Press releases



Heliotis M3 and M3-XL 3D Optical Profilers integrate MountainsMap® Imaging Topography software

Root Längenbold, Switzerland / Besançon, France, January 11, 2012. Heliotis and Digital Surf announced that MountainsMap® Imaging Topography surface metrology software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains Technology® will be supplied with Heliotis M3 and M3-XL 3D Optical Profilers.

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MountainsMap 6.2 Advanced Modules
MountainsMap® 6.2 surface imaging and metrology software: Chinese GB/T standards, OpenGPS data format, free trial of advanced modules

Besançon, France, 10 November 2011. Digital Surf announced the release of MountainsMap® 6.2. The new software integrates Chinese GB/T standard references for surface texture parameter families, supports the new ISO 25178-72 (OpenGPS) X3P data format and six other data formats for optical and scanning probe microscopes. Numerous new features speed up the creation of surface metrology reports and provide enhanced surface imaging and analysis. In addition a new application allows users to install optional modules for advanced surface texture analysis and to try them free of charge for up to 30 days.

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ConfoMap software for Zeiss microscopes
ConfoMap® Surface Imaging and Analysis Software for ZEISS microscopes
Detailed surface metrology reports in accordance with latest standards and methods

Jena, Germany / Besançon, France, June 2011. Carl Zeiss and Digital Surf announce the signing of an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss to provide the ConfoMap® surface imaging and analysis software for confocal microscopes such as Axio CSM 700 true color confocal microscope, LSM 700 confocal laser scanning microscope, and other compound microscopes for topographical research.

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MountainsMap® 6.1 surface imaging and metrology software: faster calculation, multi-scale analysis and extended interoperability

Besançon, France, 29 March 2011. Digital Surf announced the release of MountainsMap 6.1, the latest version of its MountainsMap surface imaging and analysis software. With calculation speeds up to 16 times faster than in MountainsMap 5.1 and many new features including universal data export, MATLAB™ compatibility, advanced multi-scale wavelets filtering and analysis, 2nd generation lead analysis for the automotive industry and co-localization of images of the same surface generated by different instrument families, MountainsMap 6.1 provides extended interoperability in multiple surface metrology domains.

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LeicaMap surface imaging and metrology software
New Leica Map Surface Imaging and Metrology Software for Microscopy
Characterizing 3D Surface Texture and Geometry

Wetzlar, Germany / Besançon, France, 28 January 2011. Leica Microsystems and Digital Surf announced the signature of an agreement whereby Leica Map surface imaging and metrology software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains Technology® will be used with the Leica Application Suite (LAS) for Leica industrial microscopes. The new Leica Map software is used to visualize and quantify features of measured surfaces, characterize surface texture and geometry and generate visual surface metrology reports with full traceability. It is available on three levels with optional modules for advanced applications.

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New version MountainsMap 6.0
MountainsMap® 6 - instrument-oriented solutions for surface texture analysis

Besançon, France, 7 May 2010. Digital Surf announced that MountainsMap® 6 will be released this summer 2010. With an unequalled range of dedicated standard solutions for all types of surface metrology instrument, native 64-bit code and optimal exploitation of multi-core technology, the new software provides unprecedented surface analysis power. In addition it includes enhanced interactivity, higher quality imaging, new advanced analysis features and more flexible report generation.

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20th anniversary of Digital Surf
Digital Surf – 20 years of continuous innovation

Besançon, France, 14 November 2009. Digital Surf, the solutions provider for micro and nano-surface metrology, was incorporated on 14 November 1989 and is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company has a history of continuous innovation in surface metrology. Its first software for 2D surface analysis was released in 1990, quickly followed by the release of 3D software in 1991. Today Digital Surf is an established B2B partner for many leading instrument manufacturers whose names read like a Who's Who of surface metrology.

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MountainsMap version 5.1

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New Mountains® 5.1 available for free upgrade

Besançon, France, 1 September 2009 - Mountains® 5.1 contains powerful new features for 3D optical microscopy, dimensional analysis of 2D component geometry, dynamic statistics for near-line monitoring of surface parameters, and new Cpk capability parameters. In addition, the new version exploits the latest multi-core and 64-bit technology to accelerate analysis and also includes video tutorials with audio and subtitles to minimize the learning curve for first time users.

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MitakaMap surface analysis software for Mitaka Kohki instruments
New MitakaMap software for Mitaka Kohki's NH-series of Laser Probe 3D measuring equipment

Tokyo, Japan and Besançon, France - 12 May 2009. Mitaka Kohki and Digital Surf announced that MitakaMap surface analysis software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains Technology will be supplied with NH-3SP Laser Probe 3D Measuring Equipment and other NH-series instruments from Mitaka Kohki.

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Advanced contour module for MountainsMap
Mountains Advanced Contour - new module for the dimensional analysis of form and geometry

Besançon, France, 19 March 2009 - The Mountains Surface Analysis Business Unit of Digital Surf, announced the release of a new software module, Advanced Contour, which is part of the Mountains surface analysis software suite. The new module will be shown at the Control International Trade Show for Quality Assurance at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre, 5-8 May 2009.

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Collaboration between Digital Surf and Laboratoire National d'Essai
LNE and Digital Surf sign a cooperation agreement relating to nanometrology

Trappes and Besançon, France, 22 January 2009 - The LNE, the French National Metrology Institute, and Digital Surf, the surface metrology solutions provider, announced that they have signed a technical cooperation agreement. The LNE will join Digital Surf's Mount Shasta programme with internationally reputed laboratories that use Digital Surf's MountainsMap® surface imaging and analysis software.

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MountainsMap for Olympus Lext microscope
Digital Surf Mountains® Technology available for the Olympus OLS3100 LEXT

Hamburg and Besançon, 5 August 2008 - Olympus and Digital Surf have announced an agreement whereby Olympus will supply users of its LEXT OLS3100 confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) with 3D surface texture and image analysis software based upon Digital Surf's Mountains technology. The LEXT OLS3100 provides non-contact metrology and has earned an excellent reputation for its high resolution and versatile observation of all types of samples.

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François Blateyron awarded French metrology prize

Courbevoie, France, 17 June 2008. François Blateyron, R&D director at Digital Surf, received a 2008 Normalisation Trophy 2008 from the UNM, the French union for normalisation in the domain of mechanical engineering, for his work on surface metrology on French and ISO standards committees.

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4D surface evolution module
New 4D module in Mountains® software analyses surface evolution

Besançon, France, 4 June 2008. Metrological analysis of the evolution of a 3D surface in a 4th dimension is now possible using the new 4D software module in Mountains Technology version 5 from Digital Surf.

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Collaboration between Digital Surf and ICMAB
ICMAB and Digital Surf sign cooperation agreement relating to surface analysis

Bellatera, Spain and Besançon, France, 13 March 2008. ICMAB - CSIC, the advanced materials research institute at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Digital Surf, announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement falls within the framework of Digital Surf's Mount Shasta technical cooperation programme with internationally reputed laboratories engaged in scientific research and already using Digital Surf's MountainsMap® surface analysis software.

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