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'''Euclid''' is a [[CAD software]] which has been developed since 1970.  Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel Théron at [[Laboratoire d'informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l'ingénieur]] (LIMSI) for modelling fluid flow, they founded their own company, Datavision in 1979, and then sold a controlling interest in 1980 to the French company [[Matra|Matra Datavision]].<ref>{{cite book | page=42 | title=The Political Context of Collective Action | series=Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science | author=Ricca Edmondson | publisher=Routledge | year=1997 | isbn=0-203-44967-3 }}</ref>

Matra then developed EUCLID QUANTUM,<ref>{{cite book | page=906 | title=Plastics materials and processes: a concise encyclopedia | editor1=Charles A. Harper | editor2=Edward M. Petrie | publisher=John Wiley and Sons | year=2003 | isbn=0-471-45603-9 }}</ref> a new generation in 1996, on the CAS.CADE (Computer Aided Software for Computer Aided Design and Engineering) platform. As in 1998 Matra Datavision specialized in software service provider, [[Dassault Systèmes]] acquired QUANTUM products : Euclid Styler and Euclid Machinist.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1998/LesEchos/17791-62-ECH.htm |title = CAO : Dassault Systèmes et Matra Datavision s'entendent sur un " projet de coopération "|date = 1998-12-09}}</ref>

In 1999 Matra Datavision published CAS.CADE in open source on the Internet as Open CASCADE later renamed to [[Open CASCADE Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.opencascade.org/about/profile/history/ | title=Company &#124; OPEN CASCADE | access-date=2009-11-03 | archive-date=2010-05-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519215306/http://www.opencascade.org/about/profile/history/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[BRL-CAD]] CAD software imports and exports to the EUCLID [[file format]].<ref>{{cite book | title=BRL-CAD Tutorial Series: Volume 4--Converting Geometry between BRL-CAD and Other Formats | publisher=DIANE Publishing | isbn=1-4289-1122-7 | page=27 }}</ref>

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