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Conduit

Enable desktop applications to operate on cluster-based virtual environments and tiled high-resolution displays

Conduit enables VR applications in:
Dassault Systèmes V5 (Catia, Enovia & Delmia)
  

Integrated Solutions

Conduit is easily configured for a variety of computing and display configurations. It can be integrated with existing visualization environment or delivered as part of a turn-key solution, including a Mechdyne display solution or PC cluster.

Conduit is a software solution that enables desktop applications to operate natively on PC cluster computers and within large scale virtual reality environments. Without any change to the desktop application, the Conduit middleware layer provides the following capabilities:

  • Support for multi-channel, multi-planar 3D displays systems such as the Mechdyne CAVE
  • Stereoscopic viewing for true depth perception and more insightful design reviews
  • Real-time changes in viewing perspective as the user moves within a virtual environment
  • Enhanced resolution output using cluster-based, multi-projector, tiled displays


Why do This?

Mechdyne's business is immersive environments and we wish to enable as many applications as possible. Using Conduit, we have made several popular desktop applications VR-aware, including:


How Does It Work?

Conduit intercepts OpenGL calls from a desktop application and redistributes them to a PC cluster. Each node of the cluster receives the calls and displays the geometry after making the necessary transformations to support the viewing perspective defined for that PC. For example, a four node cluster is easily configured to drive a four wall CAVE with each node responsible for one of the walls.

Computing

  • Windows XP
  • Linux


Displays

  • Walk-in Immersive Rooms
  • Re-configurable systems such as the Mechdyne FLEX™
  • Multi-projector flat screens
  • Curved screen theaters
  • Workbenches
  • HMDs


Input Devices

  • ART Flystick™
  • Ascension Murray Wand™
  • BG Systems FlyBox
  • Mechdyne PINCH® Gloves
  • Intersense Wand™
  • 3D Connexion SpaceBall
  • DirectX compatible devices (joysticks, steering wheels)
  • Additional devices, as supported by Mechdyne's trackd™ software


Motion Tracking

  • ART Tracker
  • Ascension Flock of Birds®, MotionStar®, pcBIRD®, SpacePad
  • Intersense IS-600, Intersense IS-900
  • Polhemus Fastrak®
  • VICON Motion Systems
  • Additional devices, as supported by Mechdyne's trackd™ software

Ask us about the availability of Conduit for your application. We are continuously prototyping and enabling new modules:


Supported Products

  • Conduit for 3D Studio Max
  • Conduit for AliasStudio
  • Conduit for Maya
  • Conduit for Catia, Enovia, Delmia
  • Conduit for SolidWorks
  • Conduit for ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • Conduit for Google Earth
  • Conduit for ProE
  • Conduit for Petrel


Under Development

  • Conduit for Showcase
  • Conduit for Voxelgeo
  • Conduit for NX
  • Conduit for SolidEdge V19
  • Conduit for Teamcenter Visualisation


Under Investigation

  • Conduit for ProductView
  • Conduit for SecondLife
  • Conduit for ICEM
  • Conduit for CommandSight
  • Conduit for Fluent
  • Conduit for Rhino
  • Conduit for FormZ
  • Conduit for AGI-STK 8


Requested / Wish List

  • GoCad
  • Rhino
  • Motion Builder
  • Serious Gaming: Half-Life II, other Direct3D based games
  • Avid Softimage XSI
  • Adobe Acrobat 3D

Please provide the following information so that we can send you a price list. Please note that requests can take up to two business days to fulfill.

Please provide pricing on the following software product(s):

CAVELib™
CDVI
Conduit™ for 3D Studio Max
Conduit™ for AliasStudio
Conduit™ for ArcGIS 3D Analyst™
Conduit™ for Google Earth™
Conduit™ for Maya
Conduit™ for Petrel
Conduit™ for ProENGINEER
Conduit™ for V5 (Catia, Enovia, Delmia)
trackdŽ
vGeo

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