Dassault Systèmes Announces the acquisition of Archividéo

Dassault Systèmes (DS), 3Dexperience Company, world-wide specialist in software of design 3D, maqueta digital and solutions of gestión of the cycle of life of the products (PLM), announces the acquisition of Archividéo, leading company in the creation and gestión automated of big surroundings and urban landscapes in 3D. The acquisition of Archividéo, that has his headquarters in Rennes (France) his technology and his talents, contributes a new dimension to the strategy and platform 3Dexperience of Dassault Systèmes, extending it to the planning of urban surroundings with a tested technology of modelado of cities and landscapes in 3D. The amount of the transaction has not made public .

“Treats of an important purchase for our company”, signals Bernard Charlès, president and CEO of Dassault Systèmes. “The following step in the sustainable planning is to imagine cities, countries or industrial zones in universes 3Dexperience. The aim of Dassault Systèmes is to harmonise the products, the nature and the life through the universes 3Dexperience. With the integration of the technology Archividéo inside this platform will supply a model 3D of any country to simulate hypothetical stages on flows of power, transport or construction, satisfied with the reality”.

This type of model of city in 3D allows the consistent and precise combination of multiple sources of data (from open data to proprietary information) and provides an independent reference for the urban managers and the rest of agents involved. Thanks to the heuristic technology, the modelado geo-photographic and the technologies of modelado of procedure, the urban models and geoambientales complex can create very quickly, with depth of detail and an adjusted composition adapted to the real surroundings.