Industrial Design Software is available for Mac OS X.
Press Release Summary:
Pro/CONCEPT(TM) v2.0 allows designers to capture, explore, and develop product designs and create realistic digital product models. It contains tools for free form sketching, image retouching, curve and facet modeling, painting directly onto 3D models, and real-time and photo-realistic rendering. Pro/CONCEPT can transfer file types in Pro/ENGINEER and variety of formats including STL, VRML, ProductView, OBJ, TIFF or JPEG.
Original Press Release:
PTC Launches Pro/CONCEPT(TM) 2.0 for MAC OS X
-- First PTC Product Design Solution for the Mac Debuts at MacWorld 2003
NEEDHAM, MA. July 16, 2003 -- PTC (NASDAQ:PMTC), the product development company, today announced that its conceptual and industrial design solution, Pro/CONCEPT, is expected to be available for Mac OS X in the Fall 2003. Pro/CONCEPT 2.0 is being unveiled at the Macworld CreativePro Conference and Expo at the Javits Center in New York City from July 14-18.
This new release, Pro/CONCEPT 2.0, is PTC's ground breaking conceptual design solution that allows designers to capture, explore and develop product designs and create realistic digital product models quickly and inexpensively. It is the first solution to combine the disciplines of sketching and modeling in a single, easy-to-learn and use environment. Pro/CONCEPT contains tools for free form sketching, image retouching, curve and facet modeling, painting directly onto 3 dimensional (3D) models, and real-time and photo-realistic rendering.
"Pro/CONCEPT 2.0 is PTC's first product for the Mac and we are excited to offer this innovative conceptual design solution on a premier 'designers' platform," said Brian Shepherd, senior vice president of product management for PTC. "Design professionals can now quickly and easily capture and distill ideas, make assessments and seamlessly move the best ideas on to detailed design and production with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire or other platforms."
"We are extremely happy that PTC is bringing Pro/CONCEPT 2.0 as its first product to the platform and see it as an important solution that will extend the Mac to even more design professionals," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Pro/CONCEPT 2.0 takes advantage of Mac OS X's OpenGL support to provide real-time interactive 2D and 3D graphics to power the creation of innovative new designs faster and more easily than ever before."
PTC worked closely with industrial and conceptual designers to define a complete conceptual tool that not only captures new ideas but also allows for the freedom to easily explore and expand them into real working designs as quickly and seamlessly as possible. With Pro/CONCEPT, users can:
o Sketch, model and paint product concepts, including creating sketches using a full palette of tools, creating and editing 3D facet models, and creating curve layouts.
o Provide photo-realistic images, including the ability to retouch images and photographs, real time rendering, photo rendering and advanced photo rendering.
o Transfer models to and from MCAD and collaboration systems. Pro/CONCEPT can transfer file types in Pro/ENGINEER and a variety of formats (STL, VRML, ProductView, OBJ, TIFF or JPEG.) 3D print and stereo lithography provide the ability to produce rapid prototypes.
Pro/CONCEPT 2.0 is expected to start shipping in October 2003. These capabilities are available in one low cost package that includes self-paced tutorials. Pro/CONCEPT 1.0 is available immediately and starts at $1495 (USD). Pro/CONCEPT is available directly from the online PTC Store at ptc.com/estore/.
For more information on Pro/CONCEPT, please go to www.ptc.com/go/proconcept. For more information on the Macworld CreativePro Conference and Expo, please go to www.macworldexpo.com/
About PTC
PTC develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers win with superior products. PTC is the world's largest software company with a total commitment to product development. The company services more than 35,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available at www.ptc.com or call 1-888-782-3776, ext. 901.
PTC and its logo, Product First, The Product Development Company, Create Collaborate Control, Simple Powerful Connected, Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire, Windchill, and all PTC product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries.
