This strategic partnership enables companies of all sizes to leverage large CAD assemblies and create new experiences by combining the leading real-time 3D platform for 3D configurators with the most complete CAD import and data preparation tools.
Unity, the inventor of the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform, recently announced a strategic partnership with PiXYZ Software, the leading provider of large CAD data import and processing solutions. The partnership provides customers with a best-in-class solution to import CAD data and optimize it for creating real-time experiences in Unity. It scales from automated data preparation in a data center to individual productivity on the desktop, and serves processes such as design and engineering, AR/VR training, and creating effective customer experiences.
“PiXYZ was created by CAD professionals for CAD professionals to address the difficult challenges of working with large CAD assemblies,” said Stephane Imbert, managing director and founder of PiXYZ Software. “Unity’s real-time development platform continues to be recognized as the best real-time workflow for customers who want to use CAD and gain quality experience. The strategic partnership with Unity will enable us to better serve mutual customers by offering the best, most responsive and painless solution on the market”.
Unity offers an enterprise-wide offering called the Unity Industry Bundle, a customizable combination of PiXYZ products, support and training developed based on Unity. Together, PiXYZ and Unity optimize the import of CAD data for real-time development and maintain information integrity throughout the process:
- Direct import of large CAD, DCC and other formats into the Unity editor and at runtime.
- Maintain data integrity (hierarchy, metadata, materials, PMI and more).
- Fast processing with powerful algorithms.
- Automated data preparation with presets and Python scripting.
- Best-in-class tessellation for lightweight fabrics with optimized quality.
- Repair and alignment of CAD data and meshes.
- Simplification through LOD generation, Hole and Smart Hidden Geometry Removal.
- Optimization of the appearance through automated UV development, material assignment and much more.
“Unity has been a less secret weapon for our industrial customers for years because they have recognized the power of our real-time development platform and its unmatched flexibility and extensibility,” said Tim McDonough, GM of Industrial, Unity Technologies. “An important workflow for these customers is importing and preparing large CAD assemblies, a time-consuming process that often has a negative impact on productivity. We believe PiXYZ’s experts have simplified this and made it easier for customers to improve the quality of their real-time 3D experiences.
Unity’s mission is to enable all of its customers to succeed and solve difficult problems in all industries where its real-time 3D development platform helps bring products to life. Unity currently supports more than 60% of all AR/VR experiences and more than 25 platforms.
About Unity Technologies.
Unity Technologies is the inventor of the world’s most widely used real-time 3D development platform for interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences. Unity exists to democratize development, solve difficult problems and enable success – three core values that are the driving forces behind the acceptance of unity by millions of creators. Unity’s powerful graphics engine and full-featured editor provide the foundation for creating beautiful games or applications that can be easily deployed across multiple platforms: mobile devices, home entertainment systems, PCs, and embedded systems. Unity also offers solutions and services for creating games, increasing productivity and connecting with audiences, including Unity Ads, Unity Analytics, Unity Asset Store, Unity Cloud Build, Unity Collaborate, Unity Connect and Unity Certification. Unity Technologies serves millions of registered developers including major publishers, indie studios, students and hobbyists around the world.
About PiXYZ Studio.
The team consists of experts and engineers from major automotive manufacturers, software editors, researchers, 3D content creators and the VR industry. PiXYZ Studio knows the challenges of data preparation and transformation of 3D data in an efficient way and enables their use, reuse and migration throughout PLM. The software was developed on the basis of years of experience in optimizing 3D models for complex and numerous industrial applications.
Leave A Comment