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'''Euclid''' is a [[CAD]] [[software]] which has been developed since 1970. Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel The'ron 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=0203449673 }}</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=0471456039 }}</ref> a new generation in 1996, on the platform 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>http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/1998/LesEchos/17791-62-ECH.htm</ref>

In 1999 Matra Datavision published CAS.CADE in open source on the Internet as Open CASCADE later renamed to [[Open CASCADE Technology]].<ref>http://www.opencascade.org/about/profile/history/</ref>