NGRAIN® Software Brings Advanced 3D Capabilities to Product Knowledge Management
Enhancements to NGRAIN Knowledge Module and Mobilizer deliver revolutionary improvements in the way companies capture, manage and communicate complex product knowledge for training, maintenance and service applications
Vancouver, BC — November 3, 2003 — Responding to a growing need for more effective ways to support product knowledge management within organizations, NGRAIN™ Corporation, a leading interactive 3D visualization and simulation software developer, today announced significant advances in its innovative products, Knowledge Module 2.1 and Mobilizer 2.1.
NGRAIN revolutionizes the way organizations maintain and communicate complex product and equipment knowledge. This allows employees to easily embed knowledge within 3D models, resulting in Knowledge Objects that are deployable to users with desktops, laptops or Tablet PCs. NGRAIN Knowledge Objects provide a powerful visual index to reference materials and knowledge, through an on-demand virtual product experience available to anyone, anywhere.
“NGRAIN has extended its knowledge-capture capabilities and – for the first time – allows users to integrate NGRAIN 3D graphics content directly into familiar applications like Microsoft® Word and PowerPoint®. With these capabilities, users can easily access and understand product knowledge, wherever and whenever they need it – in the classroom, on the factory floor or out in the field,” said Gabe Batstone, General Manager, NGRAIN Product Knowledge Management.
Leading organizations are looking for ways to raise their services and operations to new levels and continually improve the processes that their businesses depend on. NGRAIN's capabilities extend the return on investment of an organization's existing 3D assets, such as CAD drawings, and enable the reuse of this data across multiple application areas, within the organization and beyond.
“We're constantly seeking ways to improve support to our e-Learning customers,” stated Dane Mullenix, Senior Scientist, Alion Science and Technology. “NGRAIN helps us achieve that goal, with the added benefit of potential cost savings that result from the inherent reusability of NGRAIN derived content across sales, tech support, and training applications.”
Knowledge Module 2.1 allows employees with no 3D background or programming experience to add links, logic and animation to 3D models in minutes. This powerful tool allows users to easily transform 3D models into interactive Knowledge Objects by enabling the capture of complex product information and expert product knowledge.
Mobilizer 2.1 brings interactive 3D to standard computer systems, without the need for graphics acceleration hardware. Users are able to access and manipulate Knowledge Objects as an interactive, visual index to complex product knowledge. This capability dramatically improves the way users locate critical information and - due to its interactive nature - increases retention and comprehension.
NGRAIN Downloadable Demos
NGRAIN offers four fully interactive 3D demos at www.ngrain.com.
NGRAIN at I/ITSEC 2003
While attending I/ITSEC 2003, visit NGRAIN (booth #813) to hear from Microsoft Corporation, Alion Science & Technology and the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering about how they are applying NGRAIN's award-winning software tools to solve real-world business challenges. I/ITSEC 2003 is being held at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, December 1 - 4, 2003.
About Alion
Alion Science and Technology is a 100% employee-owned research and development company providing technology services to primarily high-level defense and government agency customers. Building on more than 65 years of experience, Alion employee owners are experts in wireless communication, defense operational support, industrial solutions, chemical technology, explosive science, information technology, and transport technology. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion has more than 1,600 employees at major offices and laboratories in more than 35 cities worldwide. For more information call 703.918.4480 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.
About NGRAIN
NGRAIN delivers significant competitive advantage to organizations by revolutionizing the way they capture, communicate and manage information about complex equipment and machinery. With NGRAIN, knowledge about complex equipment is easily embedded into highly interactive, easily deployable 3D models – creating on-demand virtual product experiences available to anyone with a desktop, laptop or Tablet PC. NGRAIN provides personnel with the critical information they need, exactly when and where they need it, transforming the delivery and effectiveness of essential functions including training, maintenance and service. Experience NGRAIN online at www.ngrain.com.