Event Outlook
Technology`s Next Frontier on Display at Tech Conference
By Michael D. Cole, Contributing Author, Apparel Magazine
November 01, 2005
..."Optitex, a developer of open architecture 2-D and 3-D CAD/CAM software for fashion design, will offer information about soon-to-be-released updates to its product line. The updates, which affect all of its products, are scheduled to debut this winter, according to president Yoram Burg. Burg said a main benefit to the new Version 10 release of Optitex’s Windows-based software programs is that it facilitates a smaller file size structure. Files are up to 10 times smaller. “We developed a whole new algorithm for compression, which allows for the smaller files,” he said. “That’s significant when a fashion company has a few hundred files they want to send in one shot. Some bandwidth problems are emerging, especially when you work with China,” he said. “We feel we have addressed that in terms of file size.” Burg emphasized that the new version “offers the ability to seamlessly work with external applications such as PLM, ERP and PDM,” through API/COM and XML interfaces. He said the Optitex display at the Tech Conference would also offer a sneak preview into the company’s new animation capabilities for its 3D Runway software. "...
