Euclid (computer program)

Euclid is a <a href="/facts/CAD_software/5gSXrmmN">CAD software</a> which has been developed since 1970. Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel Théron at <a href="/facts/Laboratoire_d%2527informatique_pour_la_m%25C3%25A9canique_et_les_sciences_de_l%2527ing%25C3%25A9nieur/p1LWo4EP">Laboratoire d'informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l'ingénieur</a> (LIMSI) for modelling fluid flow, they founded their own company, Datavision in 1979, and then sold a controlling interest in 1980 to the French company <a href="/facts/Matra/GL0B2Wdn">Matra Datavision</a>.
Matra then developed EUCLID QUANTUM, a new generation in 1996, on the CAS.CADE (Computer Aided Software for Computer Aided Design and Engineering) platform. As in 1998 Matra Datavision specialized in software service provider, <a href="/facts/Dassault_Syst%25C3%25A8mes/VXPYV4nM">Dassault Systèmes</a> acquired QUANTUM products : Euclid Styler and Euclid Machinist.
In 1999 Matra Datavision published CAS.CADE in open source on the Internet as Open CASCADE later renamed to <a href="/facts/Open_CASCADE_Technology/bEbtDvYk">Open CASCADE Technology</a>.
The <a href="/facts/BRL-CAD/GFmxTNlM">BRL-CAD</a> CAD software imports and exports to the EUCLID <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file format</a>.

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Euclid (computer program)