Rapid Application Development Framework (RADF)0 pages

Product Highlights
.. Reduces time-to-market for ACIS-based
applications
.. Integrates with Spatial’s 3D software
components
.. Provides essential 3D capabilities
.. Includes a fully customizable user interface
.. Easily extends for application-specifi c
work-fl ows
.. Spatial maintained and enhanced
RADF provides fully featured 3D viewer
Graphic depiction of kinematics functionality
built with RADF
DATA SHEET
www.spatial.com
Product Overview
Rapid Application Development
Framework (RADF) accelerates
the development of ACIS-based
applications. For design, engineering and
manufacturing application developers,
RADF provides an application
infrastructure, essential 3D functionality,
and a fully extensible framework,
eliminating the need to develop these
capabilities from scratch. Development
resources are free to concentrate their
eff orts on developing product specifi c
functionality that diff erentiates their
applications in the market. RADF is tightly
integrated with 3D ACIS® Modeler and
Spatial’s other modeling, visualization
and interoperability components.
RADF Capabilities
RADF provides ‘out-of-the-box’
capabilities that are necessary in 3D
technical applications. These core
capabilities include:
.. Import ACIS Parts and Assemblies
.. Import/Export of Common Data
Formats
.. A Fully-Featured 3D Viewer, with
Support for:
— Rendered, Wireframe, and
Hidden Line View States
— View Orientation and Camera
Manipulations
— Pan, Zoom and Rotate using
Mouse
— Highlighting and Selection
.. A Tree-View for Data Representation
.. Tab-Docking and Multiple Document
Interface
.. User Preferences and Global
Application Options
Benefi ts for Application
Developers
RADF is written in C#, enabling access to
the large number of classes and functions
in the .NET Framework and allowing
access to advanced user-interface
features. RADF’s layered architecture
includes an application infrastructure
and user-interface written in C#. Below
this layer, RADF provides full fl exibility to
program in C++ and use 3D components
written in C++.
RADF uses WPF for its user-interface (UI),
enabling the separation of UI design
from its implementation. This means
product managers and product defi nition
engineers are able to create the desired
look and feel for an application and
deliver it to the development team for
implementation.
RADF is designed for ease-of-use and
ease-of-extensibility. Its well-formed
architecture makes it easy for rapidly
adding new features. It is logically divided
into diff erent projects and namespaces
for quick understanding and simple
debugging. It is also easy to locate,
add and/or modify any portion of the
application.
RADF includes tutorials and walkthrough
documents for a quick start and
detailed understanding. The framework
incorporates the infrastructure for multilanguage
support and off ers a straightforward
approach to add new languages.
As a fi nal benefi t, Spatial maintains and
enhances the core application without
impacting customer development work.
Rapid Application Development
Framework (RADF)