From the Press

The launch of solidThinking 8.0 and solidThinking Inspired 8.0 has been covered by many media. Here are just a few of their reports:

“The hybrid NURBS-based solid and surface modeler is designed to emphasize creativity and innovation and facilitate research, experimentation, and exploration in the early stages of product development, the company states.”
“solidThinking also released 8.0 Inspired for industrial designers and architects, a module for use with solidThinking 8.0. Inspired introduces morphogenesis, the company’s new design exploration technology based on the laws of nature and biomimicry that influence the growth of bone tissue and how its structure is influenced by stresses in its environment. Morphogenesis essentially examines an existing design and asks, “What would nature do?” then generates options that the designer might not have considered.”

Cadalyst, Nancy Spurling Johnson
Oct. 4, 2009

“solidThinking, a maker of 3-D design software, thinks it has hit on something big by borrowing a page from nature. The latest release of its software has something called a morphogenesis tool, which amounts to a filter designers can use to tweak their projects. The filter stems from research done around algorithms that try to mimic how human bones grow and support weight.”

The New York Times Bits Blog, Ashley Vance
Sept. 18, 2009
Also ran in the New York Times national print edition on Sept. 21, 2009

“solidThinking Inspired 8.0 with morphogenesis technology adds a new layer of design thinking to the creative process by allowing the designer to study and review how nature would most likely solve the same problem, yet back off from the literal and strict bio-natural response to environmental forces at various degrees of subtlety.”

Architosh, Anthony Frausto Robledo
Sept. 18, 2009

“Designs tools that mimic structures found in nature could make for stronger and more environmentally friendly products, according to computer-assisted-design company that has drawn on ‘biomimicry’ to inspire its latest piece of software.”

WIRED.CO.UK, Katie Scott
Sept. 16, 2009

“The technology, which ST is calling morphogenesis, is a sort of semi-automated biomimicry toolbox, and after an hour-long phone and webinar demo last week, we have to say it’s unlike anything we’ve come across in the CAD world to date… It’s not explicitly an engineering aid — the forms created are far from manufacturing-friendly — but since the process is based on optimal material usage, using it as a design guide nudges the product towards greater efficiency, which is something engineers love. For the same reason, it could be thought of as a decent example of green technology too, giving designers hints on how to do more with less material, early on in the form-giving phase.”