SpaceClaim Corporation is a privately held company targeting the mechanical design market. SpaceClaim provides breakthrough technology that enhances engineers’ productivity by empowering them to contribute to, consume, and share mechanical designs in a 3D digital form. SpaceClaim bridges the gap between designers and those in the extended product development team—such as concept, analysis, and manufacturing engineers; engineering management; and suppliers—who lack access or time to master the designers’ 3D CAD system. SpaceClaim has assembled a world-class team of prominent executives, product developers, board members, and advisors with unrivaled experience in bringing new computer-aided design software to market. Founded in September 2005, SpaceClaim is backed by Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and North Bridge Venture Partners.

JT Open Support

SpaceClaim Professional 2007 fits into the existing workflow of product development by enabling import and modification of native-CAD file formats including CATIA v4/v5, Pro/ENGINEER, NX, Inventor and SolidWorks. The solution supports JT Open and industry standard file formats for data exchange and precise editing. With SpaceClaim, the extended team can work directly with the 3D model without requiring access to or expertise in the CAD authoring system. Each team member can fully investigate the impact of their idea and validate the geometry of change requests before sharing them with the design team. SpaceClaim enables greater collaboration across product development and throughout the supply chain.

The Benefits of JT and the JT Open Program

JT Open has been widely adopted as a viewable format for 3D data and as a lightweight means to exchange product information across global manufacturing organizations. In some industries JT is used for downstream applications and across the supply chain. With the expanding use of JT comes an increased need to precisely modify the geometry in support of change requests and product revisions and to drive improved design collaboration throughout the value chain. SpaceClaim Professional 2007 is a purpose-built tool for importing and working with JT Open, native-CAD and industry standard formats. This provides a new level of interoperability and greatly increases productivity for those involved in the product development process.

JT Data Exchange is an add-on product to SpaceClaim Professional 2007. Both are available world-wide for purchase and for download directly from the company web site, www.spaceclaim.com.