OPEN CASCADE
Encyclopedia
Open Cascade is an Information Technology Company of Euriware
, which is a subsidiary of Areva
group. Open Cascade provides services in the domain of scientific and technical computing and simulation tools.
Open Cascade is primarily known to public for its Open Source
platforms the company has been maintaining, improving and distributing free of charge for many years:
Open Cascade builds its business model on using its Open Source software in the development of commercial software for various customers worldwide.
The company’s head office is located in Guyancourt, France and there are production sites in Lyon and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Open Cascade employs around 100 engineers and developers in France and Russia.
group.
Euriware employs 2,220 people.
1980: Matra Datavision
, a French based company released the EUCLID CAD
system.
1987: EUCLID-IS, the first integrated CAD/CAM system, appeared.
1993: EUCLID 3 was released. This was a completely new and unique system that supported concurrent engineering. EUCLID software made Matra Datavision a true market leader in the field of CAD/CAM. EUCLID was employed in the widest variety of engineering domains, from general mechanical and automotive engineering to the complex robotics and aerospace industries.
1993: a development platform called CAS.CADE (Computer Aided Software for Computer Aided Design and Engineering) created by Matra Datavision was released. CAS.CADE had been used by Matra Datavision as a platform to develop EUCLID QUANTUM.
1996: Matra Datavision released EUCLID QUANTUM, a new generation of EUCLID.
1998: Matra Datavision changed its strategy and became a software service provider. That year the company signed an agreement with Dassault Systèmes that acquired some products from the QUANTUM product line - Euclid Styler, Euclid Machinist, Strim, etc.
Since the primary focus was made on services, Matra Datavision established a new business model around CAS.CADE.
1999: Matra Datavision published CAS.CADE in open source on the Internet as Open CASCADE, while focusing on rendering services around it.
2000: On December 7 Matra Datavision announced the foundation of Open Cascade SAS, its subsidiary for support and development of the Open CASCADE platform as well as for carrying out numerous custom development projects for its customers.
2003: Matra Datavision, the parent company, was purchased by IBM, while Open Cascade was acquired by Principia Research & Development - a French editor of finite-element solvers and provider of engineering services.
2004: Open CASCADE platform was renamed to Open CASCADE Technology to avoid name confusion with the company itself (Open Cascade).
2007: Open Cascade SAS became a subsidiary of Euriware, which is a subsidiary of Areva group.
Euriware
EURIWARE is a French company that provides advanced Consultancy and IT services in the spheres of energy, industry and defense.The core business of EURIWARE includes consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing.EURIWARE is fully owned by AREVA group, a French energy corporation mainly known as...
, which is a subsidiary of Areva
Areva
AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
group. Open Cascade provides services in the domain of scientific and technical computing and simulation tools.
Open Cascade is primarily known to public for its Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
platforms the company has been maintaining, improving and distributing free of charge for many years:
- Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data exchange and rapid application development
- SALOMESALOMESALOME is free software that provides a generic platform for Pre- and Post-Processing for numerical simulation. It is based on an open and flexible architecture made of reusable components...
- free softwareFree softwareFree software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
that provides a generic platform for Pre- and Post-Processing for numerical simulation
Open Cascade builds its business model on using its Open Source software in the development of commercial software for various customers worldwide.
The company’s head office is located in Guyancourt, France and there are production sites in Lyon and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Open Cascade employs around 100 engineers and developers in France and Russia.
Share Holders
Open Cascade is a subsidiary of Euriware, which is a subsidiary of ArevaAreva
AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
group.
Euriware employs 2,220 people.
Historical Background
The history of Open Cascade company starts in the 80's of the 20th century.1980: Matra Datavision
Matra
Mécanique Aviation Traction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry. In 1994, it became a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group and now operates under that name.Matra was owned by the Floirat family...
, a French based company released the EUCLID CAD
Euclid (computer program)
Euclid is a CAD software which has been developed since 1970. Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel The'ron at Laboratoire d'informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l'ingénieur for modelling fluid flow, they founded their own company, Datavision in 1979 and then sold a...
system.
1987: EUCLID-IS, the first integrated CAD/CAM system, appeared.
1993: EUCLID 3 was released. This was a completely new and unique system that supported concurrent engineering. EUCLID software made Matra Datavision a true market leader in the field of CAD/CAM. EUCLID was employed in the widest variety of engineering domains, from general mechanical and automotive engineering to the complex robotics and aerospace industries.
1993: a development platform called CAS.CADE (Computer Aided Software for Computer Aided Design and Engineering) created by Matra Datavision was released. CAS.CADE had been used by Matra Datavision as a platform to develop EUCLID QUANTUM.
1996: Matra Datavision released EUCLID QUANTUM, a new generation of EUCLID.
1998: Matra Datavision changed its strategy and became a software service provider. That year the company signed an agreement with Dassault Systèmes that acquired some products from the QUANTUM product line - Euclid Styler, Euclid Machinist, Strim, etc.
Since the primary focus was made on services, Matra Datavision established a new business model around CAS.CADE.
1999: Matra Datavision published CAS.CADE in open source on the Internet as Open CASCADE, while focusing on rendering services around it.
2000: On December 7 Matra Datavision announced the foundation of Open Cascade SAS, its subsidiary for support and development of the Open CASCADE platform as well as for carrying out numerous custom development projects for its customers.
2003: Matra Datavision, the parent company, was purchased by IBM, while Open Cascade was acquired by Principia Research & Development - a French editor of finite-element solvers and provider of engineering services.
2004: Open CASCADE platform was renamed to Open CASCADE Technology to avoid name confusion with the company itself (Open Cascade).
2007: Open Cascade SAS became a subsidiary of Euriware, which is a subsidiary of Areva group.