Acis

2 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ACIS
       American Commitee for Interoperable Systems (org., USA)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  ACIS
       
           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"?].
       
          (1996-03-21)