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FORUM 8 Newsletter July 1, 2008
Civil Design/VR UC-win/Road FORUM8 Co., Ltd.
http://forum8.co.jp/english/index.html
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Contents

--------What's New at FORUM8--------

-UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.06 released in June 10, 2008
-UC-win/Road Shapefile plug-in
-UC-win/Road xpswmm plug-in
-UC-win/Road SDK Ver.3.03.06
-UC-win/Road Experience Simulator
-The movie of UC-win/Road drive simulator has been introduced
on the DigInfo website

--------Upcoming Exhibition--------

-Upcoming overseas events
-Contest and conference schedule

--------FORUM8 Homepage Information--------

-Overseas news on Civil Engineering IT
-JVEEF Japanese Vietnamese Engineers Exchange Forum
-Dealer network news AMT3D Limited
-CCU, New distributor in Vietnam
-Product information TRL traffic design software series
-FORUM 8 Sydney office established
-Web estimate service
-Technical support service for UC-win/Road overseas users
-User information page

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--------What's New at FORUM8--------

*****UC-win/Road Ver.3.03.06 released in June 10, 2008*****

UC-win/Road ver. 3.03.06 Shapefile plug-in has been released.

Import of Shapefile which is industry standard format in GIS,
is available. It converts Shapefile of terrain, road alignment
and building model for importation into UC-win/Road. UC-win/Road
Advanced comes with Shapefile plug-in.
For more information about Shapefile plug-in, please go to
the following site.
http://forum8.co.jp/topic/up70-p8-e.htm

*****UC-win/Road SDK Ver.3.03.06*****

UC-win/Road SDK Ver.3.03.06 was released. This application programming
interface allows you the flexibility to develop and customize options
similar to that of a basic UC-win/Road plug-in.
In addition, the reading and writing of UC-win/Road date and customizing
user interface are available in real time.

Additional features in ver.3.03.06
-Start command of drive simulation
-Driver interface
-Driving control command
-Driving condition (RPM, speed)
-3D model creation function
-Unicode compatible

For more information about UC-win/Road SDK Ver.3.03.06, please go
to the following site.
http://forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/road-sdk-e.htm#30306

*****UC-win/Road Experience Simulator*****

Coupling the advanced driving options of UC-win/Road with the new
experience simulator, we are proud to present the new UC-win/Road
Experience Simulator, a result of merging technologies between
Subaru Driving Simulator (developed by Subaru Customize Kobo
Corporation) and UC-win/Road. Main features are as follows.

-Apply VR space freely. Various driving environments in real-time
-Implementation of various safety devices and customization of the
simulator
-Free standard VR data. Customization of scenario, events, and higher Hz.
-Compact body design
-Realistic Maneuvering feel
-Easy setup and mobility
-Standard equipment of each safety device

For more information about UC-win/Road Experience Simulator, please
go to the following site.
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/road-taiken-e.htm

For more information about UC-win/Road, please go to the following site.
http://vr.forum8.co.jp/

*****UC-win/Road xpswmm plug-in*****

UC-win/Road xpswmm plug-in has been released. xpswmm is software package
that provides all the major hydrology methods to allow you to estimate
your storm inflows, wastewater, dry weather and infiltration flows.
The main features are as follows.

-convert 3D model of analysis result file of xpswmm
-convert Land of analysis result file of xpswmm
-automatic allocation of models of analysis result of xpswmm

For downloading UC-win/Road xpswmm plug-in, please go to
the following site.
http://www.forum8.co.jp/download/ucwin/xp-plugin-down.htm

*****The movie of UC-win/Road drive simulator on the DigInfo website*****

UC-win/Road Drive Simulator's movie has been updated on
the DigInfo website.
http://movie.diginfo.tv/2008/05/28/08-0266-gm.php

For more information about UC-win/Road drive simulator, please go to
the following site.
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/road-drive-e.htm

--------Upcoming overseas events--------

********Upcoming overseas exhibitions and seminars********

FORUM8 will participate in the following events.

Public Seminar VR: The New Dimension of Engineering
10 July 2008
http://www.act-sg.com/seminar_2008july10.asp

Intelligent Transport Systems (Suntec City, Singapore)
14-16 July 2008
http://www.itsasiapacific2008.com/

R.I.A.A Roadmarking & Signs Conference & Exhibition
13-14 August 2008
http://www.riaa.com.au/upcoming_events.htm

Institute of Transport Engineers (Anaheim, California, USA)
17-20 August 2008
http://www.ite.org/meetcon/

International Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology
31 August - 4 September 2008
http://www.icttp.com/

********Contest and conference schedule********

6th UC-win/FRAME(3D)/The 2nd FORUM8 design conference
Friday, 19 Sep 2008
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/fair-e.htm#ucwin1kyougi

2nd international VR symposium
Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/fair-e.htm#2VRsymposium

7th 3D VR simulation contest by UC-win/Road
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/fair-e.htm#7VRcon

--------FORUM8 Homepage Information--------

********Overseas news on Civil Engineering IT********

Introducing "National Science Foundation (NSF)" which is
the federal government's agency dedicated to support education
and fundamental research in scientific and engineering disciplines.

http://forum8.co.jp/topic/kaigai-it73-e.htm

*****JVEEF Japanese Vietnamese Engineers Exchange Forum*****

Japanese Vietnamese Engineers Exchange Forum will be held at
Forum8 Tokyo head office on 5 July, 2008.

http://forum8.co.jp/english/fair-e-2.htm#jveef2008

*****Dealer network news AMT3D Limited*****

AMT3D Limited, a company established for commercialize
the 3D software technique of Europe project leaded by Leeds
University in UK.

http://www.amt3d.com/

*****CCU, New distributor in Vietnam*****

Our new distributor in Vietnam, CCU, has inherited all the designing
and manufacturing activities of civil engineering faculty of Hanoi
Polytechnical University with a strong capacity of many professors,
doctor masters, engineers and architects.

http://www.ccu.vn/

*****Product information TRL traffic design software series*****

OSCADY PRO and TRANSYT, traffic signal design software
and traffic network signal control optimization software.

http://forum8.co.jp/english/TRL-e.htm

*****FORUM 8 Sydney office established*****

FORUM8 representative Sydney Office was established in Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia.

http://forum8.co.jp/topic/up73-p20i-e.htm

********Web Estimate Service********

Free web estimate service at
https://www2.forum8.co.jp/road_est_en/html/main.htm.

Explore sample projects, experiment and create!

********Technical support service for UC-win/Road overseas users********

The support service undertakes data generation tasks concerning
UC-win/Road such as the generation of 3D VR simulation data, 3D models,
and textures, fully empowering simulation tasks of road businesses,
urban development planning, public projects, private developments,
and so forth using cost-affordable, high-quality data.

Details for Technical support service for UC-win/Road
http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/road-support-e.htm

********User Information Page********

Retrieve and download marketing materials and updates from
https://www2.forum8.co.jp/scripts/f8uinfEN.dll/login.

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