Modern Technology

Technology for the 21st Century

Prospector was developed starting from a clean sheet of paper.  The all new code base was developed exclusively for the Microsoft Windows^® operating system and takes full advantage of the most advanced technologies available today including:

• Parasolid^® — the premier solid modeling technology that powers the many of the most popular CAD systems today.

• OpenGL^® 3D graphics — the industry standard for high-performance graphics.  Compliance to OpenGL standards means that Prospector can take advantage of high performance graphics cards that support OpenGL for graphics acceleration.

Solid models and surface models benefit from OpenGL graphic acceleration.  3D graphics options lets you view part data as a smooth shaded model or wireframe.  The stock model view shows the state of the stock at any point in the machining process.
		Cutter path animation utilizes OpenGL        Z-buffering to provide an unambiguous preview of cutter paths.  Z-buffering keeps track of which objects are closer to the viewer.  When the cutter drops into a pocket or moves behind a feature, the portion of the tool that is obscured by the part disappears from view.

• Optimized for Multi-Core Processors - the multi-threaded architecture of Prospector lets it take full advantage of multi-core and multi-processor systems.  Compute-intensive operations such as cutter path generation are managed as separate threads so you can keep working while the operating system distributes the work-load.  Within each thread, the compute-intensive task of generating a 3D program is broken down into separate tasks that can execute independent of each other to take full advantage of the all the processing power your computer has available.

• C++ / Object Oriented - Written in C++ programming language using the most modern Microsoft development tools, techniques and libraries.  The development team is a member of the Microsoft Developer Network - MSDN^® - to stay on the cutting edge of new developments.  The modern architecture makes for speedier development with far less risk.

With Prospector you future-proof your investment. Because it was designed from scratch to use the most modern technology, you know it will keep pace with the changes and developments in Windows and the hottest processor technology from Intel long into the future.

Controlling Our Own Destiny

AMT Software is the sole developer of Prospector.  This means that we are not dependent on 3rd parties or off-shore programming resources for software enhancements, software corrections or adaptations to address the ever changing computing environment.  Our Prospector development team working from our office in Troy, MI. is wholly responsible for all software development activities.  The benefit to you is that we can move quickly to address your needs and the needs of the marketplace in an independent manner.  We don't need to "farm-out" development activities or wait for the next release of a software component to address a critical problem for our customers.  From prototyping new solutions to fast turn around time for critical problems, our experienced development staff has a proven track record for delivering results.