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| With Successful Results in Solution Tools for Geotechnical and Structural
Engineering, Expecting "UC-win/Road" to be Spread Within the
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"I am not familiar with other similar (3D real-time virtual reality
(VR) software) products, but my impression with "UC-win/Road" is its ease of use," said Project Manager of ENSOFT, INC. Jose A. Arrellaga, at the site of "SIGGRAPH 2007" held in San Diego, CA in the US in August 2007. In his view, the
largest advantage of "UC-win/Road" is that anybody who knows
about computer usage can learn "UC-win/Road" probably within
a couple of weeks.
Another aspect that attracts Mr. Arrellaga's attention is that every time
"UC-win/Road" is upgraded, it incorporates additional features
that are superior to the ones in the past releases. It shows that the programmers
are working hard for the next release and that even more interesting products
are expected to emerge for the near future. Those are important aspects
of the company, as he says.
Headquartered in Austin in Texas, ENSOFT, INC. was established in 1985.
Its principal aim is developing and applying computer-based solutions to
advanced and complex engineering problems in the fields of geotechnical
and structural engineering. Their most popular products include programs
for analysis and design of foundations or drilled shafts employing piles,
such as "LPILE" which is a program for analyzing piles and drilled
shafts under lateral loads, and "GROUP" which is a program for
the analysis of piles in a group. Ensoft now has over 3,000 licensed sites
in over 75 countries around the world.
Every engineer in the company has advanced degrees in science or engineering.
Mr. Arrellaga has advanced degrees in structural engineering with specialization
in concrete bridge structures and seismic designs as well as instrumentation
systems. His recent consulting services were in the fields of offshore
structures and port developments. In the past few years, he has also been
in charge of the management and marketing of Ensoft's various software
products.
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ENSOFT, INC.
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ENSOFT, INC.) |
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Mr. Jose A. Arrellaga,
Project Manager, ENSOFT, INC. |
Their introduction to Forum8 was through a common partnership with BasisSoft, their software representative in Korea and Singapore.
"We were very impressed on our first exposure to 'UC-win/Road' while
observing the interesting virtual-reality models created from various users
and Forum8 over a year ago."
Having a background in transportation engineering and being related to
many construction projects, they immediately noticed the potential of that
product and the benefits it could bring about to their clients in the United
States. Then, in their office, they allotted a dedicated computer with
high-end graphics for the specific use of the "UC-win/Road" software.
They assigned a technician for this software product for a few months to
use it along with models created by Autodesk 3ds Max.
Having developed a sound understanding of "UC-Win/Road, the Company
made their first self-supported presentation to the staff engineers from
the Department of Public Transportation at the City of Austin, Texas. They
plan to organize additional custom presentations to key agencies and companies,
such as to engineers from various State Department of Transportation offices,
to district offices of the U.S. Corps of Engineers and to large consulting
agencies.
On the other hand, according to Mr. Arrellaga, the UC-win/Road software
is currently under the marketing process of name recognition within the
United States. This process takes some time and needs to develop sample
projects of applications along with name recognition. In this sense, Assistant
Professor Yoshihiro Kobayashi and his team at College of Architecture &
Environmental Design, Arizona State University, who are their current users
of "UC-win/Road," have even provided much help and some of their
models during their recent marketing efforts. It is expected to bring about
a certain result as well as expansion for the future.
UC-win/Road software, says Mr. Arrellaga, is a useful tool for all people
that are involved in changes to the built environment. In the near future,
they believe that the use of software of this type may become common to
help visualizing changes in any type of infrastructure. A few minor glitches
and typos were addressed in the last two releases of "UC-win/Road"
so they are very satisfied with the most current release (v3.03).
To this date the Forum8 products that ENSOFT deals in is limited to the
UC-win/Road. This is due to the requirements of release in English language
and codes, and to the fact that Ensoft offers only a few selected software
products that are developed outside their company and only after a thorough
evaluation process.
Nonetheless, Mr. Arrellaga is looking forward to see good growth on the
partnership between the two companies once their relationship are established
through which they give mutual support for the products of each other in
each market.
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| This article is written based on interview and the above website with the
permission of ENSOFT, INC. |
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Exhibition at BE Conference 2007
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Exhibition at American Society of Highway Engineers
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<Products of Ensoft, INC.>
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FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE |
| -LPILE Plus v5.0 |
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-DynaN v2.0 |
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-ATENA |
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-AMPS |
| -GROUP v7.0 (3-D) |
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-GeoMat 1.0 |
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-PRConn v3.0 |
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-ATENA |
| -APILE Plus v4.0 |
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-TZPile 2.0 |
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-EnBeamC v6.0 |
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-GeoMat 1.0 |
| -SHAFT v5.0 |
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-StablPro 3.0 |
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-VenWal/CavWal 1.0 |
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| -PYWALL v2.0 |
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-GRLWEAP 2005 |
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-S-Frame |
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| -DynaPile v1.0 |
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-BorinGS |
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-S-Concrete |
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| -DynaMat v1.0 |
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