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VCollab

What is VCollab?
VCollab is the state of the art, high performance visualization, presentation, documentation and collaboration solution for CAD/CAM/CAE simulation data.

VCollab is particularly strong in handling CAx simulations. Linear and transient simulations are handled very efficiently in VCollab.

VCollab helps users to view and manipulate CAx simulation files without the native applications right from Laptops, Desktops and Scalable Graphics Clusters.

VCollab helps large corporations in leveraging the existing CAx investments and maximize the utilization of CAD/CAM/CAE data sets.

What are the various applications where VCollab can be used?

  • Visualization
  • Presentation
  • Documentation
  • Collaboration
  • Enterprise deployment of CAx data

    • What are the system requirements for installation and running of VCollab?

    Hardware Requirements 

    Minimum Configuration:

  • Intel® Core™2 Duo or higher
  • 2GB RAM or above
  • Windows XP Professional / Vista
  • Graphics Card supporting 32 BIT color as well as OpenGL 1.2
  • 3 Button Mouse Preferred
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    Recommended Configuration:

  • Dual Core Intel Xeon and above
  • Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista ( 64 BIT)
  • 4 GB RAM or above
  • Graphics Card and Drivers Supporting OpenGL 1.2 With Graphics Memory of 256MB and above and supporting the dispaly of 32 BIT colors
  • 3 Button Mouse Prefferred
  • Optional: 3D Stereo Glasses for Desktop VR. Make sure to have Stereo Ready Graphics card.
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    Who can use VCollab?
    1) Large Enterprises using a number of 3D CAx Tools/Solvers: Large Enterprises invest into many CAx tools and in the process end up with the nightmare of communicating with multiple formats. VCollab offers a unique way of capturing any CAx data into a common 3D VCollab format and provides a simple to use CAx viewer for every one to access and view the data from their Laptops/Desktops without the native applications.

    2) CAx Managers / DREs / Marketing & Sales Teams/ CAx Teams: If you are currently converting your 3D data into JPEGs or AVI's to use within PowerPoint, VCollab provides a better solution. The VCollab  files together with VCollab Presenter allow you to embed the 3D files into your PowerPoint presentation with the same ease as you embed JPEG or AVI files and offers you facility to rotate, interact, manipulate and probe the engineering data right from your PowerPoint document without exiting PowerPoint and activating the native application.

    3) CAx Teams: CAx users archive the CAx results into MS Word/Excel/HTML documents and delete the 3D results files in order to save disk space. VCollab's solution offers the facility to create 3D documents with highly compressed interactive 3D data embedded into MS Word/Excel/HTML documents.

    4) Remote Teams: Using VCollab's solutions, one can easily create/publish 3D embedded HTML files and share the same with remote teams. Remote teams do not need to have the native 3D authoring application to access and interact with the 3D data.

    5) VR Users: Those users wanting to have high performance Stereo Visualizations from their Laptops/Desktops can use VCollab. Please note that specialized Laptop and Desktop solutions are available from our partners that work with VCollab to generate Stereo images.

    6) Every One: VCollab can be used by anyone without any training for visualization of complex 3D data.

    What are the Graphics Card requirements to experience the  Stereo Visualization in VCollab? 

    Active Stereo Visualization in VCollab needs the DeskTop computer System to be equipped with Stereo Ready Graphics Card.   StereoGraphics WEB site provides a comprehensive list of stereo enabled graphics cards.  

     In order to experience Stereo Visualization on LapTops, we recommended to look at the 3D LapTop products from SHARP.

    Which is the latest version of VCollab?

    VCollab 2009  

    Can you integrate VCollab Presenter Viewer with any existing PDM/PLM software or SDM/SLM software?

    Yes. VCollab can easily be integrated with any PDM/PLM system or SDM/SLM system. VCollab adds the visualization and decision support capability to any PDM / PLM or SDM/SLM system.

    Can we convert CAD models into VCollab files?

    Yes. CAD models from many popular CAD software can be converted into VCollab files for high performance visualization and to create Digital Mock Ups.

    Can we convert native CAE results files into highly reduced VCollab files?

    Yes. VCollab offers solutions to read many native CAE results and generate untra compact VCollab files.

    Does VCollab provide MDO Visualization?

    Yes. VCollab provides excellent MDO Visualization capabilities. It has existing integrations with leading MDO software.

    Does VCollab integrate with MS SharePoint?

    Yes. VCollab Presenter Viewer WEB Part integrates seamlessly with MS SharePoint and provides 3D Viewing capability to MS SharePoint users.