is about time that users be given access to their data through non CAD company applications and I look forward to Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google placing their bets.'s8221;

About Seemage, Inc.
As the market leader in presenting interactive product information, Seemage creates customer-friendly environments that greatly increase the effectiveness of individuals involved with product information for product design, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and customer service.

The Seemage application suite can be deployed as part of a PLM solution through an open XML architecture or as a desktop productivity tool. In either scenario changes made within the CAD data associatively update the Seemage authored information.

Seemage currently serves a wide range of manufacturing and engineering firms, including PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault F1, John Deere, Faurecia, Delphi, SNECMA, Alcatel Alenia Space, and Thales.

For more information about Seemage, visit the company Web site at www.seemage.com, call 781-482-1021, or send an e-mail to info@seemage.com.

Contact:
Jean Jacques Grimaud
Seemage, Inc.
Tel: (781) 482-1021

Note: Seemage is a trademark of Seemage, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective holders.





Adobe Standard Signals Turmoil Ahead for Proprietary CAD Vendors