SpaceClaim appoints Randles as chief executive

SpaceClaim Corp., a Concord company specializing in three-dimensional tools used in computer-aided design, said today that Chris Randles (right) has been appointed president and chief executive.

Randles, who has also joined the company's board of directors, replaces company cofounder Michael Payne, who continues as chairman of the board, SpaceClaim said.

Randles most recently was entrepreneur-in-residence at Borealis Ventures, a firm with offices in Hanover, N.H., said SpaceClaim, which added that Randles previously led the management buyout of Mathsoft and served as its chairman, president, and chief executive until the company was acquired by Parametric Technology Corp., or PTC, of Needham.

The photo of Randles that accompanies this story was taken from the Borealis Ventures website.

SpaceClaim says that its SpaceClaim Professional represents a new class of 3D productivity tool that is optimized for design and conceptual engineering, manufacturing engineering, and computer-aided-engineering model preparation. Introduced in 2007, SpaceClaim Professional requires minimal training and extends 3D modeling functionality to engineers and designers engaged in mechanical design, the company says.

SpaceClaim and PTC were mentioned in a recent Globe story about the democratization of software used by engineers and product designers whose work involves the creation of three-dimensional objects. To read that story, please click here.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)