Spatial Corporation was founded in 1986, and had one main product:

ACIS The 3D ACIS Modeler (ACIS) is a geometric modeling kernel developed by Spatial Corporation (formerly Spatial Technology), part of Dassault Systèmes. ACIS is used by software developers in industries such as computer-aided design, computer-ai ...

, the first commercially available

3D modeling In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based Computer representation of surfaces, representation of a surface of an object (inanimate or living) in Three-dimensional space, three dimensions vi ...

kernel. Through subsequent years, Spatial added products to its portfolio that enabled

independent software vendor An independent software vendor (ISV), also known as a software publisher, is an organization specializing in making and selling software, in contrast to computer hardware, designed for mass or niche markets. This is in contrast to in-house softwa ...

s (ISVs), mostly in the industries of

computer-aided design Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

(CAD) and

computer-aided manufacturing Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most ...

(CAM), known as CAD/CAM, to build applications. These components included extensions and updates to the ACIS modeler, visualization products, and acquisitions in translator technology. In late 2000,

Dassault Systèmes Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products. Founded in 1981, it is ...

purchased Spatial and made it a subsidiary.

Flagship products

The firm's flagship products include these programs: * 3D ACIS Modeler – features an open,

object-oriented Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of '' objects''. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties) and have actions they can perform (called procedures or methods and impleme ...

C++ architecture that enables robust,

abilities. It is a

geometric modeling kernel A geometric modeling kernel is a solid modeling software component used in computer-aided design (CAD) packages. Available modelling kernels include: *ACIS is developed and licensed by Spatial Corporation of Dassault Systèmes. *SMLib is develope ...

that was developed by Spatial, and is used in industries such as 3Danimation, shipbuilding, and computer-aided design. * CGM Modeler – the 3D modeling kernel used in Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. * 3D InterOp – CAD data translation framework. * 3D Visualization – the HOOPS 3D Application Framework enables the development of 3D Visualization applications with advanced 2D and 3D graphics functionality. * 3D Precise Mesh – an object-based software development toolkit providing fully configurable

surface A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of sight and touch, and is ...

and volumetric meshing abilities. * Constraint Design Solver (CDS) – provides variational constraint solver solutions for design and engineering applications.

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