ACIS

<graphics> Andy, Charles, Ian's System.

A geometric engine that most CAD packages now use. ACIS uses a sophisticated object-oriented approach for modelling, the data is stored in boundary representation. Acis is owned by Spatial Technologies.

[How does this differ from "solid modelling"?].

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