About solidThinking

Industries ServedsolidThinking is the software of choice among designers of leading brands

in architecture, interior design, automotive, furniture, electronics, packaging,

lighting, jewelry/timepieces, yachts, clothing, footwear and other specialized

sectors.

Companies that rely on solidThinking include:

Automotive Lighting, Azimut Yachts, Bulgari, Korg, Mares, Nestle, Panerai,

Peg Perego, Pininfarina, Scavolini, Thomson, Tisettanta, Cartier, Diesel,

Fujitsu, Hugo Boss, Italdesign Giugiaro, MacGregor Golf, Masterfoods,

Merck, Nikon, Toshiba, Volkswagen, Volvo and others.

solidThinking, Inc. (www.solidthinking.com) develops and markets industrial

3D design/styling software that helps designers invent, explore and evaluate

new ideas easily, rapidly and cost-effectively, without the limitations of

traditional software. Known as one of the most user-centric design/styling

software programs for industrial designers worldwide, solidThinking is available

on both Mac and Windows operating systems. Its version 8.0 release includes

a number of design and productivity enhancements while continuing to

embody all of the features that current users utilize and love. solidThinking

is a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering (www.altair.com).

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Robert Little President

Alessandro Mazzardo Vice President, Product Strategy & Marketing

Executive Management

James Dagg Vice President, Software Development

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solidThinkingsolidThinking™ is a highly integrated 3D modeling and rendering environment for Mac OS X and Windows that sets a new productiv-ity standard for product design and presentation. solidThinking delivers all the tools for the creation of high-quality, professional 3D models and the power to render them in real time and with unsurpassed photorealism. solidThinking lets you work in an intui-tive and comfortable manner to increase your design efficiency.

Morphogenesis™ Form GenerationDesigners have always drawn inspiration from nature, particularly from biological forms. These forms tend to be aesthetically interesting, efficient and highly functional, because they are the product of environmental conditions. Research into the mathematical modeling of bone growth has allowed scientists to develop algorithms that are capable of generating shapes in response to applied forces. The shapes or forms produced by these algorithms can be used to design efficient and lightweight structures. Through solidThinking Inspired, this technology is now available for the first time in a way that is convenient and integral to the ideation phase of product design and architecture.

Our Products

solidThinking InspiredsolidThinking Inspired™ is a design software environment that adds new computational capabilities to solidThinking’s powerful design tools suite. It introduces morphogenesis™ form generation technology, which replicates the biological growth pro-cess by auto-generating shapes that are reflective of what nature would produce. Product designers and architects can draw inspiration from these nature-based design cuesto explore and interpret forms in their own language and within their own workflow.

Mario Mazzardo Vice President, Product Strategy & Management

Jim Hassberger Vice President, Business Development & Customer Relations

solidThinking for Industrial Design

Brosway JewelsBros Manifatture, a leader in high-quality fashion watches and jewelry, uses solidThinking as its principal design and styling tool. solidThinking has given Bros a series of important benefits, such as enabling the company to design any type of shape, explore limitless styling alternatives, stimulate the creativity of the entire design team and send developed designs directly into production.

XOX Audio ToolsXOX Audio Tools used solidThinking to create the Handle, a stunning, award-winning electric guitar. The Handle was modeled entirely in solidThinking, and its 3D model was directly sent to rapid prototyping for mold creation.

KorgKorg, one of the most widely used and respected names in professional music worldwide, used solidThinking to manage the frequent design modifications that occur during the product development process, helping to maintain full control over the project through all stages, from concept development to the construction of the mold.

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Success Stories

New Advancements

• A restyled and more streamlined user interface enabling better workflow as well as enhancements to point, curve and surface representation for greater precision and improved ease of use.

• A wizard to help users choose the ideal modeling units and tolerances based on the size of the model.

• New 3D manipulators for translation, scaling and rotation.

• New options for interactive visualization in the modeling views, including wireframe on shaded model and environment maps.

• High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) capabilities and the ability to create spherical images that can be visualized in the background of perspective views while modeling.

• New complex reflectance shaders for generating more lifelike visual elements as well as ambient occlusion for greater depth, performance and realism in the photorealistic rendering phase.

• Real-time rendering to further improve interactivity during the review and visualization phases of design.

• Progressive rendering for immediate feedback on the final image with a fast preview of the lighting and materials in the scene; subsequent rendering passes that continue to fill in detail until the final high-quality image is achieved; and the ability to re-render selected subregions of an existing image.

• A new materials library functionality with faster browsing and previewing of materials, environment maps and scene sets; users can also now set up multiple materials libraries.

• Optimized final gather for increased rendering speed, lighting accuracy and specular results.

Key Capabilites

• NURBS-based surface and solid modeling.

• A best-in-class ConstructionTreeTM that encourages users to change their minds at any point in the design process.

• Offers unprecedented accuracy and flexibility for curves drawing and a complete set of advanced modeling tools.

• Simultaneous parameter editing and control-point editing; even when finely sculpting a surface by editing, users need only revise a few control points.

• Enables more real-time editing with full interactivity; variations and changes take seconds.

• Incorporates one of the fastest, most deeply integrated rendering engines available and an intuitive user interface for rendering.

• An integrated analysis tools set that allows users to verify properties of their models for better quality.

• Compatibility with all leading CAD/CAM/CAE software, helping accelerate the product development cycle and improve collaboration between designers and engineers.

• Is compatible with SolidWorks through a plug-in that allows SolidWorks users to exchange data from/to solidThinking.

• Availability on Mac and Windows operating systems.

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