BROOMFIELD, Colo. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 1, 2019 — Canvas GFX is pleased to announce a partnership with Spatial, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes. The integration between Canvas and Spatial streamlines converting computer aided design files from the top CAD software providers into compelling illustrations and visualizations for service documentation.

The combination of Spatial’s renowned 3D software development toolkits and the Canvas illustration standard, used by professional technical illustrators to create incredible graphical documentation, allows for a seamless experience for engineering businesses worldwide.

With the technical illustration market at $3.2B/year, and growing at 4.7% CAGR, the market for detailed visualization of complex systems is tremendous. Canvas GFX is excited to produce a specialized application that combines the design and service lifecycles that saves businesses unnecessary costs and rework.

“Our customers are creating incredible visualizations of complicated machines,” said Simon Tipler, Canvas GFX. “They appreciate using an all-in-one application instead of continually switching between different software. Our integrated solution with Spatial technology further simplifies workflows taking a design through to the final visual service documentation in the form of manuals, instructions, guides, and other engineering documentation.”

Spatial is the leading provider of 3D software development toolkits for design, manufacturing, and engineering solutions. For over 30 years, Spatial has been delivering 3D software components to the majority of industry players in the world.

“We are excited to partner with Canvas GFX on extending their 3D capabilities, providing support for all the major formats their customers are using,” states Frédéric Jacqmin, Spatial Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Business Development.

Compatible formats include: