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Speech Recognition Highlights thinkdesign 6.0.(Product Announcement)

Computer Graphics World

| January 01, 2001 | Donelan, Jenny | COPYRIGHT 2001 PennWell Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Less than two years ago, think3 debuted thinkdesign, a desktop modeling program that featured parametric solids, advanced surfacing, and wireframe and 2D drafting. The program was distributed on a then-novel yearly subscription basis. Since then, the company has pursued an aggressive upgrade strategy, and is now offering Version 6.0 of thinkdesign.

This latest iteration is itself an aggressive and ambitious undertaking, with additions highlighted by a graphical user interface that eschews command lines and dialog boxes, and has the option for speech-enabled input that can be used alone or in combination with mouse and keyboard. Other new features include smart objects, which let designers reuse intelligent design elements including profiles, solids, and shapes; and precision shape modeling, which allows for the intuitive creation of complex shapes, along with parting surface creation, constrained shape changes, and tweaks at any stage of the design process. The new version also offers curve, surface, and solid associativity; integrated product data management; a ...

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