SpaceClaim Corporation was founded in 2005 to develop 3D solid modeling software for mechanical engineering.

Its first CAD application was launched in 2007 and used an approach to solid modeling where design concepts are created by pulling, moving, filling, combining, and reusing 3D shapes.

SpaceClaim's 3D direct modeling technology is primarily expressed through its user interface in four tools: pull, move, fill, and combine: These functions were developed in the modelling kernel ACIS[5] licensed to SpaceClaim by Dassault Systèmes.

In September 2005, Mike Payne, Danny Dean, David Taylor, and Blake Courter founded SpaceClaim Corporation.

[7][8] On April 29, 2014, technical software company ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) acquired SpaceClaim for $85 million in cash, plus considerations.