Tech Soft 3D and SmartScape Formalize Preferred Partnership Agreement
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Tech Soft 3D and SmartScape Formalize Preferred Partnership Agreement

BERKELEY, CA and TOKYO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Jan 16, 2012 -- Tech Soft 3D, Inc., and SmartScape build on their 10-year relationship by today announcing a new formal arrangement to support one another's business efforts. SmartScape, a Tokyo-based systems integrator and services provider, will use Tech Soft 3D's HOOPS Suite as the preferred toolkits for its development activities. Tech Soft 3D, leading provider of component technology to the global engineering software industry, will in turn refer Japan-based customers to SmartScape for additional development projects.

"Our highest core value is ensuring our customer's success," says Tech Soft 3D CEO Ron Fritz. "SmartScape has shown again and again they share this value and have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to integrate our market-leading HOOPS components into high-value applications that perfectly meet the specific customer's requirements."

The companies share a commitment to supporting a robust ecosystem for 3D PDF. Tech Soft 3D develops HOOPS Exchange and HOOPS Publish, both based on PRC, the native 3D format within PDF. SmartScape has extensive experience bringing 3D PDF enterprise solutions to the Japanese Manufacturing Industry, including technology from Tech Soft 3D partners ProSTEP AG and Tetra 4D, which respectively provide server-based CAD to 3D conversion, and the 3D PDF Converter Acrobat X Pro plug-in.

Takashi Yoshida, CEO of SmartScape, says, "Partnering with Tech Soft 3D will be a solid strategy to shape our slogan, 'Information Graphics Technology for Industry.' With a practical use of the sophisticated HOOPS Suite toolkits, we will provide applications that improve visualizing and organizing the information of the manufacturing process for our industrial customers."

About SmartScape KK

Since 2003, SmartScape has provided high-value systems integration and software development services to the Japanese Manufacturing Industry. With a particular emphasis on PLM, Visualization, CAD data re-use and 3D PDF, SmartScape has proven to be a vital partner for companies such as Toyota Motor Corporation and Amada.

About Tech Soft 3D

Tech Soft 3D is the leading global provider of premier component technologies and related services that enable software developers to rapidly create world-class technical software. The company develops the HOOPS Product Suite, consisting of HOOPS Visualize, HOOPS Exchange and HOOPS Publish, SDK's for visualization, CAD data import/export and 3D PDF publishing. It also resells premium components such as Autodesk's RealDWG® Toolkit and AutoCAD OEM platform and the Parasolid® Modeling Kernel from Siemens PLM Software. Tech Soft 3D software is used in nearly 450 applications worldwide. The company maintains corporate headquarters in Berkeley, California and can be reached through www.techsoft3d.com.

HOOPS is a registered trademark of Tech Soft 3D. All other products or company references are the property of their respective holders.

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