Steve Hollister of New Wave Systems wrote me more than a month ago, and I am embarassed to say I just opened his email in my rather full Press Release box:
We have been developing B-spline and NURB software for over 20 years, but have been hidden away in the marine field. Our specialty is the detailed shaping and smoothing of curved surfaces like ship and boat hulls. I hate to use the term Class-A surfaces.
Back in 2001, we came out with a general-purpose version of our hull surface modeler (ProSurf) and called it Pilot3D -- same program, but without the boat calculation stuff. The programs also do things like reverse engineering and surface unwrapping. I wrote all of the code and it uses no third party libraries.
We are one of the few NURB programs (I think ICEM Surf is another) that allow users to edit the shape of the surface by moving points that lie on the NURB surface. We hide all of the vertex points and vertex lines. It's always been a big selling point for us.
As a starting point, you can see our comparison with Rhino3D. As explained there, we are not really trying to compete with Rhino; a number of our customers buy both. We are trying to position our program as either a low cost stand-alone NURB program or as an add-on (companion) program that does specific things that other programs do not do.
I am working with a small, rapidly growing company that offers a state of the art visualization software system for multi-projector displays and applications.
We are seeking a Senior Product Engineer or Director that can lead the charge for the design and commercial packaging of new 3D and visualizations sytems and applications.
This is a great opportunity for growth and is located in Lexington, KY. Would you or would you know someone that is interested in this type of position?
Experience with 3D, graphics, imaging and visualization products is a must.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Posted by: Susan | Oct 23, 2006 at 09:12 AM