March 16, 2007

FOR RELEASE MARCH 16, 2007:

GHOST 3D ANNOUNCES NEW SCRIBE-iT MICROSCRIBE/CMM SOLUTION FOR MAYA

March 16, 2007 ( San Francisco and Castro Valley , CA) -- GHOST 3D, LLC announced new Scribe-iT DCC 3D digitizing and reverse modeling software for Maya solutions.  Now, Scribe-iT DCC for Maya adds support for MicroScribe 3D digitizers in the upcoming release to augment previous FaroArm support.  The Scribe-iT family of products comprises the original, top selling 3D integration solutions for portable CMM-type digitizers, delivering a truly interactive 3D digitizing, input, inspection, reverse-engineering, manipulation, visualization and animation experience.  Scribe-iT offers 3D software users an unmatched value in powerfully functional 3D creation, input and manipulation capabilities for a variety of applications.  Additionally, Scribe-iT provides the most extensive polygon modeling tools for portable CMM input.  The new Maya versions now include interactive 3D digitizing (NURBS or Polygons) for MicroScribe in both Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited versions 8.0,  8.5.  

Scribe-iT DCC for Maya and MicroScribe made its debut in two private preview showings.  A flexible suite of unique tools were demonstrated to manipulate, animate, model, and digitize objects.  Scribe-iT’s proprietary polygon modeling system adds new tools not found in Maya or other modeling packages.  The system was used to create a well designed Polygon/Sub-D model of a character’s face in just 12 minutes.  Other reverse modeling solutions would take an expert more than 3 times that long to reconstruct such perfectly laid out geometry from an optical or laser scanned source; and, it can easily take much more time than that to model it from scratch without Scribe-iT’s polygon tools. 

Representatives of GHOST3D, LLC stated that “the new Scribe-iT DCC for Maya has been very well received by our Beta testers, who consist of professionals using Scribe-iT in daily production.  The Pre-Release version has passed extensive testing and debugging efforts, and is now available to customers for early access.”  Representatives also announced that the Pre-Release version for MicroScribe and Maya is production-ready and may be licensed at an introductory price that includes a free update to the commercial release.  The upcoming commercial release of the new Scribe-iT DCC for Maya and MicroScribe is scheduled for late April, 2007.  Additional information and licensing options are to be announced.  

The introductory pricing offer for the Pre-Release of Scribe-iT DCC for Maya and MicroScribe is available by request, for a limited time only - expiration will be announced soon. 
For additional information contact a G3D Systems Representative at http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_g3dsystems_req.htm.  
When purchasing Scribe-iT, MicroScribe 3D digitizers are available at special system discounts from G3D Systems, a division of GHOST3D, LLC, by visiting http://microscribe.ghost3d.com/gt_microscribe.htm.

Scribe-iT products include 3D digitizing, manipulation, inspection, reverse engineering and 3D modeling tools that enable anyone to create high quality, accurate 3D models, geometry, measurements, animation, and other data from physical objects.  It is clear today that GHOST 3D’s unique and highly acclaimed digitizing tools revolutionized the way people use CMMs (Coordinate Measurement Machines) and contact 3D-digitizer devices.   The company provided the premiere animation and manipulation solutions for 3D digitizing devices on the Windows platform.  Evolved from the very first digitizing solution for 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ, Scribe-iT and Power Digitizer Pack are complete solutions for designers, artists and engineers to design, create, animate and interact with physical objects in 3D scenes.  The products provide the power and versatility of multiple creation modes, hybrid modeling, conversion and editing techniques, the ability to incorporate any modifier into the digitizing process.  Scribe-iT and Power Digitizer Pack support CMMs, 3D scanners and digitizers through integrated GHOST 3D Systems, including MicroScribe, FaroArm devices and others.  


For more information about GHOST 3D products, technologies and upcoming projects, please visit GHOST 3D on the web:
Website:  http://www.ghost3d.com
Software:  http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_software.htm
Scribe-iT:  http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_scribe-it.htm
MicroScribe: http://microscribe.ghost3d.com/gt_microscribe.htm
Systems:  http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_systems.htm
Contact GHOST 3D, LLC at:  http://www.ghost3d.com/gt_g3dsystems_req.htm


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About GHOST 3D, LLC

GHOST 3D, LLC is a California based 3D technology developer, production studio and service bureau (www.ghost3d.com). The company innovates custom techniques and productivity solutions for 3D modeling, 3D design, reverse engineering, 3D scanners, 3D digitizers, animation processes, rapid prototyping, DCC and CAD/CAM extensions, visualization and 3D visual effects. GHOST 3D's software solutions are used by product designers, game developers, engineers (biological to mechanical), scientists and researchers, entertainment and film artists, and DCC/CAD/CAM and visualization professionals who need to scan, design, create, animate, measure, edit, re-design, refine, convert and output 3d digital models. GHOST 3D is founded on superb engineering experience responsible for inventing unique 3D digitizing, surfacing and reconstruction solutions that are the first of their kind to be made commercially available to 3D design and animation markets. Subsets of these proprietary technologies and unique methods have been made available via custom development for hardware and software partners, OEM integration of branded solutions for hardware partners, brand-less licensing, and also commercial software and plug-ins for major 3D platforms. Commercialized products and services are available directly via GHOST 3D's web site, and through worldwide distribution and reseller channels. GHOST 3D also markets and sells proprietary and partnered solutions worldwide.

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