New KOMPAS-3D V13 from ASCON Integrates Lightworks Artisan
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ASCON to offer a new rendering add-in to its MCAD solution
St. Petersburg, Russia - ASCON Group, developer and integrator of professional CAD/AEC/PLM solutions, is glad to announce that the latest release of KOMPAS-3D V13 incorporates the Artisan product from Lightworks, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software.
KOMPAS-3D V13, the professional mechanical computer-aided design system, is distinguished by its powerful functions in the 3D and 2D design processes, a user-friendly interface, easy to learn features, and flexible collaboration with third-party software - all enhanced by reasonable pricing. The software solution has reach functional for surface modelling, motion simulation, piping, kinematic and dynamic analysis etc. Now ASCON is pleased to offer its customers Lightworks Artisan - a completely new approach and tools for the creation of high quality images of virtual products or buildings, whilst they are still being designed in the MCAD solution. Artisan is easily integrated directly within KOMPAS-3D system and its simple workflow process enables a faster design to final image creation. The unique SnapShots functionality enables users to save SnapShots of scenes at any stage of the design process which can then be re-applied at any time within Artisan.
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Oleg Zykov, Innovation Project Manager at ASCON, said: "More and more our customers are demanding a high-performance solution for rendering, integrated with KOMPAS-3D. The Artisan plug-in from Lightworks is exactly what they need. It allows them to create high quality images, whilst the solution is easy to learn and to work with. I'm sure that our partnership with Lightworks will be long and successful".
Slava Kashirsky, International Product Manager at ASCON, added: "Our collaboration with Lightworks began in 2008 when we were searching for an advanced photo rendering solution. Now we are glad to add Lightworks Artisan, fully integrated in our MCAD solution KOMPAS-3D, to our product line".
David Forrester, Managing Director at Lightworks, commented, "We're really pleased that users will now be able to use Lightworks Artisan within KOMPAS-3D. We've already seen some of the great results which users of the new KOMPAS-3D have created using Lightworks Artisan and we're looking forward to continuing to work with ASCON to make design simple for their users".
About ASCON
ASCON - CAD/AEC/PLM software developer and supplier, founded in 1989. ASCON solutions address key issues of industrial design, engineering,preparation and release of drawing documentation,product lifecycle management. ASCON software to be successfully applied across various industries: machinery, automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace and defence, architecture, civil engineering, electronics and many others.
Award-winning Mechanical Computer-Aided Design solution from ASCON - KOMPAS, provides Professional Parametric 3D Modelling, full-scale 2D Design, special add-ons for photo rendering, motion simulation, kinematic and dynamic analysis. ASCON offers easy learning solutions, with up-to-date professional functionality at reasonable prices.
ASCON Partners' program gets together high-class value-added resellers, leading software and hardware producers, as well as service companies, professional developers and consultants in order to bring our customers full-functioning, powerful, software- and hardware- compatible high-class solutions at a reasonable prices. Download full-functional 30 days trial version KOMPAS-3D at www.ascon.net
ASCON Solutions - Professional Value for Reasonable Money
About Lightworks
Lightworks is the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software. Now in its 22nd year, Lightworks continues to develop products to provide customers with innovative and market-focused solutions for the creation of powerful and easy-to-use rendering applications. Renowned for providing physically accurate visualisation of real-world objects and environments, Lightworks is the ideal choice for companies wanting to target the Architectural, Interior and Mechanical Design markets. Lightworks gives customers fast and efficient access to leading-edge rendering technology, resulting in shorter development cycles, faster time-to-market for new products, and lower software development costs.
Lightworks technology is embedded in over 80 software applications and used by more than 3 million users worldwide.
Lightworks - 22 Years of Graphics Excellence
More information at www.lightwork.com
Artisan Rendering Add-In
Artisan Rendering Add-In is a tool for generating photo realistic images from KOMPAS-3D data quickly and easily.
Artisan Rendering Add-In allows creation of high quality images of 3D models of parts and assemblies, whilst they are still being designed in KOMPAS-3D.
Artisan Rendering Add-In uses a combination of high quality hardware OpenGL rendering for setup and review, along with powerful, scalable CPU based rendering for high quality ray traced and global illumination imagery.
Artisan Rendering Add-In comes fully loaded with predefined materials, lighting, environments and backgrounds, so you can get started straight away, creating great images.
Artisan Rendering Add-In comes provides pre-configured workflows and easy-to-use applications, using drag, drop and render styles. By using Artisan Rendering Add-In, developers not only reduce their software development time and costs, but are also able to enhance the quality of their software rendering by offering users a simple-to-use and intuitive application.
