Irvine, California, and Phoenix, Arizona, March 26th, 2013 – Luxion, the leading developer of advanced rendering and lighting technology, today announced 4CAD Group as its newest software reseller for KeyShot. Under this agreement, 4CAD Group now becomes the fourth largest European PTC reseller to offer Luxion’s KeyShot 3D rendering and animation software. 4CAD Group provides full sales and technical support for KeyShot throughout France, Belgium and Luxemburg.
 
KeyShot is an interactive 3D rendering and global illumination program developed by Luxion for both PC and Mac that breaks down the complexity of creating photographic images from 3D models. Combined with its ease of use, KeyShot gives anybody involved with 3D data the ability to create photographic images in a matter of minutes, independent of the size of the digital model. KeyShot directly accepts models from Creo™ Parametric on both PC and Mac, as well as through a plugin. KeyShot also support many other native file formats including ALIAS, AutoCAD, CATIA, Autodesk Inventor, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks.
 
“High-end rendering for CAD users is often seen as a time consuming activity that requires expert knowledge to create high quality results. Now, with the tight integration between KeyShot and CAD systems like PTC Creo®, users can get photorealistic results fast and easy” says Janick Valbousquet, Sales Manager at 4CAD Group.
 
 “4CAD Group is an impressive company with an equally impressive customer base, says Dr. Henrik Wann Jensen, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Luxion. “We are very excited that 4CAD Group has decided to add KeyShot to their already extensive product portfolio to deliver the best rendering solution to their customers. With 4CAD Group’s commitment to excellent sales and customer service, we know we have a great partner that will help us further penetrate the French speaking markets of Europe.”
 
About Luxion
Luxion is a leading developer of advanced 3D rendering and lighting technology. KeyShot is the first real-time ray tracing and global illumination program for 3D rendering and animation that uses a physically correct rendering engine certified by the CIE (International Commission on Illumination). Addressing the visualization needs of designers, engineers, marketing professionals, photographers and CG specialists, KeyShot breaks down the complexity of creating photographic images and animations from 3D digital data. Luxion’s customer list includes many of the Fortune 1000 product manufacturers and major industrial design companies including Chrysler, Fossil, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, IDEO and SMART Design. Visit www.keyshot.com for more information.
 
About 4CAD Group
To ensure overall consistency of its industrial customers’ information system, 4CAD Group relies on technology leader in their market, PTC for product development, Sage ERP X3 for flow management business. 4CAD Group is also associated with major partners: MSC. Software, a leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, Cradle, innovative solution for simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer, Sigmetrix, solution of tolerance management, Innoface, interface between SAP and PDMLink. 4CAD Group invoiced 1200 customers on the last three years, 65% of them are from the SMB market. To learn more, please visit http://www.4cad.fr/.
 
Press contact:
Luxion, Inc.
Josh Mings
Marketing Manager
josh@luxion.com
+1-(949) 274-8871
 
4CAD Group
Karine Herledan
kherledan@4cad.fr
+33251702882
 
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